Los Angeles Lakers’ coach Phil Jackson hasn’t garnered his reputation as the greatest basketball coach in the history of the NBA for his ability to develop rookies, so the prospects of forward Devin Ebanks making a major splash appear to be slim.

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Below are a collection of Lakers-related articles within the last week while I was on vacation. — The Times’ Broderick Turner explains how Lakers forward Lamar Odom has emerged as a leader for Team USA.

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One of the questions for the Los Angeles Lakers heading into training camp later this month is the status of Kobe Bryant’s right knee. Bryant had arthroscopic surgery in July, and he was expected to be fully recovered by the time camp opened.

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Dan Loumena of the Los Angeles Times addressed reports of Magic Johnson being a potential owner of the for-sale Detroit Pistons. Loumena refers to an NBA.com article, but the Free Press has also written about Magic’s interest. In his Lakers’ blog on Wednesday, Loumena weighed in: Does this make sense?

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Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Matthew Kahn’s book Climatopolis . Los Angeles is a hedonist’s paradise. At night, you can cruise the Sunset Strip

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The images of basketball star Kobe Bryant and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers flashed on the big screen behind the guys of Super Mash Bros.

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source: Joaquin Henson | philstar.com A plan to bring Los Angeles Lakers forward Ron Artest to Manila has been cancelled with local organizers unable to raise the funds to cover a P12-million budget. Artest was supposed to plane in with his two sons and three rap back-up singers from his band The World-Wide Warriors last Aug

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When the Los Angeles Lakers were blown out in Game Six of the 2008 NBA Finals by the Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest made his way to the visitor’s locker room to console long time friend Lamar Odom.

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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS – Basketball legend Jerry West gave an emotional speech during the opening of the Business Summit, saying, “I have no philosophy as an executive except, Treat people right.

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Filed under: Derek Fisher , TMZ Sports TMZ has learned the New Orleans Saints are determined to get Los Angeles Lakers star Derek Fisher into their locker room for opening day … because they believe Fish holds the key to back-to-back championships. Sources close to the deal tell TMZ that… Read more

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In Los Angeles, celebrities have a habit of showing up at sporting events, but usually they are just trying to get good publicity and do something trendy.

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*Not that anybody in Los Angeles cares anymore, but Manny Ramirez will be sent to the Chicago White Sox on a waiver deal Monday, according to a baseball source who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The Dodgers aren’t expected to get any players in return, but are likely to unburden themselves of the $4

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Were I Kris O’Dowd, a future millionaire playing for the most popular football team in Los Angeles, I’d take advantage. Sure, I’d watch film, lift weights, go to class. But in between

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Amid all this Miami Heat chatter, why exactly isn’t anyone talking about the Los Angeles Lakers flirting with history?

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Los Angeles Lakers’ guard Shannon Brown is blessed with outstanding leaping ability, superior quickness, strength, athleticism, and he’s rumored to be dating R&B songstress Monica as well. Brown’s cameo in Monica’s latest music video suggests that he is living the life of a true NBA superstar, but so far Brown has been unable to translate his athletic talents to his game fully.

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Glen Rice and Mitch Richmond, members of the Los Angeles Lakers’ NBA champion teams, many-time All-Star Chris Webber and ‘The Glove’ Gary Payton, a consistent fixture in the NBA All-Defensive team and part of the Miamia Heat’s 2006 champion squad, were all witness to the greatness of a Filipino deadhsot nicknamed ‘The Triggerman.’

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It’s fortunate that Kobi is a greyhound, because from the way he was dressed he might have had to make a dash for it. For Friday’s Mystic Seaport dog parade, Kobi’s owner and southern California native Greg Roberts slipped his rescue greyhound into a Los Angeles Lakers uniform.

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Trevor Ariza arrived in Los Angeles six months after Kobe Bryant asked out. The Lakers had gone three years without winning a playoff series and were starting a season that amounted to an audition

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Growing up in Long Island City, Latiq Agard was surrounded by elite basketball talent. He lived across the street from Devin Ebanks of West Virginia and now the Los Angeles Lakers.

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For the past two seasons, NBA fans have eagerly awaited a Finals matchup between Kobe Bryant’s Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers, and each year it has failed to materialize. The 2010-11 NBA season will be filled with the same type of anticipation of a James and Bryant showdown in the Finals, except this time James is expected to bring dinner guests.

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