Dime Mock Draft 6.0: The Final Edition
Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker (David Banks/USA TODAY Sports) This marks the last mock before the 2014 NBA Draft begins tonight. While there continues to be a ton of activity, even at the front of the...
View ArticleTop 10 Second-Round Picks In The 2014 NBA Draft
Cleanthony Early (Jasen Vinlove/USA TODAY Sports) Surprisingly, the NBA Draft went according to plan – for the most part at least. Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker, and Joel Embiid were widely considered...
View ArticleBold Predictions For The 2014-2015 Rookie Class
NBA Draft (Brad Penner, USATODAY) The NBA draft has come and gone, and those that were selected are now ready to embark on a journey they have waited for their entire lives. The class of 2014 was a...
View ArticleNick Young Is Making Lakers Rookie Jordan Clarkson Call Him “Daddy Swag”
Nick Young (Brad Rempel/USA TODAY Sports) If sheer entertainment value is what the Los Angeles Lakers had in mind when signing Nick Young to a four-year, $21.3 million contract, then Mitch Kupchak and...
View ArticleVideo: Kobe Tells Jordan Clarkson “Don’t Hurt Yourself” At Practice
Jordan Clarkson, Kobe Bryant (photo. Instagram/shahanla) Lakers training camp has started and Kobe Bryant only played six games last year. Not many people are giving the Lakers a chance amid the vast...
View ArticleJordan Clarkson’s 30-Point Night Is Highlighted By A Pair Of Effortless Slams
Andrew Wiggins will win Rookie of the Year. Nikola Mirotic is making an impact for a playoff team, and Elfrid Payton is stuffing the stat sheet. But no first-year player’s success has been more...
View ArticleRookie Jordan Clarkson Floats In Game-Winner To Beat The Sixers In Overtime
The Sixers and Lakers went to overtime last night, but nobody noticed outside of Philadelphia and pockets of Los Angeles even knew it happened since both teams have long since passed any chance at a...
View ArticleThis Is The Worst Lakers Team In History, And It Just Might Save Their Future
Getty Image The Los Angeles Lakers have been trapped in an existential nightmare for several years now. Last season, they went 27-55, which was the franchise’s worst win-loss record of the modern era....
View ArticleByron Scott ‘Wouldn’t Want To Be In A Fox Hole’ With The Listless Lakers
USA TODAY Sports As long as losing doesn’t completely compromise construction of culture for the Los Angeles Lakers, so many checks in the loss column this season will prove a boon for the franchise’s...
View ArticleAndrew Wiggins And Jordan Clarkson Highlight The All-Rookie First Team
USA TODAY Sports The rookie class of 2014-2015 didn’t live up to the immense hype that accompanied it for so many months before last June’s draft. Even if this season’s crop of first-year players...
View ArticleReport: Sacramento And Los Angeles Have Exchanged The Framework Of A...
Getty Image The NBA Draft has already taken a back seat to the DeMarcus Cousins drama. And if the Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Lakers make good on their initial talks of a potential trade, Thursday...
View ArticleThese NBA Free Agents Are Due For Big Paydays Next Summer, But Will They...
Getty Image You already know who the big-name free agents are going into the summer of 2016. Half the league will be lining up to offer Kevin Durant a dump truck full of cash, but only a select few...
View ArticleJordan Clarkson Says The Lakers Are Eyeing The Playoffs
USA TODAY Sports All of a sudden, the Lakers have a promising young core to build around for the future. They’re getting Julius Randle back from a leg injury that ruined his entire rookie season, and...
View ArticleSee Why Lakers Guard Jordan Clarkson Is Having Such A Great Offseason
USA TODAY Sports Jordan Clarkson is having a better summer than you. Yes, you. You, too. You there, in the back? Yeah, he’s having a better summer than you. All of you. Don’t protest. Don’t try and...
View ArticleIs Jordan Clarkson’s Imitation Of Kobe Bryant Better Than The NBA...
Jordan Clarkson practicing his Kobe. @JClark5on @Lakers @LakersNation pic.twitter.com/9r2qXlYHjh — Carlo Pamintuan (@carlo_pamintuan) September 1, 2015 Move over, Brandon Armstrong. There’s a new...
View ArticleWatch The Professor Show D’Angelo Russell And Jordan Clarkson Some Moves
Share This Video Grayson Boucher, aka The Professor, isn’t just a streetball player. He’s a global icon. After rising through the And1 ranks in the early-to-mid 2000s and then with Ball-Up the past...
View ArticleGordon Hayward Smokes Jordan Clarkson With Some Sideline Dribbling Subterfuge
We usually see this in soccer. More specifically, indoor soccer, where players can use the boards to bounce the ball past unwieldy defenders. In basketball, you really need momentum to pull off the...
View ArticleKobe Bryant Says He ‘Can’t’ Take Over Games Because Of The Lakers’ Youth...
Getty Image The success of what could be Kobe Bryant’s last season in the NBA certainly shouldn’t be judged by wins and losses. Most realistic fans also realize that the 37-year-old’s performance can...
View ArticleJordan Clarkson Channels Michael Jordan On This Gravity-Defying Reverse Layup
Michael Jordan impressions are normally the purview of Kobe Bryant, but in Kobe’s final game at TD Garden Wednesday night, it was Jordan Clarkson who was channeling His Airness with this floating...
View ArticleJordan Clarkson Posterized Alex Len After Kobe Bryant’s Unique Bit Of Motivation
Subscribe to UPROXX The Lakers blew up the Phoenix Suns last night, winning at home, 97-77, and putting the latest nail in the coffin of the team from the desert, having a ton of fun while they were...
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