Now that we’ve entered September, it’s time to finally put NBA free agency in the rear view mirror. As much fun as it was watching LeBron light a torch to his reputation, we’ll put the “take my talents to South Beach” line in our pockets and move on towards next season.  We’ve got a new team of Super Friends down in Miami looking to dethrone the Lakers from NBA supremacy, a blossoming young team …

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With the 2009-2010 NBA basketball season coming to a close, there are some indications of what is to come with the playoffs. The East, throughout the season, has been dominated by the big four.

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The Los Angeles Lakers are heavy favorites to clinch their 4th consecutive Western Conference championship, and although the conference is known for parity, the Lakers seem to defy that logic. The Lakers upgraded their roster during the offseason, and the difficult task of unseating them became a little more complicated in the process, because in 2010-11 the Lakers will be deeper, and presumably …

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NBA Commissioner David Stern has made no secret of the fact he wants a hard salary cap for his league. Is a hard cap disaster looming for the LA Lakers and other big payroll …

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Going into next year, the L.A Lakers are the favorites to win the west again. But there are always other teams who compete with them.

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The NBA consists of six divisions, and its pretty clear where the power resides.

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PBT: Caron Butler was on teams that were fun to watch with the Heat and Lakers, and there were a lot of “what could have beens” in Washington. Dallas felt different, but it wasn’t

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On paper the Los Angeles Lakers look like a good bet to clinch their third consecutive NBA title, but history has shown us that the Lakers’ journey to a second three-peat in 10 years will be anything but simple. The Chicago Bulls and the Lakers are the only teams in the NBA who have ever successfully completed a three-peat since the Celtics’ teams of the 60’s, and even though numerous franchises …

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With Shannon Brown headed to the Lakers, the Knicks were finalizing a one-year, $1.4 million deal for Spurs combo guard Roger Mason, according to an NBA source. The Knicks envision Mason, 30, as someone who can back up the point guard position and provide much-needed outside shooting. However, Mason…

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Ramona Shelburne of ESPNLosAngeles.com: “Phil Jackson has officially signed a contract to return to the Los Angeles Lakers. The 11-time NBA champion coach announced on July 1 that he would return for what he called “the last stand for me” but it took until last week to finalize a new contract, according to a source close to the situation. ..

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Kobe Bryant (notes) and Raja Bell (notes) have had their disagreements in the past but the five-time NBA champ Bryant is putting all that aside to meet with Bell today and try to convince him to come play for the Lakers for the $1.77 million left in its midlevel exception, according to the Los Angeles Times. As Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski reported yesterday, the Lakers and San Antonio Spurs are the frontrunners to land the 33-year-old Bell, who only played six games last year for the Charlotte Bobcats and Golden State Warriors . The Spurs have a little more money that it can give Bell, and according to Wojnarowski, are still regretting cutting him at the end of training camp in 2001.

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Kobe Bryant: NBA Finals 2004 (Los Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit Pistons) During the 2002-03 season, the Los Angeles Lakers were attempting to become the first team since the 1960s Boston Celtics to win 4 championships in succession

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Getty Images The Lakers winning an NBA title despite Kobe Bryant’s awful shooting night and a ton of missed free throws is bad news for the Mavericks, writes Tim Cowlishaw. And the rumble of Thunder from the north is just one of other ominous signs.

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The Celtics and Lakers are set to play the 17th Game 7 in NBA Finals history. Here is a look, in reverse chronological order, at some of the most memorable of those grand finales — many of which, not surprisingly, involve Boston.

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Kobe Bryant scored 26 points and got plenty of help from his teammates this time as the Lakers evened the N.B.A.

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The minute the Suns wrapped up an improbable run to the Western Conference final and pushed the Lakers to six games, the happy talk stopped and reality was unleashed.

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