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Bynum Joins Gasol on Injured List

One of the things that makes the Lakers one of the league's best teams is the size and skill of their two biggest frontcourt players, Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum. But Gasol has yet to play a game for the team in this young season, and now it looks like Bynum will miss some time as well with an elbow injury.Both players are...

Lakers Pick Up Their Rings -- And a Win

LOS ANGELES -- An excited, capacity crowd anxiously awaited the final chance to celebrate last season's NBA Championship with its beloved Lakers. The team held a ring ceremony, before unveiling their 15th championship banner, which was hanging behind a black curtain high on the back wall of the Staples Center. It was an...

Blake Griffin Posterizes a Laker

Blake Griffin can dunk. And he's not afraid to dunk on people, as he showed pretty viciously during the Clippers' preseason game on Sunday against the Lakers. The Laker on the wrong end of Griffin's throw-down was D.J. Mbenga, and while he's not exactly Andrew Bynum in terms of desirable dunking targets, the guy's still...

Six Teams Battle for Final Eurobasket 2009 Spot

A few years ago, when I began to get interested in European basketball, it was difficult to grok just how important a tournament Eurobasket is. In the United States, the only international competition we tend to care about is the Olympics, with the World Championships an event that usually registers as a blip instead a...

Shaq Gives Props to Kobe on Twitter

Shaquille O'Neal may be headed to Cleveland or may team with Amar'e Stoudemire to push the Lakers in the Pacific Division next year. Either way, it appears his beef with Kobe Bryant is officially over. After the Lakers cruised to a 99-86 win for their 15th NBA championship and Bryant's first without O'Neal, the Big...