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Sports Central
May 7, 2004
Eric Williams |
The Glove Has Holes Amid criticism and doubts of Gary Peyton's subpar season, the author still has hope the Lakers will pull through.   |
Sports Central
April 23, 2005
Andre Watson |
Thanks, Kobe: The Curse of the Shaqbino? So who's to blame for the Lakers demise? The answer is simple: Kobe Bryant. Yes, Kobe Bryant. |
Sports Central
December 16, 2004
Vincent Musco |
Kobe, For Better or (More Likely) Worse Sure, 12-9 might look fine now, but the Los Angeles Lakers are in trouble. They have already played their softest-quarter schedule this season, and tougher games lie ahead. Deep-sixing the team's other stars and keeping Kobe is the crux of the problem. |
Sports Central
June 15, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Finals Edition It was a very entertaining NBA Finals from start to finish. |
Sports Illustrated
May 15, 2002
Frank Deford |
Coach of the moment Don't overlook the job Phil Jackson continues to do... |
Sports Central
June 12, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 4: Role Models When Game 4 of the NBA Finals was on the line, it wasn't the greatest closer in the game who carried the lakers to a 3-1 series lead, it was their role players. |
Sports Central
December 14, 2005
Bob Ekstrom |
Kill Phil, Volume III Phil Jackson has once again resumed his courtside seat at the head of Los Angeles Lakers bench. The question is, why? |
Sports Central
July 27, 2004
Eric Williams |
An Open Letter to Kobe Bryant "I guess congratulations are in order. You won. You got what you've wanted all along. You got your max contract and Shaq got shown the door. You are now the unquestioned leader of this new-look Laker team." |
Sports Illustrated
June 7, 2002
Jack McCallum |
Undervalued contributors The supporting cast is vital to the Lakers' success |
Sports Central
June 18, 2007
Brad Oremland |
Are the Spurs a Dynasty? To help answer that question, here's a look at the NBA's most dynastic teams ever. |
Sports Central
June 17, 2009
Bill Hazell |
Kobe Gets the Big Guy Off His Back It took him the better part of a decade, but let the record show that Kobe Bryant finally won a ring without Shaq. |
Sports Central
April 11, 2005
Chris Lindshield |
Reveling in the Lakers' Demise The Los Angeles Lakers have both fair-weather and irrationally faithful fans. Kobe Bryant does not have the necessary leadership skills to drive the team to be champions. |
Sports Central
January 24, 2006
Chris Cornell |
The Significance of Kobe's Big Night To put Kobe Bryant's incredible achievement of solo 81 points in a single game into perspective, one only needs to look at the record books. |
Sports Illustrated
December 19, 2000
Ian Thomsen |
Letting Fly Kobe Bryant is testing his limits -- and Shaq's... |
Sports Central
April 3, 2006
Vince Grzegorek |
The Measure of Success For a Zen-Master Barring a tremendous winning streak, the Los Angeles Lakers will accumulate more losses than the 1995 Chicago Bulls -- and the most losses ever by a Phil Jackson-coached team. |
Sports Central
May 25, 2005
Bijan C. Bayne |
Heat With Diesel Fuel: The Importance of Shaq To his credit, Shaquille O'Neal never went around boasting that he was The Man. |
Sports Central
June 5, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 1: The Kobe Show Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday was a callback to the old "The Kobe Show" days in all the right ways. |
Sports Illustrated
April 13, 2001
Phil Taylor |
L.A. stories still just rumors The rumors about Kobe Bryant being traded -- to Toronto, to Vancouver, to Orlando, to just about every team in the league -- are multiplying, but despite all the speculation, I don't think Kobe's going anywhere, at least not this summer... |
Sports Illustrated
June 11, 2001
Phil Taylor |
Everybody loves an underdog Philadelphia may not win the title, but it has already done something fairly amazing. It has stolen the spotlight from the glamorous Lakers... |
Salon.com
January 31, 2001
Allen Barra |
Shaq vs. Kobe: Who's right? Michael Jordan, of course. He gracefully handled a situation similar to the one that's scuttling the Lakers... |
Sports Illustrated
February 22, 2002
Jack McCallum |
Trade show Did the Bulls get a bum steer or a Rose of a deal? |
Sports Illustrated
June 1, 2001
Phil Taylor |
Get out the broom Doesn't matter if it's 76ers or Bucks, Lakers will cruise... |
Sports Illustrated
March 23, 2001
Phil Taylor |
New blood Derek Anderson, Donyell Marshall spark their new teams... |
Sports Central
March 24, 2007
Bob Ekstrom |
In Hollywood, Everything's Zen There was a time when mutual contempt between Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson gave the NBA its reason for being. |
Sports Illustrated
December 24, 2002
Jack McCallum |
Inside the NBA Swarming D's, among other things, have put the Lakers' season in peril |
Sports Illustrated
May 11, 2001
Phil Taylor |
Stop slammin' Shaq Despite total domination, O'Neal still has detractors... |
Sports Central
May 29, 2004
M. Edward Guest |
