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Kevin Figgers tells you why the Miami Heat will not surpass the 71-72 Lakers for the longest winning streak (33 games) in NBA history.

Fresh off of the Lakers 103-88 Game 1 win against Denver, Lakers point guard, Ramon Sessions, joined the Jim Rome Show on Monday to talk about the trade the brought him to LA, his first experience in an NBA playoff game, playing with Kobe Bryant and more. Here is a transcript of the interview: How is playoff action compared to [...]

  In the wake of Lakers forward, Metta World Peace’s 7 game suspension, Lakers head coach Mike Brown joined The Dan Patrick Show to give his thoughts on the suspension and also discuss how the loss of Metta will affect the Lakers lineup as they move forward into the postseason. Here are a few highlights from Brown’s interview:   What [...]

  Fresh off of being named Western Conference player of the week, Lakers center Andrew Bynum, joined The Dan Patrick Show to discuss Kobe Bryant’s role as a pseudo assistant coach on the bench, his relationship with Mike Brown compared to Phil Jackson and the Lakers chances of making it to the NBA Finals. Here are a few highlights from [...]

Lakers guard Kobe Bryant joined the Dan Patrick Radio Show to talk about where the team currently stands, the dunk heard ‘round the world against the Clippers on Wednesday night, Mike Brown and more. Here a few highlights from the interview: On whether he took it personal that the Clippers were the media darlings at the start of the season… [...]

Andrew Bynum may be having an All-Star season, but the 24 year old center has had a very forgettable couple of weeks for the Purple and Gold. And now, he's reportedly paying for it. Due to Bynum's recent actions/comments, he has been fined an undisclosed amount for "numerous infranctions" by the Lakers organization, according to ESPN Los Angeles.

Lakers general manager, Mitch Kupchak, joined The Dan Patrick Show this morning to talk about the Lakers’ moves at the trading deadline, why he chose not to trade Pau Gasol and how good he feels Andrew Bynum is compared to Dwight Howard. Here’s transcript of the interview: On how many calls he took before the deadline: Well leading up to [...]

By Kevin Figgers Now that the dust has settled on the NBA trade front, its time to take a step back and look at what the Lakers deadline moves mean for the team not only today, but for the future. Before we get into the ALWAYS riveting salary cap and luxury tax discussions, we’ll tackle the on-court impact that these [...]

Yesterday I wrote an article intimating that Lakers star, Kobe Bryant, was taking a players perspective when expressing his frustrations with the Pau Gasol trade rumors. While I felt it was a great show of leadership for Kobe Bryant to stick up for his teammate, I didn’t think placing public pressure on the organization to make a trade or not [...]

Last week we told you that the Minnesota Timberwolves were were interested in trading for Lakers F Pau Gasol. That report set off a ground-swell of speculation that the Lakers are entertaining offers for the former all-star. That speculation has not sat well with Kobe Bryant, who feels that Gasol is still a key component to the Lakers championship aspirations. [...]

As we move closer to the March 15th NBA trade deadline, expect more and more of these stories to surface. According to Chris Tommason from Fox Sports the Minnesota Timberwolves have expressed interest in trading for Lakers F Pau Gasol.

To say that Lakers forward, Metta World Peace, has struggled this season would be a gross understatement. He is currently averaging career lows in almost every statistical category, including field goal percentage, where he is shooting a dismal 32% from the floor. World Peace was outspoken in an interview with CBS Sports a few days ago saying that Lakers head [...]

There have been multiple rumors over the last couple of weeks concerning potential free agents the Lakers can bring in to improve their roster, and more specifically, their bench production. If it were up to Kobe Bryant, that help would come by way of 3-time all-star guard, Gilbert Arenas. According to Ken Berger of CBS Sports, the Lakers star guard [...]

Lakers head coach, Mike Brown, has been fined $25,000 and has been suspended for the Lakers contest against the 76ers tonight in Philadelphia. According to NBA VP of Basketball of Operations, Stu Jackson, Brown has been fined and suspended for making contact with an official and failing to the leave the sideline in a timely manner after being ejected. Brown [...]