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Steve Nash reaches milestone but is it on a Lakers road to nowhere?
HOUSTON — The season started with Steve Nash posing next to Dwight Howard on the cover of Sports Illustrated, the headline reading, "Now this is going to be fun." At one point in the first quarter Tuesday, the Lakers point guard found himself on...
Tags: Pau Gasol, Houston Rockets, Mark Jackson, Dwight Howard, Sports Illustrated
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Think Kobe's the problem? Here's the problem with that
I have the day off, recovering from a trip back East with the Lakers and old age. But I find myself writing because I cannot believe the idiotic things being written about Kobe Bryant. Now, I know what you are thinking: The guy really does need a rest...
Tags: Pau Gasol, ESPN (tv network), Steve Nash, Andrew Bynum, National Hockey League
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Some bold predictions for high school sports in 2013
It's time to peer into my crystal ball and see what 2013 has in store for Southern California athletes, coaches and fans: Adoree' Jackson of Gardena Serra will reach 26 feet in the long jump, appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated and start wearing...
Tags: Sports, Football, Basketball, Superman (fictional character), Sports Illustrated
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Clippers hold the floor now at Staples Center
It starts with the lights. The Clippers never dim the Staples Center lights, allowing their shrieking crowd to become one with their soaring team. The Lakers darken the arena as if they are performing in a nightclub, the Clippers act like they are playing...
Tags: Chris Paul, Ronny Turiaf, Kendrick Perkins, Donald Sterling, Eric Bledsoe
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Bernie Bickerstaff's long journey through life makes time with Lakers special
He sits on the second row. The moment he gave up the throne, he moved back to the second row. It suits him there. His journey makes sense from there. He is as close to the ushers as the superstars. He is midway between his deepest roots and wildest...
Tags: Social Issues, Houston Rockets, Sports, Mike D'Antoni, Basketball
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Kobe Bryant triple-doubles down on new Lakers era
Kobe Bryant considered it no big deal Sunday that his 22-point, 11-rebound, 11-assist performance against the Houston Rockets was his 18th triple-double, a feat that didn't inspire much more from him than a small smile. And maybe in one sense he was...
Tags: Staples Center, Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson, Houston Rockets, Sports
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Mike D'Antoni's job with Lakers is to sell his offense to Dwight Howard
In one corner of the Lakers' practice gym, even on one crutch, Mike D'Antoni was jumping through the roof. In another corner, Superman was stuck to his seat. At his first news conference as new Lakers coach Thursday, D'Antoni was all smiles and...
Tags: Hakeem Olajuwon, Sports, Mike D'Antoni, Superman (fictional character), Basketball
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Wade, Haslem know championship bridge
   Sometimes it's not about coaches, even as the Los Angeles Lakers have made it almost solely about that at the start of this season.    Sometimes championship legacy is about the players, those who bridge eras, maintain continuity.    That's...
Tags: Byron Scott, Memphis Grizzlies, Tony Parker, Tim Duncan, LeBron James
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Blame starts at top for Lakers' bungling of Phil Jackson's return
In the final minutes of practice Monday, the Lakers were playing a pickup game. The rich and gifted athletes were running up and down the gym floor like chaotic children on a playground, gunning and fouling and arguing. They were playing like a team...
Tags: Jerry Buss, Sports, DirecTV Group Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc., Mike D'Antoni
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Interim Coach Bernie Bickerstaff tries to keep it simple for Lakers
He was asked and so he served, but Bernie Bickerstaff gave the distinct impression he will be happy when his term as the Lakers' interim coach ends and he can go back to being a low-profile assistant coach with nothing more pressing to worry about than...
Tags: DeMarcus Cousins, Pau Gasol, Sports, Mike D'Antoni, Basketball
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Liars always have an audience in sports
Fans who claim to watch basketball voted Dwight Howard to be a starter for the 2013 All-Star basketball game. In fact, Kobe Bryant is joining Howard in Houston next month ensuring two Los Angeles Lakers players from a 17-23 team headed nowhere this...Tags: Jackie Robinson, Tim Duncan, ESPN (tv network), Chris Paul, Joe Paterno
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Why Lakers' hiring of Mike D'Antoni is bad, in 7 seconds or less
The new Lakers coach famously wants his players to shoot in seven seconds or less. I’m not going to require that long to list the reasons that hiring Mike D'Antoni was yet another Buss blunder. He's never taken a team to an NBA Finals. He has a...
Tags: Sports, Mike D'Antoni, Leandro Barbosa, Basketball, Dwight Howard
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