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Kobe Bryant is frustrated with a former Orlando Magic center who clowns a lot and can't shoot free throws, and as we all know from the documented past, this probably won't end well.
At least Kobe won three championships with Shaquille O'Neal before running him off, and the story seems destined to repeat itself with Dwight Howard, minus the rings. Yes, their relationship, cozy at first – Kobe calling Dwight "misunderstood" and a "good dude" just three months ago when the Lakers were champions on paper – is veering off the yellow-bricked road and toward splitsville. Once you start questioning, even gently, a teammate's heart and pain threshold, really, is there any turning back? Isn't that the one injury that can't heal?
The Lakers need to reset their season yet again. A third time? Fourth time? Fifth? It's hard to keep track. They lost a 13-point fourth-quarter lead and a game, 92-86, against the Phoenix Suns, who were tied for last in the... more »
Considering how critical this current Los Angeles Lakers road trip is—it's the annual "Grammy Trip," the one whose importance was laid out in detail by colleague Sean Deveney last week—they can't afford to be picky about... more »
In this mess of a Lakers season, there has remained one crazy, befuddling constant: Mike D'Antoni's decision to embarrass and then bench Pau Gasol. Good for Earl Clark. But when D'Antoni began his stint as Lakers coach by not... more »
Doc Rivers has said that as long as the green and purple uniforms remain the same, the connection between the Celtics and Lakers would remain electric, even if the former is scraping the bottom of the playoff seed barrel and... more »
NEW YORK – As Kobe Bryant turned the corner and made a hard move for the rim, he committed those old legs to a most improbable assignment: rising over the rubble of this Los Angeles Lakers season and transcending himself.... more »
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