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Lakers Rumors: JJ Redick Rumblings 'Strong' amid HC Search, LeBron James Buzz

Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images The buzz linking ESPN analyst JJ Redick with the Los Angeles Lakers' coaching vacancy continues to be "strong," according to The Athletic's Jovan Buha. "I've been hearing he was initially a slight favorite and that has become stronger and stronger over the last couple of weeks," Buha said at the 6:42 mark in the newest episode of his podcast. "All the buzz around the league is that he is the front-runner to be the Lakers' next head coach." TNT Sports' Chris Haynes painted a similar picture on The Dan Patrick Show. He effectively said the signs are pointing toward Redick getting the job, and the former NBA sharpshooter is already contacting coaches who could join his staff. According to NBA insider Marc Stein , Boston Celtics assistant Sam Cassell and New Orleans Pelicans assistant James Borrego "would be prime targets" to work under Redick. In addition ...

Bronny James to remain in NBA Draft, forego college eligibility

Bronny James, the son of NBA star LeBron James, will forgo the remainder of his college eligibility and remain the 2024 NBA Draft , his agent Rich Paul confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. The NCAA deadline is 11:59 p.m. EST. The 19-year-old declared for the draft in April after one season with the USC Trojans. Upon declaring, it was reported that James also entered the transfer portal. But it appears his sights are set on taking the next step in his basketball career. A recent mock draft from ESPN had the Boston Celtics selecting LeBron James' son with the 54th pick this summer. Fanatics Sportsbook 10X$100 BONUS BET BET MATCH BONUS Must be 21+. GAMBLING PROBLEM? Call 1-800-GAMBLER (CO, KY ,MD, OH, PA, TN, VA, VT, WV); (888) 789-7777 or ccpg.org (CT); 1-800-BETS-OFF (IA); (800) 327-5050 or gamblinghelpline.org (MA), mdgamblinghelp.org (MD), 1800gambler.net (WV) LeBron James has mentioned before that he either wants to play with his so...

Could LeBron James go to the Knicks? | The Carton Show

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NBA Exec: Drafting Bronny James May 'Significantly' Improve Odds of Signing LeBron

At least one NBA executive still thinks LeBron James' future is connected to his son. The executive spoke to HoopsHype's Michael Scotto and said drafting Bronny James could "significantly "improve" the possibility of signing LeBron James in free agency. "You have to have the conversation internally, especially if you're a team in the West because if you can improve your chances of landing LeBron, it could significantly improve your chances," the exec said. The idea of pairing LeBron James and his eldest son is nothing new. The Los Angeles Lakers star previously stated his goal was to finish his NBA career playing alongside Bronny, who spent one year in college at USC. However, LeBron James has since pulled back from those initial comments. "The idea of them playing together is not a priority. It's not foremost, at least any longer, in LeBron James' mind," ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski repor...

Los Angeles Lakers Star LeBron James Sends Out Viral Post About Jaylen Brown

On Monday evening, the Boston Celtics played the Indiana Pacers (in Indianapolis) for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals. The Celtics won by a score of 105-102 and they are now headed to the NBA Finals for the second time in the previous three seasons. All-Star forward Jaylen Brown led the way with 29 points, six rebounds, two assists, three steals and one block while shooting 11/22 from the field and 4/8 from the three-point range in 44 minutes of playing time. After the game, he was named as the MVP of the series. Via The Boston Celtics : "The second time a Celtic has won the Larry Bird ECF MVP ☘️🏆" Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James sent out a message to Brown on X that had 12,000 likes and 400,000 impressions in less than one hour. James wrote: "🫡 @FCHWPO !!! Keep going Young 👑! RESPECT!" Brown is in his eighth season in the NBA and has been to the Eastern Conference finals six times (and the NBA Finals twice). He finished th...

Here’s how LeBron will affect the NBA free agent class

The 2024 NBA Finals are rapidly approaching, and that means the offseason and free agency are right around the corner. Twenty-six of the NBA's 30 teams are already focused on offseason planning, including the 2024 NBA draft and analyzing this year's crop of free agents. The unofficial start of NBA free agency is June 30, when teams can begin negotiating contracts with players on other teams, and verbal agreements are often reported. Those agreements can become official beginning on July 6. The 2024 NBA free agent class – including unrestricted free agents, restricted free agents, and players with club or player options – is not as deep or as star-studded as previous years' classes. However, there are still some very big names (potentially) available, including likely future Hall of Famers like LeBron James, Paul George, and Klay Thompson. In this article, we will take a look at some of the best players available in free agency this offseason, and discuss th...

Lonzo Ball Makes Controversial LeBron James Statement

Who would be the five best players to represent America in a Team USA vs Team World five-on-five game? Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball has his five best players selected, but his answer may get LeBron James' fans mad. During the newest episode of Lonzo Ball's The WAE Show, he discussed who his best five Team USA players are to put against a Team World consisting of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic, and Victor Wembanyama. It's important to note that Ball considers Joel Embiid a part of Team USA since he joined USA in the Olympics. "KD, Ant, Steph, Embiid, and I'm going AD," Ball said. "Do you think LeBron is top five in the NBA right now? He's not top five in the NBA right now." Lonzo Ball reserved his fifth spot in Team USA for Anthony Davis over LeBron James and Jayson Tatum. When asked about why LeBron James is no longer a top-five player, Ball had a simple answer. "He's not a top ...

