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During an NBA lockout, Ron Artest is a journalist’s dream. If Artest wasn’t a member of the purple and gold, half of this offseason’s Laker news content would most likely be lost. This summer Artest has filled with a name change, launched a comedy tour, and reports had him possibly playing somewhere in Europe this fall. Reports now come via [...]

The summer of 2011 has brought on an entirely new LakerLand from the days of old. Gone from the top of the totem pole is Jerry Buss, who passed the operations of the franchise to his son Jim. Gone is the familiar coaching icon that was Phil Jackson, and gone were the mid-June confetti-laden celebrations with a season that ended [...]

With recent reports contradicting one another as to whether Kobe will play in Turkey during this year’s lockout, the current news would suggest that Kobe will be meeting with Turkish club officials during the month of August, according to a recent piece by the LA Times. Besiktas Coach Ergin Ataman spoke during a telephone interview Thursday about the chance for [...]

When Deron Williams said “Kobe could make more Money Overseas Guaranteed” , the New Jersey Nets’ guard was assuming European teams like Turkey’s Besiktas sports club, who recently signed Williams to a one-year $5 million contract, could actually pay their athletes at all. According to ESPN LA, there is an ongoing scandal that has forced Besiktas to suspend their pursuit [...]

Our friends over at USA Light are HUGE Laker Fans, and they told us that they want to give back to Laker Nation! You have another chance, right here on Laker Nation, to win a pair of the new Kobe Zoom VI (6′s). The Winner will pick the color and size of their choice, making these shoes specifically ordered for [...]

After a disappointing second-round exit from this year’s playoffs, many pundits were looking to tweak the Lakers’ roster. The age of veteran point guard Derek Fisher was a concern, and images of J.J. Barea tearing apart the Laker defense still haunt the Lakers’ dreams of a three-peat. Back-up guards Steve Blake and Shannon Brown did little to help the declining [...]

If you looked at Kobe’s last year in the NBA, you’d assume that age was catching up with the longtime veteran, where his dunk over Emeka Okafor in the first round of this year’s playoffs was a rare sight of the Kobe of old. However, if you took a look at the recent photos of Kobe in Manila, the slideshow [...]

Mickael Pietrus feels that the Phoenix Suns did a poor job of using him effectively after being traded there from the Orlando Magic. As a result of his discontent with the organization, he has voiced that he desires to have a defined role on a team that is capable of winning a championship. In a translated article of the French [...]

Sports are one of the great bonding moments between parents and their children. Some of sports’ greatest stars have come from families where fathers have been stars themselves, from the Manning family in the NFL to the Griffey family in baseball. This year’s NBA draft, for example, featured former Laker Mychel Thompson watching his son Clay Thompson get drafted with [...]

With the NBA lockout in full effect, the common theme within the basketball blogosphere has been how NBA fans will get their fix. While some blogs have toyed with the idea that the players could look to form their own league in the absence of the NBA, the current reports would suggest that a “China Basketball Tour” seem far more [...]

UPDATE: Ron Artest’s agent has denied reports that Ron Artest is going to play in Finland. Courtesy Mark Medina and the LA Times. Days before we will find out whether or not the NBA will indeed begin a lockout, reports are saying that the ever-enigmatic Ron “Metta World Peace” Artest will be playing in Finland this fall for the LoKoKo Loimaa, [...]

New Lakers head coach Mike Brown has been busy the last month assembling his group of assistants for the upcoming season. To keep you caught up on the assistants that Brown has brought on thus far, we’ve compiled information on the five new Lakers assistants who will sit on the sideline for the next few years. Ettore Messina Brown brought [...]

Mike Brown’s coaching staff continues to grow, as Lakers assistant Chuck Person has been brought back to continue implementing the change in defense that he began in the second half of the 2010-11 season, according to SI.com’s Sam Amick via Twitter: [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/#!/sam_amick/status/84784005018427392"] Person played in the NBA for 13 years before becoming an assistant with Cleveland, Indiana and Sacramento [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers had four picks in the 2011 NBA draft, all in the 2nd round. Here is a complete recap of what went down on Thursday night! Darius Morris – Round 2 – Pick 41 Hailing from Winward High School in west Los Angeles, Darius Morris attended Michigan University, where he broke the UM single-season record for assists [...]