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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. Sports Illustrated: NBA training camps open in less than a month, but there is still one burning question left in this offseason: What will Kobe do?Bryant still has not yet backed [...]

Not much to be said about this but maybe a dash of hope. ESPN.COM: Team Yao featured Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets, Yi Jianlian of the Milwaukee Bucks and Sun Yue of the Los Angeles Lakers (who looked very impressive).

I’ve been e-mailed a few times that some of our users are having problems with comments, the reason why that might be is theLakersNation.com uses a Spam plug-in that prevents our posts to be bombarded with Spam comments, the plug-in isn’t perfect and it might pick up a legit comment or two. However, I always go through whatever it picks [...]

Now that Greg Oden is likely done for the season, will the Blazers make a drastic trade? Sound-off in the comments and let us know what you think! HOOPSWORLD.COM: How about trading for Jermaine O’Neal? Dude’s rumored to be on the trading block, and he even has ties to Portland since the Blazers were the organization that drafted him. If [...]

Fairly old article but good stuff nonetheless. Talking Points: Kobe Bryant, by the way, can play. Sometimes that’s a lesser part of the whole Kobe universe, because, yes: 1) He is fairly crazy; 2) He consistently engages in (he can’t help himself) particularly high-profile feuds, screeching behavior and uncomprisingly infantile activity and probably still wants the Lakers to trade him, [...]

Lakers.com caught up with rookie guard Javaris Crittenton to talk about his transition to Los Angeles, how he fared in the Summer League, and what’s on the horizon. Lakers.com: So what have you been up to since the Vegas Summer League? I’ve been back and forth between Atlanta and LA since the draft, but I got out here for good [...]

Thanks to Elvis 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: Kobe Bryant has been keeping in touch with Lakers teammate Ronny Turiaf over the summer through text messages, one of which might have played a small part in inspiring Bryant’s [...]

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. KFWB: What the new Basketball Hall of Famer can’t do is compete with the late Celtics patriarch’s supernatural skills. “We lost out on the Kevin Garnett sweepstakes,” Jackson lamented Friday after [...]

Press Enterprise: The Lakers begin training camp in Hawaii in about three weeks, essentially bringing back the same team that went 42-40 last season and lost in the first round of the NBA playoffs for the second straight season. Outside of the draft, they have done little to improve the team, leaving Coach Phil Jackson to join his petulant star, [...]

Fox Sports: Coach Phil Jackson agrees with Kobe Bryant — the Los Angeles Lakers need help. “Kobe and I are very much in collusion in that we want to have an opportunity and we want this team to have an opportunity to succeed,” said Jackson, inducted Friday night into the Basketball Hall of Fame. “And one of Kobe’s complaints is [...]

CONGRATS! Well freakin’ deserved. L.A. Times: Lakers coach says of being called the luckiest coach that’s ever been in the NBA: “I probably have to agree with that. Phil Jackson learned to coach from Red Holzman, and he practiced the craft on superstars like Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant. “I’ve had people say that I’m the luckiest coach [...]

L.A. Times: Jackson’s expressions of support for Bryant’s criticism of management do not help the team, and Buss deserves better. So Kobe Bryant has finally found a wingman, somebody to stand beside him and blast away at the Lakers, blowing up bridges, burning down fences, two soldiers standing shoulder to shoulder in the fight for justice and truth. Good for [...]

HOOPSWORLD.COM: When Travis Heath asked me if he should get with Kobe Bryant on a recent trip to cover Team USA in Las Vegas I told him just go and ask Kobe and see what he said. As it turned out, Kobe was very giving of his time and generous with his answers. Of course, Travis stuck to friendly territory. [...]

Is this his plead to get some talent other than Kobe on the roster? Sound-off in the comments and tell us what you think. L.A. Times: Into the Hall, down to the crossroads . . . Ten days from his 62nd birthday, with nine NBA titles, still walking with a cane after hip replacement surgery, Phil Jackson is entering the [...]