LeBron James’ absence from the Lakers game did not go unnoticed this week. Speaking on The Craig Carton Show, sports radio host Craig Carton accused LeBron of being a “lousy teammate” for not traveling with the team to Minnesota,

Lakers vs Timberwolves best bet: Jaden McDaniels Over 16.5 points (-115) Jaden McDaniels has developed more of an offensive game than he is given credit for. Sure, he may have cleared this prop in only 19 of 82 games last season, but three of those 19 were the three games Anthony Edwards missed.

Lakers rookie Adou Thiero was cleared this week for live on-court contact work as part of his rehabilitation from left knee surgery.

The N.B.A. Board of Governors approved the deal on Thursday, which makes Mark Walter's group the majority stakeholder in the league's most valuable franchise.

Austin Reaves averaged a career-best 20.2 points per game last season, and he ramped it up to 22.8 points per game from February 1 through the end of the regular season. In three games played with Luka and without LeBron, he posted totals of 28, 30, and 22.

After the initial stumble against the Golden State Warriors, the LA Lakers have stolen two back-to-back wins. And after a solid 127-120 win against the Sacramento Kings last night, the Lakers will host the Portland Trail Blazers in their first back-to-back game of the season.

This might not be interesting to you, but I can’t wait to rip packs later when this package arrives. I’m 43 years old. Who needs LeBron and Luka, anyway? Last night’s game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers was utter nonsense.