forumblueandgold.com - 6/18/2009
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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, there is a soft salary cap in the NBA but ...
lakeshowlife.com - 6/18/2009
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Lamar Odom knows how to give a gift.
To celebrate the Lakers’ 15th championship, superstar forward Lamar...
Odom has arranged for all Lakers’ players and coaches to receive a bottle of Crown Royal XR (one of his faves) with a custom embroidered bag. Diageo , the world’s ...
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Odom Gives Fellow Lakers (Crown) Royal Championship Gift
lakeshowlife.com - 6/19/2009
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Kupchak is always on the clock While everybody
else in Los Angeles is basking in the afterglow...
of a 15 th NBA title, Mitch Kupchak is in bed by 10pm in order to get to the office by 9am. Its business as usual for the general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers. Luckily, through a source that ...
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Mitch Kupchak’s Secret Diary
mvn.com - 6/18/2009
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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 ...
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Not Completely Satisfied
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Ball Don't Lie —
... Radojevic. Bradley. Araujo. Do my Raptors know how to draft 'em or what? 6th: Liberty Ballers. Andre "Don't call me Iggy' Iguodala needs a new nickname. I vote for "The Iguana." 7th: SI.com. One NBA executive: "I'll just tell you this is the worst draft in decades. People are going to get excited about guys. But this is a terrible draft. Guys are going to screw up big time." 8th: Forum Blue & Gold. The Lakers, the luxury tax and you. Yes, you! 9th: ...
Friday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... by x million a year (insert guaranteed first-round salary that you'd save, depending on where he's picked), while still making you better in the long run. The guy you'd draft instead ... is he going to help you sell seats worth that same amount? Probably not. David Berri joins Hollinger in thinking Ty Lawson has been underrated in mock drafts. Hollinger's Draft Rater has Lawson essentially in a tie with Blake Griffin as the best player in the draft. The Lakers have the potential to pay the most luxury tax in NBA history next year ...
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