Mike Brown (basketball)

Former Lakers assistant coach Eddie Jordan on the team's challenging season

2013-05-15 15:53:00

Former Lakers assistant coach Eddie Jordan recently left the team to become head coach at� Rutgers. Jordan was brought in by Mike Brown to help teach the Lakers a version of the Princeton offense but Brown was let go five games into the regular season....

Phil Jackson recalls his non-hiring by the Lakers on 'Tonight Show'

2013-05-17 12:41:00

Former Lakers coach Phil Jackson visited Jay Leno on the "Tonight Show" on Thursday night to promote his upcoming book "Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success." Jackson described his brief flirtation with returning to the Lakers early in the season....

Phil Jackson has interest in a front-office NBA job

2013-05-17 11:47:00

Phil Jackson apparently would like to have another stint in the NBA. The 11-time champion coach said Thursday evening on "The Tonight Show" that he was interested in a front-office job with the Seattle group that failed in an attempt to relocate the...

Lakers assistant Steve Clifford draws interest around league

2013-05-14 06:30:00

Lakers assistant coach Steve Clifford has drawn interest around the NBA, taking interviews with the Milwaukee Bucks and Charlotte Bobcats. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, Clifford met with Bucks officials on Monday concerning their...

Letters: Fans want a new Blue, all right

2013-05-10 16:43:00

Check any correct answer to the following question: What is 42? a) the number worn by Jackie Robinson when he played with the Brooklyn Dodgers. b) a movie about Robinson's courage in breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947. c) the number of...

Lakers season wrap: Pau Gasol finished injury-plagued season strong

2013-05-11 07:30:00

After an awkward start to the season, Lakers forward/center Pau Gasol finished strong after returning from a foot injury. The Lakers had a slow start to the season with multiple injuries.� Initially Dwight Howard and Gasol had poor chemistry on the...

Lakers season wrap: Coach Mike D'Antoni worthy of blame or credit?

2013-05-12 13:40:00

In a year defined by injury, Coach Mike D'Antoni became a lightning rod for criticism, despite leading the Lakers (45-37) team to a 28-12, seventh-place finish. In the closing moments of the Lakers' sweep by the San Antonio Spurs, the familiar chant...

Nothing to see here, Lakers fans

2013-05-03 16:22:00

A compilation of all of the Lakers' postmortem material recently published in your paper would read something akin to "War and Peace." Hey, they had a rough season, they have some decisions to make and the future is uncertain. Enough said. Bud Chapman...

Three basketball coaches focus on home court

2013-05-04 00:00:00

Area basketball coaches are seeing a lot of off-court action these days. Now that the Lakers are out of the playoffs, head coach Mike D'Antoni can turn his attention to moving into the house he and his wife, Laurel, just bought in Manhattan Beach for...

Mike D'Antoni seems secure in position, buys Manhattan Beach home

2013-05-02 14:32:00

For the Mike D'Antoni detractors, there certainly doesn't seem to be any momentum for pushing him out as coach of the Lakers. As reported by Lauren Beale of the Times, D'Antoni has purchased a $6.9-million home in Manhattan Beach. D'Antoni left the...

Lakers' Week 26 in review

2013-05-01 06:00:00

The Lakers hit a playoff dead end in Week 26, trying to beat the San Antonio Spurs with a decimated skeleton crew. TNT and NBA TV analysts Steve Kerr, Kenny Smith and Dennis Scott all agreed that the Lakers had no real chance against San Antonio....

Phil Jackson was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2011

2013-04-30 06:00:00

Phil Jackson's second run with the Lakers ended after a second-round loss to the Dallas Mavericks in 2011. During that series, Jackson revealed to the team that had been diagnosed with prostate cancer, according to Kevin Ding of the Orange County...

Lakers Coach Mike D'Antoni kept all of Mike Brown's assistants on staff last season.

2013-04-12 00:00:00

Bernie Bickerstaff was 4-1 as the interim head coach after the Lakers fired Mike Brown last November.

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Mike Brown has agreed to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers as coach.

2012-10-21 00:00:00