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A much happier new year for Kobe Bryant and Lakers
Team and its MVP guard begin training camp far removed from the preseason turmoil of last year, with a deep and talented roster, high hopes and smiles all around. > What an understatement it is to say what a difference a year makes, a simple observation that would fail miserably in recapping everything the Lakers faced when last season's training camp began in Hawaii 362 days ago.
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BallerBlogger.com — ... Mike Bresnahan and Broderick Turner of The Los Angeles Times: “Odom wasn’t overjoyed to hear he might come off the bench if Jackson’s plan of a Bynum-Odom-Gasol front line doesn’t meet expectations. Entering the last year of a contract that pays him $14.1 million this season, Odom didn’t like the idea of being a sixth man in favor of Trevor Ariza, a possibility trotted out last week by Jackson. “He must have woke up and bumped his head. He probably hit his head on something — boom,” Odom said of Jackson. “To start ...

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