Instead of on-ball screens, Miami is relying on pace (first in the NBA), off-ball movement and drives to the hoop to score. And it has revived an offense that’s typically been one of the league’s most plodding.

Collin Gillespie is off to a historic start with the Suns, joining only Russell Westbrook and LaMelo Ball to do this in NBA history.

LeBron James made history Tuesday, becoming the first player to span 23 NBA seasons, facing seven Utah Jazz players who weren’t even born when he debuted. “That just made my back hurt,” the 40-year-old Los Angeles Laker joked to reporters when told the stat, surpassing Vince Carter’s 22 seasons.

Sacramento Kings guard Russell Westbrook joined Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James as just one of two players in NBA history to amass 25,000 points and 10,000 assists on Friday.

During the Lakers' 80th season of existence (they were founded back in 1946 as the Detroit Gems in the National Basketball League), LeBron Wire is taking a look at each player who has worn their jersey, whether it has been a purple and gold one or the ones they donned back in the Midwest during their early years.

Tim Bontemps takes the pulse of the league on OKC's chase for 70 wins, the potential post-Trae Hawks and more first-month standout storylines.

The Los Angeles Lakers got a painful wakeup call on Wednesday. They entered the contest with the Oklahoma City Thunder having won six of their last seven games, but they were annihilated in that one. OKC won, 121-92, and it wasn't even that close.

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