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

Story | Conversation | April 29, 2013

SAN ANTONIO -- After sending out more than a dozen tweets during and after the game as the Los Angeles Lakers played the San Antonio Spurs to open the playoffs Sunday, Kobe Bryant vows he'll keep his 140-character contributions to himself come Game 2...

LOS ANGELES -- The downside of the Los Angeles Lakers putting together those two inspiring comeback wins in the past two games is that they played so poorly at the start that they needed to pull the rabbit out of a hat. The less-exciting, yet much...

LOS ANGELES -- How do you trump coming back from 25 points to win on the road? How about Kobe Bryant personally hitting three 3-pointers in the final 1:41 of regulation to force overtime in a game that the Los Angeles Lakers trailed the Toronto Ra...

Dwight Howard again hits the reset button on the Los Angeles Lakers' season, while apologizing for his "immature" comments and vowing to dominate going forward.

Though the Lakers have long rebuffed talks of trading Dwight Howard, sources now say the team may consider dealing the pending free agent as Los Angeles continues to struggle.

CHICAGO -- The Los Angeles Lakers played game No. 41 of their 82-game schedule in near identical fashion to the way they've played most of their games in the first half of this nightmare of a season: fall down early; scramble to get back in the game;...

Kirk Hinrich scored 22 points, Marco Belinelli added 15 points, and the Chicago Bulls pulled away down the stretch to beat the struggling Los Angeles Lakers 95-83 on Monday night.

Pau Gasol is going back to the bench and will stay there for the foreseeable future.

LOS ANGELES -- Metta World Peace predicted during the summer that the new-look Los Angeles Lakers would give the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls' historic 72-10 record a run for its money. Oh, how things have changed. Following the Lakers' 112-105 loss t...

Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant found time on his off day to make a phone call to Magic Johnson to talk about the team.

Outside of the 1990s Chicago Bulls, and maybe the Bill Walton-era Trailblazers, few NBA teams have captivated my basketball imagination quite like the Mike D'Antoni-Steve Nash Phoenix Suns. There are a few reasons for this, some of them more complica...

The Los Angeles Clippers must resolve coach Vinny Del Negro's status by June 1, a decision that sources said rests most with owner Donald Sterling.

Mike Woodson took over a floundering Knicks team in mid March and led them to the playoffs. Now, he wants a chance to finish the job.

New York Knicks interim coach Mike Woodson denied a report that he and the team have begun discussions on removing his interim tag and hiring him for next season.

Melo plus a healthy Amare could spell big trouble for the rest of the East.