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Thanks to Ajay 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. NBA.com: Los Angeles Lakers offseason is never boring. There was the Kobe Bryant saga: does he want to be traded? Or, does he want to stay? Bryant will stay put even [...]

Very interesting rumor if it is true. Let the speculation begin… HOOPSWORLD.COM: The Lakers have a plan right? Well according to league sources that plan may be sticking with what they have. The Lakers have been after every major and minor trade in the market, but at the end of the day nothing out there is worth two assets, according [...]

Thanks to Cyrus 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. Daily News: Jordan Farmar stepped behind the 3-point line and attempted jump shot after jump shot Saturday at the University of Hawaii. He shot from the corner, from the wing and [...]

Fox Sports: Training camp is well underway and despite numerous summertime trade rumors, neither Shawn Marion nor Jermaine O’Neal are in Hawaii with the Lakers. And for the Lakers, it’s just as well.Here’s why: While Marion’s athleticism would certainly benefit the Lakers’ porous defense, he would not have been a good fit in the triangle. That’s because he’s not a [...]

Jackson says Turiaf will start at power forward and Odom at small forward. What are your thoughts? Sound-off in the comments! O.C. Register: After the productive season Luke Walton had and the big contract he signed, he had every reason to think he had settled in as the Lakers’ starting small forward. So there was bewilderment on Walton’s face when [...]

L.A. Times: If five Lakers are seeking extra motivation this season, all they have to do is riffle through the pages of their contracts. Almost one-third of the roster could be in its final season with the team: Kwame Brown ($9.1 million this season), Chris Mihm ($2.5 million), Sasha Vujacic ($1.8 million), Maurice Evans ($1.7 million) and Ronny Turiaf ($770,610). [...]

Daily News: Neither Kwame Brown nor the Lakers wished to talk about his arrest on misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and interfering with a police officer over the weekend in Valdosta, Ga. But they did so anyway after a bit of prompting Wednesday. Brown was involved in an incident in which his cousin, Charles Warren Jr., was charged with DUI. [...]

Daily News: As the self-proclaimed “Kobe Stopper,” Ruben Patterson made a startling claim about the origin of his nickname Wednesday. “Shawn Kemp really started that,” he said. But with the power of the Internet and the perpetuating of that title in the media, those words probably will always be linked to the new Clipper, whether it was self-proclaimed or Kemp-proclaimed. [...]

Lakers.com: What part of your game did you work on over the summer? My whole game. My face-up jumper, my outside jumper, my back to the basket game. I’m not that good that I can work on only one part of my game, so I have to work on every part of my game. What are your goals for this [...]

Thanks to Ajay 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. ESPN: Maybe it’s the general tropical nuttiness that is Waikiki, where the Lakers are staying. Or maybe it’s holding the first two days of training camp at a high school, conjuring [...]

HoopsWorld: The Los Angeles Lakers survived a challenging summer in which All-Star Kobe Bryant demanded a trade. Unfortunately their primary target (Kevin Garnett) was sent to the Boston Celtics, the Indiana Pacers refused to deal Jermaine O’Neal (without Andrew Bynum and Lamar Odom in return) and the Lakers were only able to make incremental improvements. - What need is still [...]

L.A. Times: Lamar Odom’s name was spit-balled around the Lakers’ office, and many others in the league, in trade talks throughout the off-season. Maybe he was on his way to Indiana in a four-team deal that would deliver Kevin Garnett to Los Angeles. Maybe he was heading to the Pacers for Jermaine O’Neal. More recently, perhaps he was going to [...]

Will get a look of him in pre-season, please start already… L.A. Times: The player with the most impressive touch through two days of training camp is quite possibly Coby Karl, an undrafted free-agent guard out of Boise State. “He might be one of our best shooters on the team already,” Jackson said. “He’s got a great stroke.” Karl, the [...]

NBA.com: Michael Jordan handled the scoring load, Horace Grant and later Dennis Rodman got the rebounds, and Scottie Pippen did a little bit of everything as the Chicago Bulls dominated the NBA in the 1990s. The Bulls won six championships despite a nondescript group of centers that included Bill Cartwright, Luc Longley, Will Perdue and Bill Wennington doing much of [...]