Remember early in the 2012-2013 season when the Los Angeles Lakers flirted with the idea of re-hiring legendary head coach Phil Jackson but instead decided to go with Mike D'Antoni and how comical the whole ordeal was? Well apparently Jackson found it just as comical, as he expressed during a ... Read More

Here we go again... according to a report from Dave McMenamin, Los Angeles Lakers pending free agent center Dwight Howard expressed to GM Mitch Kupchak his unhappiness playing for head coach Mike D'Antoni during the season, saying he felt "marginalized" by the coach. Here are details: According to sources with knowledge ... Read More

Former Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson has had the rare distinction of coaching two of the best players in NBA history in their prime, Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. For years Jackson has avoided directly comparing the two -- probably to avoid the media buzz it ... Read More

Back in the 2011 NBA playoffs, the Los Angeles Lakers season ended after a disappointing sweep at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks. Apparently playing the eventual NBA champions that season wasn't the only thing weighing on the Lakers minds, as head coach Phil Jackson reveals that he informed the ... Read More

  Earlier in the day we found out the unfortunate news that Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook would be forced to miss time as he recovers from surgery to repair a meniscus tear in his right knee. Metta World Peace took the court against the New Orleans Hornets this month just ... Read More

Mike Brown, who was fired by the Cleveland Cavaliers a couple years ago and most recently fired by the Los Angeles Lakers just five games into this season, is reportedly in line to replace Byron Scott as the Cavs next head coach: Cavaliers, Mike Brown are constructing a five-year contract, league ... Read More

       As the official statistician of MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS, and the WNBA the Elias Sports Bureau provides a look into sports that goes beyond the home run saving grabs, made-for-highlight-reel stiffarms, and ankle breaking crossovers. They sift through the streaks, trends, and numbers to often provide us with interesting and little known bits of information about our ... Read More

When news broke on Friday night that Kobe Bryant has a severely torn Achilles tendon, the NBA world was shattered. It didn’t matter if you were a Lakers fan, a Kobe fan or anything like that—if you love basketball, this had an impact on you. Kobe has played 17 seasons in ... Read More