Community Archive:
 | South Bay Lakers Read to Students at Center St. Elementary As part of their adoption of Center St. Elementary School in El Segundo, the South Bay Lakers participated in a reading day on March 5th, in celebration of Read Across America Day. |
 | The South Bay Lakers adopts Richmond Street Elementary and Center Street Elementary. Students from both elementary schools were invited to attend a South Bay Lakers Open Practice at the UCLA Health Training Center as the team prepared to play the Rio Grande Valley Vipers the next day. |
 | ‘Best Recess Ever!’: South Bay Lakers Hit the Playground at Edison Elementary As kids streamed back to their classrooms, Edison Elementary principal Jayne Okazaki heard several of them scream, “Best recess ever!” |
 | South Bay Lakers Hold Reading Day at Torrance’s Edison Elementary As part of their adoption of Edison Elementary School, the South Bay Lakers recently held a day of reading for students in Torrance. |
 | South Bay Lakers Adopt Edison Elementary, Beginning Yearlong Relationship The South Bay Lakers began their yearlong relationship with Torrance’s Edison Elementary, as players and staff took over the school for a morning. |
 | South Bay Holiday Shopping The South Bay Lakers had their first community event of the season as they took part in a Sponsor-a-Family project by working with Lakers staff and the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Homeless Education Program. |
 | Lakers Youth Foundation and GRYD Clinic The GRYD Foundation and the South Bay Lakers partner up over the summer to run a series of basketball and dance clinics for at risk kids in the Los Angeles area. |
 | D-Fenders Players Coach Up Weekend Whittier Clinic Members of the Los Angeles D-Fenders basketball team put on a clinic for more than 100 children on Sunday, March 5, at the Whittier Adult Center. |
 | Battle Of Badges Game Raises Thousands For El Segundo Education Foundation The Los Angeles D-Fenders played host to the El Segundo Fire Department and El Segundo Police Department for a Battle of the Badges game on Sunday, Feb. 12, where they raised more than $4,500 for local education efforts. |
 | D-Fenders Get Buckets With Silver Spur Elementary Students Members of the Los Angeles D-Fenders visited Silver Spur Elementary in Rancho Palos Verdes on Wednesday, Jan. 25, to hold a clinic for more than 100 fifth-grade students. |
 | D-Fenders Hold Clinic For NJB Walnut Basketball League The D-Fenders ran a clinic for more than 200 kids in the National Junior Basketball Walnut Basketball League, focusing on a number of skills that included shooting, dribbling, defense and passing. |
 | D-Fenders Host Jr. NBA Clinic The Los Angeles D-Fenders hosted a basketball clinic at the Lakers/D-Fenders training center on November 14th as part of the Jr. NBA youth basketball program. |
 | D-Fenders Visit US Vets Residential Facility in Inglewood The Los Angeles D-Fenders spent the morning of Veterans Day serving breakfast and mingling with military veterans at the US Vets Residential Facility in Inglewood. |
 | D-Fenders Visit Ramona Elementary The Los Angeles D-Fenders visited Ramona Elementary School in Hawthorne this week as part of the NBA D-League Read to Achieve initiative. |
 | D-Fenders Visit Nativity Catholic School Los Angeles D-Fenders Forward Ater Majok made an appearance at the Nativity Catholic School career day. |
 | D-Fenders Visit Hollenback Middle School The Los Angeles D-Fenders teamed up with the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office and L.A.’s Summer Night Lights program to motivate middle school students. |
 | D-Fenders Visit Carr Elementary Los Angeles D-Fenders guard Vander Blue took the morning off to visit with students from Carr Elementary School. |
| Salvation Army Toy Sort Josiah Turner, Charles Hinkle, and Jabari Brown visited the Salvation Army of Inglewood to participate in their annual Toy Sort. | |
| D-Fenders Visit Eucalyptus Elementary Travis Hyman and Naadir Tharpe visit Eucalyptus Elementary to read to third graders | |
| D-Fenders Visit Elementary School The Los Angeles D-Fenders visit a local elementary school to read to kids during a book fair. | |
| D-Fenders Visit Veterans The Los Angeles D-Fenders took a break from training camp to visit with local Veterans at the Los Angeles Veterans Hospital. | |
| D-Fenders Host Summer Youth Basketball Clinics The D-Fenders partnered with the Summer Night Lights program to produce a series of youth basketball clinics, held at Toyota Sports Center. | |
 | D-Fenders Spread Holiday Cheer at the Salvation Army The LA D-Fenders partnered with The Salvation Army this holiday season for a day of giving back on Wednesday, December 11th. |
 | Gift Exchange with A.C. Green Laker Legend and Los Angeles D-Fenders broadcaster A.C. Green got in to the holiday spirit in a big way at the D-Fenders game on December 15th. |
