Lakers Notes: New CBA's Impact On LeBron James, Injury Report, The "King Of LA"

The latest news and notes from around Lakerland.

On Saturday, your Los Angeles Lakers worked on some key practice reps ahead of the start of their playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves and posted a fairly clean injury report. Elsewhere on the Lakers news blotter, several key broadcasters from around the NBA media landscape weighed in on various LA-centric narratives.

There's more from out of Los Angeles:

• Lakers News: Bill Simmons Considers This LA Player League's Most Intriguing Restricted Free Agent
• Lakers News: CBA Revision May Postpone On-Court Bryce James Pairing With LeBron
• Lakers News: Charles Barkley's Pick For "King Of LA" Basketball May Ruffle Feathers
• Lakers News: How Tristan Thompson's Move To LA Impacts His Life Off The Floor 
• Lakers News: Watch LA Rehearsing Key Plays Ahead Of First Grizzlies Game
• Lakers News: LeBron James Makes Bonkers Assessment Of Playoff Teams' Chances
• Lakers Injury Report: LA Far Outpacing Memphis In Health Ahead Of Playoff Series
• Lakers 248 Unpacks LA's Journey To Playoffs, D'Angelo Russell's Awful Play-In

But that all adds up to a mere appetizer for this afternoon's main course: the Lakers' return to the actual playoffs after one miserable year spent languishing on the sidelines.

Los Angeles squares off against the Memphis Grizzlies today at noon PT, via ABC.

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