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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

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

Story | Conversation | April 28, 2013

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

Amin Elhassan and Bradford Doolittle break down the Los Angeles Lakers-San Antonio Spurs first-round matchup with expert scouting and advanced metric analysis.

Story | Conversation | April 20, 2013

Larry Coon identifies where the Los Angeles Lakers can make the collective bargaining agreement work for them.

Story | Conversation | April 15, 2013

Bradford Doolittle examines four NBA teams -- the Lakers, 76ers, Bulls and Heat -- that will need to make franchise-altering decisions before next summer if they hope to land a big free agent in 2014.

Story | Conversation | April 03, 2013

In ESPN The Magazine, Basketball Reference's Neil Paine determines which players have over- and under-performed their preseason projected PERs. Behold the five earning their keep the most and ... well, all those aging stars in LA.

Story | Conversation | March 07, 2013

Neil Paine says while the Lakers' 2012-13 campaign has been disappointing, preseason expectations were completely unrealistic.

Story | Conversation | February 25, 2013

Amin Elhassan ranks his top five trade-deadline deals of the past five seasons, including the Grizzlies sending Pau Gasol to the Lakers for Marc Gasol and the Knicks giving up the farm to the Nuggets for Carmelo Anthony.

Story | Conversation | February 13, 2013

Here are some untradable contracts that can be moved at the trade deadline.

Story | Conversation | February 08, 2013

With Pau Gasol out, do the Lakers have a chance to reach the postseason?

Story | Conversation | February 07, 2013

If Pau Gasol misses a month, will that end up sinking the Lakers' playoff hopes?

Story | Conversation | February 05, 2013

Amin Elhassan breaks down Steve Nash's new role in Lakerland and offers up why it might actually work.

Story | Conversation | February 01, 2013

Bradford Doolittle says the Los Angeles Lakers could learn a couple things from failed super teams of the past. But with the way they've been playing, perhaps they have?

Story | Conversation | January 30, 2013

Chris Broussard says the Lakers should fire coach Mike D'Antoni now and salvage whatever appeal Los Angeles has for Dwight Howard in the best interests of the team's future.

Story | Conversation | January 25, 2013

Each week, Joe Kaiser looks at five players and offers trends to watch, good or bad. This week, he takes a look at Steve Nash's dropping usage rate, Luol Deng's workload and Nikolai Vucevic's emergence in Orlando.

Story | Conversation | January 14, 2013