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Kobe needs 24 to pass Shaq on scoring list

Kobe Bryant needs 24 points to pass Shaquille O’Neal on the all-time scoring list.

6Feb2012 | Dave McMenamin | Comments Off | Continued

Lakers’ Goudelock treated for dehydration

Lakers rookie guard Andrew Goudelock was released from a Milwaukee-area hospital Saturday after spending the night being treated for dehydration.

29Jan2012 | Dave McMenamin | Comments Off | Continued

Bynum, Howard reply to Shaq’s big man ranks

Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard is a three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year and a five-time All-Star, but that wasn’t enough for Shaquille O’Neal to call him the best big man in the game.

21Jan2012 | Dave McMenamin | Comments Off | Continued

Brown: No Lakers job without LeBron days

Mike Brown credits the great play of LeBron James for helping him get the Lakers coaching job.

19Jan2012 | Dave McMenamin | Comments Off | Continued

Bryant ‘looking forward to’ rejoining Team USA

This season, Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant has played with a torn ligament in his wrist and played on a rehabbed ankle and knee, but that won’t stop him from representing his country this summer.

17Jan2012 | Dave McMenamin | Comments Off | Continued

Odom on L.A. return: There’s no hard feelings

Lamar Odom says he has no hard feelings toward the Lakers.

17Jan2012 | Dave McMenamin | Comments Off | Continued

Lakers’ Blake out 3-4 weeks; McRoberts returns

Forwards Josh McRoberts and Troy Murphy re-entered the Lakers’ lineup at the same time Steve Blake will be out 3-4 weeks with a costochondral fracture.

14Jan2012 | Dave McMenamin | Comments Off | Continued

Brown: I’d be ’spoiled child’ to rant about Cavs

Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown would have good reason to harbor bitterness toward the Cleveland Cavaliers but he says he understands the NBA is a business.

14Jan2012 | Dave McMenamin | Comments Off | Continued

Lakers’ Blake inactive; McRoberts, Murphy back

Forwards Josh McRoberts and Troy Murphy re-entered the Lakers’ lineup at the same time Steve Blake was placed on the inactive list with a costochondral fracture.

13Jan2012 | Dave McMenamin | Comments Off | Continued

Brown: Personality separates Kobe and LeBron

Mike Brown said the main difference between Kobe Bryant and LeBron James is their personalities.

12Jan2012 | Dave McMenamin | Comments Off | Continued