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Lakers.com did their own top 10 list but TLN staff would like to know what’s your #1 favorite moment of the 2006-2007 season… Sound-off in the comments! Lakers.com: The NBA released the 2007-2008 league schedule recently, leading diehard fans to pore over it like a new Harry Potter book. But before we open Pandora’s box and dissect the exciting season-to-be, [...]

Jim Gray asks the tough questions.

RealGM: The NBA Board of Governors last week voted to approve the use by officials of instant replay to review all Flagrant Foul Penalty Two calls and player altercations, beginning with the 2007-08 season. Both actions were taken at the recommendation of the league’s Competition Committee.With respect to Flagrant Foul Penalty Two calls, the Competition Committee decided that viewing instant [...]

For you theLakersNation users from the Philippines, all four of you, here’s a little information to meet Mamba. Metroblogging: Kobe fans unite this September 5 at the Ultra for Kobe Supernatural Asia Tour 2007: Manila. Tickets are fast going (because you can’t buy it) and the only way you can get it is to listen to radio stations MAGIC 89.9, [...]

Another factless rumor debunked. New York Newsday: Sam Smith of the Chicago Tribune did a wrap up on the Americas tournament in Vegas and briefly discussed Kobe Bryant’s future. Let me nip this in the bud before anyone gets hysterical, because Sam suggests the Knicks will be major players in trying to get Kobe. Sam merely speculated on what we’ve [...]

Nothing to do with the Lakers but it’s a fun little story involving our very own Kobe. Now, ship some of that Cristal to TLN headquarters, Kobester. TMZ: Kobe Bryant is known for being a tough competitor — in the club?! Basketballin’ Bryant and his wife, Vanessa, were at Friday night’s grand opening of BLUSH Boutique Nightclub at the Wynn [...]

We’ve heard this rumor many many times already… Nothing new. Sound-off in the comments and tell us what you think. ChicagoSports.com: With coach Phil Jackson entering the final year of his contract, transition appears to be in the Lakers’ future. The betting is the Knicks will make a major run at Kobe Bryant with the Bulls, Bryant’s personal choice, still [...]

Special thanks to Luke Tarsitano 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. In the waning days of this off-season of inactivity, I have come to the realization that the Lakers’ Front Office [...]

Who doesn’t? ABC7: He says his favorite player growing up was Magic Johnson. He says that’s why he wears the number 32. Mayo hopes to follow in Johnson’s footsteps and play for the Lakers. “I wanna be a Laker, that’s my ultimate dream, since I was younger,” Mayo said.

Yahoo! Sports: Privately, Bryant is still livid that the Lakers wouldn’t give up Andrew Bynum for Kidd at the trade deadline last season. It doesn’t make it easier that Kidd desperately wanted to play with the Lakers, and was deeply disappointed when the trade fell apart. In the time they’ve spent together in Vegas, Kobe said that Kidd has, “taught [...]

Thanks to J-Cool 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. HOOPSWORLD.COM: As Team USA coasts into an Olympic berth, is there any doubt the impact Kobe Bryant has had on the squad? While he was named this past season to the [...]

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: WHAT WENT RIGHT: They reacquired some Fisher flavor: Saying he wanted to be closer to medical facilities for his ailing daughter, veteran guard Derek Fisher voided his contract with [...]

Great interview with Kobe Bryant about his role in Team USA.

N.Y. Times: In a desert oasis built on fantasy, illusion and contrivance, Kobe Bryant has found an equally fantastic and illusory basketball refuge. He has teammates worthy of his stardom, the coach he always coveted and an arena full of adoring fans chanting his name. Playing for the United States national team is everything Bryant could have dreamed and, given [...]