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The Lakers are up 2-0 on the Nuggets, and to celebrate we hit the studio for a podcast, and a lively one at that. We started by asking whether the Lakers have changed expectations surrounding their postseason with the quality of their play, partic...

L.A. is now in Day 11 of Ramonpalooza, the festival of appreciation aimed toward point guard Ramon Sessions following his acquisition from the Cavs on deadline day. (My Morning Jacket will be appearing shortly on the main stage.) It's easy to go over...

As John Hollinger noted Monday afternoon (Insider required), the Western Conference has gone a little squishy as teams for a variety of reasons have piled up losses. Denver, the Clippers, Dallas, Houston, Portland, and Utah have all suffered either s...

Kobe Bryant's consecutive All-Star Game streak reached a record-tying 14 last week when the Western Conference starters were announced, but another Laker saw his streak end. Pau Gasol's more modest run of three straight mid-winter classics has com...

With the start of the season in serious question, the lockout plans of many players are starting to crystallize. For Kobe Bryant, a trip to Italy with Virtus Bologna is still a very real possibility. (And if he does, expect to see a lot of this on...

Through the first two quarters of Spain's 77-68 victory over Germany in Round 2 of the European championships Wednesday, observers of Pau Gasol (paugathologists) might have felt a little top-of-the-brow sweat forming. Gasol, who missed Spain's last g...

The Memphis Grizzlies haven't been a playoff team since the 2005-06 season, but last year Lionel Hollins' crew quietly took some steps toward respectability, pushing its record as high as 38-33 before a 2-9 finish. At the very least, it was competiti...

The Lakers are 3-0, including a pair of relative cruisers over Phoenix and Golden State. Kobe Bryant looks ever more spry, aided by a supporting cast doing much of the heavy lifting through the first week of the season. All without Andrew Bynum, who ...

ESPN.com's Marc Stein and Chad Ford report the Lakers are (surprise!) shopping Pau Gasol around the league "in an effort to acquire a top-10 pick in Thursday's draft. The Lakers also are seeking an established player along with the pick if they're to...