Pau Gasol

Well, that didn’t take long. Every summer, come hell or high water, the New York Knicks are linked to free agents they cannot afford. Not even a full day into their 2014 offseason, they were linked to Los Angeles Lakers free agent Pau Gasol. According to Yahoo! Sports’ Marc J. Spears, Gasol is interested in [...]

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike D’Antoni has a backup plan if his NBA gig is taken away from him. Or rather, he could. And he most definitely should. Sources told ESPN’s Jeff Goodman and Marc Stein the Marshall Thundering Herd, D’Antoni’s Alma Mater, reached out to him about becoming their next head coach: Marshall [...]

If Kobe Bryant’s will be done, then Mike D’Antoni’s tenure with the Los Angeles Lakers will soon be over. According to the Sporting News’ Sean Deveney, Bryant wants the Lakers to hire a new coach before next season: ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith reported on Wednesday morning that he had heard D’Antoni would be out, and [...]

With all the talk about where Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James will end up this summer, money and salary are on the minds of NBA GM’s as usual, but it got us thinking about the richest players in the NBA today. 10-T. Shawn Marion 35-year old 4-time All-Star Shawn Marion has made about $10 million [...]

Trade rumors can be a nasty business. The uncertainty they bring is just absurd, and no one has faced more uncertainty than Pau Gasol since 2011. The Los Angeles Lakers have dangled him every which way possible, forcing him to spend most of his days in limbo, waiting for word that his tenure in purple [...]

Try as we might to ignore it, NBA players are people too. Living, breathing souls just like the rest of us. They feel. They bleed. They enjoy the occasional snifter of brandy or, in the young at heart’s case, sporadic glass of chocolate milk decorated with a crazy straw. Point is, they’re not robots. They’re [...]

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Bomb. Dropped. Pau Gasol, who will become an unrestricted free agent after this season, is in an awkward situation with the Los Angeles Lakers. He has been for quite some time. The Lakers have already tried trading him once, in a deal that would have landed them Chris Paul in 2011. There’s also the chance [...]

A diminished version of Kobe Bryant is better than no Kobe Bryant. That’s the stance Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike D’Antoni is taking. To an extent, it’s one that he’s always took. He hasn’t allowed Kobe’s absence to dominate post-game pressers nor has he entertained the prospect of his uncertain return more than he [...]

Dwight Howard’s departure looks good on Mike D’Antoni and Pau Gasol. Following a 31-point beat down handed to them by the Golden State Warriors, the Los Angeles Lakers are 1-1 on the season. Which is fine. They were supposed to be 0-2, having opened the year against the Los Angeles Clippers. Emerging victorious from one [...]