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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.

No part of what's been a mostly predictable NBA postseason has been more entertaining than Stephen Curry's emergence as a bona fide superstar. Even on the playoff stage, where opposing coaches knew exactly what Curry wanted to do, and how he wanted t...

Lakers G Steve Nash talks about the Lakers' disappointing season, Dwight Howard's future with the team, his relationship with Kobe Bryant and more. Nash ESPN NBA Insider Chris Broussard shares his thoughts on what comes next for the Knicks and the ...

Nash ranks ninth all time with 8.5 assists per game. Welcome to SportsNation! On Monday, Los Angeles Lakers point guard Steve Nash stops by to chat about the NBA playoffs. Nash, @SteveNash, just finished his 17th season in the league, averaging...

Colin will be joined by ESPN NBA analyst Antonio Davis (10:45 a.m. ET), ESPN NBA Insider Chris Broussard (11:15), ESPN 1070 The Fan's Dan Dakich (11:45) and Lakers G Steve Nash (12:15 p.m.) on Monday. As always, email the show (theherd@espnradio.com...

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...

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...

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."

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...

Injuries and chemistry issues derailed the season early and often.

Well that was unexpected. No, not the Los Angeles Lakers losing in the first round to the San Antonio Spurs; it was a 2-7 matchup, after all, and no NBA team has lost after being up 3-0 (as the San Antonio Spurs were). But who, when the Lakers ...

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

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

When the Los Angeles Lakers assembled their roster last summer, they envisioned the dreamlike starting backcourt of Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash leading the team into playoff battles. But as has been the case for most of the season, the Lakers' drea...