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The Los Angeles Lakers didn’t make a move at the trade deadline, but they added arguably the best player on the buyout market in point guard Spencer Dinwiddie. A 10-year veteran with playoff experience, Dinwiddie can provide a lot of things the Lakers have been missing this season. Dinwiddie has played many roles throughout his career in his different stops with the Brooklyn Nets and Dallas Mavericks, among others. But in terms of what he will bring to the Lakers, he understands his role will be about attacking the basket offensively and playing good defense. “Get downhill, provide rim pressure,…

The Los Angeles Lakers have acquired Spencer Dinwiddie via the buyout market. The Toronto Raptors waived the veteran guard after being included in the deal that sent Dennis Schroder to the Brooklyn Nets. Dinwiddie will provide the Lakers with the additional ball-handler the team needs. He also gives LeBron James the extra veteran he was hoping for. During his postgame news conference following the Lakers win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday, James shared his thoughts on what Dinwiddie will bring to the roster. “Playmaking, another ball handler, another shot-maker,” James said. “Another veteran. Any time you can add…

It was an off-the-court moment that left an impression on former head coach Phil Jackson. Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant won five NBA titles together. He witnessed Bryant score 81 points one night and in another game, he scored 50 in three quarters. He saw him at his best and his worst. For 11 minutes, Jackson spoke about Bryant. He told stories about introducing him to Michael Jordan and how their relationship was behind the scenes. It wasn’t the on-court heroics that made Bryant a leader in Jackson’s eyes, but was something that happened off of it. “Jay Leno invited…

LeBron James’ determination to play with his son means there is at least a chance he could leave the Lakers if and when Bronny is drafted. And there are at least two NBA teams who believe James would sign with them if they had Bronny, according to NBA insider Marc Stein. “I know of at least two teams on the NBA map that believe LeBron James would consider signing with them at far less than $51.4 million if Bronny James is on the roster,” Stein wrote. “There might be more. “Should the Lakers be ultimately faced with that turn of…

Spencer Dinwiddie has provided an interesting explanation as to why he chose to sign with the Lakers over the Mavs. Dinwiddie compared the two teams to being parents, with Dallas being the mother and Los Angeles being the father. “I’ll give y’all something funny that I told my people because I’m fairly candid,” Dinwiddie said. “The two situations kinda felt like this, right? Let’s say you were a kid, and you got your ass whooped by the bully. Dallas would’ve been like your momma being like, ‘It’s OK, baby. Don’t worry about it.’ “Lakers are like your dad: ‘Nah, you…

The Lakers made zero moves at the trade deadline and LeBron James and Anthony Davis were asked about their thoughts on the lack of action from LA’s front office. After the team’s 114-106 loss to the Nuggets, LeBron was asked what the Lakers need to do in order to position themselves for a playoff run, being fully healthy of course. To which LeBron replied, “I don’t know. We haven’t gotten to that point. So it’s hard for me to say.” Despite some seemingly quite deliberate pressure from LeBron for Rob Pelinka to make some moves, Pelinka explained after the deadline…

Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka didn’t make any trades ahead of the deadline, but his recent inactivity on doesn’t mean there couldn’t be a trade in the relatively near future. In fact, there’s still potential for something major to go down in the offseason, according to The Athletic’s Jovan Buha. “The Lakers plan to use the three picks that they will have available this summer … to pursue a star via trade,” Buha wrote recently. “Three potential targets are Donovan Mitchell, Trae Young and Kyrie Irving, according to team and league sources.” The Lakers and Irving have long flirted with…

The Los Angeles Lakers honored franchise legend Kobe Bryant this past week by unveiling his statue in front of Crypto.com Arena. The statue immortalizing Bryant has been in the works for years and the franchise did right by him with the ceremony and actual depiction of him. Bryant’s wife Vanessa revealed that the Black Mamba himself chose the pose for his statue and fans were delighted with the reveal as he picked his iconic image after scoring 81 points against the Toronto Raptors. For players who got the opportunity to compete against Bryant, there is no shortage of stories of…

The Los Angeles Lakers have somewhat improved their performance over the last few weeks of the season. However, it is more than obvious that most NBA experts believe that the Lakers need to make a blockbuster acquisition to truly help them in making a comeback this season. While the Lakers cannot make a trade this season due to the conclusion of the NBA Trade Deadline, they can still target a star player to acquire in the offseason. Many names have emerged as potential targets for the Purple and Gold, but NBA analyst Jovan Buha believes that the Atlanta Hawks’ Trae…

Vincent Kompany has never had much luck taking on Liverpool at Anfield. Despite all of his success with Manchester City over the years, the Belgian never won at the stadium in eight visits as a player. That continued today as Kompany took charge of his first game as a manager at Liverpool’s home, losing 3-1 with Burnley. But despite the defeat, the Clarets actually played very well indeed. A top performance from Caoimhin Kelleher was needed as Burnley were left to rue missed chances. And speaking to BBC Sport after the game, Kompany admitted that he’d never been on a…