Laker Nation

With the loss to the San Antonio Spurs last night, the Los Angeles Lakers find themselves in an 0-3 hole which they are unlikely to climb out of. They didn't just lose the game and probably the series, but they lost that shine and charm that Lakers teams have prided themselves on for so many seasons.

Making the 7th seed in the playoffs at the start of this season would have sounded like a failure of a season, however now that we're at the end of the season 7th seed seems more like a blessing. With such a roller coaster season under their belts, do the Los Angeles Lakers have what it takes to make a deep run?

Kobe Bryant has been playing an extremely high amount of minutes these past four games, and it may be taking a toll on him. Will this trend continue or will we see him get some rest over the final stretch of the 2012-13 NBA season.

Kobe Bryant has recently stated that he plans on deciding his future plans this upcoming Summer. Will he play 3 more years, or call it quits at the end of the 2013-14 season?

Dwight Howard returns to Orlando for the first time in a Lakers uniform. Magic players have said to expect a “playoff atmosphere.”

News has arisen that Phil Jackson is Dwight Howard's latest mentor. Phil understands Howard and wants him to excel, and he gives his take on how Howard is currently being utilized in LA.

It seems like, regardless of Howard's play this season, that The Lakers clearly got the better end of the Dwight for Bynum trade, as Bynum has yet to play a game as a Philadelphia 76er.

With the trade deadline looming, rumors of deals are zooming around the league. Dwight Howard is one of the biggest targets this season, but Mitch Kupchak says he isn't going anywhere. Howard is LA's future and here's why he will stay in Los Angeles.

Dwight Howard reportedly says he plans on playing for The Brooklyn Nets next season and not the Los Angeles Lakers. Is this story true, or another episode in the ongoing Dwightmare that plagues LA?

Kobe has changed his game recently, and it's showing vast improvements in the play of The Lakers. Can he keep this type of play up? Or will The Lakers fall from grace and miss the playoffs?

With the Lakers' season disintegrating before our very eyes, certain precautions must be made in order to ensure they don't lose Dwight Howard this Summer to Free Agency, a trade may be the only option.

Chemistry is no longer the class you're struggling with at school, it's is now something to worry about on the basketball court. Without it, a team such as the Lakers cannot succeed.

Pau Gasol has not been his typical self this season, and that's becoming clear to everyone, including Mike D'Antoni. This past week, the two sat down for a meal to discuss how to improve Gasol's usage on the court and to bring him back to full form.

Yesterday I wrote an article intimating that Lakers star, Kobe Bryant, was taking a players perspective when expressing his frustrations with the Pau Gasol trade rumors. While I felt it was a great show of leadership for Kobe Bryant to stick up for his teammate, I didn’t think placing public pressure on the organization to make a trade or not [...]