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Gilbert’s Blog: For the last couple weeks people have been calling me saying, “Are you coming back to L.A.?” I’m like, “Yeah, I am … NOT.” “Why would I be coming back to L.A.? Don’t you know the season is getting ready to start?” And they’re like, “No, they’re talking about you and Kobe getting traded for each other.” And [...]

L.A. Times: Lakers owner Jerry Buss was not at Tuesday night’s season-opener at Staples Center and will not be at Friday’s game in Phoenix because of a two-game suspension handed down by NBA Commissioner David Stern for Buss’ pleading guilty to misdemeanor drunk driving in September. Buss was also fined $25,000 by the league. Buss, 74, was arrested in the [...]

Magic says Kobe trade won’t happen because Bulls won’t include forward. Chicago Sun-Times: Bulls general manager John Paxson didn’t travel with the team Tuesday to New Jersey, where the Bulls open the season tonight against the Nets. Paxson had plenty of work to do at home, including trade negotiations with the Los Angeles Lakers for Kobe Bryant. But those talks [...]

Bryant hears it from the home crowd at start, but cheers soon come and he finishes with 45 points in loss. Late run can’t erase Rockets’ effort. What were your thoughts of the game? Sound-off… L.A. Times: It was a game of firsts, some of them infinitely more surprising than others. That the Lakers lost their first game of the [...]

First game of season, the drama continues… Clublakers: He said that there are too many voices in the organization right now, and whether the Lakers get a fair trade in return, they will move him. Said Kobe wants to be traded to Chicago, and even if he goes there, he’s going to go to the Bulls and be in the [...]

I just got a call from him that he was interviewed by KCAL and plugged the Lakers Nations. Am not sure when it will be on. News tonight, maybe. If anyone can capture it for us and post it online we will be very grateful. Post it in the comments. Thanks!

Heard it from some executives and Magic Johnson confirmed it. Thoughts? Video coming later tonight…

Looks like Bynum and Farmar will be Lakers for a very long time. Well, another year or two. Thoughts? ESPN: The Los Angeles Lakers have exercised a fourth-year contract option on Andrew Bynum, and picked up the third-year contract option on Jordan Farmar. Bynum, taken by the Lakers out of high school with the 10th selection in the 2005 NBA [...]

So it has begun already… This should a very dramatic Lakers season. Sound of in the comments… BAH! You know the drill. Yahoo!: Charles Barkley is calling out Kobe Bryant again for dogging it. Barkley criticized Bryant on Monday for the way he asked the Lakers to trade him, then for not appearing to give his full effort since owner [...]

Tuesday 7:30 Lakers Standard time. Television: TNT ‘Make no mistake, this is it’ This has been the ‘Mother’ of all off seasons. We’ve been analyzing, debating, arguing, wearing out the trade machines, and for some of us, even ‘plotting,’ to storm the Staples Center. And why? Like you need ME to tell you. Because of two simple statements. The first, [...]

How good are you at predicting the outcome of Lakers Games? Luck won’t win you this contest. To score well, you have to study game match ups, team trends, the injury reports, predict well, and do it for every game in November to stay ahead of the competition. It officially Starts Friday with the Suns Game and ends November 30 [...]

Mind you, this is all rumors. But this deal had us thinking. Is this a deal you would actually consider? Sound-off in the comments and tell us what you think! Chicago Tribune: One general manager on the periphery of the Bryant talks says he believes the “dark horse” to make a deal with the Lakers is the Washington Wizards. The [...]

Special thanks to Justin Page for writing this take and giving us the privilege to add it to TheLakersNation.com. Again, if you guys see anything Lakers related that you think deserves to be put up, just e-mail us at articles@TheLakersNation.com. The Los Angeles Lakers are less than a week away from setting out on an 82 game journey that most [...]