Clippers, with new Coach Vinny Del Negro and former No. 1 pick Blake Griffin, will begin the season the next night against Portland. OK, there is more to the Lakers' schedule than playing the Miami Heat and its "Super Friends" of Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh on Christmas Day at home in Los Angeles and facing their rivals, the Boston Celtics and newly signed Shaquille O'Neal, on Jan ...
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--The Lakers don't have the home-heavy schedule of early last season, which forced the team to the road through most of the spring of 2010
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When the Los Angeles Lakers were blown out in Game Six of the 2008 NBA Finals by the Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest made his way to the visitor's locker room to console long time friend Lamar Odom.
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The free-agent guard agrees to a contract worth approximately $4.6 million to remain with the Lakers and try for a third consecutive title. Shannon Brown had suitors. Six of them or so. Some offered the free-agent guard more money than he might make if he returned to the Lakers. He thought about that.
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The Lakers went shopping for a bargain late in free agency and came away with a former UCLA player who liked the idea of returning to try to win an NBA championship.
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source: Joaquin Henson | philstar.com A plan to bring Los Angeles Lakers forward Ron Artest to Manila has been cancelled with local organizers unable to raise the funds to cover a P12-million budget. Artest was supposed to plane in with his two sons and three rap back-up singers from his band The World-Wide Warriors last Aug. 11, later postponed to Aug. 26. The other day, organizers called off ...
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Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from Matthew Kahn's book Climatopolis . Los Angeles is a hedonist’s paradise. At night, you can cruise the Sunset Strip. Although The Doors no longer play there, you may run into Paris Hilton or Britney Spears before seeing Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at a red-carpet event. During the winter, you might venture downtown to watch Kobe Bryant and the ...
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Just one decade ago, the gap between the Celtics and any other team was colossal. Even considering that the Green had not won a championship since 1986, their closest competitors, the Los Angeles Lakers, had only 11 titles to Boston's 16. That, along with the Celtics' rich history, made them an easy pick as the NBA's greatest franchise. And then the tide began to turn... Over the next 10 years ...
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Dan Loumena of the Los Angeles Times addressed reports of Magic Johnson being a potential owner of the for-sale Detroit Pistons. Loumena refers to an NBA.com article, but the Free Press has also written about Magic's interest. In his Lakers' blog on Wednesday, Loumena weighed in: Does this make sense? Could it really happen? Yes and absolutely. Magic is never one to rest on his laurels and he ...
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The images of basketball star Kobe Bryant and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers flashed on the big screen behind the guys of Super Mash Bros. as they played a mix of artists ranging from Gwen Stefani and Bell Biv Devoe to Michael Jackson and Dexy’s Midnight Runners of "Come on Eileen" fame.
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