In the NBA, the 6-foot-11 big man was a decent contributor who mostly came off the bench. The Lakers signed him just prior to ...

The Los Angeles Lakers have won 17 championships where some of the league’s all-time greats have risen to the occasion in the postseason.

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The Lakers added a key piece to their team in 1965 when they took guard Gail Goodrich with the No. 10 pick in the NBA draft. He had grown up in the Southland and spent three seasons with the ...

For most of his debut season in L.A., Blake Snell was grappling with frustration in what he calls “the hardest year of my ...

Oct. 29 1950 — Detroit’s Wally Triplett gains 294 yards in kickoff returns and ends up with 331 total yards as the Lions ...

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Once Shohei Ohtani homered for the third time — shortly after wrapping up his six scoreless innings on the mound — the ...

The NBA is built on legendary performances and jaw-dropping feats, but some records stand so far above the competition that ...

Jim Cleamons, a 6-foot-3 guard out of Ohio State University, was taken by the Lakers with the No. 13 pick in the 1971 NBA Draft. He got little playing time as a rookie, but he got to win a world ...

Even before the first bogus "back spasms" show up on an injury report, it's already the Year of Barely-Walking Wounded in the ...

Check out our ranking of the best basketball players to never play in the NBA, heavy on ABA and European legends.