Heat Eyeing Warriors’ NBA Champion Defensive Guard After Marcus Smart-Lakers News originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Miami Heat have continued to strike out on key free agents throughout the 2025 NBA offseason.

Former Los Angeles Lakers guard Derek Fisher was announced as one of the new analysts for the NBA on NBC broadcast.

Rising to third all-time on the scoring list, Kobe Bryant was drafted by the Lakers out of Lower Merion High School in Pennsylvania in 1997. He quickly became a star, dueling with Michael Jordan in his first All-Star Game in 1998 and teaming with Shaquille O’Neal to bring Los Angeles a three-peat (2000, 2001, 2002).

James, 20, averaged 11.5 points (44.4% shooting), 2.7 assists, 2.3 rebounds and a steal in his six summer league games (20.4 minutes). He was even more efficient and productive in Las Vegas, averaging 14.2 points (47.6% shooting), 3.8 assists and 2.8 rebounds in 24.3 minutes.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/fannation/nba/fastbreak as NBA Fans React To Lakers Releasing 7-Year NBA Player . Shake Milton was recently waived by the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Los Angeles Lakers have made recent moves to acquire Deandre Ayton and Marcus Smart after they agreed to buyouts with their former teams.

It may be the middle of summer, but it is time for an NBA offseason report card, as free agency news has petered from a steady flow to a slow trickle. When 40-year-old Chris Paul's reunion with the Los Angeles Clippers is the biggest story to hit the league,

New Minnesota Timberwolves majority co-owner Alex Rodriguez, one of the most prolific sluggers in baseball history, reveals that a pivotal chat with a Los