Monday, December 19th, 2011
Over the past week rumors circulated that Kobe Bryant was irate that the Los Angeles Lakers had traded long-time teammate Lamar Odom and that he was going to demand a trade from the team. Those reports were apparently completely unfounded.
In an extensive interview published today, the 33-year-old Bryant had the ...
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Monday, December 12th, 2011
The ongoing saga of Dwight Howard's future home took another turn on Monday as he hinted that he wouldn't mind staying with the Orlando Magic. Despite everything we've heard about how the superstar center has been pushing for a trade, he may have actually changed his mind and decided that ...
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Friday, December 9th, 2011
Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert sent an email to NBA commissioner David Stern on Thursday pressuring him to block the trade of Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers.
The proposed three-team deal that would have sent Paul to Los Angeles, Pau Gasol to the Houston Rockets and Lamar Odom, Luis ...
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Friday, December 9th, 2011
UPDATE: Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert emailed David Stern and told him the league needed to block the trade. So much for the NBA claiming that the trade was rejected for "basketball reasons."
For those who haven't heard, the NBA's owners reportedly pressured commissioner David Stern to block the trade of ...
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Monday marked the 20th anniversary of Magic Johnson announcing to the world that he had HIV, one of the true shockwave moments in sports history. I still remember riding in the back of my parents' car from some family event when it came on the radio and then wondering "So ...
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Friday, August 19th, 2011
The NBA lockout has hit everyone hard, but while players make millions and can manage during a rough patch, the everyday staff members for organizations don't have it so easy.
The Los Angeles Lakers let go a large portion of their basketball operations staff prior to the lockout as a cost-saving ...
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Monday, July 11th, 2011
After firing Jennifer Gillom as head coach today, the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA have hired Joe "Jellybean" Bryant to take her place. Joe Bryant is better known as "Kobe's Dad" in most sports circles.
Bryant was an assistant coach with the Sparks before being named the head coach back ...
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Much has been made concerning several trades the Los Angeles Lakers have explored recently. More specifics of those discussions have been made public over the past few hours.
The biggest splash concerned a potential trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves that would have brought Kevin Love and the No. 2 pick in ...
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
The Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings are both looking to upgrade at the point guard position. The Lakers would like to get faster at the point, as Derek Fisher and Steve Blake didn't get the job done last year. And though the Kings do have Tyreke Evans, he's more ...
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Thursday, May 19th, 2011
Over the past few days Los Angeles Lakers great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been making the rounds accusing the Lakers of treating him poorly over the years. He also made headlines by complaining that he didn't have a statue outside Staples Center like Jerry West, Magic Johnson and Chick Hearn. Geez, ...
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