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Should the players just swallow their pride and make a deal? Should Lamar Odom start, come off the bench or get moved next season? Should Shannon Brown debate a career in the NFL? These and other questions were tackled in today's chat. Click he...

For those depressed after seeing Brian emphasize the "thin" options for free-agent point guards, buck up, campers! The shooting guard crop is better. Granted, it's hardly overflowing with eye-popping candidates, but upgrades, however small, are still...

Lamar Odom's season was an exception to an old athletic rule that says as you get older your game declines. Not that Odom is "old" at 31, of course. Some even consider 31 part of an athlete's prime years. But it's one thing to perform at a high level...

We continue our series of Lakers' report cards. Next up, the reserve forwards of note (which means no report cards for the sparingly used Derrick Caracter, Devin Ebanks, Joe Smith and Luke Walton). Harry How/Getty Images Before getting inju...

Among the points shared from Derrick Caracter's exit interview was the need and determination maintain a suitable weight. D.C. has lost about 30-40 pounds since college and wants to drop another 15-20. The approaches will include proper eating, boxin...

For all parties involved -- fans, media, and especially, the Lakers themselves -- Sunday's 122-86 loss to the Dallas Mavericks was a sucker punch finale to a season steeped in misdirection. The preseason favorite among pundits and General Managers, a...

In news that didn't require Nostradmus' services to predict, Ron Artest has officially been suspended for Friday's Game 3 in Dallas. The offending sequence, which took place with 24.4 seconds remaining in the game, featured Artest swinging his arm to...

With the rubber match secured and series control reestablished, for now, everyone can exhale. Highlights Kobe Bryant I'll say this for Kobe, the man doesn't just play while hurt. He throws all possible caution to the wind when it comes to logi...

Two games into the playoffs, the Lakers look like a team still searching for itself. The good news, however, is the road can sometimes be a good place to discover championship form. The creature comforts of your house are swapped out for a hotel room...

On two levels, the Lakers' second unit showed up during the 87-78 Game 2 win over the Hornets. They showed up literally, in that everybody was present and accounted for. Steve Blake was back in uniform after a battle with the chicken pox. And whil...

As one would imagine, it was a happy afternoon for Lamar Odom, the guest of honor at a news conference officially naming him Sixth Man of the Year. Teammates in attendance included Kobe Bryant, Derek Fisher, Pau Gasol, Luke Walton, Shannon Brown, Der...

That Steve Blake's inaugural season in L.A. hasn't been a smashing success is hardly a government secret. The reserve point guard hasn't been bad, but rather lacking the impact most folks (particularly yours truly) expected. He hasn't been the shoote...

Brian posted some footage of Phil Jackson. Here are some more videos of Lamar Odom, Shannon Brown, Andrew Bynum and Derek Fisher from the 109-100 loss to New Orleans. Odom has been as candid as any Laker all season about this team's inflated sense...

Brian provided the postgame analysis. Here are some talkies. Not surprisingly, locker room conversation centered largely around Andrew Bynum's in-game knee injury. As Derek Fisher (among other players) noted, Drew's situation was tough to compartm...

The Lakers won the game, which is the most important thing (especially since Boston, Chicago, and Dallas all lost today). The second most important thing would be that we never speak of said game again. It's similar to the rules regarding Fight Club....

Of all the impressive wins since the All-Star break, in it's own right, a victory over the Timberwolves on March 1 provided for me the most convincing proof of the Lakers being fully rededicated. For nearly three quarters, the Lakers couldn't get the...