Morning Tip Mailbag: Your questions on the Los Angeles Lakers, the Eastern Conference and more

Someone dig up Randy Newman. They’re back. From Buddy Phipps: It seems to be fashionable to issue hot takes on the Lakers — that their signings post-LeBron make no sense; or they are bringing in ball-dominant veterans to build a win-now club with LeBron in the post as a secondary creator. I always thought it …

Morning Tip Mailbag: Your questions on the Los Angeles Lakers, the Eastern Conference and more

Someone dig up Randy Newman. They’re back. From Buddy Phipps: It seems to be fashionable to issue hot takes on the Lakers — that their signings post-LeBron make no sense; or they are bringing in ball-dominant veterans to build a win-now club with LeBron in the post as a secondary creator. I always thought it …

Morning Tip Mailbag: Your questions on the Los Angeles Lakers, the Eastern Conference and more

Someone dig up Randy Newman. They’re back. From Buddy Phipps: It seems to be fashionable to issue hot takes on the Lakers — that their signings post-LeBron make no sense; or they are bringing in ball-dominant veterans to build a win-now club with LeBron in the post as a secondary creator. I always thought it …

Morning Tip Mailbag: Your questions on the Los Angeles Lakers, the Eastern Conference and more

Someone dig up Randy Newman. They’re back. From Buddy Phipps: It seems to be fashionable to issue hot takes on the Lakers — that their signings post-LeBron make no sense; or they are bringing in ball-dominant veterans to build a win-now club with LeBron in the post as a secondary creator. I always thought it …

In first comments after injury, Oladipo declares he 'will be back better than ever'

Victor Oladipo may be out for the season after suffering a scary ruptured quad injury on Wednesday, but he sounds as confident as ever in making his first public comments following the diagnosis. “It’s going to be tough but tough times don’t last tough people do,” Oladipo wrote in an Instagram caption. “It’s time for …