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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Don’t Want Lamar Odom But He Wants Them
It’s quite surprising that a player in the caliber of Lamar Odom still doesn’t have a team for next season, but the combination of not wanting to play outside Los Angeles and the huge dip in his ability over the last couple of years ever since leaving the Lakers makes it a very rough free agency for the two-time NBA champion.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Interested in Signing Austin Daye
Heading into what might be a very depressing season, the Los Angeles Lakers keep adding pieces to answer a huge problem that affected them last season: Depth and injury-insurance, especially when it comes to the forward position, and are looking into the option of signing Austin Daye.
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Miami Heat – Opening Night vs Chicago Bulls, Christmas Game vs Los Angeles Lakers
The team that should devour most of the national attention next season should be the Miami Heat, the two-time defending NBA champions, who will begin their season against Eastern Conference rivals the Chicago Bulls and play the highly anticipated Christmas game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Los Angeles Lakers vs Houston Rockets & Kobe Bryant vs Dwight Howard Happening Very Soon
The NBA, slowly letting dates and games for the next season to be known, aren’t waiting around to give the people one of the most anticipated matchups of next season, scheduling the first meeting between the Houston Rockets & Dwight Howard and the Los Angeles Lakers & Kobe Bryant to November 7, less than two weeks into the new season.
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NBA Franchises Longest Playoff Streaks
Surprisingly, the two most successful franchises in NBA history don’t hold the record to the longest playoff streak for an NBA team, with a team that has won the title only three times in its existence claiming the top spot. The San Antonio Spurs are the active leaders, needing a few more seasons (seven to be exact) in order to break the record.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Shouldn’t Be This Important
At the center of whatever it is the Los Angeles Lakers think they can achieve next season lies the ability of Kobe Bryant, at the age of 35, with nearly 1500 regular season and playoff games behind him, to get over an Achilles Tendon tear and be good enough to carry the team just like he has in the past.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Dwight Howard Left Nothing But Hate Behind
The Los Angeles Lakers don’t know how to cope with losing but to go out and sign the best player available, but with Kobe Bryant chewing up most of the cap space and Mike D’Antoni taking nothing but shots for his defensive coaching abilities and even his once often-praised offensive system, it seems Dwight Howard rejecting their offer to stay has left a much deeper scar than anyone thought it would.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Should Have Been the Amnestied One
For so many years, it seemed the Los Angeles Lakers didn’t care about the money they were spending – winning titles, competing for them, was the only thing that mattered. So suddenly, a move that professionally makes no sense – using the amnesty clause on Metta World Peace, is brought forth, while the real financial burden on the team, Kobe Bryant, gets more money than anyone in the NBA.
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Los Angeles Lakers – A Team That Can’t Play Defense
Having Mike D’Antoni as a head coach has its blessings and curses, which one of them is having no defensive system whatsoever. That can be overcome with individual and athletic talent, but the old core of Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Pau Gasol and Chris Kaman isn’t likely to be very effective anyway.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Clippers or New York Knicks Will Sign Metta World Peace
It doesn’t seem like Metta World Peace is too sure about what he wants to do after being amnestied by the Los Angeles Lakers, but if he’ll actually remain in the NBA, it’ll be only with the Los Angeles Clippers. Or the New York Knicks.