December 2011
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“Kobe be lying. Kobe ain’t hurt - Carmelo Anthony”
– http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=311229013
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Lakers fans.... relax.
What a crazy week for Los Angeles Lakers fans and Los Angeles basketball fans in general. Chris Paul is officially a Los Angeles Clipper and the Los Angeles Lakers are (to some fans) what appears to be a shell of their former selves.
Lamar Odom and his reality show are now in Dallas and Shannon Brown has moved to the desert to play with the Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns. Meanwhile the Lakers...
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Chris Paul trade stained NBA’s credibility
The coincidence was uncanny: Blind bidding on the amnesty waiver wire, several teams with a chance to claim Chauncey Billups, and somehow the Los Angeles Clippers made the highest offer. All these years owner Donald Sterling was the bane of the commissioner’s existence, and now David Stern needed him in the worst way. All the times Stern let the creep slide on professional and personal...
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Lakers upset over Chris Paul trade (Web links)
—The Times’ Mike Bresnahan reports the Lakers were privately fuming over the Clippers landing Chris Paul.
—The Times’ T.J. Simers argues the Lakers are still better than the Clippers. But the Clippers may be more exciting.
—The Times’ Broderick Turner explains how the Clippers landed Paul.
—The Times’ Bill Dwyre argues the Clippers turned a corner...
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WatchDP with Lamar Odom this morning, talks about his trade to the Dallas Mavericks.
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GM: Lakers 'pursuing big deals'
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The Los Angeles Lakers are not done dealing.
“We are pursuing big deals right now,” said Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak on Monday. “More than one big deal.”
While no trade is imminent and Kupchak said he “expects” the Lakers’ core Big Three of Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum to be together for the season, the GM...
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NBA Off-Season: To Live and Get Potentially Traded... →
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Another day, another potential Chris Paul trade gets killed by David Stern and the NBA. As we all know, the Chris Paul situation is very confusing and frustrating for fans. In December 2010, the league assumed ownership of the New Orleans Hornets until the team attracts a new buyer that will…
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Chris Paul veto: Vindictive and petty
NBA owners revealed themselves to be vindictive, onerous, agenda-driven and spectacularly petty Thursday night when they complained to the point that David Stern, in a completely gutless move by all involved, essentially vetoed a perfectly legitimate trade.
It’s a move that smells rotten 100 different ways, and the players have no stink in it. The owners and the people who run the league...
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WatchStephen A. Smith, Skip Bayless debate the NBA vetoing Chris Paul to the Lakers.
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WatchMagic says Lakers will NOT win the NBA Championship this year.
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WatchRachel Nichols interview with Lebron James.
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Lakers Schedule Sneak Peak
The possible previews of the first-ever Kobe vs. LeBron NBA Finals are coming Jan. 19 in Miami and March 4 at Staples Center.
The NBA schedule won’t be officially released until 4 p.m. Pacific time Tuesday, but with the Lakers favored to win the Western Conference and the Miami Heat the Eastern Conference, those are the regular-season matchups to be circled. The Jan. 19 game anchors a TNT...
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Are Chris Paul, Dwight Howard in race to L.A.?
When Dell Demps was hired as the New Orleans Hornets general manager, his plane landed at the city’s airport in the summer of 2010, and he stepped into the terminal with his bags, folders and the thrill of running his own franchise. He walked into the gate area, peered toward a television and squinted his eyes to read the bottom scroll on the screen. Chris Paul(notes) wants a trade, it read.
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Deron Williams won't sign extension with Nets,...
Deron Williams will opt out of his current deal next summer and become a free agent, his agent confirmed today.
Agent Jeff Schwartz said the rules in the proposed new collective bargaining agreement make it a no-brainer for Williams to become a free agent, rather than sign the two-year, $39 million contract extension the Nets can offer him, which would be added on to the end of his current deal...
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