Knicks Could Be Landing Spot for LeBron James

The NBA free agency class could get a lot more interesting if Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James opts out of his $51 million player option. James' agent Rich Paul alluded to that idea in a recent TNT broadcast. "LeBron is a free agent," Paul said during Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals on TNT to insider Chris Haynes . "I don't know what he's gonna do. We're gonna do what we do every year. We're gonna evaluate the situation and we're gonna make the best decision." If LeBron is seriously considering an exit to the Lakers, could he change coasts and join the New York Knicks? The Knicks would obviously love the prospect of adding the league's all-time points leader to a team that nearly made the Eastern Conference Finals. The Knicks have made it no secret that they want to add a star, so adding the league's biggest and brightest would likely align with their desires. The good thing about signing LeBron instead of...

Everyone Noticed The Same Strange Thing About LeBron James’ Wife Savannah & Fans Are Concerned

LeBron James (Photo via @SpeakContext/Twitter) Lebron James ' wife, Savannah, left fans speculating after a recent appearance with the NBA star. LeBron and Savannah are constantly praised for their relationship dynamics, especially since the former has maintained a squeaky-clean reputation throughout his career.  However, folks have noticed that there are always some strange interactions taking place when she's around nowadays, with the latest occurring while LBJ was dapping up Chicago Bulls star Zach LaVine at a recent game.  The video below shows LaVine approaching James and greeting him with a bro handshake while Savannah avoids even looking in his direction, staring straight ahead, and instead icily at that. LaVine then walks right past her without acknowledgment before greeting Anthony Davis . Check it out: "Savanna doesn't like any of LeBron's friends," one user joked. Click on 'Follow Us' and get notified of the most v...

LeBron Loves Charlotte for One Surprising Reason

Bojangles is a staple in the south, especially in North Carolina. Could the southern-inspired fast-food chain influence one of the greatest players in NBA history to play his final year or two in the Queen City? No. That's not happening...let's just go ahead and put that to rest. But Ryan McGee of ESPN shared a pretty funny story about LeBron's love for Bojangles during today's episode of The Pat McAfee Show. "I'm a Hornets guy, come on down to Charlotte," McGee said. "Did you know that LeBron James loves Charlotte? The reason he loves Charlotte is because Bojangles...I'm not making this up, Bojangles chicken. I wrote a story about this in ESPN, the magazine. When LeBron James was a rookie, the deal was he would leave games at the old hive and the takeaway food to go get on the plane after a game for the visiting team was a little two-piece box of fried chicken from Bojangles. LeBron would become so obsessed with Bojangles he would ...

LeBron extiende su récord de inclusiones en equipo ideal de la NBA

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   Share NUEVA YORK (AP) — LeBron James es ahora el jugador más joven –y el más viejo también-- que ha integrado un equipo ideal de la NBA. Por su parte, Luka Doncic de Dallas y Shai Gilgeous-Alexander de Oklahoma City están en posición de devengar alrededor de 1 millón de dólares por partido dentro de unos años. Nikola Djokic de Denver y Gilgeous-Alexander fueron los únicos seleccionados en forma unánime al primer equipo All-NBA en esta temporada. La liga anunció a los integrantes el miércoles por la noche. Ese primer equipo se completó con Doncic, Giannis Antetokounmpo de Milwaukee y Jayson Tatum de Boston. El segundo equipo está conformado por Jalen Brunson de Nueva York, Anthony Edwards de Minnesota, Kevin Durant de Phoenix, Kawhi Leonard de los Clippers de Los Ángeles y Anthony Davis, compañero de James en los Lakers de Los Ángeles. Un tercer equipo incluye a James, Stephen Curry de Golden St...

LeBron James, Eminem's 'How Music Got Free' Docuseries Drops Trailer and Release Date

Photo credit should read THOMAS LOHNES/DDP/AFP via Getty Images How Music Got Free, the Paramount+ docuseries produced by LeBron James and Eminem highlighting the rise of Napster and Internet piracy in music, will debut June 11. Founded in 1999, Napster was a peer-to-peer file sharing service that created arguably the biggest change in music industry history. Decades of a structured progression, starting with records, moving to cassettes and finally CDs, went poof overnight as anyone with an internet connection and computer could download files and then burn them onto CDs. Soon after, music began leaking onto Napster before its planned release, causing album sales to plummet. The music industry swiftly took action, and Napster folded in 2002—just three years after it was founded. However, the proverbial toothpaste was out of the tube and sales for physical copies of music never recovered. Copycat peer-to-peer sites popped up all over the internet, and ...

