Los Angeles Lakers fans were greeted on Wednesday morning to the sight of one LeBron James on the official NBA injury list ahead of the heavyweight clash against the Boston Celtics.

The Lakers, currently the fifth seed, are markedly a few pieces away from putting a scare in West powerhouses like the Thunder, Grizzlies and Nuggets.

The Celtics and Lakers will renew their rivalry, though Los Angeles listed both their stars in LeBron James and Anthony Davis on the injury report.

NBA trade deadline is 15 days away, so we're right in the thick of when all the rumors around the league will start to pick up. Jimmy Butler is the most talked about trade piece right now, with the Phoenix Suns being eyed as the frontrunner to land him if a trade were to transpire.

Time is starting to run out for the Lakers to make another trade this season, and LeBron James and Anthony Davis seem to be getting anxious.

Faced with the possibility of having to go through the play-in tournament once again just to make the postseason, LeBron James and Anthony Davis are

The trade deadline is a bit more than two weeks away. At 22-18, the Lakers are hovering around the middle of the Western Conference. They'll likely play in the postseason, but in

The Los Angeles Lakers are set to take on the lowly Washington Wizards in what will be their second-to-last home game before they embark on a six-game road trip

The chances of the Lakers making the type of big trade that would make them contenders or near-contenders any time soon may be slim.