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Kobe Bryant may have gotten over the Chris Paul trade fiasco, but that does not mean that he has forgiven the role of David Stern and the small market NBA owners in nixing the blockbuster trade.

Stern, the NBA commissioner, who is also acting as the man in charge of the ownerless New Orleans Hornets, gunned down a three team deal [...]

Dwight Howard gave the Orlando Magic a list of three teams he’d like to be traded to ahead of his 2012 free agency: the New Jersey Nets, L.A. Lakers and Dallas Mavericks. Despite its exclusion from that list, the Chicago Tribune’s K.C. Johnson reports, the Chicago Bulls would like to get a chance to make a pitch for the reigning Defensive Player of the Year.
The Bulls have young pieces like Joakim Noah [...]

The CP3 deal is off. According to Woj, owners have pressured David Stern into killing the Lakers’ trade for Chris Paul. It’s over. Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom are still Lakers.

Needless to say, this is super bizarre and grotesquely shady. When the league took over ownership of the Hornets David Stern emphasized that they’d be allow to operate autonomously, without interference [...]

When the Los Angeles Lakers picked up Andrew Bynum as the 10th overall from the 2005 National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft, in the very first season, they knew that he will go on to become their future centre.

The youngest player ever to grace the NBA didn’t let the Lakers down [...]

Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat: NBA teams which will benefit from a shortened season: Part 4 Los Angeles Lakers: When it comes to experience, Los Angeles Lakers has it in abundance. Six out of the total twelve players in the current team have NBA experience exceeding ten years which has been the reason for team’s [...]

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The Los Angeles Lakers have been the most successful sides of the league in the last decade. They are the only team to have achieved the three peat in the last ten years and were well on their way to achieve yet another last season, but their journey towards a sixth title met an unexpected end at the hands of the eventual champions, the Dallas Mavericks [...]

Los Angeles Lakers super star Kobe Bryant has received a bumper contact offer to play in Italy next season. Italian side Virtus Bologna is willing to offer up to $6.7 million for a stint during the lockout.

Bryant, of course, spent a part of his childhood in Italy. His father Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, who is now a head coach in WNBA, played [...]

Although the NBA is in the midst of a lockout, trade rumors have still persisted and rumors such as a swap of Dwight Howard for Andrew Bynum would certainly shake up the league and bring some excitement.

Since a shortened season is looking very likely, the NBA will likely hope for one of these rumors to become reality as it could [...]

While many players are heading overseas in order to soften the financial blow of the lockout, there are actually some of them like Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and many of the older players who would benefit from a shorter season.

Of course there are also younger teams like the Oklahoma City Thunder who may not benefit directly from the lockout [...]

NBA Lockout – Owners and Players to meet next week to discuss situationRecently, the National Basketball Players Association stated that it was ardently pursuing a solution the current lockout situation and painted a picture whereby David Stern and other NBA executives were made to look like arrogant and money hungry machines. Stern spoke out [...]