Pistons, Lakers to Renew Rivalry? Four teams remain in the NBA Playoffs, and there is little doubt as to which contest this author would like to see in the final round: Lakers vs. Pistons. |
Sports Central
April 4, 2005
Bijan C. Bayne |
The Daddy and The Child: A Tale of Two Cities Shaquille O'Neal is more valuable to the 2004-05 Miami Heat than Kobe Bryant is to the Lakers. |
Sports Illustrated
April 20, 2001
Phil Taylor |
The 'bag man plays defense My list of the top 10 players of all time generated quite a bit of disagreement, and a few people feel that I've dissed Dennis Rodman, Ray Allen and the entire nation of Canada. Guess it's time to play a little defense -- self-defense... |
Sports Central
July 20, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Lakers Backed the Wrong Guy The Lakers' majority owner has decided to turn his back on one of the greatest and most dominant centers of all-time in favor of a spoiled brat who basically quit in the Finals. |
Sports Illustrated
June 4, 2002
Marty Burns |
NBA Finals Breakdown The author examines the Nets-Lakers series position-by-position and gives his prediction on which team will win the NBA championship. |
Sports Illustrated
January 15, 2001
Jack McCallum |
Kobe's beef Bryant stands to gain respect, victories by feeding Shaq... |
Sports Central
November 5, 2008
Wailele Sallas |
Is Kobe Going Greek? Eleven players who were on NBA rosters last year went to the international game for no taxes and more money. And just last month there were rumblings that Kobe Bryant was offered $83 million for three years. Tax free! |
Sports Illustrated
March 5, 2002
Jack McCallum |
Sir Charles speaks -- as usual Barkley weighs in on all things basketball... |
Salon.com
May 29, 2001
Jose Klein |
Phil Jackson The Zen-iest coach in basketball has a cruel streak. He's weird and it works... |
Sports Central
October 16, 2003
Timothy Hammill |
2003 NBA Season Preview One fan's predictions for the 2003-04 NBA season |
Sports Central
May 1, 2006
Alfons Prince |
Kobe Discovers He Has Teammates The biggest story of the 2006 NBA playoffs thus far has to be not only the play of Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers, but how Kobe has changed his play. |
Sports Central
March 19, 2012
Louie Centanni |
Maybe Dwight Howard Just Can't Win Here are a few players over the course of the modern NBA who always seem to end up on the losing side of battles. |
Sports Central
March 17, 2005
Jon Gonzales |
There is a God, and He Watches Basketball The Lakers' talent pool disbands after losing the NBA Championship, bringing competitiveness back to the league. |
Sports Central
June 16, 2008
Wailele Sallas |
L.A. Mystery Kobe Bryant has yet to figure out the one thing Michael Jordan deciphered in his first trip to the Finals: when you'll do everything to win, sometimes it means not doing everything. |
Sports Central
June 4, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals: Easy as ABC There is so much that goes into winning an NBA title. It isn't as simple as just X's and O's. In fact, X and O are just two of the 26 letters that you must conquer to win a title. |
Sports Illustrated
June 16, 2000
Phil Taylor |
Lakers duo something special This is where it gets scary. This is where every other player and coach in the league starts to sweat. The Lakers have figured it out. They've learned how to put a leash on their egos, how to grasp the big moment, how to let themselves be coached.... |
Sports Illustrated
May 3, 2000 |
Jackson chases history with Lakers ...In Los Angeles, Phil Jackson will be trying to become only the second NBA coach ever to win a title with a second franchise... |
Sports Central
July 8, 2014
Brad Oremland |
If They Were All in Their Primes... Who would be the best NBA team of all-time ... if everyone on the team was in his prime? Here are 12 contenders. |
Sports Illustrated
January 15, 2002
Ian Thomsen |
He's All Grown Up After going it alone on the court and off, Kobe Bryant relishes being a teammate... |
Sports Central
May 10, 2011
Brad Oremland |
The Best Centers in NBA History For decades, big men dominated basketball. Centers won 23 of the first 28 NBA MVP awards. They have won only three of the last 28. The dominant big man isn't dead, he's just not as dominant as he used to be. |
Sports Central
June 29, 2009
Sean Crowe |
The NBA Finals Left Me Feeling Empty The NBA Gods righted themselves after the 1985-86 season by giving us the Lakers/Celtics rematch we deserved. Here's the hoping the NBA Gods do the same thing next season. |
Sports Central
October 2, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
SC's NBA All-Decade Team (Pt. 3) NBA's All-Decade Team: the best of the best. |
Sports Central
December 14, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
Kobe Bryant: Too Proud to Sit? Even after x-rays revealed that Kobe Bryant broke the index finger on his right hand reaching for a tipped pass, he simply put a splint on his finger and played the second half. |
Sports Central
March 28, 2005
Doug Graham |
The Writing Was on the Wall in L.A. It's unfair to think of Kobe Bryant as less of a player because the Lakers are struggling this season while the Heat are tearing through the competition. |
