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The lack of chemistry is glaringly hard to miss. The Lakers have witnessed regressive communications between their two most talented players, and it doesn’t seem to getting any better. Bryant has always been known to challenge people, Howard is learning that. The Lakers guard has also found his all star teammate to be too friendly, not [...]

As if the Kobe Bryant/Dwight Howard dynamic needs another wrinkle, now this. Apparently, during all-star weekend in Houston, Dwight mocked Kobe behind his back to other members of the West squad. I’m not sure there’s much to this because Dwight is Dwight and he routinely does stuff like this, but given their somewhat rocky tenure [...]

Kobe Bryant kneels to no one, including Dwight Howard. At a time when the Los Angeles Lakers truthfully have no idea what Howard will do when he hits unrestricted free agency this summer, I hope their counting on Kobe to do anything other than sell Howard on remaining in Tinseltown. Speaking from the NBA All-Star [...]

Jeremy Lin got enough of the spotlight and attention last year in New York, thank you very much. As the NBA All-Star weekend is now in the books, Jeremy Lin has been telling anyone who will listen that he is happy he didn’t make the all-star game (by the skin of his teeth). Lin didn’t [...]

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Carlos Boozer has gone from a potential amnesty candidate to the NBA player most likely to be moved by the trade deadline. Or at least that’s what Vincent Ellis of the Detroit Free Press is hearing: Mildly surprised when I just asked league guy most likely to be moved: Expected Smith, but he answered Carlos [...]

It seems like for every time you hear a rumor that the Bulls franchise player Derrick Rose is taking a step forward and hitting some practice milestone, you hear a conflicting statement out of the Bulls camp that he’s progressing slower than expected and he might not make it back next season. Here is another [...]

Last week, word got out the Lakers owner Jerry Buss was hospitalized with an undisclosed form of cancer, and that his condition was worsening. Out of respect of the Buss family, no one from the Lakers organization commented much on the situation. Today we learn the unfortunate news that Buss has passed away at the [...]

It is truly amazing when you think about the generation gap between some of the older veterans and their young blood rookie teammates. Case and point, Phoenix Suns rookie Kendall Marshall this weekend posted this picture on instagram of him as a child standing beside Jermaine O’Neal at the 2003 NBA All-Star Game. Significance? They [...]

Typically, the MVP of the all-star game is a scoring wingman who roams the perimeters and fills up the points column. But last night was a bit different. From the onset, Chris Paul was facilitating and looking for his West teammates. Before you knew it, he ended up with 15 assists – many of which [...]