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Los Angeles Lakers – Things Haven’t Looked This Bad in a Long Time
What are the expectations for the Los Angeles Lakers next season? Hard to say, but even if Kobe Bryant & Steve Nash are at 100% healthy, while Pau Gasol start playing like the guy from two and three years ago, just reaching the postseason should be regarded as a success.
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2013 NBA Free Agency – Houston Rockets & Golden State Warriors Get Dwight Howard & Andre Iguodala
Everyone was waiting for one thing – Dwight Howard deciding his fate. He chose the Houston Rockets, while the Golden State Warriors already felt it wasn’t going to happen for them, and traded two bad contracts to the Utah Jazz for Andre Iguodala.
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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets Will Trade Jeremy Lin & Omer Asik to Get Dwight Howard & Josh Smith
The Houston Rockets keep insisting that Omer Asik and Jeremy Lin aren’t on the trading block, but in order to get Dwight Howard, either through free agency or via a sign & trade, they’re more than likely to move at least one of them, with the Los Angeles Lakers becoming a bit more agreeable to the idea.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Interested in Signing Jose Calderon
There isn’t a lot the Los Angeles Lakers can do this offseason, but they have to make at least a signing or two, regardless of it they manage to keep Dwight Howard or not. On the radar? Jose Claderon, maybe the best free agent point guard on the market.
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NBA Rumors – Golden State Warriors Trying to Get Dwight Howard via Sign & Trade
It’s going to be very difficult for the Golden State Warriors to get Dwight Howard, either through free agency or through a sign & trade deal with the Los Angeles Lakers (becoming more and more likely), but if they manage to somehow get rid of the expiring contracts of Andrew Bogut, Andris Biedrins and Richard Jefferson, they will have enough cap space to add Howard without a need for a trade.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Losing Dwight Howard Because of Kobe Bryant
The closer we get to the deadline of the decision Dwight Howard needs to make, the Los Angeles Lakers are realizing that their approach to the matter (using Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash to challenge Howard) or possibly it was a lost fight from the first moment.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Clippers, Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Atlanta Hawks & Los Angeles Lakers Interested in Signing Matt Barnes
By enjoying his best season ever, Matt Barnes has certainly created a market for himself going into the offseason, with the Los Angeles Clippers interested in re-signing him, but with the Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn Nets, San Antonio Spurs, Atlanta Hawks and Los Angeles Lakers all waiting to see what happens.
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NBA Rumors – New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers, Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers & San Antonio Spurs Trying to Sign Kenyon Martin
The New York Knicks gave Kenyon Martin a chance last season, making him yet another one of their long list of old big men, and sparked a renewed interest in the former number one draft pick. He is now being courted by the same Knicks, but also has a chance to sign for the Los Angeles Lakers, Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers and San Antonio Spurs.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers Interested in Signing Earl Clark
At some point during last season, it looked like Earl Clark was having a breakout year for the Los Angeles Lakers. As the season progressed, his weaknesses were showing more and more, and his time on the floor was reduced. Still, being an interesting, athletic prospect as both forward positions, the Cleveland Cavaliers would like to have a go at Clark.
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Everyone in the NBA is Waiting for Dwight Howard to Make Up His Mind
The biggest free agent in this draft, Dwight Howard, has left Los Angeles. Not the Lakers, but the city, and the state of California, in order to find someplace a little bit more tranquil and more fitting for the thought process he needs to go through, making up his mind on his next NBA team (Houston Rockets? Dallas Mavericks? Golden State Warriors? Atlanta Hawks? Or staying with the Lakers?), while the league anxiously awaits.