http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. Dwight Howard, who won Olympic gold with the U.S. in the 2008 Beijing Games but had to miss last summer's London Games while recovering from back surgery, said he wants to be back on the team for the next Olympiad.]]> February 28, 2013 10:20:33 PST MIAMI -- If Sunday's Los Angeles Lakers-Miami Heat matchup had any less meaning because of Los Angeles' sub-.500 record, nobody informed the teams tha...]]> February 10, 2013 12:24:35 PST Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol has been playing through tendinitis in both knees, a condition that has influenced the four-time All-Star's output.]]> November 26, 2012 12:11:39 PST Editor's note: Throughout the 2012-13 NBA season we'll be asking our colleagues at ESPN Los Angeles to weigh in on the progress of the Heat's quest fo...]]> November 16, 2012 14:41:23 PST Kobe Bryant raved about how improved his right knee felt last season after visiting Germany to undergo Regenokine surgery. As effective as the treatment might have been, the Lakers star decided a repeat procedure was not necessary heading into 2012-13.]]> October 02, 2012 15:15:35 PDT As a 34-year-old veteran about to embark on his 17th NBA season, Kobe Bryant knows that he's much closer to the end of his career than he is to the beginning.]]> October 01, 2012 12:36:08 PDT The term "offseason" seems like a bit of a farce when you consider what forward Pau Gasol has been up to since the Lakers were eliminated from the pla...]]> August 27, 2012 12:08:17 PDT Dwight Howard's surgery means USA Basketball will be without its presumed starting center this summer at the London Olympics. It won't be Andrew Bynum to the rescue in Superman's absence, either.]]> April 20, 2012 19:17:00 PDT In what's considered one of the greatest basketball games of the history of the sport, the United States beat Spain in the gold medal game at the 2008...]]> February 08, 2012 13:44:21 PST NBA commissioner David Stern appeared on The Herd with Colin Cowherd on Wednesday morning and discussed the vetoed Chris Paul trade that would have la...]]> December 21, 2011 11:40:07 PST Jerry Buss' induction into the Hall of Fame is a testament to his humility.]]> August 13, 2010 18:53:44 PDT Lakers' Kobe Bryant says playing for U.S. team hinges on health.]]> April 08, 2010 15:45:07 PDT Lamar Odom has plenty of unfinished business in the Olympics.]]> February 20, 2010 18:55:48 PST Lakers forward looks to redeem his 2004 bronze medal.]]> February 10, 2010 16:20:17 PST