The Los Angeles Lakers trail the Oklahoma City Thunder three games to one in the NBA Western Conference semifinals. If the Lakers lose tonight on the road at Oklahoma City the team is likely headed for a major shakeup. Rumors are already swirling as to the futures of Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum in a [...]
GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER
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May 29, 2012
A report on Bulls.com indicates that according to Lakers insiders, Pau Gasol reportedly wouldn't mind a change of scenery and would like to go to Chicago and play for the Bulls.
CALL IT A COMEBACK
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May 31, 2012
Last summer, the former Blazers guard decided to hang them up at age 27 due to chronic knee issues, but now he's contemplating making a return to the Association.
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May 29, 2012
As Stan Van Gundy said when he was asked about Anderson's Most Improved Award, this was a strong measure of how a young player like Anderson improved. He was asked to take on a bigger role, and he succeeded in it.
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May 29, 2012
Much like all the Pau Gasol trade rumors of yesteryear, it’s going to be much the same during this off-season. Here’s another fun rumor that comes from Bulls.com Sam Smith: The interesting part, according to Lakers’ insiders, is Gasol would like to play for the Bulls. And what you hardly need any sources for is [...]
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June 01, 2012
For those of you who have had dreams of playing Kobe Bryant in a game of HORSE, you might have a chance if you win this charity auction.The lucky winner will get face Kobe in the childhood game and could claim to their friends with a victory that they beat Kobe Bryant in HORSE.Here's the full 411 from the folks at the Los Angeles Times: Bryant is starting up an auction from...
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May 29, 2012
Tuesday morning ESPN color commentators Jeff Van Gundy and Dr. Jack Ramsay took questions from the media via conference call and discussed the Eastern Conference Finals between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics, as well as several other topics such as the NBA Draft Lottery and Jeff's brother Stan Van Gundy and the current open coaching jobs in the league. Also, my beautiful...
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May 30, 2012
Though the Bobcats will continue their search for a new head coach, they will no longer be considering Knicks legend Patrick Ewing for the job.According to Yahoo! Sports, team owner Michael Jordan recently informed his former on-the-court rival that he was no longer a candidate for the job. While Ewing had a fallback plan when he first interviewed for the position (his existing...
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May 30, 2012
Another off-season, another round of Lakers trade rumors. This time its Pau Gasol getting traded to the Chicago Bulls. Of course its just a rumor but the Lakers are looking to trade Gasol. In fact, they have already trade him this season. Only David Stern un-traded him. This most recent trade rumor doesn’t make a [...]
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May 30, 2012
The Magic are back this summer to host the Orlando Pro Summer League from July 9 to July 13.
[Related:24 teams participating in NBA Summer League in July]
Via OrlandoMagic.com:
Games will begin at 11 a.m. from July 9-12, and at 8 a.m. on July 13. Fans can access box scores, game recaps and cumulative statistics by visiting www.orlandomagic.com.
Click here for the full schedule....
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May 23, 2012
After the Los Angeles Lakers got eliminated from this season’s NBA playoffs by the Oklahoma City Thunder many fans, and media, were calling for Coach Mike Brown’s head. That’s nothing new, they have wanted him to be fired all season. But I’m here to tell you that he deserves another chance. You can’t just get [...]
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May 30, 2012
Another head-coaching job has gone by Patrick Ewing's wayside and it looks like the big guy didn't even make it to the second round.
Yahoo.com reports that Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan has informed his good pal Ewing that he will not get the vacant head-coaching position he interviewed for two weeks ago. After an interview with Charlotte management, Jordan personally...
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May 31, 2012
Hall-of-Famer Patrick Ewing won't be the next coach in Charlotte. Bobcats president of basketball operations Rod Higgins told ESPN.com that said owner Michael Jordan told Ewing that he was out of the running to replace Paul Silas. "Patrick has a lot of great qualities as a coach and he will one day be a head coach," Higgins told ESPN.com. Indiana Pacers assistant...
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