The Los Angeles Lakers are among the best teams in the Western Conference thus far in the 2025-26 NBA season, even without megastar LeBron James, who has missed the start of the campaign due to sciatica.

The Los Angeles Lakers could get some major reinforcements for their match on Friday against the New Orleans Pelicans.

Wednesday night after slaying the Lakers, All-NBA wing Jalen Williams poked his head into ESPN's Malika Andrews' walk-off interview with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and jokingly reminded everyone that he was still in the NBA since he hasn't yet been on the court this season.

JJ Redick led the Los Angeles Lakers to the playoffs in his first season as an NBA head coach, but some coaches around the league still believe he was a bit unqualified.

The Lakers seem to be gradually inching towards being at full strength after dealing with multiple injuries to start this season.

The Oklahoma City Thunder humiliated the Los Angeles Lakers in a 121-92 win. The reigning NBA champion showed the NBA world there are levels to this whole contention business. The second half resembled a Harlem Globetrotters show than an actual regular-season contest.

The Lakers received some positive news Wednesday regarding the health status of star forward LeBron James, who returned to practice Wednesday after missing over

Brad Holland was something of a local product, as he attended Crescenta Valley High School roughly half an hour north of downtown Los Angeles. He spent four years at the University of California, Los Angeles and was the last player recruited by legendary Bruins coach John Wooden.