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A Lakers/Celtics NBA Finals? It could very easily happen. And in today’s Los Angeles Times, columnist Bill Dwyre examines what it would mean for the teams, the NBA and basketball in general. The article breaks down the major matchups:
Monday night, little more than a scrimmage for the Celtics in their 104-76 victory against a […]

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We got up with Lamar Odom at the NBA Store (53rd & 5th Ave.) yesterday, where he and Jordan Farmar signed autographs on an off day before traveling to play the Nets at the Izod Center tonight. Odom is one of those genuinely good guys in the League, who you can rely on for […]

* If Andrew Bynum is now totally off the trading block, is there still a possibility to deal Jason Kidd to the Lakers? (ESPN Insider) “On Monday, as I was pondering trade possibilities for Kidd, I came up with this proposal: Lamar Odom, Javaris Crittenton and Sasha Vujacic for Kidd,” writes ESPN’s Chris Broussard. “I […]

* Bill Plaschke writes that the Lakers are seriously missing Andrew Bynum already. “Watching the Lakers play without Bynum was like sitting in a room after the removal of a Christmas tree. The place is no different than it was a couple of months ago. But it felt completely empty.”
* During the TNT pre-game show, […]

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It’s kind of crazy that we’re talking like this about the Lakers and it’s not because they lost Kobe. The L.A. Times Lakers Blog says today that L.A.’s season basically depends on when Andrew Bynum returns and how long it takes himself to get back into the form we’ve been seeing from him over […]

Yesterday afternoon, right after the Andrew Bynum injury news broke, we were talking about how the Lakers should go get Chris Webber. Sure enough, there’s a story in this morning’s L.A. Times about how the Lakers have reached out to Webber about possibly joining the squad:
In an update provided by a team source, Chris Mihm […]

* The Wizards mounted a ferocious 25-6 rally last night in Boston, storming back from a 77-63 lead with 6:22 to play. Caron Butler led the charge with 11 points during that 6-plus minute span, and seven within the final 40 seconds to send the Celtics on their first two-game slump of the year.
* Peter […]