Kobe Bryant was a basketball prodigy whose physical gifts were off the chart, and that was one of the big reasons why he was able to win five NBA championships. However, it was his

Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson is quite optimistic about his former team after they dismantled the Denver Nuggets on Feb. 22. After the Lakers blew out the Nuggets in Denver, Johnson took to his X account to express his belief in the Lakers’ playoff chances with LeBron James and Luka Dončić leading the way.

Roughly four months into the regular season, here's who's leading the NBA awards races, led by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Evan Mobley.

(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File) Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James displays the MVP trophy after the the NBA All-Star basketball game in Houston, Sunday, Feb 19, 2006. The East beat the West, 122-120. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) Team LeBron forward LeBron ...

LeBron James and Luka Doncic played their best game together since the former Dallas Mavericks superstar arrived in the Anthony Davis trade.

After notching his fourth career triple-double, Jayson Tatum said he wants to be in the same conversation as players like LeBron James.

James needs to play in 21 more games to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1,560) for No. 2 in that category (James has appeared in 48 of the Lakers’ 52 games so far this season). For the 60,000-minute mark, he’d need at least 1,746 minutes in the Lakers final 30 games to accomplish that feat.

His case: The “perils” of playing alongside a top scorer (Jalen Brunson) means you don’t always get the most touches. No matter — after a season-low nine-point output in a loss to Tatum and the Celtics, Towns responded with 40 and 44 points over his next two games.