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Lakers' great expectations become two tales of one city
That didn't take long. On Oct. 30, one of the presumably most powerful teams in NBA history opened its season by marching on to a Staples Center floor ringed in blinding belief. On Sunday, one of the potentially most disappointing teams in NBA history...
Tags: Kobe Bryant, Mitch Kupchak, Sports, Dwight Howard, Metta World Peace
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Phil Jackson says Lakers coaching decision a midnight 'coup'
TMZ.com caught up with former Lakers Coach Phil Jackson recently in Santa Barbara. Jackson, seen walking casually to his car, spoke about his recent interaction with the Lakers prior to the Mike D'Antoni hire. "We never discussed any terms, so there...
Tags: National Basketball Association, Mike D'Antoni, Jodie Meeks, Los Angeles Lakers, Mike Brown (basketball)
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Matt Barnes calls time with Lakers 'a bad situation'
Matt Barnes spent two years with the Lakers before leaving for the Clippers. The Clippers (23-6) are currently riding a 15-game win streak and Barnes is averaging 11 points a game on 50.2% shooting from the field. According to an NBA executive, one of...
Tags: National Basketball Association, Staples Center, Dwight Howard, Mike D'Antoni, Los Angeles Clippers
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Lakers: Week 5 in review
The Lakers have continued to struggle over the past week, dropping two of three. Dwight Howard took responsibility for his low-energy performances the previous week against the Sacramento Kings and the Memphis Grizzlies. Coach Mike D'Antoni admitted...
Tags: Sacramento Kings, Steve Nash, Robert Sacre, Kobe Bryant, Sports
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Always a superstar, Lakers' Kobe Bryant relies on his superpowers
— I am upset with Kobe Bryant, and when am I not? I've been interviewing the guy for maybe 15 or 20 minutes after an easy win over the Philadelphia 76ers when a reporter walks up and starts talking to Kobe in Italian. Right away, Kobe starts...
Tags: Steve Nash, Philadelphia 76ers, Superman (fictional character), John Ireland, Shaquille O'Neal
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Mike D’Antoni introduced as Lakers new coach
FrameworkMike D’Antoni hobbled to his first news conference as the Lakers coach. He used a crutch on his left side, still recovering from knee-replacement surgery.... -
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: Steve Nash, Boston Celtics, Mitch Kupchak, Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom
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Mike D'Antoni hiring shocks the Twitterverse
News broke late Sunday evening that Mike D'Antoni would become the Lakers head coach following the firing of Mike Brown. Most people had assumed that Phil Jackson would take over at the helm, but as Lakers beat reporter Mike Bresnahan reported, Jackson's...
Tags: National Basketball Association, Kobe Bryant, Sports, Russell Westbrook, Basketball
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It's unanimous: Lakers' selection of Mike D'Antoni over Phil Jackson is wrong
Phil Jackson was blindsided, and so were we. We were told on Saturday it's a 95% chance the ring master is coming back to coach, no one mentioning the 5% in the minority were apparently Jerry Buss, Jim Buss and Mitch Kupchak. The Lakers now tell us...
Tags: National Basketball Association, Steve Nash, Jerry Buss, Staples Center, Kobe Bryant
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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: Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Robert Sacre, Kobe Bryant, Mitch Kupchak
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Firing Mike Brown smells of Laker panic
The older man stepped into the crowded interview room and sighed. Appropriately, Bernie Bickerstaff's first official statement as the Lakers' interim coach was a whispered expletive. "You're being kind with the word 'surprised,'" he said of Friday's...
Tags: National Basketball Association, Staples Center, Kobe Bryant, Sports, Jeff Van Gundy
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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: Steve Nash, Brian Shaw, Kobe Bryant, Sports, Dwight Howard
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