Lakers reporter
Khobi Price
Khobi Price covers the Los Angeles Lakers for the Southern California News Group. He previously covered the Orlando Magic for the Orlando Sentinel. He was a sports reporter for the South Florida Sun Sentinel covering the University of Miami, the Miami Heat, Inter Miami CF and Florida Atlantic University football. He is a graduate of Northern Illinois University.
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![He's still expected to return to the Lakers on a new contract. He's still expected to return to the Lakers on a new contract.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AP24121124857569.jpg?w=124)
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LeBron James declines player option to become free agent
He's still expected to return to the Lakers on a new contract.
![Lakers GM Rob Pelinka talks about the unorthodox hire of the inexperienced Redick as a chance to change the way the Lakers operate on a daily basis and how they develop their players. Lakers GM Rob Pelinka talks about the unorthodox hire of the inexperienced Redick as a chance to change the way the Lakers operate on a daily basis and how they develop their players.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/LDN-L-LAKERS-0625-11-BS-1.jpg?w=120)
Lakers embrace ‘innovation’ by hiring former Magic shooter JJ Redick as head coach
Lakers GM Rob Pelinka talks about the unorthodox hire of the inexperienced Redick as a chance to change the way the Lakers operate on a daily basis and how they...
![Lakers GM Rob Pelinka talks about the unorthodox hire of the inexperienced Redick as a chance to change the way the Lakers operate on a daily basis and how they develop their players. Lakers GM Rob Pelinka talks about the unorthodox hire of the inexperienced Redick as a chance to change the way the Lakers operate on a daily basis and how they develop their players.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/LDN-L-LAKERS-0625-11-BS.jpg?w=120)
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Lakers embrace ‘innovation’ by hiring JJ Redick as head coach
Lakers GM Rob Pelinka talks about the unorthodox hire of the inexperienced Redick as a chance to change the way the Lakers operate on a daily basis and how they...
![After being rejected by UConn coach Dan Hurley, the Lakers go back to Redick for more discussions. Redick is an ESPN analyst who played 15 years in the league but he has never been a head coach above the youth level. After being rejected by UConn coach Dan Hurley, the Lakers go back to Redick for more discussions. Redick is an ESPN analyst who played 15 years in the league but he has never been a head coach above the youth level.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-1885333145.jpg?w=132)
Report: Lakers interviewing JJ Redick for coaching job this weekend
After being rejected by UConn coach Dan Hurley, the Lakers go back to Redick for more discussions. Redick is an ESPN analyst who played 15 years in the league but...
![Hurley told ESPN that the Lakers had made "a compelling case" and presented a "compelling vision." Hurley told ESPN that the Lakers had made "a compelling case" and presented a "compelling vision."](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AP24100056464767.jpg?w=132)
UConn’s Dan Hurley plans to decide on Lakers’ head coach job on Monday
Hurley told ESPN that the Lakers had made "a compelling case" and presented a "compelling vision."
![LeBron James had 30 points, but Murray scored a game-high 32 and sank the decisive shot with 3.6 seconds left as the defending champs took Game 5, 108-106, and ousted the Lakers for a second straight year. LeBron James had 30 points, but Murray scored a game-high 32 and sank the decisive shot with 3.6 seconds left as the defending champs took Game 5, 108-106, and ousted the Lakers for a second straight year.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-2150775906-1.jpg?w=132)
Lakers’ season ends as Nuggets’ Jamal Murray hits another game-winner
LeBron James had 30 points, but Murray scored a game-high 32 and sank the decisive shot with 3.6 seconds left as the defending champs took Game 5, 108-106, and ousted...
![LeBron James has 30 points, but Murray scores a game-high 32 and sinks the decisive shot with 3.6 seconds left as the defending champs take Game 5, 108-106, and oust the Lakers for a second straight year. LeBron James has 30 points, but Murray scores a game-high 32 and sinks the decisive shot with 3.6 seconds left as the defending champs take Game 5, 108-106, and oust the Lakers for a second straight year.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-2150775906.jpg?w=132)
Lakers’ season ends as Nuggets’ Jamal Murray hits another game-winner
LeBron James has 30 points, but Murray scores a game-high 32 and sinks the decisive shot with 3.6 seconds left as the defending champs take Game 5, 108-106, and oust...
![Orlando Magic president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman discusses the Orlando Magic’s draft picks in the 2023 NBA Draft during a press conference at the Advent Health Training Center in Orlando on Thursday evening, June 22, 2023. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel) Orlando Magic president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman discusses the Orlando Magic’s draft picks in the 2023 NBA Draft during a press conference at the Advent Health Training Center in Orlando on Thursday evening, June 22, 2023. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel)](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023MagicDraft21365.jpg?w=126)
Magic address needs while raising other questions by drafting Anthony Black, Jett Howard
The Magic aren’t concerned about a backcourt logjam after making Anthony Black the third guard they drafted in the first round in the last four years. But there's an obvious...
![Magic president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman (left) and coach Jamahl Mosley discuss Thursday's draft picks at Advent Health Training Center. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel) Magic president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman (left) and coach Jamahl Mosley discuss Thursday's draft picks at Advent Health Training Center. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel)](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023MagicDraft21370.jpg?w=135)
Magic trade second-round pick in NBA draft to Bucks
The Magic have a tendency of trading their second-round picks or the draft rights to players they selected with those picks.
![Anthony Black, a 5-star and 2022 McDonald's All-American, is the third young guard the Magic drafted in the last four years. They also once again dipped into the University of Michigan pipeline with their second lottery pick, taking the son of former NBA All-Star and Michigan coach Juwan Howard, Anthony Black, a 5-star and 2022 McDonald's All-American, is the third young guard the Magic drafted in the last four years. They also once again dipped into the University of Michigan pipeline with their second lottery pick, taking the son of former NBA All-Star and Michigan coach Juwan Howard,](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023MagicDraft21334-1.jpg?w=138)
Magic select Anthony Black, Jett Howard in 2023 NBA draft
Anthony Black, a 5-star and 2022 McDonald's All-American, is the third young guard the Magic drafted in the last four years. They also once again dipped into the University of...