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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers & Cleveland Cavaliers Trading Pau Gasol & Andrew Bynum
No done deal, not even close, but a weird twist of fate and most of all disappointment and financial thinking might lead the Los Angeles Lakers to trade Pau Gasol to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Andrew Bynum. The Chicago Bulls, using Luol Deng, might also get involved in the transaction somehow.
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Los Angeles Lakers – More Losing Leads to Pointing Fingers
The Los Angeles Lakers seem to be the only ones who didn’t receive the memo earlier this season about how they’re supposed to be bad. With a five game losing streak threatening to become something of the norm this season, the popular opinion right now among players, Mike D’Antoni and the front office is to blame Pau Gasol for not trying hard enough.
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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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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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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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Los Angeles Lakers – Defense Isn’t a Rude Word
With the return of Kobe Bryant looming, the Los Angeles Lakers seem to be not only hitting the right kind of form to make him feel a lot more comfortable getting back, but finding out that playing some good defense, especially in the final moments of games they’re supposed to win, is something they can actually do.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Not Giving Pau Gasol a New Contract
After what will be almost seven seasons and two NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers, Pau Gasol will probably head in a different direction after this season, knowing that the Kobe Bryant extension doesn’t really leave too much for him to make on his next deal.