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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Carried by Byron Scott & Kobe Bryant Straight to the Bottom
The twilight years of Kobe Bryant in the NBA are also the worst in the history of the Los Angeles Lakers. Coached by the incompetent Byron Scott, the duo, with the people running the team from the front office, have their fingerprints all over a record breaking season in all the wrong ways.
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LeBron James Beats Kobe Bryant in Anticlimactic Ending to Their “Rivalry”
There was nothing at stake for Kobe Bryant when he played against LeBron James for the final time before the sun sets down on his career. Yes, the Cleveland Cavaliers needed a regular season win, which they got. The Los Angeles Lakers? Another loss in a forgettable season. They won’t remember the loss either.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Look Happy When Kobe Bryant Isn’t Playing
The NBA is a more interesting place when the Los Angeles Lakers are a good team. The closer Kobe Bryant is to retirement and the closer Byron Scott is to getting fired the sunnier it gets over the golden half of the Staples center, with D’Angelo Russell, Julius Randle and Jordan Clarkson finding more and more reasons to smile recently.
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Jeremy Lin “Curse” Isn’t the Reason the New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers & Houston Rockets Suck
Among the lively Jeremy Lin discussions online comes a theory explaining the current state of the Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks and Houston Rockets.
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15 Best Memes of the Los Angeles Lakers Stunning Stephen Curry & the Golden State Warriors
There’s nothing funnier than the Sad Jordan meme on the face of Stephen Curry, because it happens so rarely. What’s even rarer is a team as bad as the Los Angeles Lakers managing to beat the Golden State Warriors. It’s hard to explain how the worst team in the West can beat a team that’s […]
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Upset Doesn’t Reveal Any Weakness With the Golden State Warriors
The Los Angeles Lakers caused one of the biggest regular season upsets in history by beating the Golden State Warriors, but as tempting as it is to try and find some new, secret weakness with this record breaking Warriors team, it’s probably more a case of being “one of those games”.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Should Free D’Angelo Russell From Byron Scott as Soon as Possible
There’s no rookie of the year award waiting at the end of this season for D’Angelo Russell, but his recent performances, playing in the lineup for the Los Angeles Lakers, are like one big F U to Byron Scott and a sign that the point guard is stepping in the right direction.
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NBA Rumors – Kobe Bryant Never Really Changed the NBA Like He Thinks He Has
There’s no doubt that Kobe Bryant is one of the best players in NBA history, maybe even the best to ever wear the Los Angeles Lakers uniform. But it’s hard to say that he made the game better or different, or had any kind of impact on the development and change of the NBA.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers Get Too Caught Up in Cult of Personality
There is something that feels off about the Kobe Bryant retirement tour. Maybe it’s the deplorable state of the Los Angeles Lakers and Bryant himself on some nights, maybe it’s just personal feelings towards the soon to be retired player. But the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have also put LeBron James on a pedestal, need to be careful this doesn’t happen to them to.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Might Keep Byron Scott if he Suddenly Makes the Young Players Better
It’s hard to believe there’s any doubt about the Los Angeles Lakers needing to get rid of Byron Scott the moment they want to start winning, but there are rumors suggesting that a good finish from the Lakers, meaning that the young players like D’Angelo Russell, Julius Randle, Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr. show any kind of progress.