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The prevailing thought surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers this offseason is that they are at the mercy of Dwight Howard's decision to stay or go. That may be true, but there are many more decisions for general manager Mitch Kupchak and vice president...

Fran Fraschilla goes one-on-one and shines some light on Greek League prospect and possible NBA draft first-rounder Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Blog | Conversation | June 12, 2013

Kevin Pelton ranks the greatest individual postseasons in NBA history.

Story | Conversation | June 10, 2013

Steve Mitchell/US Presswire The Spurs and Heat both ranked in the top five in 3-point shooting and scoring off the pick-and-roll this season. Tony Parker has the most points on pick-and-roll plays this postseason. The San Antonio Spurs will have...

Harry How/Getty Images As the Spurs' big three gets older, the development of San Antonio's young role players has helped the team stay successful. The San Antonio Spurs' big three has been consistent for the past decade. But as the Spurs' core g...

The Los Angeles Lakers have a coach in Mike D'Antoni, but do they have what they need? Phil Jackson doesn't seem to think so.

LOS ANGELES -- For the first time in a long time, the Los Angeles Lakers are in a bit of a rut. For a franchise that has won 16 championships, a first-round playoff exit via sweep -- punctuating a three-year stretch in which the team failed to make i...

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....

When Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak called Phil Jackson to tell him the Lakers were hiring Mike D'Antoni instead of him he responded the only way he knew how. "I laughed," Jackson says.

Does he understand team legacy? Do they understand he has a choice?

Those expecting a major upheaval from the Los Angeles Lakers this offseason are likely to be disappointed. Unless Dwight Howard bolts in free agency or Pau Gasol is traded, the primary cast of this season's underachieving squad is all but certain ...

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...

Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol will undergo a procedure on Thursday to address the tendonosis in both of his knees, the team announced Wednesday.

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. -- Pau Gasol left his exit meeting with general manager Mitch Kupchak on Tuesday with an increased sense that he may have played his last game with the Lakers. "The future is uncertain," Gasol said. "There's no doubt about it. I...

Kobe Bryant said he believes the Los Angeles Lakers "finally figured it out" when they finished the season on a 28-12 run, and that if the core of himself, Pau Gasol, Dwight Howard and Steve Nash returns, "We can win a championship, no doubt about it."