LA Lakers News and Rumors
Phil Jackson’s Reaction When the Lakers Told Him They Hired Mike D’Antoni: “Hahahaha”Dime Magazine, dimemag.com Phil Jackson is currently on his book/”Hey! I’m Alive and Want to Run Your Franchise!” media tour, and was on ESPN’s “Mike and Mike in the Morning” show this morning. He was asked about his reaction to the call informing him that the Lakers we… |
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Lee Jenkins: Del Negro's exit is Clippers' final recruiting pitch to PaulMay 21 (yesterday)
Lee Jenkins, CNNSI.com LOS ANGELES -- The Clippers won a franchise-record 56 games this season, captured their first Pacific Division title and made history by sweeping the Lakers. In a normal Clippers summer, they'd have feted head coach Vinny Del Negro with a lucrative cont… |
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Dwight Howard is displeased with Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni because of course he isMay 21 (yesterday)
Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com Dwight Howard, reportedly, is not happy with is coach. This is not a recycled column, though most of Howard’s complaints are. The free agent center was granted an extended, private discussion with Los Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak followi… |
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Metta World Peace Did The Weather Report AgainMay 20 (2 days ago)
Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com This is becoming an annual tradition: the Lakers get eliminated, and Metta World Peace does a local weather report.Read more... |
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NBA Rumors: Dwight Howard Interested in Houston Rockets, Dallas MavericksMay 20 (2 days ago)
Dime Magazine, dimemag.com When we last saw Dwight Howard, he may or may not have been letting Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak have it after DH was booted from the Lakers final game of the season. (Followed by Magic Johnson going off on Dwight on Twitter) Now we have some news/rumors/rep… |
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Phil Jackson will gladly show you all 13 of his NBA championship rings when you ask to see oneMay 15
Dan Devine, yahoo.com Sure, the book he signed up for Twitter to promote is called "Eleven Rings," but legendary NBA coach/Detroit Pistons consultant Phil Jackson actually has 13 rings — 11 earned directing the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, and two recogniz… |
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Eddie Jordan reflects unkindly on the lost Los Angeles Lakers year that drove him to the NCAAMay 14
Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com In the spring of 2012, after a disappointing second round ouster, then-Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown met with Kobe Bryant to discuss initiating a Princeton-styled offense for 2012-13. With capable big men Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol already on the … |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com Kobe Bryant's legal dispute with his mother and a New Jersey auction house over the planned sell-off of an estimated $1.5 million worth of memorabilia ramped up a couple of notches Thursday. First, the Los Angeles Lakers star get a temporary restraining… |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown’s continued existence as a hot commodity remains baffling to us, and yet the Cavs wasted no time in securing Brown as their head coach last month just three years after firing him. Weirdly, rumors abounded that the C… |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com In a weird scheduling quirk, there are no NBA Playoff games on tonight, with Miami/Chicago and San Antonio/Golden State continuing with Game 3s tomorrow evening. But if it was up to Metta World Peace, we’d have some entertainment. The Lakers forward wan… |
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Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol will get ultrasonic treatment on both knees in an attempt to regenerate his tendons. |
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NEW YORK -- Phil Jackson has informed the Brooklyn Nets that he is not interested in the team's head coaching position, an NBA source confirmed to SI.com. Jackson, 67, is not believed to be interested in coaching again. A source familiar with Jackson's … |
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Brandon Jefferson, dimemag.com On August 11, 2012, the Los Angeles Lakers completed their second blockbuster trade of the offseason. After luring two-time MVP Steve Nash away from division rival Phoenix, they worked out a four-team deal that brought Dwight Howard to the bright lights… |
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Dave McMenamin, ESPN.com In the first move of what's sure to be a busy offseason for the Los Angeles Lakers, coach Mike D'Antoni informed Bernie Bickerstaff and Chuck Person on Monday that they will not be retained as assistant coaches for next season. |
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The Knicks' recent struggles didn't fade during their 102-95 loss to the Pacers. Now they must regain some poise -- and figure out how to handle Roy Hibbert, says Ian Thomsen. |
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Iam Thomsen, CNNSI.com What has J.R. Smith wrought upon his Knicks? |
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The Knicks' 88-80 Game 6 win ended Boston's season, but it didn't diminish all Kevin Garnett's Celtics accomplished in the series or in six years together writes Ian Thomsen. |
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Lee Jenkins, CNNSI.com Some NBA rules are widely acknowledged but rarely enforced, and one of them has to do with where perimeter players can stand during free throws. Unless positioned along the key, they are supposed to remain beyond the three-point line, yet many keep at l… |
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Lynn Zinser, nytimes.com Kobe Bryant is trying to stop his mother, Pamela Bryant, from auctioning off some of his memorabilia, worth an estimated $1.5 million. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com Hey, everybody: Phil Jackson's back in the NBA! Well, sort of. Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores announced Thursday that he's tapped Jackson, the legendary head coach who won 11 championships on the sidelines with the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers,… |
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Steve Mcpherson, nytimes.com The Thunder's decision to intentionally foul Omer Asik of the Rockets turned out to be ill-advised. |
