Mitch Kupchak

He sits on the second row. The moment he gave up the throne, he moved back to the second row. It suits him there. His journey makes sense from there. He is as close to the ushers as the superstars. He is midway between his deepest roots and wildest...

Today is my time to be there for you, to serve as your grief counselor. This is what we do in a caring, sharing society at times when there has been great sorrow from a natural disaster, a terrible accident or, worse, the failure of the Lakers to hire...

LOS ANGELES -- Mike D'Antoni hobbled to his first news conference as the Lakers' coach. He used a crutch on his left side, still recovering from knee-replacement surgery. He finished a distant second to Phil Jackson in the popular vote among Lakers fans,...

In the final minutes of practice Monday, the Lakers were playing a pickup game. The rich and gifted athletes were running up and down the gym floor like chaotic children on a playground, gunning and fouling and arguing. They were playing like a team...

He was asked and so he served, but Bernie Bickerstaff gave the distinct impression he will be happy when his term as the Lakers' interim coach ends and he can go back to being a low-profile assistant coach with nothing more pressing to worry about than...

The Lakers say Jerry Buss, Jim Buss and Mitch Kupchak were unanimous in agreement, you know, in blowing it. Everyone is so excited. We’re told it’s 95-5 that Phil Jackson will be the next Lakers’ coach, no one mentioning that the 5%...

Phil Jackson was blindsided, and so were we. We were told on Saturday it's a 95% chance the ring master is coming back to coach, no one mentioning the 5% in the minority were apparently Jerry Buss, Jim Buss and Mitch Kupchak. The Lakers now tell us...

Salary dumps are designed to save teams money while shedding extraneous players. They don't normally help them land a Hall of Famer. Salary dumps allow teams to rid themselves of aging veterans. They don't usually help them find up-and-comers they...

His newly prominent cheekbones, sharply chiseled in a slender face, are the most obvious indication that Metta World Peace has become much lighter of body. His diligence during the Lakers' first training-camp workouts testifies to his lightness of mind...

Now comes word, courtesy of Yahoo! Sports’ Marc J. Spears, that Los Angeles Lakers officials plan to meet with Orlando Magic officials today in Las Vegas, site of the NBA Summer League. The Lakers apparently are going to renew their push to acquire...

LOS ANGELES -- The Lakers reached an agreement late Thursday to acquire Orlando Magic All-Star center Dwight Howard in a four-team, eight-player, multi-draft-pick blockbuster deal in which Andrew Bynum lands with the Philadelphia 76ers, The Times...

Dwight Howard was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers as part of a four-team trade Friday, leaving behind the Orlando Magic. While it marks the end of Orlando's Dwightmare, the trade news was celebrated in Los Angeles. Scroll down for live updates from...