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L.A. Times: Lakers owner Jerry Buss took the unusual step of sending a letter to season-ticket holders Friday that expanded on brief written statements he had dispatched since Kobe Bryant initially began demanding a trade almost three weeks ago. In the letter, Buss said he wanted to address “overriding concerns or questions of the basketball side of the Lakers organization.” [...]

ESPN.COM: Kobe Bryant posted a message on his Web page Sunday strongly suggesting the superstar wanted to be traded from the Lakers. “When you love something as much as I love the Lakers its [sic] hard to even imagine thinking about being elsewhere,” he wrote on his Web site, kb24.com. “But, the ONE THING I will never sacrifice when it [...]

HOOPSWORLD.COM: With Kobe Bryant reiterating his trade demand in person to Los Angeles Lakers’ owner Dr. Jerry Buss, the franchise has a serious decision to make: try and appease their superstar in what may be a futile pursuit . . . or move Bryant now on the Lakers’ terms. For a Bryant trade to work, LA needs to re-establish leverage [...]

Here’s a chat session done with ESPN’s Sportsnation. Very interesting… Lakerfans (Everywhere): With the word out of LA that the asking price is too high for JO what happens? Does Indy come down or is a 3-way deal going to be needed to team Jermaine up with Kobe? Picture (Metafile)Chris Sheridan: (1:05 PM ET ) The best rumor I heard [...]

L.A. Times: Where’s Jermaine O’Neal? Still a member of the Indiana Pacers. The Lakers and Pacers have stalled on trade talks involving the six-time All-Star forward-center because the Lakers do not want to give up both Andrew Bynum and Lamar Odom in a swap for O’Neal and power forward Troy Murphy, a source said. The Lakers would also include Kwame [...]

OC Register: Lakers forward Luke Walton views Kobe Bryant’s recent outbursts about possibly wanting to be traded as temporary products of his frustration with losing.”We all want to win,” Walton said Wednesday. “Hopefully it’s going to work itself out. It’s over now. We just want it to pass and go on with our lives.” Walton was speaking on an ABC [...]

Here’s a small blurp from the official Kobe Bryant website. That would be spectacular, something that a lot of people would want to see,” Marbury mused. Marbury feels if Bryant and Indiana’s Jermaine O’Neal, another Thomas target, still want out, he expects their wishes to be granted. … Bryant has a no-trade clause and can potentially steer his way to [...]

HOOPSWORLD.COM: Some time has passed since last week’s turmoil surrounding Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. While fans anxiously await some blockbuster move, things remain remarkably quiet. Bryant clearly hasn’t backed off his trade demand. His personal website (kb24.com) consistently re-dates his “A new road ahead” entry to keep the message fresh. “The more I thought about the future, [...]

Looks like Kobe is hanging low and handling this behind the scenes. To be expected by now, of course… CBS: Lakers star Kobe Bryant was on hand Tuesday to help the Watts Boys and Girls Club celebrate its 50th anniversary. During the celebration, Bryant talked with CBS 2 and KCAL 9′s Jim Hill about his time with his family and [...]

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Seems like that Kwame for Camby rumor that I posted moments ago is now defunct, according to the Denver Post. The Nuggets, who have no draft picks, have described guard Von Wafer as their second-round pick this year and believe he is more talented than anyone they saw at the NBA predraft camp. … Word is the Nuggets laughed at [...]

Here’s a blurb from yesterdays L.A. Times. The Nuggets are reportedly trying to lower their payroll, which would make Lakers center Kwame Brown a possibility in trade talks, a league source said. Brown has only one year left on his contract, for $9.1 million; Camby has three years and about $26 million left on his contract. The Lakers might have [...]

Jeanie’s Blog: I think at the next NBA Board of Governors meetings I am going to suggest that we change the name of the “off” season because since the Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs there has not been one day “off!” The loss in the playoffs was hugely disappointing but not completely surprising. The Phoenix Suns were at full [...]

Special thanks to Jeff Lee for writing this take and giving us the privilege to add it to GetGarnett.com. If you have an article that is Lakers related and you know that it will interest our readers, feel free to e-mail us and will add it to the blog. Thanks! Things just aren’t like they used to be. Gas is [...]