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Los Angeles Lakers Season Preview: Rising From the Ashes Worshiping One Player
Ding dong, the witch is retired, to paraphrase a song from a famous movie. Kobe Bryant is gone, off in retirement, and the Los Angeles Lakers are finally free to rebuild and start improving, with Luke Walton overseeing the project from the sidelines, and the young core of D’Angelo Russell, Jordan Clarkson, Brandon Ingram and Julius Randle will try to put the most illustrious NBA franchise back where it’s used to being.
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Los Angeles Lakers: The No Kobe Bryant Experiment
Was Kobe Bryant holding the Los Angeles Lakers back in recent years? We’re going to find out in 2016-2017, as the franchise moves away from the shadow of one man, trying to build something new with Luke Walton making his debut as head coach, trying to succeed with D’Angelo Russell, Jordan Clarkson, Brandon Ingram and others, all treading in new territory.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Finally Feeling A Little Bit Optimistic
No one is uttering the words, but the retirement of Kobe Bryant lifted a huge shadow hanging over the Los Angeles Lakers, feeling for the first time in three or four seasons that there’s something to look forward towards.
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NBA Summer League – Sophomores Steal the Show From the Rookies
The NBA Summer League – Las Vegas edition kicked off, finally giving us more than one promising rookie to look at. Dragan Bender of the Phoenix Suns was probably the most impressive of the crop, Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers continues to look good, and Brandon Ingram of the Los Angeles Lakers mostly looked like he needs more time.