An LED screen more than 16 feet tall. Four smaller ones drifting like clouds. Another that has a kind of walk-on cameo. Five camera operators with their electronic burdens. Nine people dashing every which way with wardrobe, wigs and whatnot. Three million pixels, in case you’re counting. Sixteen million colors. Two cellphones, at least on
Four days after Dorian Finney-Smith joined the Lakers, JJ Redick mocked something his newest player had said, using the kind of dismissive voice a teenager uses when they repeat something they thought was stupid. One day later, following the Lakers’ win over the Hawks, Redick called his first-half performance “awful.” And last week after the
The things that the Lakers and LeBron James are going to like best about Dorian Finney-Smith are the things that have kept Finney-Smith from appreciating his battles against the NBA’s all-time leading scorer. “This is probably the most I ever said something to him. I’ve been guarding him for nine years, but I’m just not
Last Updated:December 30, 2024, 09:51 IST Russell’s role in head coach J.J. Redick’s rotation had diminished. In October, Russell averaged 30.6 minutes per game, dropping to 25.5 in November and 25.2 in December. D’Angelo Russell (X) The Los Angeles Lakers traded guard D’Angelo Russell, forward Maxwell Lewis and three second-round draft picks to the Brooklyn
He’s not a big name, but it’s a big trade. The Lakers have acquired Dorian Finney-Smith, a multiple-positional defender shooting 43.5% from three-point range this season, in a trade with the Brooklyn Nets without surrendering any of L.A.’s future first-round draft picks — a deal that improves two big areas of need while keeping the