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Kobe Bryant thinks he's playing his best basketball in a while.

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike D'Antoni will not coach Sunday's game against the Houston Rockets. D'Antoni is delaying his debut as the 24th coach in Lakers franchise history because he is not fully recovered from a recent knee replacement surgery.

Although Mike D'Antoni is still on crutches after his recent knee surgery, he's already at work with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Kobe Bryant still hasn't gotten over the way his final season under then-Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson ended in a second-round sweep from the playoffs.

Dwight Howard had a big smile on his face a day after making his Los Angeles Lakers debut, but he still feels the sting of how things ended in Orlando when he thinks about his trophy shelf.

Jordan Hill will sign an two-year deal, worth "a little less" than $8 million, a league source told ESPNLosAngeles.com on Friday. Hill's decision came down to the Lakers and the Timberwolves.

Los Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak welcomed Steve Nash by calling him "a thorn in the Lakers' side for most of this decade" during the two-time MVP's introductory press conference Wednesday.

If it wasn't for a 2 a.m. phone call from Mike Brown to Jordan Hill late in the season after the Lakers had their doors blown off by San Antonio, Hill might never have been given the opportunity to show his stuff for the purple and gold. "I was de...

About a dozen members of the 1971-72 Lakers team were recognized Friday in honor of the 40th anniversary of their championship season, the first Lakers championship in the city of L.A.

When the Lakers let themselves have fun, it shows.

Lakers head coach Mike Brown and starting small forward Metta World Peace had a clear-the-air meeting following Tuesday's shootaround to address media reports that had surfaced in the last several days that pointed to a rift.

Production from Andrew Bynum is no longer a bonus but a necessity for Lakers.

Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown admitted the team had considered signing now-blossoming star guard Jeremy Lin in the offseason.

The Los Angeles Lakers started off a week that promises to be a free-agent frenzy for the league by inviting unrestricted free agent forward Jason Kapono to its practice facilities Monday, a league source confirmed to ESPNLosAngeles.com.