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After bearing smiles almost all season, Dwight Howard mostly maintains a stoic persona. So what's bothering Howard? Everything. He feels hurt because of an aggravated labrum in his right shoulder has left him vulnerable to opponents anytime he touches the ball. He feels hurt because a 10-month-old surgically repaired back still limits his timing and explosiveness. He feels hurt because principles - ranging from coach Mike D'Antoni and Kobe Bryant to Steve Nash - have implied he should bear at least some of the pain. Howard, once considered the Lakers' key offseason acquisition from the Orlando Magic that would restore them to championship glory, suddenly has become the lightning rod for everything that ails...
Through this season of epic failure in Los Angeles, with the injuries and inability to stamp the Lakers with his greatness, Dwight Howard walks ever so delicately up to a line that was not so much crossed as... more »
Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard had always been a reluctant partnership, two stars long suspecting what turned out to be the indisputable truth: They were destined to be terrible teammates. When Bryant and Howard hung up on a... more »
February is here. The first blockbuster deal of trade season has been swung.And the countdown to the NBA's annual trade buzzer is on.Teams awoke Friday with a mere 20 days left to try to follow up the Rudy Gay-to-Toronto... more »
An unhappy Pau Gasol, feeling underappreciated after helping L.A. win titles and reach Finals since his arrival in 2008. And a stressed Mike D’Antoni, clearing the distractions of criticism and expectations by doing what he... more »
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Lakers fired their first coach just over a week into the season in large part because of the team's struggles running the Princeton offensive system. Now, they're not even really running one. "We... more »
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