Mitch Kupchak

Neither Mike D'Antoni nor Mike Brown gave Earl Clark much of an opportunity to play this season. The young forward came over in the Dwight Howard trade over the summer; an extra body to make a complicated deal work. Before injuries sidelined Howard...

Dwight Howard has suffered a torn labrum -- a shoulder injury -- and will be sidelined indefinitely, the Lakers announced Monday. Howard hurt his shoulder against the Clippers on Friday night and aggravated it on Sunday against the Denver Nuggets. ...

During the Lakers' lackluster defensive showing in their 112-105 loss to Denver on Sunday, there was one hustle play that brought the Staples Center crowd to its feet.  At the top of the fourth quarter, Metta World Peace decided to stick Danilo...

Thunder 116 - Lakers 101 (end of regulation) The fourth quarter was a chore and nothing more for the Lakers and Thunder as the road team coasted to a 15-point victory at Staples Center. Kevin Durant poured in 42 points on 16-25 shooting.  Russell...

The Lakers are the only team with a losing record in the league to have scored more points this season than they've given up. It's not much of a consolation prize: The Lakers are in 10th place in the Western Conference at 15-20, 4 1/2 games behind the...

According to Chris Sheridan, Phil Jackson will not return as coach this season. "I have no intention of ever coaching again," said Jackson told SheridanHoops.com. Jackson and the Lakers briefly discussed a third partnership before the team turned...

Week 10 was unkind to the Lakers as they started 2013 with three straight losses to drop to 15-18 (45.5%). At the start of the week, the Lakers were actually climbing the standings.  That stopped on Jan. 1 with a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, 103-99. ...

When the Lakers hired Mike D'Antoni instead of Phil Jackson to replace Mike Brown, it threw more than just the fans for a loop -- even Magic Johnson came out strongly against the hire and Lakers executive Jim Buss. But General Manager Mitch Kupchak...

The Lakers (15-19) visit the San Antonio Spurs (27-10) on Wednesday night, facing one of the best teams in the league while significantly short-handed.  Once again Dwight Howard (shoulder), Pau Gasol (concussion), Jordan Hill (hip) and Steve Blake...

Steve Nash recorded his 10,000th assist of his career on Tuesday night as the Lakers battled the Rockets in Houston. With 29.1 seconds left in the half, Nash dished to veteran forward Antawn Jamison for a jumper.  The Lakers, playing as underdogs...

According to Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News, Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard "got into a heated exchange following a New Year's Day loss to the 76ers." Bondy writes that after the loss to Philadelphia, Bryant called Howard soft and the Lakers...

The Lakers have waived rookie guard Darius Johnson-Odom. Johnson-Odom played in just four games for the Lakers this season but has spent most of his time with the team's D-League affiliate where he's the D-Fenders' leading scorer at 20.6 points per...