After he was selected No. 1 overall in the 2025 NBA draft, Cooper Flagg had one of the best rookie seasons of all time, a year in which he drew constant comparisons to another Dallas Mavericks phenom. That player, of course, is Luka Doncic, the No. 3 ...

Luka Dončić says he never got close to being healthy enough to rejoin the Los Angeles Lakers in the playoffs. Greg Beacham | The Associated Press Luka Dončić remained sidelined during the postseason with a Grade 2 left hamstring strain suffered on April 2.

Doncic was playing at an MVP level before his season-ending hamstring strain. Now, he’s in step with GM Rob Pelinka as the offseason begins and the Lakers decide their next steps.

The race for the 2025-26 Rookie of the Year award was one of the closest in NBA history. Charlotte Hornets guard Kon Knueppel and Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg each had powerful cases, with star-caliber statistics and a tremendous impact on team ...

After losing their fourth game to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Los Angeles Lakers were officially eliminated from the 2026 NBA Playoffs. The Purple and Gold definitely deserve some flowers for how they handled this postseason.

The Lakers are entering a franchise-shaping offseason centered entirely around Luka Doncic’s long-term future in Los Angeles. Head coach JJ Redick praised Doncic’s growth as a leader and dismissed concerns about his conditioning,

Something about the MVP race felt settled on paper but unsettled everywhere else. The numbers lined up, the narratives were in place, and the league did what it always does this time of year.

If LeBron James wants to keep playing professional basketball, the Los Angeles Lakers want it to be with them.