“I don’t think he looks quite as explosive or as quick as he has in the past,” said Van Gundy, who coached Howard in Orlando for five seasons before being fired in May. “Now, he’s still above almost everyone in the league at that size athletically, but he has not totally looked like himself to me.”
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January 01, 2013
The Los Angeles Lakers may have started slow at just 15-15 for the season, but one player says this is the best he's played in a long time.
This is probably the best I've played in a while," Kobe Bryant told ESPN after Monday's practice. "I've had years the last few years where I've felt pretty good but we kept my minutes down so the numbers didn...
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January 01, 2013
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Kobe Bryant made an extremely rare appearance on the Sunset Strip for New Year’s Eve with his wife Vanessa Bryant. How’s that coming along Kobe?
Kobe Bryant made an extremely rare appearance on the Sunset Strip for New Year’s Eve — and he did...
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December 30, 2012
Antawn Jamison was angry after spending a fifth consecutive game at the end of the Lakers' bench.
He was less irritated after thinking about it for a couple of days.
"I'm kind of disappointed in myself that I kind of expressed my frustration the way I did, but I'm human," Jamison said Sunday. "We move forward and most importantly, we've got a game...
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December 30, 2012
Kobe Bryant hit Twitter for the first time on Christmas, taking over the @nikebasketball feed for three full days.
"It was cool. It was just fun. I had a good time talking with a lot of the fans," said Bryant. "The coolest thing about that was the one-on-one interaction. It was like I was getting flooded with text messages from fans and it was pretty cool to be able...
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January 01, 2013
The fact of the matter is, the Lakers are still trying to find their identity. There is no question about that. They waited for the return of their All-Star point guard in Steve Nash to save the world. So far, they have been doing well and the team can definitely [...]
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December 30, 2012
After inexplicably being shelved for the fifth consecutive game on Friday night, Los Angeles Lakers power forward Antawn Jamison acknowledged that head coach Mike D’Antoni’s decision-making has chapped his ass. “My only thing is let me know why,” said Jamison, … Continue reading →
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January 01, 2013
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Even though the Lakers are 15-15, you can’t say Kobe isn’t doing his part. He is shooting around the same amount of shots that he has during the last six seasons, but this year his shooting percentages is much higher 48%. He is also averaging 5 assists and 5 rebounds a game. Unless your Lebron or Kd you don’t see too many seasons like that in the NBA anymore.
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December 30, 2012
Stan Van Gundy still communicates with the player who was most responsible for him being successful with the Orlando Magic, and the same guy who was chiefly responsible for him being fired. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Van Gundy said he still exchanges friendly text messages with Dwight Howard.
In the interview, Van Gundy discussed Howard’s status with the Los Angeles...
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December 30, 2012
UPI/Lori SheplerKobe Passed! That’s right, on Thursday it was announced that Kobe Bryant passed Lebron James as the top vote-getter for the 2013 All-Star game. While the initial ballot return announcements had Lebron ahead of Kobe by 1,929 votes, the second return now shows Kobe ahead of Lebron by 7,130. It’s reasonable to assume that Kobe’s current streak of games with over...
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January 02, 2013
For at least one play during Tuesday night's Los Angeles Lakers/Philadelphia 76ers game, Kobe Bryant turned back the clock with a nice reverse slam dunk.Watch as he gets past Philadelphia's Jrue Holiday for the bucket:
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December 30, 2012
Jamison says he doesn't want to leave the Los Angeles Lakers and is "here for the long haul."
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December 30, 2012
After Jaamal Wilkes’ jersey retirement ceremony during halftime of the Lakers’ victory over the Portland Trail Blazers, a reporter asked Kobe who he would like to present him for his jersey retirement ceremony: #bbpBox_284936752660090880
a{text-decoration:none;color:#A800C9}#bbpBox_284936752660090880 a:hover{text-decoration:underline}When asked about his jersey retirement ceremony...
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December 31, 2012
Phil Jackson is a very smart man, so he probably already knows this. But in case not, in case he's tempted by the lavish sums the Brooklyn Nets' billionaire owner might fling at him in the coming week or the burning urge to rush into his revenge against the Los Angeles Lakers for hiring someone else this season, here's some sound advice.
Do not come back this season...
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December 31, 2012
The Orlando Magic obviously lost Dwight Howard, who is one of the best defensive players in the NBA, in the offseason, and many expected the team's defense to suffer mightily as a result. But early in the season, the Magic have showed promise at times on defense, despite being very young in the frontcourt. It became the bedrock of the team's fast start.
However, lately...
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December 31, 2012
It’s New Year’s Eve, the last day of the year,
Where we remember 2012, and stand up and cheer.
The Heat may have won, with Bron, Bosh and Wade,
In a lockout shortened season, where 66 games were played.
But it’s a fresh season now, with all kinds of plots,
And my poem that I share is the greatest ever written by a
lot.
Lob City is lobbing, and never losing...
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