The Los Angeles Lakers‘ bench has drawn attention this season, largely for the wrong reasons. Despite their star power at the top of the rotation, the Lakers rank last in the NBA in bench points per ...

Nick Smith Jr. delivered 21 points with five three-pointers off the bench, stepping up as Austin Reaves sits with a calf strain injury. The Lakers answered their coach’s criticism with a complete ...

The Los Angeles Lakers entered Monday night’s matchup with more questions than answers — the biggest being: Where would the scoring come from? Missing LeBron James, Luka Doncic, and Austin Reaves due ...

PORTLAND -- Playing without their three leading scorers from last season's final roster, the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Portland Trail Blazers 123-115 on Monday night behind a combined 57 points from ...

With training camp starting for the Los Angeles Lakers this week, they made a roster move on Monday. They signed Nick Smith Jr., a 6-foot-2, 185-pound guard, to a two-way contract. Smith, 21, played ...

WNBA. DeWanna Bonner heads to the finals with a message that could be directed at the Indiana Fever WNBA. "About damn time": Sophie Cunningham's unexpected take on WNBA officiating The Los Angeles ...

September 25, 2025 – Charlotte Hornets President of Basketball Operations Jeff Peterson announced today that the team has waived guard Nick Smith Jr. Smith Jr. was selected by Charlotte with the 27 th ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CHARLOTTE SPORTS LIVE) — The Hornets have waived guard Nick Smith Jr. a week before the start of training camp, league sources confirmed with CSL Thursday. The team has since ...

Duke football coach Manny Diaz said Monday middle linebacker Nick Morris Jr. will be lost for the remainder of the 2025 season. Morris suffered a leg injury late in the first quarter Saturday in the ...

Duke football will be without middle linebacker Nick Morris Jr. for the remainder of the 2025 season after the fifth-year sustained a season ending injury in the Blue Devils' ACC opener vs. N.C. State ...