The Lakers are finally confronting a draft bust the Hornets know all too well, raising familiar questions about development, fit, and long‑term upside.

Kobe Bryant was a Los Angeles Lakers icon for a generation, but things could have gone very differently on his draft day in 1996. The Charlotte Hornets selected Bryant with the 13th overall pick but immediately traded him to the Lakers in exchange for ...

The Los Angeles Lakers have signed two-way guard Nick Smith Jr. to a standard NBA contract. Smith Jr. has appeared in 29 games (one start) for the Lakers this season, averaging 6.0 points and 1.0 assists in 12.3 minutes. In 140 career NBA games (28 starts ...

To understand the value of Charlotte's picks in first round of NBA's annual event, the Charlotte Observer looked at the talent from the past 10 drafts.

The Los Angeles Lakers are among the teams monitoring Knicks center Mitchell Robinson as he enters the final year of his contract. The New York Knicks are still focused on their NBA Finals run, but they can’t ignore the growing noise around Mitchell Robinson’s future.

Should Jeff Peterson have kept any of them around?

The NBA rescinded the technical foul that New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson received in Game 2 of the Finals.