LOS ANGELES – As it often played out during most of his NBA career, Luke Walton stepped in front of a crowd that either shouted his name or booed him. It often became hard to distinguish the ...

OAKLAND -– Luke Walton knew what his father would think, that the old man would point out the advantages of being part of a winning team and the disadvantages of being chiefly responsible for ...

Luke Walton is ready to return the fun to the Lakers and that has people smiling. Lakers’ D’Angelo Russell draws laughs in commercial, but not from Nick Young. More to Read .

Luke Walton has always been one to pass the ball, even in his days on the blacktop as an 8-year-old at St. Vincent de Paul School. He grew up in San Diego, son of an NBA champion, ...

Luke Walton, you lucky dog. In finally getting dumped Friday by the Lakers , their former head coach made his escape like a man staggering up the embankment from a ditch occupied by the twisted ...

But because of the name Luke Walton’s parents gave him, no one was quite sure what they were hearing when he was announced Friday night in Sacramento before the Kings took on the Utah Jazz.

Luke Walton coached the Lakers until the two sides agreed to part ways on April 12. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) By Richard Winton. and Tania Ganguli. April 23, 2019 10:11 AM PT .

Coach Luke Walton faced more questions about his future in Sacramento as another disappointing season of Kings basketball ended with a 121-99 loss to the Utah Jazz on Sunday evening at Golden 1 ...

Luke Walton’s voice had a little more rattle, a little more whisper in it than normal. For the last five days, he has tried to process an unthinkable loss, his former teammate Kobe Bryant, one ...

— -- When he accepted the Los Angeles Lakers' head coaching job Friday, Golden State Warriors assistant coach Luke Walton moved 56 games down the standings. That's how many more wins the ...

— -- With the announcement that Luke Walton will become the next Lakers coach, we asked our writers for their thoughts on how Walton will fit with his new team, how the move will impact the ...

When the Lakers tabbed Luke Walton as their head coach in the summer of 2016, the hire served as a de facto mission statement for the type of organization the Lakers aspired to be.