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The burning question for the LA Hot Button: Should the Lakers amnesty Kobe Bryant? ESPNLA Now host, Mark Willard, provides insight to Kobe's injury issue.

The burning question for this week's Hot Button: Who needs to adjust more upon his return to the lineup, Kobe or his teammates?

The burning question for this week's LA Hot Button is: Will the Lakers make the playoffs? ESPNLA Now host Mark Willard provides his perspective.

The burning question in this week's LA Hot Button is answered by ESPNLA Now host Mark Willard. If the Lakers played the Clippers in a Playoff Game 7 today, who would win?

ESPNLA Now host Mark Willard answers the Hot Button question: Who will have a better chance of winning a championship, the LA Lakers or LA Clippers?

ESPNLA Now host Mark Willard answers the hot question, are the Lakers still title contenders?

ESPNLA Now Host Mark Willard steps out on a limb in an early season prediction for a Lakers vs. Heat NBA Finals.

With two huge games this Wednesday, our bloggers predict who will be in the NBA Finals, with the Thunder and Heat as prime suspects. And in LA, our bloggers predict who will win the Battle of LA, Lakers or Clippers.

Scoop sits down with Shannon Brown and Michael Rapaport to discuss the impact of the "big three" on the NBA and why Kobe Bryant puts in the extra effort.

Michael Wallace discusses the unanimous selection of LeBron James for the All-NBA first team, and Kobe Bryant's record-tying 11th selection.

Phil Jackson discusses the differences between Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan, the rape allegations against Bryant in 2003 and how it affected their relationship, and his relationship with Shaquille O'Neal.

The La Hot Button question is: Will Dwight Howard ever return to his pre-injury dominance? Jeff Biggs of ESPNLA 710 provides his inside skinny.

The Forum: Mark Willard and Arash Markazi discuss the Lakers' options if Dwight Howard leaves via free agency.

The Forum: Mark Willard and Arash Markazi discuss the success the Memphis Grizzlies have had with their big men and debate if the Lakers should look to keep both Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol.

Chris Broussard and Skip Bayless discuss Dwight Howard's future with the Lakers.

The retired NBA player admires the Spurs and the Grizzlies. But his big dream was that these conference finals would give Durant a fitting stage to take his career to yet another level.