The Lakers have had plenty of reported pipe dreams when it comes to dealing Russell Westbrook away, but none are funnier than the most recent one, ...
The Los Angeles Lakers were the favorites to win the NBA Championship and the Western Conference at the start of last season.
The Boston Celtics are the +550 favorites to scoop the 2022–23 NBA Championship after making it to the finals in the 2021–22 NBA Season. If Los Angeles wants to finish among the eight best teams in the West, James will have to bring forth his A game. After exercising his player option to remain with Los Angeles for the 2022–2023 season, Russell Westbrook generated a lot of rumors that the Lakers might trade him. The squad was even worse for bettors, covering the spread below 43% of the time and finishing in the bottom five of the NBA league in terms of against-the-spread performance. They had absurd odds of +350 to capture the conference and +500 to win their second title in three years when the year began. The Los Angeles Lakers were the favorites to win the NBA Championship and the Western Conference at the start of the 2021-22 season.
Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis has made history over the last couple of games en route to Western Conference Player of the Week honors.
It’s the best way to watch player interviews, exclusive coverage from events, participate in live shows, and more! But overall, it is that Davis says his mindset right now going into games is to just dominate, regardless of who is on the other side of the court. It is easy to say Davis is playing amazing and at a different level, but stats like these really put into context just how special the Lakers big man has been. [December 5, 2022] But with these past couple of games moving to even greater heights, it is no surprise that Anthony Davis was named Western Conference Player of the Week, the league announced on Monday.
Davis averaged 37.8 points, 13 rebounds and 3.25 blocks during that four-game stretch.
The Lakers appear to be canvassing the NBA for a trade option that would put them over the top.
Current Los Angeles Lakers All-NBA center Anthony Davis emerged from a relative early funk to start flattening people across his last ten healthy contests, ...
Here's hoping that Davis continues to enjoy a prolific and relatively healthy season leading up to that moment. has gone 4-1, and could have perhaps finished undefeated, had it not been for a blown fourth-quarter lead against the Indiana Pacers), Davis has boasted averages 35.2 points on 66.7% shooting from the floor, 13.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 3.2 blocks. from 2008-2014 and was the second-best player on consecutive title-winning Laker teams in 2009 and 2010, took to Twitter to show some love to the latest in a long and illustrious line of Hall of Fame Lakers big men, the 29-year-old Brow: 16 Lakers jersey retired in a special ceremony on March 16th. Even when zooming out for the entire 2022-23 season, Davis's numbers are still impressive: 28.6 points on 59% shooting, 12.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 2.4 blocks, and 1.4 steals. Even still, a win is a win, and L.A.
The Los Angeles Lakers (10-12) have woneight of their last 10 games, Anthony Davis has.
The expendable pieces include Patrick Beverley ($13 million), Kendrick Nunn ($5.3 million), Damian Jones ($2.3 million) and Juan Toscano-Anderson ($1.8 million). Given the way Davis is playing, the Lakers finally have some hope. Specifically, the Bulls, Hawks, Raptors and Wizards are still focused on making a playoff push. The Lakers could take back up to $29.4 million if they packaged Beverley and Nunn with Jones, Toscano-Anderson and Christie. The trade market starts to heat up after December 15, which is when a majority of recently signed free agents can be traded. The Lakers can trade anyone on the roster except for James because of his recent extension. Do the Chicago Bulls (9-14) move DeMar DeRozan, who averaged 6.9 assists per game in 2020-21 with the San Antonio Spurs? If not, Schröder would likely back up whomever the Lakers acquire to replace Westbrook. Rather than ship out Russell Westbrook and one or both of their available future first-round picks (2027 and 2029) to bolster a lost cause, the Lakers seemed resigned to waiting to shop for bigger upgrades around the 2023 draft and free agency. When the Lakers won the title in 2019-20, they had JaVale McGee and Dwight Howard in their rotation. That resurgence is carrying the Lakers even though LeBron James is not playing up to his usual standards. That's why they acquired Westbrook from the Wizards in the first place, but they misjudged his fit alongside James.
Washington (AP) -- Anthony Davis dazzled so much, he heard fans chanting “MVP!” And that came while playing on the road.