Former Los Angeles Lakers player Slava Medvedenko auctions NBA title rings for native Ukraine

LOS ANGELES — Former Los Angeles Lakers participant Slava Medvedenko is promoting his two NBA championship rings to boost funds for his native Ukraine. Medvedenko, 43, was an influence ahead on the Lakers’ championship groups in 2001 and 2002, taking part in alongside Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal. SCP Auctions is donating the complete last … Read more

Los Angeles Lakers’ Austin Reaves Seeks to Ditch Nicknames ‘AR-15,’ ‘Hillbilly Kobe’

LOS ANGELES — Taking pictures guard for the Lakers Austin Reaves is open to a brand new nickname. Throughout a surprisingly profitable rookie season by which Reaves went from undrafted prospect to two-way choose to signal a two-year deal and turn out to be a starter, he picked up a few nicknames from the Lakers … Read more

LeBron James’ 42-point spectacle lights up the Drew League; Kyrie Irving no show

THE ANGELS — Lebron James scored 42 factors in a profitable return to the Drew League whereas teaming with DeMar DeRozan for a 104-102 victory in Los Angeles’ famed pro-am basketball league on Saturday. Longtime Drew League commissioner Dino Smiley informed ESPN he hoped the Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving to play within the sport … Read more

From Paolo Banchero to Kevin Durant, NBA fan favorites don’t play enough

LAS VEGAS β€” Adjoining to a full-service moist bar, stocked with sufficient top-shelf tequila and whiskey to be a satisfactory place to drink in Sin Metropolis, is a lounge with cushioned chairs, couches and an ottoman. That is on the Thomas & Mack Heart, the place the NBA hosts its annual Las Vegas Summer time … Read more