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Lakers Owners Want Artest

And One posted 7/13/2008 from nba.fanhouse.com

Maybe Ron Artest will be connected with the Lakers so regularly this offseason he'll just be acquired by osmosis. As annoying as the microreportage might become, we at FanHouse feel obligated to keep you as knowledgeable as possible about every detail of the Ron-L.A. courtship. That said: two interesting data points. Sam Amick of the Sacramento Bee -- who has owned this story in the ...

Update on Gordon ... and Oden

Inside the Hall | An Indiana Hoosiers basketball ... found this 7/14/2008 on myespn.go.com

By Marc Stein Just got word from the Los Angeles Clippers that lottery pick Eric Gordon, who has shown some nice flashes here in Vegas despite his struggles from the perimeter, will be sidelined for the remainder of the NBA Summer League with a ...

Artest hopes for trade from Kings, will act as own agent - NBA

LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog found this 7/13/2008 on sports.espn.go.com

Kings Owners Deny Rift Sacramento Kings co-owner Joe Maloof acknowledged Sunday that the Kings are receiving trade inquiries for Ron Artest but disputed the claim that he and brother Gavin Maloof are avoiding the forward. "Ron has been terrific for ...

Lakers are scouting heavily in China

Ed Ziti posted 7/14/2008 from mvn.com

The Lakers are closely monitoring the Chinese basketball talent, as the feeling is many future NBA players will come from the world’s largest country. Last year the Lakers drafted Sun Yue in the second round and this year they invited Yi Li to play on their summer league team as a non-roster invitee.

Oklahoma City BBall: Oklahoma City Basketball Blog

SPORTSbyBROOKS found this 7/14/2008 on www.oklahomacitybball.com

I don't recommend that you Google his name because of a Vietnamese "Adult" actress by the same name, but word is that we the OKC TBD's have offered Utah swingman C.J. Miles a short term deal. Because he is a restricted free agent, Utah has 7 days to ...