The NBA announced its overhauled All-Star Game format, including how Adam Silver will make sure the American and International teams both hit their quota of players.
Four-time NBA All-Star Micheal Ray Richardson, who was banned from the NBA for drug use, died at the age of 70 shortly after getting diagnosed with prostate cancer.
The Lakers’ fifth-year guard now sits at the center of two major NBA storylines: Helping the team win enough to convince LeBron James to stay in L.A., but playing so well that it might cost the franchise nearly $250M dollars to keep him.