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We have teamed up with Phiten – one of the industry leaders for titanium necklaces, bracelets and sports accessories – to give away some great prizes to a clever fan on Wednesday. Here’s how you can win: We want you to write tomorrow’s headline for Anna’s Lakers vs. Hornets post-game report. Too simple? Here’s the twist: We want you to write [...]

Watch All-Stars go head-to-head as LaMarcus Aldridge, and the Blazers, face off against Andrew Bynum, Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. For this heavyweight match up, our ticket partner TiqIQ has a special deal for Lakers fans, courtesy of ScoreBig.com, where fans can “make an offer” on the price they want to pay: For example, an average ticket price for Monday’s [...]

The Lakers look to even their season record to 2-2 on Thursday night. Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stoudamire and the Knicks come to Staples to take on Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. For this heavyweight match up, our ticket partner TiqIQ has a special deal for Lakers fans, courtesy of ScoreBig.com, where fans can “make an offer” on the [...]

If you’re into basketball, we’ve got the perfect holiday gift for you: A FREE FanDuel fantasy basketball online game based on the NBA games played on Christmas. Build a roster of NBA players from the X-Mas Day games, and see how you do!

Boston, Orlando, Miami, Dallas, Chicago. Where do all these game rank? What is the one game you can’t miss this season? After checking out the Top 10 must-see games, leave a comment, and let us know if you agree with the list or not. Here are the Top 10 games for the 2011-2012 season.

The past few days have been very stressful for Lakers power forward Pau Gasol. Earlier this week, he along with Lamar Odom were packaged in a deal that would bring Chris Paul to Los Angeles. It was a hard thing to fathom for Gasol, for he felt that his place with this Laker organization would not be threatened any time [...]

The Laker organization signed Matt Barnes to bring his energy and intensity to a veteran championship ball club. Though Barnes had some bright spots last season, he fell short of expectations and was non-existent in the post season. After a extended off-season to get fully healthy, Barnes plans to prove the doubters wrong and help the Lakers return to dominance. [...]

With all the speculation that the Lakers are looking to trade for Dwight Howard and/or Chris Paul we thought it was time to take a look back in history. As Laker fans know, this franchise is no stranger to pulling off blockbuster deals that have led to winning championships. After checking out the Top 10 Laker trades in history, leave [...]

A brand new, fan-made LD2k video entitled "Lakers Forever"

While the lockout continues to sort itself out after a 16-hour marathon mediation, players not involved in the talks (and thus not involved in the gag order) have been able to speak their mind on their current and possible future unemployment. With Laker Derek Fisher heading the player talks in New York, newly opted-out free agent and former Laker Shannon [...]

So some of you may have tuned out LakerNation.com because of the on-going NBA lockout. Well you snooze, you LOSE! Those of you that didn’t pay attention missed out on winning an authentic Lakers jersey. (Retail $275.00) The winner is diehard Laker Fan Lev Meas. Lev got to pick the color and player of her choice. She went with the Authentic [...]

Remember ScoreBig? Last season, they gave away a pair of Laker playoff tickets, and they’re back today with another great giveaway prize: an Authentic Lakers Jersey of the winner’s choice (a $300 value). There are two ways to get it on this giveaway:

The lockout activities for the Lakers’ starting five this year appears to be set. Derek Fisher will be negotiating, Kobe will stay stateside, Artest-World Peace will be dancing, Bynum will be boxing and Pau Gasol, it appears, may be playing in Spain, at least according to the Spanish press: If there is evidence of a lockout for a year, I [...]

Ron Artest is a busy man. He does comedy tours. He changes his name. He dances with the stars. He would be playing basketball too, either internationally or with the NBA, if not for insurance issues and the lockout.