JASON KAPONO RUMORS & GOSSIP

Kobe Bryant's replacement says he expects the star with the injured wrist to be in the Lakers' lineup for their first regular-season game Christmas Day.Jason Kapono doesn't figure he will be a Lakers starter for long.

The Los Angeles Lakers reportedly have reached agreement on a contract with sharpshooter Jason Kapono. ESPN Los Angeles, citing a league source, reported the deal will be worth about $1.2 million. Although Kapono averaged only 4 1/2 minutes of playing time last season with Philadelphia, he is a career 43.7 percent shooter from 3-point range and twice led the lead in 3-point...

. News out that the Lakers have signed former UCLA sharp-shooter, Jason Kapono. In the scale of what's expected to take place across the NBA landscape (and in LA in particular... hello Mr Howard?), it's a minor move - but one I like. Kapono's a great shooter - and that's something that LA desparately need. With whoever LA end up on on the floor with, there will...

From Dave McMenamin, ESPNLosAngeles.com: LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Lakers started off a week that promises to be a free-agent frenzy for the league by inviting unrestricted free agent forward Jason Kapono to its practice facilities Monday, a league source confirmed to ESPNLosAngeles.com. Kapono spent the last two seasons in Philadelphia, where he played a minimal role. He...

It is likely that Jason Kapono’s contract with the Philadelphia 76ers will be bought out. With this, the three-point sharp-shooter looks to receive some interest by several championship squads. From Yahoo! Sports, Adrian Wojnarowski: “If Kapono gets buyout, expect several playoff teams, including Celtics, Lakers, Thunder and Hornets to show interest in his shooting ability.”...

We first wrote about the Sixers fan group known as "Kapono's Kings" last week when their photo appeared in the team's flickr stream. Well they've made their presence known and Jason Kapono thanked him for it. Daniel Lourie, one of...

.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: right; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: .92em; margin-top: 0px; }The Kaponos, originally uploaded by Philadelphia 76ersAnyone get it? I don't.

Yahoo!'s resident basketball blogging-podcasting-karaoke star J.E. Skeets pointed out that Sixers guard Jason Kapono is sporting number 72 this season and wondered why in the world Kapano would choose such a goofy Shawn Bradley-esque number in the seventies? We wondered the same. So we inquired. The Sixers told us Kapono had hoped to wear number 24 which he has worn throughout...

It remains to be seen whether the Sixers off season acquisition, Jason Kapono, can bring the 3 back to Sixers basketball. Kapono makes it look easy here in this NBA footage practicing for the NBA shootout. But sports is all about the NOW. Not the past. He is coming of a poor season in Toronto. Averaging only 8 points per game. He fell short of expectations and registered 46 DNP coach’s

Sir Charles by far stole the show last night on the announcer end - until Reggie Miller attempted to clarify and justify his love of the "titty."