Malone Tells Lakers He's Not Ready to Play
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Karl Malone told the Los Angeles Lakers he's not ready to play, but he didn't rule out returning sometime this season or beyond.
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Believing he had been insulted and misled, Kobe Bryant asked the Los Angles Lakers for a trade Wednesday and insisted nothing could change his mind. Then something did. He spoke with coach Phil Jackson and backed off his request.
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Isiah Thomas, the team president, made a call Wednesday to the agent for Karl Malone, the disillusioned former Los Angeles Lakers forward.
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Rudy Tomjanovich's tenure as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers might be finished after barely half a season.
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Jason Kidd would not say whether Friday's acquisition of Vince Carter would be enough for him to rescind his request to be traded.
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Public and private comments from Kobe Bryant have ended any possibility that Karl Malone would rejoin the Los Angeles Lakers, according to Malone's agent.
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Andrew Bynum, a big factor in the Los Angeles Lakers' strong start, will be out at least eight weeks because of an injured left knee.
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Phil Jackson wasn't particularly concerned with his personal losing streak. He was far more frustrated by the way the Lakers are playing.
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RALEIGH, North Carolina  - Injured Los Angeles  Lakers All-Star Kobe Bryant is expected to miss up to nine more  games because of a severely sprained right ankle, the NBA team  has said.
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Disgruntled Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant says he wants to be traded from the NBA team, and that nothing will change his mind.
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Here's a rare scene: The Dallas Mavericks held a news conference Thursday to announce the signing of a player who proclaimed that if all goes as planned, he won't play a single minute this season.
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There&#39;s a new feud taking place in Lakerland this week, only this time the verbal war of words is between Newport Beach neighbors Karl Malone and Kobe Bryant and the exchanges are
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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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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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Karl Malone's return to the NBA could be months away &#151; if he comes back at all.
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Add Karl Malone to the list of talent leaving the Los Angeles Lakers because of Kobe Bryant.
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As much as Karl Malone wanted to win an NBA title, he just didn't have the desire to play a 20th season. Malone officially announced his retirement Sunday, ending his career where it started when the Utah Jazz selected him with the 13th pick in the 1985 draft.