Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Russell Westbrook

Darvin Ham expresses support for Russell Westbrook amid trade rumors

New Lakers head coach Darvin Ham made it clear that as long as Russell Westbrook is a Laker, the two are focused on business.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Lakers' Russell Westbrook says he will 'focus on competing' and ignore trade rumors

LOS ANGELES — Even as the Lakers opened their preseason Monday night, questions about Russell Westbrook's future with the organization continued to be asked.

Los Angeles Times

Lakers seriously considered trading Russell Westbrook to Pacers

The Lakers held serious discussions about trading Russell Westbrook for Buddy Hield and Myles Turner, and they came close to saying yes.

USA Today Sports Media Group

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

How Anthony Davis Can Lift the Lakers Again

It’s Year 4 for Davis in Los Angeles and it’s pretty safe to say this one is the biggest.

Sports Illustrated

As distractions ease, Stephen Silas ready for first normal season in Houston

“It is for sure different from Year 1 and Year 2,” Stephen Silas says of the 2022-23 Rockets. “I might have a few more gray hairs because of those first couple of years.”

USA Today Sports Media Group

Report: Kyrie Irving isn’t in Lakers’ ‘long-term plans’

Contrary to earlier reports, the Lakers may not be targeting Kyrie Irving next summer in free agency after all.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Russell Westbrook reportedly worked on his shooting this summer

A report says Russell Westbrook worked on tweaking his shot this summer, and people connected to the Lakers say he's getting results.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Report: Lakers Seriously Considered Trading Westbrook to Pacers

Los Angeles reportedly considered sending the star point guard and two draft picks to Indiana.

Sports Illustrated

Lakers nearly traded Russell Westbrook for Myles Turner and Buddy Hield last week, but they got cold feet

This would have changed everything for the Lakers.

USA Today Sports Media Group

NBA Top 100 Rankings: Biggest Snubs

Which players just missed the cut? Here are a few names that could not crack the top 100 rankings.

Sports Illustrated

Lakers’ Big 3 is embracing aggressiveness on offense

LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook have all decided to play aggressively and not try to be too unselfish.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Lakers could get Buddy Hield, Myles Turner for two first-round picks

The Lakers and Pacers have talked this summer about a Russell Westbrook trade that would net L.A. Buddy Hield and Myles Turner.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Lakers have started Kendrick Nunn and Damian Jones in training camp

Lakers head coach Darvin Ham seems to have a working starting lineup that he is starting to believe in.

USA Today Sports Media Group

The Rockets and Thunder just put together the biggest, most insignificant trade in NBA history

This might be the biggest trade in NBA history that actually didn't matter

USA Today Sports Media Group

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

USA Today Sports Media Group

DeMar DeRozan was ‘hell-bent’ on joining Lakers: ‘I thought it was a done deal’

DeRozan thought he was headed back home to Los Angeles.

USA Today Sports Media Group

DeMar DeRozan thought him going to the Lakers was a done deal

Last summer, when the Lakers were interested in acquiring DeMar DeRozan, he thought it was a done deal that he would join them.

USA Today Sports Media Group

DeMar DeRozan didn’t consider anyone but the Lakers before the Russell Westbrook trade

DeMar DeRozan was shocked when he saw the Lakers were trading for Westbrook.

USA Today Sports Media Group

The three stars the Lakers could pursue in 2023 free agency

The Lakers could be going after some pretty big fish next summer. But is such a strategy the best one for returning to title contention?

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Russell Westbrook seems to have a different attitude this season

The Lakers seem to be refreshed and optimistic as they start training camp, and that includes beleaguered guard Russell Westbrook.

Los Angeles Times

Dylan Hernandez: Anthony Davis seems to lack the heart and drive the Lakers need

LOS ANGELES — There's plenty to like about Anthony Davis.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Lakers were willing to trade two first-round picks for Irving/Mitchell

Contrary to previous reports, perhaps the Lakers were willing to give up enough draft capital to land Kyrie Irving or Donovan Mitchell.

Los Angeles Times

Bill Plaschke: Russell Westbrook is still combative, and the Lakers are still torn

LOS ANGELES — It was scheduled as a day filled with opulent optimism, the Lakers supposedly beginning training camp by regaling reporters with a new coach, new focus, new energy.

Sports Illustrated

Report: Lakers Were Willing to Trade Firsts for Kyrie, Mitchell

Ultimately, it wasn’t enough and they reportedly decided to not trade them for other players.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Rob Pelinka: Draft picks must bring talent that makes L.A. a contender

Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka talked about what it would take for them to give up its future draft picks in a Russell Westbrook trade.

Sports Illustrated

The Lakers Have a Russell Westbrook-Sized Elephant in the Room

Los Angeles still doesn’t have a clear answer about the point guard’s future.

1 … 30 31 32 33

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.