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Star guard refutes coach’s quote that he ‘hasn’t thrown his heart and soul’ into his effort in the preseason. L.A. Times: Three days before the start of a season prefaced by a summer of discontent and a fall of uncertainty for Kobe Bryant, the Lakers guard is still not fully committed to the team in the opinion of his coach, [...]

ESPN: The Kobe Bryant-to-Chicago trade talks are very real, and they’ve been real for a while. ESPN.com has learned that the Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls have been having daily discussions about Bryant trade possibilities for at least the past week, with Bryant’s no-trade clause throwing a unique wrench into the situation. The Lakers are asking for a package [...]

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He’ll miss Friday’s exhibition finale against Sacramento because of his sore right wrist. L.A. Times: Kobe Bryant was nowhere to be seen Thursday at the Lakers’ training facility. He had a medical excuse, though. He received X-rays on a sore right wrist and went home afterward. The X-rays were negative, but he will not play tonight in the Lakers’ exhibition [...]

L.A. Times: Kobe Bryant has never been too far removed from the turnover family, but now he’s more than a distant cousin. He has committed 26 turnovers in 102 minutes of exhibition play, a staggering 12.2 per 48 minutes. He had seven turnovers in the first half of an exhibition Sunday against the Clippers, often forcing passes instead of distributing [...]

Thanks to John for sending us this article. Again, if you guys see anything Lakers related that you think deserves to be put up, just e-mail us at articles@TheLakersNation.com. Chicago Tribune: Rumors circulating around L.A. have the Bulls suggesting a package of Gordon, Tyrus Thomas and Andres Nocioni, which sounds questionable because Nocioni can’t be traded until Dec. 15. The [...]

USA Today: Rookie Al Thornton scored 10 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and Corey Maggette had 22, leading the Los Angeles Clippers to a 112-96 victory over the Lakers on Sunday night. Jordan Farmar had 19 points, five assists and six rebounds for the Lakers, who got 16 points from Andrew Bynum. Kobe Bryant, Bynum’s most vocal [...]

CBS2: Vladimir Radmanovic scored 14 points and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers’ bench also made a sizable contribution in a 113-93 rout of the Charlotte Bobcats on Saturday night. Kobe Bryant had six points and four assists in 21 minutes and did not play in the fourth quarter after the Lakers built a 23-point lead. Luke Walton had [...]

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Not a rumor at all but a very interesting speculation, nonetheless. Sound-off in the comments and tell us what you think! San Bernardino Sun: Usually you don’t want too many ex-Clippers on your team, but the Lakers probably know Elton Brand and Corey Maggette each are free agents after this season. If they aren’t paying Kobe, they probably could pay [...]

ESPN: Mark Cuban has been known as a risk-taker during his tenure as the owner of the Dallas Mavericks. But Cuban won’t risk trading reigning MVP Dirk Nowitzki in an effort to acquire disgruntled Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant. According to The Dallas Morning News, Cuban said he will not trade Nowitzki, even if it meant he could get [...]

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L.A. Times: The Lakers rolled and lurched through another awkward day, but it became clear by the end of it that Kobe Bryant was still with them, with the future bringing whatever it may. A bizarre few days, complete with Bryant’s minor media boycott and a handful of mysteriously skipped practices, concluded almost as unpredictably as reporters jockeyed for position [...]

No Deng, eh? If it can’t get any worse… Can it? Should the Lakers even deal with the Bulls now? *sigh* Sound-off in the comments and tell us what you think! Yahoo: The Chicago Bulls are in a win-now mode with Ben Wallace slowing down and is said to be willing to break up its team for the kind of [...]