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Bynum Unsure of Future With Lakers

May 22, 2012

After the most successful season of his seven-year career ended with yet another disappointing second-round playoff exit, Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum doesn’t know what the future holds for him. “I’m not sure,”... »Read More

Kobe: ‘I’m not fading into the shadows’

May 22, 2012

Being media, we immediately attached narrative to this 106-90 loss that sent the Lakers to another early offseason. We had seen a changing of the guard, after all. The young and talented Oklahoma City... »Read More

Harden Won’t Rule Out Lakers Next Year?

May 22, 2012

Hearing that James Harden wouldn’t rule out the Lakers next summer. via Chris Palmer via Twitter »Read More

Jeremy Lin Eyeing Los Angeles Lakers?

May 22, 2012

(Jeremy) Lin interested in Lakers (and others) is what I’ve heard. Lin, of course, is weighing every option. via Chris Palmer via Twitter »Read More

Gasol: Third Option ‘been tough for me’

May 22, 2012

The shouts between (Kobe) Bryant and (Pau) Gasol weren’t as loud as the delirious din coming down from the Oklahoma City rafters as fans saw their Thunder team full of 20-somethings grow up before... »Read More

Lakers Need to Make Major Changes?

May 22, 2012

Things are broken. That’s blatantly evident after the Lakers’ 106-90 Game 5 loss to the Thunder in the Western Conference semifinals Monday, knocking L.A. out of the postseason in the second round for the... »Read More

Bryant’s Championship Window Closed?

May 22, 2012

What happened here on a strange and sad Monday night felt like the end of an era. Kobe Bryant’s window to win a sixth championship in Los Angeles may have officially shut, and who... »Read More

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Lakers: It’s Complicated

May 21, 2012

Two years in a row, the LA Lakers haven't risen to the occasion in the second round. Is there a solution? Also Power Rankings. »Read More

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Top 5 NBA Postseason Comebacks

May 21, 2012

The Los Angeles Clippers have been on the right and wrong side of historic comebacks in the last few weeks, but was either game among the best playoff comebacks ever? »Read More

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NBA Sunday: Spurs Championship Favorites

May 20, 2012

Are the San Antonio Spurs the favorites to win the NBA title right now?... Lots of questions surrounding Miami HEAT, particularly if they lose today... Who's to blame for second Lakers collapse in three... »Read More

Lakers Casting Blame After Collapse

May 20, 2012

The Los Angeles Lakers trudged off the Staples Center floor late Saturday, a single loss now separating them from season’s end, another fourth-quarter collapse once again causing their undoing. They didn’t show much poise... »Read More

Bynum Upset by Lack of 2nd Half Shots

May 20, 2012

Indeed, (Andrew) Bynum faulted the Lakers from going away from what was working. He had 14 points and seven rebounds as L.A. built a 10-point lead at halftime. With the Thunder increasingly fronting him,... »Read More

Pau Gasol: ‘We live for the next game’

May 19, 2012

The clock wound down inside three minutes to go, the “2″ in front being the grim reaper for the Lakers. It was two nights ago when Kobe Bryant’s team had imploded in the final... »Read More

Bryant Proving He Loves Big Moments

May 19, 2012

Ball in his hands, season on the line, and failure promised Kobe Bryant a summer of scorn. For everything that comes with the responsibility of greatness, Bryant can live with the cutting criticism, the... »Read More

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Lakers Get on the Board Against Thunder

May 19, 2012

The LA Lakers played a grind-it-out game against the OK City Thunder & still barely hung on for the win to edge series to 2-1 Thunder. »Read More

Bynum Confident on How to Defend OKC

May 18, 2012

The Lakers are now 1-4 against the Thunder this season. They’re hoping to match the defensive physicality they showed Wednesday in holding Russell Westbrook to five-for-17 shooting and post players Serge Ibaka and Kendrick... »Read More

Brown: Sessions Has Green Light to Shoot

May 18, 2012

The Lakers are still awaiting more production this series from point guard Ramon Sessions, who has only four points. “He’s got the ultra-green light,” Coach Mike Brown said. “If he shoots 20 times, I’ll... »Read More

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NBA PM: Lakers Look Like Last Year’s Lakers

May 17, 2012

The Los Angeles Lakers took a gut punch on Wednesday night in a game they had won – or thought they won.  Forty-six minutes of championship-level basketball can be trumped by two minutes of... »Read More

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Extending the 2009 NBA Draft Class

May 17, 2012

Blake Griffin is one of the many 2009 NBA draftees that will be eligible for an early contract extension this summer. »Read More

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NBA AM: Are The Bulls, Lakers and Knicks Stuck?

May 17, 2012

The new CBA is going to make it tough for the Bulls, Lakers and Knicks to shed bad contracts... Meet Moe Harkless... Who is the Playoff MVP so far?... Portland;s GM search continues...... »Read More

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