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For the Mavericks to make the Chris Paul/Dwight Howard combo pipedream a reality, they'd have to hire a hypnotist. How else would they be able to convince Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak to agree to a sign-and-trade deal that would ship Howar...

In this week's "That's What She Said," Sarah Spain invites you to pull up a virtual seat alongside her and follow some of her favorite funny sources for NBA tweets.

For a franchise that has won 16 titles, any Los Angeles Lakers season that doesn't end with a championship is considered a failure. But rather than just dole out a blanket "F" for the Lakers' disappointing 2012-13 season, we're going to break down ea...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- The light bulbs on the scoreboard showing the Los Angeles Lakers' 103-82 season-ending loss to the San Antonio Spurs had barely cooled down before they got together one last time to sort through the rubble of their disappointing...

Metta World Peace believes the Lakers put too much responsibility on the shoulders of Dwight Howard.

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty ImagesKobe Bryant and Pau Gasol wonder what could have been as time runs out on the Lakers' season. How bad was it for the Los Angeles Lakers in their first-round series sweep? Let us count the ways, with significan...

It is time for LA to think about the summer of 2014 and the next era of Lakers basketball.

Story | Conversation | April 29, 2013

Bradford Doolittle looks at what's next for the Lakers following their first-round elimination from the playoffs.

Story | Conversation | April 28, 2013

Spurs-Lakers Preview

The Los Angeles Lakers will be without Steve Nash for Friday night's pivotal Game 3 against the San Antonio Spurs.

Calling his play "bummish" and "noneffective" in the Los Angeles Lakers' 120-89 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, Metta World Peace said he "probably" will not play in Sunday's Game 4.

LOS ANGELES -- At the very least, tip your hat to Andrew Goudelock and Darius Morris. The Los Angeles Lakers had no business beating the San Antonio Spurs on Friday with no Kobe Bryant, no Steve Nash and no Steve Blake in the lineup. Despite Go...

The Los Angeles Lakers will be without Steve Nash for Friday night's pivotal Game 3 against the San Antonio Spurs.

The Lakers have been injured all season, but the Game 2 loss magnified the issue.

Bradford Doolittle takes an in-depth look at the Lakers' Game 1 playoff loss to the Spurs. He writes that coach Mike D'Antoni would be wise to spread out Pau Gasol's and Dwight Howard's playing time, and to play Metta World Peace as a stretch 4.

Story | Conversation | April 24, 2013

Why good health for teammates is best present Tim Duncan could get.