Both teams are coming off losses in their first preseason games but that’s definitely the least of their concerns.
Fans will have to wait at least one more game for Russell Westbrook to make his Lakers debut, as both he and LeBron James will be out again for Wednesday’s game.
Pau Gasol and Russell Westbrook may not have been mirror images on the floor, but the former Lakers star still found a way to influence the franchise’s newest face.
The Lakers do not come away favorably in the annual NBA survey of the league’s general managers.
League sources confirm that the Pacers are among the teams who have talked to the Philadelphia 76ers about a potential Simmons trade. Caris LeVert was among the players brought up in those communications, per SNY sources.
The biggest story of the NBA offseason has been the ugly divorce of Ben Simmons and the Philadelphia 76ers. But that may have clouded his legacy.
Pau Gasol announced his retirement on Tuesday, starting the clock on his inevitable No. 16 jersey retirement by the Lakers.