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  • Los Angeles Lakers – Leandro Barbosa Means Even Faster Offense

    If signing Steve Nash was the first signal of the changes that might occur in the Los Angeles Lakers offense next season, the speculation about the addition of Leandro Barbosa, who was Nash’s backup point guard during the Phoenix Suns best seasons in the previous decade, throws even further in the evolution and reconstruction of the Lakers offense.

  • Los Angeles Lakers – Getting by on Starters Alone

    The starting five that the Los Angeles Lakers will present in the 2012-2013 NBA Season will be quite impressive – Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash at guard, Metta World Peace as small forward, Pau Gasol at power forward and Dwight Howard at center. Arguably the best in the NBA. Enough for an NBA title?

  • 100 Highest Earners in NBA History

    Two players from the Boston Celtics and one that was there for the past five seasons are in the top 10 earners in the NBA of all time. Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen are among the players to have the highest total career salary among all NBA players, ever. Garnett, who began playing in 1995 with the Minnesota Timberwolves, is the only player to have career earnings of over $300 million.

  • 13 Most Hated NBA Players

    Whether it’s by NBA fans in general or simply by other players around the league, some players are easier to hate and criticize than others, sometimes without any reason at all. Being a Lakers player makes you a prime candidate anytime – just ask Kobe Bryant, but LeBron James, Kevin Garnett and Russell Westbrook get their fair share of hatred and critique around every corner.

  • Kobe Bryant, A Dallas Mavericks Player?

    It’s always fun playing fantasy games in your head about how would a team’s fortune change if they got that draft pick or made that trade. According to Mark Cuban, the Dallas Mavericks nearly got Kobe Bryant from the Los Angeles Lakers back in 2007.

  • Lakers vs Thunder – Who are the Best in the Western Conference?

    The question is pretty simple – Have the two major additions made by the Los Angeles Lakers, adding Steve Nash and Dwight Howard to the team be enough to regain dominance in the West, overtaking the young and talented Oklahoma City Thunder led by Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook?

  • NBA Players With 2 Olympic Gold Medals

    The gold medal won by Team USA after a 8-0 sweep of the competition added Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Chris Paul and Deron Williams to the list of NBA players who have won two Olympic gold medals, joining Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson, Gary Payton, Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Jason Kidd and John Stockton.

  • Los Angeles Lakers – With or Without Dwight Howard, Way over the Salary Cap

    Financially, just looking at the numbers of the salary cap and the near future, bringing over Dwight Howard from the Orlando Magic isn’t exactly a fantastic deal. He’ll be costing the Los Angeles Lakers $19.5 million next season, which of course translates into much more when it comes to taxes, and we haven’t even begun talking about further into the future.

  • Dwight Howard Beginning His Lakers Career by Impersonating Kobe Bryant

    The biggest saga of the 2012 NBA summer is over, as Dwight Howard found himself being traded from the Orlando Magic to the Los Angeles Lakers, poor him. So what is Howard’s first contribution to his new team and city? Giving a pretty good impression of his new team’s biggest star, Kobe Bryant.

  • Dwight Howard – The Lakers Always Get Their Man

    It was just a question of time, I guess. Dwight Howard showing up in LA started all the rumors, but eventually, the became true. A four team trade also involving the Denver Nuggets and the Philadelphia 76ers finally moved the best center in the NBA from the Orlando Magic to the Los Angeles Lakers.