 | Veterans Day at US Vets of Inglewood On November 11th, 2013 the Lakers and D-Fenders once again celebrated Veterans Day at US Vets of Inglewood. |
 | Spread the Word to End the Word: D-Fenders Recognize Mychal's Basketball Team On Wednesday, Mar. 6, the Los Angeles D-Fenders were pleased to welcome Mychal's Tigers basketball team of the South Bay, representing the Special Olympics on Spread the Word to End the Word night in El Segundo. |
 | STAR Education joins Laker Girls for Cheer Clinic The Los Angeles Laker Girls hosted a cheer clinic for STAR Education and 225 of its students before the D-Fenders game on Saturday, Mar. 2. |
 | Read Across America Day at Center Street Elementary School On Friday, March 1st, 2013 the Los Angeles D-Fenders participated in Read Across America Day at Center Street Elementary School. |
 | D-Fenders Visit VA Hospital on National Salute Day On February 6th, 2013 the Los Angeles D-Fenders and the Laker Girls visited the VA Hospital of Los Angeles as part of National Salute Day. |
 | Los Angeles D-Fenders vs. Valor Lions The Los Angeles D-Fenders were challenged to a basketball game with the Valor Lions during the NBA D-Leagues FIT Live Healthy Week. |
 | Laker Girl Dance Clinic with the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles As part of the Los Angeles Lakers effort to engage the community to be Fit for Life the Laker Girls hosted a Dance Clinic for the Girl Scouts of the Greater Los Angeles area. |
 | NBA D-League FIT Week - D-Fenders visited Valor Academy Two D-Fenders players, Ronald Dupree and Jarrid Famous, participated in a discussion with 125 5th and 6th grade students about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle. |
| Season of Giving: D-Fenders Give Back at Holiday Angels Program As part of the NBA D-League’s Season of Giving campaign, the Los Angeles D-Fenders partnered with Connections For Children at the childcare agency’s annual Holiday Angels event. | |
| D-Fenders Season of Giving Event: Los Angeles Regional Food Bank To continue the Los Angeles D-Fender’s Season of Giving holiday initiative the players, coaches and staff visited the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank to help with the Food Sorting Project. | |
 | D-Fenders to Host Food Drive for the LA Regional Food Bank The Los Angeles D-Fenders are teaming up with the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank to host a Food Drive at the D-Fenders home games in December (12/7, 12/8, 12/13 & 12/15). |
 | D-League Cares Week: Reading, Writing, It’s Exciting Program The Los Angeles D-Fenders made a visit to the Reading, Writing It’s Exciting program at Dolores Huerta Elementary School as part of D-League Cares Week. |
 | D-League Cares Week: Basketball Clinic 50 kids from the local Ontario area were treated to basketball instruction by two D-Fenders Coaches, Conner Henry and Larry Lewis and three D-Fenders players; Gary Flowers, Rashad Bishop and Tristan Thompson. |
| The D-Fenders Partner With TreePeople for NBA Green Week In honor of NBA Green Week the Los Angeles D-Fenders partnered with TreePeople and 60 students from Brentwood High School to beatify a local park. | |
| D-Fender Otis George Visits Valor Basketball During the 2011-2012 NBA D-League basketball season, Valor Academy has become one of the D-Fenders biggest fans. They have come to several games and even had a special FIT Live Healthy Week visit from some of the players to talk about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle. | |
| NBA D-League FIT – Live Healthy Week: Los Angeles D-Fenders Visit Valor Academy To conclude NBA D-League FIT – Live Healthy Week the Los Angeles D-Fenders made a visit to Valor Academy. Three D-Fenders players, Zach Andrews, Brian Hamilton and Otis George participated in a discussion with 75 7th grade students about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle. | |
| Los Angeles D-Fenders Host Basketball Clinic for NJB Walnut The Los Angeles D-Fenders continued their Season of Giving as the players, coaches and staff hosted a basketball clinic for 100 NJB Walnut basketball players on December 18th. The two-hour clinic focused on teaching Kindergarteners through 8th graders fundamental offensive and defensive basketball skills. | |
| D-Fenders Season of Giving Event: Los Angeles Regional Food Bank To tip off the Los Angeles D-Fender’s Season of Giving holiday initiative the players, coaches and staff visited the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank to help with the Food Sorting Project. | |
| D-Fenders Visit Palms Middle School's Team Prime Time The Los Angeles D-Fenders began their community outreach this week with a visit to Palms Middle School and their afterschool athletic mentoring program Team Prime Time. |