State of the Lakers: Dr. Jerry Buss and Jim Buss
Dr. Jerry Buss and Jim Buss addressed L.A.'s beat reporters.

Dr. Jerry Buss and Jim Buss addressed L.A.'s beat reporters.
Thunder star Kevin Durant says "hi" to the cameras/celebrities during Sunday night's game against...
Kobe Bryant scored 26 points, including an astonishing basket from behind the backboard, and the Los Angeles Lakers cruised to a 101-85 rout of the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night.
In the span of just two minutes, Lakers star Kobe Bryant: (a) hit a shot from behind the backboard after being...
View photos from the Lakers-Thunder Game on Sunday night.
View photos from the Lakers-Bulls Game on Thursday night.
In his regular season debut, Pau Gasol led all scorers with 24 points in the Lakers 108-93 win over the Bulls at home. Kobe Bryant's 21 points made him second on the Lakers' all-time scorers list.
To the collective pleasure around L.A.'s practice facility - from Kobe Bryant to Phil Jackson to Gasol himself - it appears that Pau will return to the starting lineup when the Chicago Bulls come to town on Thursday.
Kobe Bryant dropped 40 points on the Pistons as the Lakers bounced back Tuesday night with a 106-93 win over Detroit. Andrew Bynum (17 points, 12 rebounds) had a double-double.
Check out photos from the Lakers 106-93 win over the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night.
Aaron Brooks scored a career-high 33 points, including five 3-pointers, and the Houston Rockets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 101-91 on Sunday night, sending them to a second consecutive loss.
The Los Angeles Lakers have been waiting for a while now for Pau Gasol's hamstring to heal up and he...
View photos from the Lakers-RocketsGame on Sunday night.
View photos from the Lakers-Nuggets Game on Friday night.
Andrew Bynum (19 points, 15 rebounds) notched a double-double Friday night but the Lakers couldn't hang with the Nuggets in Denver, losing 105-79. Kobe Bryant added 19 points.
Phil Jackson likes LeBron James' idea of NBA players giving up No. 23 to honor Michael Jordan. The Los Angeles Lakers coach who won six titles with Jordan in Chicago compared the idea to the NHL's retirement of No. 99 to honor hockey great Wayne Gretzky in 2000. Jackson said Jordan changed the NBA much as Gretzky did hockey.
Rubbing it in gets really old really fast. So what if Wade's not a Piston. That's like wondering about an...
One moment after Steve Nash threw a pass into the stands in the third quarter, Lamar Odom found Kobe Bryant with an alley-oop pass for a behind-the-head dunk. While the travel-weary Phoenix Suns played like a skipping record, Bryant's well-rested Lakers were perfectly in tune for their biggest win of the young season.
Check out photos from the Lakers 121-102 win over the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night.
Bryant scored 29 points, Andrew Bynum(notes) had 26 points and 15 rebounds in his return from injury, and Los Angeles put the brakes on the Suns fast start with a 121-102 victory Thursday night
Phoenix at Los Angeles Lakers Cleveland in Miami is a proper game. With both squads at full strength (we, sadly,...
Ron Artest sat down with us to discuss Royal Rumbles, Tupac Shakur, mathematics and more.
Sixteen days and seven games into the 2009-10 regular season, All-Star forward Pau Gasol has yet to play and will not return for L.A.s Thursday-Friday back-to-back against Phoenix at home and Denver on the road.
Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom, Ron Artest and Andrew Bynum were named to the 2010 All-Star ballot which was unveiled today during a special tip-off event in Dallas, the Official Host City of NBA All-Star 2010. NBA All-Star Balloting presented by T-Mo
Following Tuesdays practice, Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak, Head Coach Phil Jackson and several players expressed their support for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar after learning that the Hall of Famer has a rare form of leukemia.