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Tweet Dwight Howard had a revealing interview with Stephen A. Smith. In it, Dwight said his health is at 75%, he’s still having shooting pains, he doesn’t have a close relationship with Jim Buss and that he’s not a cry baby. Check out a few of the excerpts.
Tweet To say that a lot is going on with the Lakers franchise doesn’t even begin to do the situation justice. We’ve gone round and round analyzing coaching, players and injuries but what’s happening upstairs in the executive suite has the potential to change the way the Los Angeles Lakers have been thought of for [...]
Tweet The Lakers passing on Phil Jackson and the accusations of betrayal by Jim Buss and company have got to cause a vexing situation with the Thanksgiving holiday coming up this week. Phil’s long time girlfriend is Lakers EVP Jeanie Buss, Jim’s sister and Lakers owner Jim Buss’ daughter. Sensing perhaps the impending awkwardness around [...]
Tweet Count Magic Johnson among the many disappointed Laker fans who aren’t satisfied with the hiring of Mike D’Antoni. Magic voiced his extremely displeasure at the way Jim Buss, son of Lakers owner and legend, Dr. Jerry Buss, is running the team. The NBA legend sated that he doesn’t have confidence in Jim Buss abilities.
Tweet Phil Jackson was reportedly shocked when he received the call late Sunday night that the Lakers were moving forward with Mike D’Antoni as the head coach. Phil has released a statement in which he says the groundswell of support from the Laker fans is why he considered returning to the job and that actual [...]
Tweet A day after Jim Buss and Kobe Bryant both came out in support of Lakers head coach Mike Brown. It’s been announced that Brown has been fired. The Lakers who went 0-8 in preseason and also lost in the second round of the playoff last year are currently in the midst of their worst [...]
Tweet Lamar Odom is gone and it doesn’t look like Dwight Howard is making his way over to Laker land. Today the team used their mini mid-level exception of $2.5 million per year on Josh McRoberts. A decent enough player but probably not enough to fill the void left from the trade of Lamar Odom.
Tweet Jim Buss is really going hard to prove he’s his own man running the Lakers organization. It seems as if the lack of courtesy during the coaching process extended to former Lakers Assistant Brian Shaw. Let’s forget that Shaw has won several championships with the franchise as both Assistant coach and player. 12 years, [...]
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