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Dirk Nowitzki's intention to take a "significant pay cut" next summer will be part of the Dallas Mavericks' sales pitch in July as they attempt to sign a superstar in free agency.

Kobe Bryant said he believes the Los Angeles Lakers "finally figured it out" when they finished the season on a 28-12 run, and that if the core of himself, Pau Gasol, Dwight Howard and Steve Nash returns, "We can win a championship, no doubt about it."

LOS ANGELES -- Sunday could be the last game Dwight Howard plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. The question is: Should it be? The Lakers have already made their intentions clear. They want Howard back. "Dwight is our future," Lakers general m...

LOS ANGELES -- Sunday could be the last game Dwight Howard plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. The question is: Should it be? The Lakers have already made their intentions clear. They want Howard back. "Dwight is our future," Lakers general m...

Bryant's injury threatens a career and the future of a franchise.

With steep taxes looming, the team will have difficult choices to make soon.

LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant will always be associated with the number 81, and with good reason. But here are two more digits tied to Bryant that are just as eye-popping: 79. As in 79 seconds, the total amount of time Bryant has sat in the Los Angel...

With Shaq giving him a push, Dwight Howard is stepping up as he needs to

Kobe Bryant had 23 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in his 19th career triple-double, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Dallas Mavericks 101-81 on Tuesday night.

LOS ANGELES -- It was a night to remember in Lakers history Tuesday as Shaquille O'Neal had his No. 34 jersey retired, but the current team had to make sure its playoff hopes didn't become history with a gutsy 101-81 win over the Dallas Mavericks. He...

A preseason guarantee that the Dallas Mavericks would be only a game and a half behind the Los Angeles Lakers when they left for this late-season trip to L.A. would have certainly pleased Dirk Nowitzki. The Mavs' superstar just didn't imagine that...

It's unfair for Mark Cuban to heap "elite" expectations on Dirk Nowitzki.

DENVER -- Kobe Bryant said he expects the NBA to rescind the technical foul that referee Joey Crawford called on him for arguing a non-call near the end of the first half of Monday night's 119-108 loss to the Denver Nuggets. It was Bryant's leag...

Kobe Bryant and Dirk Nowitzki are their teams' superstars and both deserve good endings.

DALLAS -- Be careful what you wish for, Mark Cuban. You say you miss the days of witty repartee with Phil Jackson and Shaquille O'Neal? Want another high-profile Laker with whom to go back-and-forth? OK, Kobe Bryant is game. But the Black Mamba...

Kobe Bryant had 38 points to win a scoring duel with Dirk Nowitzki, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Dallas Mavericks 103-99 Sunday in a matchup of teams fighting to get in the playoff race.