Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum and Los Angeles Lakers forward-center Anthony Davis have been named the NBA Players of the Week for the opening week of the 2024-25 season, Afrosport reports. NBA Players of the Week for Week 1. West: Anthony Davis (@Lakers) East: Jayson Tatum (@celtics) pic.twitter.com/aFiQl9jB4b — NBA (@NBA) October 28, 2024 Tatum led Boston to a 3-0 record in Week 1 to win...
LeBron James opened a new page in basketball history as together with son Bronny, who was selected with the 55th overall pick in the 2024 Draft, they became the first father-son duo to play together in an NBA game on Tuesday night. The Lakers, now led by JJ Reddick, defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 110-103 at the Crypto.com Arena on the 2024-25 NBA season opening night. Game won. pic.twitter.com/INzsuS6ZYL — Los...
San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama further etched his name in the National Basketball Association's (NBA) folklore with his inclusion in the NBA All-Defensive Team announced by the league on Tuesday. Wembanyama joins compatriot and four-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert (Minnesota Timberwolves), Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat), Herbert Jones (New Orleans Pelicans), and Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers) to be named to the 2023–24...
The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) have fired head coach Darvin Ham, the 17-time champions announced on Friday night. Ham, who became the Lakers’ head coach in 2022 after previously being an assistant in 2011, spent two seasons in Los Angeles as head coach, leading the team to the Western Conference playoff finals in 2023. The 50-year-old replaced Frank Vogel, who was...
The Denver Nuggets had set the precedent on how they wanted their Western Conference playoff first-round matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers to go, and all they did in Game 5 on Monday night was to put the series to bed in front of their home fans. However, it wasn’t all rosy, as the defending champions had to work extremely hard to see off the Lakers...
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