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Because NBA owners are beacons of benevolence and think of nothing but...
David Stern has vetoed a proposed trade that would have sent Chris Paul to the Lakers and Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom to Houston and New Orleans, respectively. The Houston part isn’t important to this...
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The Bryant-Bynum dynamic
Kobe Bryant, from ESPN LA: On his own game: “I do what I do. If guys are open, I kick it to them, if they’re not, I shoot it. I play my game.” When asked about Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol’s impressive...
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Why the Laker offense works without Kobe Bryant
All season long, finding space on the offensive end of the floor has been a bit tricky for the Lakers. As Beckley Mason wrote in a piece on the Spurs, the creation and exploitation of space is the...
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How Kobe hurts himself
Andrew Bynum is the most dominant offensive big man in basketball. He scores, almost literally, at will against the Nuggets. In this matchup and most others, the Lakers, including Kobe Bryant, should...
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Go Go Gadget Length!
I don’t know what the Lakers are doing out there. It’s very possible that this is all an overreaction. It’s possible the Lakers have tanked games to get the Ron Artest (I’m still not calling him that)...
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On the Lakers and responsibility
Lawson, milliseconds before putting on the burst This image comes from the Nuggets’ third possession of the game. After a Kobe Bryant miss, Ty Lawson fields a long rebound and heads up court. As you...
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Lake of Fire brings questions instead of revelations
Has there been a more dramatic five-game, best-of-seven series in recent memory? There were so many bizarre storylines going on during the Thunder-Lakers series and all of them seemed to be...
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The big trade that makes too much sense
The Lakers and Magic need to make a trade. No, not the one you’ve heard so much about, the one that swaps Dwight Howard and Andrew Bynum. This one actually makes sense. Perhaps … too much sense. Pau...
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Steve Nash to the Lakers, Suns to the bargain bin
Steve Nash is going to the Lakers. This is going to hurt the Suns and help his new team. I know that’s stunning analysis but seeing this deal just shows how different the two franchises are. Their...
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Dwight’s game is fine, it just looks terrible
Basketball is the most beautiful game I’ve seen yet, but it’s so often analyzed in terms of functionality. “Who is the best?” matters more to fans than “Who plays beautifully?” What works often...
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