The basketball gods may have just granted the Los Angeles Lakers' biggest wish for the 2025 NBA offseason. The Purple and Gold have a glaring void to fill at the center spot, and a 27-year-old recent All-Star who plays that very position just appeared on the trade rumor mill.

The Los Angeles Lakers enter the offseason needing a center. It remains uncertain what the front office plans to do during the offseason to find a starting-caliber center, but there aren't a ton of options for the Lakers to pursue.

Getting traded to the Lakers allowed Luka Doncic to team up with LeBron James, a player he grew up studying and idolizing. While they only played together for a couple of months, Doncic spoke about how much he enjoyed it and what he learned from the 40-year-old.

The seeds for the 2025 NBA Finals began getting planted unknowingly in 2017, when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was about to enroll at Kentucky and Tyrese Haliburton was getting ready for his senior year of high school.

Shaquille O’Neal built a Hall of Fame career with sheer size and dominance in the paint. Former Phoenix Suns coach Mike D’Antoni believes Shaq’s unstoppable presence for forcing teams to change how they played,

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James discussed the increased usage of zone defense in the NBA Playoffs this year.

Below are the most notable NBA players born on Feb. 7. Nash was the 15th pick in the 1996 NBA Draft out of Santa Clara by the Phoenix Suns. Ironically, his career didn’t truly take off until he left for the Dallas Mavericks and then rejoined the Suns in 2004.

The 2025 NBA Draft is right around the corner. While the NBA Finals between the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder are set to begin on Thursday, the draft is coming up quickly and will be held on June 25. Duke star Cooper Flagg is ready to be the No. 1 overall pick and get his career underway.

The Los Angeles Lakers' summer could involve a blockbuster trade for a multi-dimensional Boston Celtics asset.