Bryant trade talk defines Lakers NBA season build-up
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The Los Angeles Lakers step into the 2007-08 National Basketball Association season with trade talk swirling around superstar Kobe Bryant.
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The Los Angeles Lakersâ Kobe Bryant might or might not have cleaned out his locker this week, but no trade is imminent and, indeed, one may never occur.
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Kobe Bryant got everything he wanted. Isn&#39;t that what everyone said last summer? Wasn&#39;t that the premise when the Los Angeles Lakers gave Bryant, their star guard, a $136 million contract and
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Lakers owner Jerry Buss speaks with Kobe Bryant on Thursday and tells his frustrated superstar he will "pursue every avenue possible" to improve the team.
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Disgruntled Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant said on Wednesday he wanted to be traded from the NBA team before dramatically changing his mind a few hours later.
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The trades that sent Pau Gasol to the Los Angeles Lakers and Shaquille O'Neal to the Phoenix Suns have turned the pressure up on the NBA champion San Antonio Spurs, their coach said on Friday.
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So there was Kobe Bryant, fresh from a personal ownership briefing on the state of the Los Angeles Lakers, making his appearance courtside at Staples Center.
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With their Christmas Day showdown nine days away, Lakers guard Kobe Bryant and Heat center Shaquille O&#39;Neal shared thoughts Wednesday on their upcoming reunion game at Staples Center.
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Consider the NBA playoffs officially Kobefied. The Los Angeles Lakers may have been bounced in the first round, but their superstar, Kobe Bryant, continued to steal headlines yesterday by appearing on Stephen A. Smith's radio show to announce he wanted to be traded.
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Shaquille O'Neal is prepared for the Miami Heat to trade him, a confidant of the 14-time All-Star center told The Associated Press on Tuesday night.
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Disgruntled Los Angeles Lakers  guard Kobe Bryant said on Wednesday he wanted to be traded from  the NBA team and nothing would change his mind.
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When the Lakers were dismantled last summer, the Sacramento Kings thought their biggest rivalry was finished. Turns out Kobe Bryant and his new teammates are ready to start it up again.
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Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, left, chats with center Shaquille O&#39;Neal (34) during a timeout in the final seconds of the fourth quarter quarter against the Miami Heat in Miami, in this Feb. 10, 2004 photo.
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A day after calling the Lakersâ front office âa mess,â the all-star guard said âthereâs no other alternativeâ and he wants to be traded from the Lakers.
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The Sporting News - Shaq goes to the Suns. Pau Gasol joins the Lakers. Chris Webber returns to the Warriors. Damon Stoudamire is sold on the Spurs. Just glance at the transactions and you can see the West is as wild as ever.  Then look at the standings and you can see this season is turning out to be wilder than ever. A mere five games separate the first-place Suns from the 10th-place Blazers. Wild and crazy, indeed.
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_ Another Kobe conflict for the Lakers. Bryant has accused Karl Malone of making a pass at his wife at a game last month. Talking before Los Angeles&#39; 105-98 win over Orlando on Sunday night
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The Clippers may be enjoying a strong start and keeping pace with the other Staples Center denizens, but no team does drama better than the Lakers. From the Shaquille O'Neal trade last summer to recent accusations from Kobe Bryant that Karl Malone hit on his wife Vanessa, the Lakers always find a way of landing on the ...