Thomas Robinson

Lakers need a dominant Pau Gasol to defeat the Rockets

2013-04-17 15:45:00

With the season on the line, the Lakers (44-37) should have the advantage over the Houston Rockets (45-36) at power forward with 7-foot Pau Gasol.� After a dismal shooting night (3 for 17) in a Lakers victory over the San Antonio Spurs, Gasol needs a...

Lakers: Week 20 predictions

2013-03-11 08:00:00

The Lakers won three of four games in Week 19, climbing above .500 (33-31) and into a potential playoff seeding. The coming week will be a difficult one with three out of four on the road, including games on successive nights, in Orlando and Atlanta.�...

The Times' NBA rankings

2013-02-23 20:25:00

THE LAST EMPEROR 1. MIAMI (39-14) Not sure how Heat expects to win another title without Dexter Pittman. (1) 2. SAN ANTONIO (44-13) Prop bet that Baynes would outscore Paul renders Las Vegas bust. (3) 3. OKLAHOMA CITY (40-15) Paying luxury taxes...

NBA trades: Ronnie Brewer to OKC, J.J. Reddick to Bucks and more

2013-02-22 08:56:00

While the biggest news as the NBA's trade deadline came and went Thursday was that there was no real big news, several transactions that did take place are making headlines a day later now that the dust has settled. Ronnie Brewer gives the Oklahoma City...

NBA's trade deadline is almost a non-event

2013-02-21 14:57:00

The NBA’s trade deadline was D.O.A. There was little movement of note Thursday, unless you count part-time starting shooting guard J.J. Redick going from one bad team (Orlando) to a middling playoff contender (Milwaukee) as part of a six-player...

The Lakers are pointless without Steve Nash

2012-11-29 06:00:00

The Lakers are 7-8, and it really shouldn't be a surprise. Is there a general manager with a job who would trade Steve Nash and Steve Blake for Darius Morris and Chris Duhon? Morris has played relatively well in stretches, but he's a young, second-...

Interim Coach Bernie Bickerstaff tries to keep it simple for Lakers

2012-11-12 00:00:00

He was asked and so he served, but Bernie Bickerstaff gave the distinct impression he will be happy when his term as the Lakers' interim coach ends and he can go back to being a low-profile assistant coach with nothing more pressing to worry about than...

For Long Beach 49er fans, NCAA loss is bittersweet

2012-03-15 21:36:17

UCLA basketball: UCLA can't come all the way back in 72-56 loss to No. 14 Kansas

2011-11-22 21:34:01

UCLA's Ben Howland: Reeves Nelson won't start 'any time soon'

2011-11-27 21:34:00

Kings await lottery

2013-05-20 18:35:03

SACRAMENTO, Calif. One of the many questions about the Kings this offseason will be answered Tuesday. When the NBA draft lottery concludes shortly after 5 p.m. PDT, the Kings will know where they will pick in the first round of the June 27 draft. The...

Kings' Petrie works amid uncertainty

2013-05-20 02:34:02

There is more clarity to the Kings' ownership situation. But that doesn't mean all the uncertainty surrounding the franchise disappeared when Vivek Ranadive and his ownership group agreed to purchase a controlling interest in the team last week. Kings...

tournaments, including the Elite Eight in 1986. The All-American averaged 28.2 points as a senior, when he led the nation in blocked shots and was college Player of the Year.

2012-05-03 11:56:50

Kentucky's Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (14) drives past Kansas' Thomas Robinson (0) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, in New York.

2011-11-15 21:41:07