What Will The NBA Look Like In April?

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The Lakers Nation found this 2/9/2008 on www.sportshubla.com [flag]
Every year for Lindy’s Pro Basketball Annual, I have to try to guess in August how teams are going to finish the next April. Given the difficulty of that, trying to do the same thing in February is a piece of cake. So maybe that’s why I’m a little reckless in my predictions. Oh, well, [...] [link]

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Lazenby - Lakers #1 in April
Published 2/9/2008 by LD2k at The Lakers Nation
Great to hear - especially for us Lakers fans. Last night was a big win and big testament to Pau Gasol:  Sports hub LA: …Western Conference 1. Los Angeles Lakers. Pau Gasol? It almost seems unfair, unless you’re a Lakers fan. As Lakers triangle guru Tex Winter explained, Gasol gives Kobe Bryant an inside scorer to work with. When that happens, big things occur in Lakers land. (See Shaq and Kobe, 2000-2002). Andrew Bynum showed the power of that equation until he suffered a January knee injury. ...

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Reinforcements Arrive

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Coach Pat Riley believes Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks, obtained from Phoenix in the trade for Shaquille O'Neal, represent a new beginning that could lead the Heat back to the NBA playoffs. "I don't have a lot of patience," Riley said. "If I said to you right now, this is going be a five-year rebuilding program, Shawn would opt out. He wants to win, and he's a winner. And I would probably ...
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Bynum's recovery is on track

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