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NBA: Los Angeles Lakers-Press Conference

The Lakers had the highest paid roster this past season, spending $99 million on it’s players. Add the $29.6 million in luxury tax, and L.A. dished out a total of $129.5 million dollars for a team


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Bits and pieces of Phil Jackson’s new book keep popping up online. Despite the number of stories and history in the novel, one thing really stood out; Phil Jackson would take Michael Jordan over Kobe Bryant.


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Phil Jackson

It is here. The book Phil Jackson wrote, titled ”Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success”, has been everything anyone connected to basketball has talked about today. One of the things fans looked forward to was the


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Can I just say how ecstatic I am that Kobe has Twitter/Instagram? The Mamba has been evaluated for his uses of the social media machines before, but after an SB Nation rant today (that wasn’t real,


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Metta World Peace Cookie Monster

Metta’s contract is up next season, but he may be on the bargaining table this summer. The two ways in which Metta won’t be appearing in Purple and Gold next year would be due to the


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Pau GAsol

Not a whole lot is going on with the Purple and Gold these days; with playoffs still taking place, the focus has been less on off-season moves and more on taking a minute to breathe. That


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NBA: Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers

This summer, Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers will become an unrestricted free agent. Paul has a five-year $108 million contract offer from the Clippers, but much like Dwight, will wait until July 1 to


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Mitch Kupchak

If you were the Lakers front office, what would you do? The Lakers have an opportunity right now to build a new team. Unfortunately, many younger players won’t take the bait when it comes to accepting


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Dwight Howard JPG

Dwight Howard has a big decision to make by the start of the summer, but money may be the biggest factor keeping him in L.A. If the big man signs a max contract with the Lakers,


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Re-signing with the Lakers gives Dwight Howard a guaranteed $30 million next year, but will he do it? Kobe has been harsh towards the big man a few times this season. Always looking out for his


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