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Los Angeles Lakers – Can’t Decide Whether They’re Tanking or Not
With or without Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers just aren’t looking like a team that’s good enough to rise above mediocrity (at best) and make it into the playoffs through the very difficult and competitive Western Conference. The question that lingers on since the beginning of this season remains – in a culture that’s about winning or title and not caring about anything else, wouldn’t it be wiser to start thinking about folding for the season?
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Timberwolves vs Lakers – Things Look Better Without Kobe Bryant
It might not make too much sense, but the Los Angeles Lakers are a better team when Kobe Bryant isn’t playing, which showed in their 104-91 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, getting big nights from Pau Gasol, Xavier Henry and Nick Young, while on the other end Kevin Love couldn’t make up for his teammates not being up for the challenge.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Losing Kobe Bryant, Maybe the Entire Season
It turns out Kobe Bryant played an entire second half with a fracture of the lateral tibial plateau in his left knee. Now, he’s out for at least six weeks, and the Los Angeles Lakers might start to wonder if tanking is something they should consider considering how far the playoffs look and how bad their injury situation is right now.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Not Trading Pau Gasol, For Now
The Los Angeles Lakers have been flipping around the idea of trading Pau Gasol for over two years. Just when it seemed like something might happen with the New York Knicks, a few good games from the Spanish center have changed everything back to stage one, which is keeping him until his contract runs out.
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Kobe Bryant & Pau Gasol Like in the Good Old Days
It’s a rough road back from recovery for Kobe Bryant, having the expected ups & downs in his offensive game since returning to the Los Angeles Lakers, straight into the lineup. It’s nice to have an old battle partner like Pau Gasol come back to life, if only for a moment, to help push the team through a tough road game.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Trying to Trade Pau Gasol
The Los Angeles Lakers still haven’t decided if they’re sorta tanking or actually giving it all to make the playoffs in the tough West. What’s becoming quite clear is Pau Gasol getting closer and closer to being traded, as his expiring deal might help the Lakers find some pieces they’re actually willing to keep for more than one season.
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It’s Easy Playing (And Winning) Against This Version of Kobe Bryant
Until Kobe Bryant came back from his injury, the Los Angeles Lakers had a decent thing going for them. They were 10-9, playing some fun to watch basketball, and looking a lot better than anyone expected from them. His return, plus the dissolving relationship between Mike D’Antoni and Pau Gasol is leading the team in the wrong direction.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Interested in Trade For Iman Shumpert
With plenty of injuries in their backcourt and age also being quite the issue, the Los Angeles Lakers might turn to Iman Shumpert, a player the New York Knicks have been trying to get rid of for quite some time.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Wasn’t Going to Lose Forever
At some point, the rust was going to wear off Kobe Bryant, and along the same line, his first win this season since coming back from his injury was going to happen, sooner or later. It turned out to be after four games, beating the Charlotte Bobcats 88-85, putting up his best performance since returning.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Makes Kobe Bryant Look Really Old
It’s not really fair comparing Kevin Durant to Kobe Bryant or the Oklahoma City Thunder to whatever the Los Angeles Lakers have going on right now, but it’s impossible not to make this connection between a star, maybe the best player in the NBA, and an old man, coming off a rough injury, who is actually looking like he’s getting in the way of his teammates, playing worse than they did before his return.