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All Stats Updated From Conclusion of 2024-25 Season

Brett — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:46:10 +0000

With the NBA season now over, and the OKC Thunder being crowned champs, we have taken the opportunity to get LakerStats completely updated through the end of the 2024-25 season. I know that we got behind a little bit over the last couple years, but we’ve caught up, and all stats are up-to-date and accurate. Just an FYI, we are going to be working on updating box scores of older seasons over the rest of the summer. Right now our internal box scores only go back to the 1989-90 season, and we link to Basketball Reference for box scores before that. But we will be putting all older box scores into our database, it’s just a big process that will take a lot of man hours, but the goal is to get it done all the way back to the inaugural 1948-49 season. It’s a big undertaking, but we’re determined to finish it. Thanks for the support! Go Lakers in 2025-26!

SI.com: Kobe 5th Highest-Earning Athlete in US

Brett — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:08:28 +0000

Further proof that Kobe Bryant‘s marketing image is in a huge upswing, the Lakers’ guard is the fifth highest-earning athlete in the US, according to an article on SportsIllustrated.com.

Bryant, who won the NBA’s Most-Valuable-Player Award this season and led the Lakers to an improbable NBA Finals berth, earned $35.5 million last year, including $16 million in endorsements. Tiger Woods leads the list at over $127 million. The only NBA player in the Top 5 besides Kobe is Lebron James at number three, at nearly $41 million.

Kobe’s marketing image had taken a hit after rape allegations five years ago, then his openly-pubic feud with former-teammate Shaquille O’Neal, and ultimately the Lakers’ struggles on the court. This season has served as vindication for Bryant.

He silenced his critics this yea as he had arguably his best team-oriented season, leading a group most figured would struggle to make the playoffs, to within two wins of an NBA title. He also did it after tearing a tendon in his pinkie that will require surgery before next season.

After last year’s off-season turmoil where he demanded a trade from the Lakers, this summer should be much quieter for the content MVP, who hopes to bring home an Olympic gold medal for the US in Beijing in August.

Lakers Select Kentucky’s Crawford in 2008 Draft

Brett — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:25:17 +0000

The Lakers, who only had one pick in Thursday’s 2008 NBA draft, selected Kentucky guard Joe Crawford with the 58th pick.

Crawford, who stands 6’5″, averaged 17.9 points on 47% shooting in 30 games during his senior season at Kentucky. Those numbers earned him 2nd team All-Southeastern Conference honors.

Crawford was delighted to be drafted by the Lakers, and will take part in the team’s summer league schedule, which starts on July 11. “It’s something you’ve waited for all your life, when you started playing basketball,” Crawford said. “To go to one of my favorite teams, to go to L.A., it’s a feeling I can’t explain. I had a great workout in L.A. I felt they were pretty interested in me after my workout. I’m excited about playing for a
championship-contending team.”

Should he play well, Lakers’ General Manager Mitch Kupchak has said the team will sign him to a contract. But Crawford might be hard-pressed to make the roster this season, especially if the Lakers re-sign Sasha Vujacic and Ronny Turiaf as they are planning to do once free-agent signings are allowed on July 1.