Improvement in the NBA is tricky to categorize — and even harder to compare when three players have improved in three different ways. Cade Cunningham, Norman Powell and Tyler Hero are currently the leaders for the NBA's Most Improved Player... and each has taken a drastically different path to get here.

NBA analyst Vincent Goodwill suggested that Russell Westbrook could be named the 2025 Most Improved Player. Since joining the Denver Nuggets this season, Westbrook has had more opportunities to play like his usual self.

The Lakers did almost everything right when they steamrolled the Wizards to get their seventh win in their last nine games.

The Los Angeles Lakers didn’t look like themselves on the second night of a back-to-back on Tuesday. After a sluggish start, the tides never turned, as the

The spotlight is on Bronny as he delivers a career game in Lakers win against the Wizards. Witness his standout plays.

Anthony Davis thinks he should have won a Defensive Player of the Year award by now, and he's getting increasingly vocal about that fact. In April of 2024, the Lakers star grumbled that the league had a bias against him.

While Naz Reid is already rostered in 85% of Yahoo leagues, McDaniels will be easier to find on waiver wires. The offensive production isn’t the best (although he has shot 51.3% from the field over the past two weeks),

LeBron James had 24 points and 11 assists before resting for the final quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers’ 134-96 rout of the Washington Wizards.

Bronny James scored a career-high five points. He shot only 1-for-6 from the field, but he made a driving layup while being fouled and converted the free throw for a three-point play.

REMEMBER, BRONNY SCORED 30 IN THE G LEAGUE: Seriously! That was amazing! He scored a career-high five points. So when he stepped to the line with six seconds left at Capital One Arena to take a free throw, he heard MVP chants. That’s right, that’s from the opposing fanbase.

The Los Angeles Lakers secured a dominant victory over the Washington Wizards, with LeBron James delivering a standout performance. Coach JJ Redick highlighted one key factor that makes James' play in his 22nd NBA season even more remarkable.

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