forumblueandgold.com - 6/22/2009
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“We have three picks, and if we bring back the players we want to we’ll have at least 13 players on our roster. It stands to reason that we’d look to either move a pick, trade a pick, exchange picks for future picks or pick a player and look for them to play overseas for at least a year.”
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Should Minnesota Feel Happy for the Lakers?
thesportsbank.net 6/23/2009 —
By Shaymus McLaughlin
It’s now been over a week since the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA championship, their 15th overall as a franchise, and I’m still not sure how I feel about it. As a sports fan, it’s certainly a wonderful story. Kobe was finally able to win without the great ...
The Lakers, The Luxury Tax And You
forumblueandgold.com 6/18/2009 —
Now the discussion begins about how we get this feeling again next year.
And we can’t start talking seriously about offseason moves until we have a discussion about the Lakers salary and financial situations — specifically the luxury tax. Sure, ...
NOTE TO NBA: Lakers are good for business
retrosportstalk.blogspot.com 6/5/2009 — One thing NBA history has shown us is that people love to watch the Lakers. It doesn't matter if its the "Showtime" Lakers, the "Shaq" Lakers or the "Kobe" Lakers they all get respect. TV ratings go through the roof when the Lakers take the floor for those final seven games. Maybe its the ...
Congratulations to the Lakers
blazersedge.com 6/15/2009 — That's right, I said it. No asterisk. When you win a World Title you deserve something. There you go.
Seriously, congrats go out to the Lakers and their fans. The trip through the Western Conference turned out to be more uncomfortable than they could have wished, but ...
There Is No Drug Like A Lakers Win: Game 1 Recap
silverscreenandroll.com 5/20/2009 —
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by Mark J. Terrill - AP
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First, let's get something straight. You're going to hear from every perspective (fans, haters, ...
Don’t Forget About the Draft
lakersoffire.com 6/20/2009 — The lingering effects of the championship victory still have me so drunk on euphoria that I nearly forgot that the NBA draft is less than a week away. When you have the next to last pick in the first round, there isn’t as much fanfare, but that doesn’t mean a diamond can’t be ...
Draft Day Journal
thelakersnavy.wordpress.com 6/25/2009 —
(The Lakers Navy would like to officially endorse Patrick Mills of St. Mary’s for Lakers draft considerations)
Well, Shaq’s a Cav, Dick Jefferson’s a Spur, and Fab Oberto’s been traded nine times in the last six hours. It’s draft day, and I’m excited. ...
Lakers 103, Nuggets 94: Game 5 Recap
silverscreenandroll.com 5/28/2009 —
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by Harry How - Getty Images
Wednesday's Game 5 was a true team effort. Along with Odom, Fisher, and Ariza, Gasol and Bynum shared the load so that ...
Not Completely Satisfied
mvn.com 6/18/2009 —
When the Los Angeles Lakers won the title, I was very happy. Finally, after seven years, the Lakers were back on the mountaintop. We knew that the Lakers were going to face a powerful East team but, surprisingly, the road to the Finals was harder than beating Orlando. Nevertheless, whether ...
Lakers Coach Phil Jackson Will Return For 2009-2010 Season
mkrob.com 7/4/2009 —
Phil Jackson will return to coach the NBA champion Lakers for at least one more season, the Hall of Famer announced today.
Jackson, 63, received positive news on a battery of medical tests and made his decision known today.
He held an option on the two-year contract extension he ...
Kobe Pay Cut? Maybe if He Owned the Team —
Bleacher Report - NBA 6/22/2009
Now that the Lakers are the 2009 NBA Champions, the talk has begun on how they could repeat their success next year. Two of the major pieces to this championship run, namely Lamar Odom and Trevor Ariza, are unrestricted free agents, but both have ...
I'm a Self-Loathing Los Angeles Lakers Fan —
Bleacher Report - NBA 6/22/2009
I'm a walking heresy. I was born in Randolph, Massachusetts, a few miles south of Boston. I'm a die hard Boston fan who discriminates against Yankees fans to the point that I have to actively avoid them when drunk to keep from getting belligerent. I ...
NHL Concludes Successful Season… Now What? —
Bleacher Report - NBA 6/23/2009
The NHL just finished its most successful playoffs in decades. The commissioner of the NHL, Gary Bettman could not have asked for more to promote his league. He got an entertaining seven game series between the three best young talents in the league ...