ESPN analyst thinks Bronny James can be ‘one hell of a role player’ in NBA

Kendrick Perkins , Austin Rivers , Bobby Marks, and Adrian Wojnarowski discussed Bronny James' potential in the NBA. The ESPN panel explores the chances that the former USC Trojan will get picked at the 2024 NBA draft this June. Bronny has had some encouraging workouts in recent weeks, e arning a measure of respect from NBA draft evaluators. However, Bronny was well down the list of prospects before the NBA draft workouts began. Even if these positive showings have improved his overall position, it remains that his position probably still isn't that high on the big board. Bronny very likely still has a lot of work to do, roughly five weeks before the NBA draft occurs. Kendrick Perkins, part of the ESPN panel mentioned above, thinks there's a place for Bronny James in the NBA, but that's hardly a unanimous verdict. It doesn't even mean Bronny is failing in any real sense, either. He just hasn't had enough time to develop his game. He didn't get a full s...

LeBron James-produced doc ‘How Music Got Free’ releases trailer

Los Angeles Lakers star and children's book author LeBron James warms up prior to Game Four of the Western Conference Finals against the Denver Nuggets at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles in May. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) Eminem will join James as an executive producer of the two-part docuseries. The trailer for LeBron James' newest project has just dropped. Paramount+ released a preview of "How Music Got Free," a two-part documentary series executive produced by James and Marshall "Eminem" Mathers, on Monday. The series "details the fascinating, and often funny, inside story of the technology-driven disruption that changed music during the late-'90s and early-2000s. File-sharing technology, combined with the insatiable demand for new music, created both the means and the motive for millions of young people to participate in outright theft — and be celebrated for it," according to a press release. "How Music Got Free...

Teams reportedly still discussing drafting Bronny James in hopes his father LeBron would follow

Bronny James was clear : "I would be happy about getting to the league instead of me thinking about playing with my dad. That's not my mindset or not at all… I just want to have people know my name is Bronny James and not being identified as just LeBron James' son. I feel like that would great." LeBron James' agent, Rich Paul, has made it clear to teams that they should not draft Bronny expecting LeBron to follow. Shams Charania of The Athletic said, "That's not a given. That's not something that's going to be preordained." Those words haven't stopped teams from thinking that way. Bronny could even be taken in the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft if a team believes LeBron will follow, reports Dan Woike at the Los Angeles Times . Forget second-round evaluations, multiple NBA executives told The Times their teams have discussed drafting Bronny James in the first round in an effort to lure his father to their team in free agen...

Stephen Curry and Lebron James among the list of names that didn't deliver but got money for Cancun

In the 2023-24 NBA season, only one of the Top 15 paid players from this season made the Final Four. Rudy Gobert is the sole player from that list to continue. Of the top 15 contracts, 11 belong to players on the West conference and only four on the East (Joel Embiid, Damian Lillard, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Jimmy Butler ). Including Gobert, only Nikola Jokic played in the conference semifinals, and looking at the top 20, only Luka Doncic would join Gobert. The list's top 15 players belong to 10 teams. Let's take a look at some reasons of why the highest-paid players, who are theoretically the best, haven't reached the conference finals. There could be many excuses, such as injuries ( Kawhi, Giannis), others not reaching the expected level (Beal, George), or not having the team to compete (LeBron, Davis). The point is that none of them reached the goal or even came close (Stephen Curry), and in a way, it doesn't reflect well on the league when you...

Lakers News: LeBron James Names Stanley Johnson As One Of Better Defenders He’s Faced

The Los Angeles Lakers have a pivotal offseason ahead of them as they need to find players to help them close the gap between them and the top-tier teams of the league. Offensively, the Lakers were able to hit their stride during the 2023-24 season but their defense was middling at best. Despite a strong season from Anthony Davis, Los Angeles struggled to get stops especially in the postseason against the Denver Nuggets. LeBron James has seen just about every defense imaginable throughout his career and has had his fair share of postseason battles with players. On the "Mind the Game" podcast with JJ Redick, James named Stanley Johnson as one of the more underrated defenders he faced during their playoff series in 2018: "I think it was my first year back in Cleveland on a return and it was our first-round opponent, I think we played Detroit, if I'm not mistaken. I think KCP was on that team, (Andre) Drummond was on that team, a couple of other guys was...

LeBron James makes drastic decision to 'walk away' from Diddy after video of assault on ex-girlfriend

LeBron James has unfollowed Sean 'Diddy' Combs on Instagram, following the surfacing of a video allegedly showing Diddy physically assaulting singer Cassie Ventura. This development adds to a series of controversies surrounding Diddy, who has been embroiled in multiple legal issues. The unfollowing was first noted by an LA Lakers fan page, sparking a wave of reactions online. Many fans praised Klutch Sports, the agency representing LeBron, interpreting the move as a stand against Diddy's actions. Some considered it a strategic public relations decision, while others applauded LeBron for taking a moral stance. P Diddy's daughters on vacation with LeBron James' son amid rapper probeTwitter Whether the decision to unfollow Diddy was LeBron's personal choice or advised by Klutch Sports, it has been widely viewed as a positive move by his supporters. "Klutch is too fast man," a fan wrote. Another added: "That's why he...