Just one decade ago, the gap between the Celtics and any other team was colossal. Even considering that the Green had not won a championship since 1986, their closest competitors, the Los Angeles Lakers, had only 11 titles to Boston’s 16

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–The Lakers don’t have the home-heavy schedule of early last season, which forced the team to the road through most of the spring of 2010

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The Lakers are back in control of the Finals. Kobe gets some needed help as L.A. routs the Celtics 89-67 in Game 6.

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The Denver Nuggets have hired a man with global basketball experience to manage a team that’s in a world of hurt: two big men sidelined, a player under police investigation and its superstar’s signature missing from a contract extension. Former Nuggets international scout Masai Ujiri was appointed the team’s new executive vice president of basketball operations on Friday.

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LOS ANGELES — Team USA is down to its final 12 players for the World Championship tournament, for better or worse. Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo asked to leave the team Tuesday, according to a Team USA news release, though earlier Rondo said he was on the “bubble” to make the squad. That left Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom, Los Angeles Clippers guard Eric Gordon and 10 other …

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LOS ANGELESTeam USA is down to its final 12 players for the World Championship tournament, for better or worse.Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo asked to leave the team on Tuesday, according to a Team USA news release, though earlier Rondo said he was on the bubble to make the squad. That left Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom, Los Angeles Clippers guard Eric Gordon and 10 other …

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There is nothing in the world that gets Kobe Bryant more excited than a challenge. The guy just loves the thrill of the battle, and anyone who doubts him or his team. This year will be filled with adversity, and there are already plenty of doubters.

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Lakers owner Jerry Buss says the team’s busy offseason was not motivated by the actions of the Miami Heat but rather by a need to continuously improve.

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The proud Los Angeles Lakers franchise is known for its many legendary centers such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O’Neal, Wilt Chamberlain, and George Mikan. They’re also known for All-Star star forwards like Elgin Baylor and “Big Game James” Worthy.

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New York Knicks fans may be extremely unhappy about the prospect, but the team’s former coach and president Isiah Thomas could end up returning to the team in April , according to the New York Daily News. The contract between Thomas and the Knicks for him to be a consultant was nixed by the NBA because Thomas, as coach of Florida International University, has contact with high school players, which is against NBA bylaws

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The Los Angeles Lakers’ hopes for a three-peat do not rest in the hands of star guard Kobe Bryant, but rather in the strong cast of interior players the Lakers have at their disposal.

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When Danny Ferry retired as a player from the San Antonio Spurs in 2003 after scoring 6,439 points and pulling down 2,440 rebounds in his career, he immediately joined the middle management of the Spurs front office. He worked there for two years before taking over as general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers .

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I grew up in the era where, if you’re from Massachusetts, you were a Boston Fan. If you were from New York, you were a Knicks fan.

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The Los Angeles Times reports: Lakers free agent guard Shannon Brown has agreed to a two-year contract worth about $4.6 million to stay with the team, his agent, Mark Bartelstein, said Thursday. Obviously, the process took a while, but Shannon wanted to be here and they wanted him, Bartelstein said. Shannon had a number of other opportunities

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The Los Angeles Lakers have always been the type of franchise that attracts players due to tradition, but there are some rare players who leave the team and find success elsewhere. Shaquille O’Neal is one of those players, and although O’Neal did go on to win a championship as a member of the Miami Heat, any chance he had for a great legacy was left in Los Angeles.

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Enjoy the celebration, Ron, you’ll be home next June.

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Lakers free agent Shannon Brown has been in talks with the New York Knicks about possibly signing to their team for next season. However, it would be in the best interest of both the Lakers and Brown if Brown were to re-sign with the Lakers for next season. Brown is a solid reserve point guard for the Lakers.

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Popular theory in the NBA says defense wins playoff games and rebounding wins championships, and the Los Angeles Lakers’ title in 2010 serves as proof for that theory.

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Popular theory in the NBA says defense wins playoff games and rebounding wins championships, and the Los Angeles Lakers’ title in 2010 serves as proof for that theory. The Lakers may be known for their triangle offense, but the team is defined by their defense, which just happened to be the constant in an otherwise inconsistent regular season. The Lakers were second only to the Chicago Bulls in …

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Los Angeles Lakers starting center Andrew Bynum underwent successful arthroscopic surgery to repair a tear of the lateral meniscus in his right knee, the team announced Wednesday.

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