Topic: Los Angeles Lakers

Lakers cut loose long-time staff: report

The Los Angeles Lakers have laid off about 20 employees including a longtime assistant general manager and five members of their scouting staff, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.Assistant general manager Ronnie Lester and scout Gene Tormohlen, who put in 43 years ...

Bryant goes to Germany for knee treatment: report

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, who turns 33 in August, underwent a procedure in Germany on his arthritic right knee about a month ago, the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday.The newspaper, citing four unnamed sources, reported that the treatment, a ...
Los Angeles Lakers forward Ron Artest is seeking to change his name to Metta World Peace.The 31-year-old Artest filed a petition in a Los Angeles court Thursday trying to get approval for the name change. He full name is Ronald William Artest ...

Gasol wants to stay with Lakers

Spanish forward Pau Gasol, who has been linked to a move to the Minnesota Timberwolves, said Monday he wants to stay with the Los Angeles Lakers for "as many years as I can".The Timberwolves have reportedly been strongly pursuing Gasol to pair ...

A Minute With: Horror king John Carpenter on "The Ward"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Horror meister John Carpenter returns to movie making for the first time in 10 years with "The Ward," which arrives on video-on-demand on June 8 before a theatrical release a month later.Set in the 1960s, the film stars ...

Lakers still Kobe's team, new coach says

Mike Brown may bring a different coaching philosophy to the Los Angeles Lakers as he takes over from Phil Jackson, but he said one thing remains the same: The Lakers are Kobe Bryant's team.Brown, who was formally introduced as Jackson's successor on ...

Lakers unveil Mike Brown as successor to Jackson

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday unveiled the new face of the franchise by naming former Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown as the successor to the highly popular and enormously successful Phil Jackson.Brown had a 272-138 record with ...

Lakers poised to sign Mike Brown as head coach

The Los Angeles Lakers have said they are close to finalizing a deal with Mike Brown to succeed Phil Jackson as the National Basketball Association team's new head coach."In response to rampant speculation and reports about our head coaching position and Mike ...

Lakers poised to sign Brown

The Los Angeles Lakers said they are close to finalizing a deal with Mike Brown to succeed Phil Jackson as the National Basketball Association team's new head coach.The Lakers did not go into details but said Wednesday they hoped to sign the ...

Lakers hopeful of appointing Brown as head coach

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Lakers hope to appoint Mike Brown as head coach "within the next few days" to succeed Hall of Famer Phil Jackson, the NBA champions said on Wednesday.Brown, 41, coached the Cleveland Cavaliers before he was ...