The Los Angeles Lakers are among the best teams in the Western Conference thus far in the 2025-26 NBA season, even without megastar LeBron James, who has missed the start of the campaign due to sciatica.

The Lakers fell in the latest USA TODAY Sports power rankings, moving from second to sixth in Week 3. The Lakers had previously started the season ranked 11th.

The Los Angeles Lakers could get some major reinforcements for their match on Friday against the New Orleans Pelicans. The Lakers have upgraded rookie forward A

The Lakers seem to be gradually inching towards being at full strength after dealing with multiple injuries to start this season.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 121-92 victory over Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers in their Western Conference matchup on Wednesday. The Thunder pummeled the Lakers, leading 100-64 after the first three quarters.

JJ Redick led the Los Angeles Lakers to the playoffs in his first season as an NBA head coach, but some coaches around the league still believe he was a bit unqualified.

Wednesday night after slaying the Lakers, All-NBA wing Jalen Williams poked his head into ESPN's Malika Andrews' walk-off interview with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and jokingly reminded everyone that he was still in the NBA since he hasn't yet been on the court this season.

Redick had the same look in his eyes and tone in his voice every opposing head coach has when it's their turn to face off against Gilgeous-Alexander. When you reach the all-time status he's in, there's no real way to limit his production.

You might remember some measure of controversy when the Los Angeles Lakers landed on JJ Redick as their new head coach. You might remember the Lakers defending the hire of a coach whose previous coaching experience consisted of his son's youth basketball team,