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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. SFGate.com: If the Warriors see the Lakers as a threat to their postseason plans – and there’s no reason to believe otherwise – they have to be loving Kobe Bryant’s presence [...]

It was a special day, even for him, who has won everything, or does he? Because for Kobe Bryant, who has three NBA championship rings with the Lakers, there is one debt still pending: a gold medal with his country’s national team which he is representing for the first time in this FIBA Americas Championship 2007 in Las Vegas. People [...]

ESPN: LeBron James threads a low bounce pass to Kobe Bryant cutting baseline. Bryant goes up and under for a reverse layup. The Thomas and Mack Center crowd goes wild. Dwight Howard blocks a Team Canada baseline jump shot attempt. Jason Kidd scoops up the ball and flicks it fifty feet to a sprinting Carmelo Anthony for an emphatic dunk. [...]

Special thanks to John ‘Fatty’ Fatland 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. “I can handle him,” Kobe Bryant speaking about Ron Artest on a recorded cell phone conversation. Kobe can do [...]

Thanks to Alec Eginli 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. SI.com: After all the rumors and denials, it looks like Jermaine O’Neal will remain with the Indiana Pacers. The All-Star forward was one of the players most discussed about in [...]

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. HOOPSWORLD.COM: August is traditionally the vacation month for the NBA and news surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers has been notably quiet. Other than the recent signing of a camp invite (Larry [...]

Special thanks to John ‘Fatty’ Fatland 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. Thanks to JCool, we have another rumor to digest. This has no substantiation meaning, no reporter, news organization nor [...]

Hopefully, this time it will stay there. It took me a good six hours or so to get up there again. *sigh* Live Game Chat is still on, maybe. I’ll have to test that later tonight but I’ll keep you guys updated through this post — Click on this link to know more what Live Game Chat on theLakersNation.com will [...]

Washington Post: LeBron James was in the corner with no one blocking his path to hoop, so he exploded toward the basket for a ferocious tomahawk dunk. Michael Redd was camped out behind the international three-point line with no one attempting to contest his shot, so he repeatedly flicked his left wrist and watched the ball splash through the net. [...]

Should the Lakers sign him? Do they even have a roster spot for him? Sound-off in the comments and tell us how you think. HOOPSWORLD.COM: Chris Webber: CWebb is not as coveted as he had hoped he’d be when he signed with the Pistons. The same labels remain for Chris, and his desire to get a multi-year deal above the [...]

ESPN: Butch van Breda Kolff, who coached the Los Angeles Lakers to two NBA finals appearances and coached Bill Bradley at Princeton, has died after a long illness. Van Breda Kolff, 84, died Wednesday afternoon at a nursing home in Spokane, his daughter, Kristina van Breda Kolff, said. His son, Jan, also played professionally and coached at Cornell, Vanderbilt, Pepperdine [...]

Wishing you to have a great 29th birthday, VEINTECUATRO and many many more to come sporting the Purple and Gold, of course. [youtube xgI49L_zGqo]

ESPN: Once Carmelo Anthony and Kobe Bryant warmed up, there was no way Venezuela could keep up. Anthony scored 17 points, Bryant added 14, and the United States rolled to a 112-69 victory Wednesday night in its opening game of the FIBA Americas tournament. Michael Redd also had 17 points, Amare Stoudemire scored 16 and Dwight Howard 12 for the [...]

SportsLine: Back in February, which feels like years ago given all that’s happened since, it seemed like the NBA was trying to crown Dwyane Wade its new king. He was everywhere you looked during All-Star weekend, peering down from billboards and buildings, blending into the Las Vegas landscape as if he were Wayne Newton or Danny Gans. That made Kobe [...]