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Reports: Melo To Visit Lakers And Then Get Full-Court Press From Knicks
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Carmelo Anthony is expected to announce his intentions soon. But where he’ll end up is still anyone’s guess at this point. The free agent forward has bounced around the country...
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Report: Bulls Re-Emerge To Challenge Knicks, Lakers For ‘Torn’ Anthony
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — What’s it going to be, Melo? Carmelo Anthony is expected to make his decision in free agency this week — perhaps as soon as Monday. He visited Chicago, Houston, Dallas and Los...
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Report: Melo Could Be Holding Out Hope For Dream Scenario With LeBron James
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Carmelo Anthony was supposed to take the weekend to make his decision. Now it’s Tuesday, and we still have no idea whether he’ll return to the New York Knicks or sign a less...
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Reports: Bulls, Lakers Very Much Alive In Carmelo Anthony Sweepstakes
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — New York Knicks president Phil Jackson was expecting a decision from Carmelo Anthony on Thursday. It never came. “But I expected one yesterday and the day before yesterday,”...
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We CAN’T Lose To This Team! Counting Down The Top 11 Rivalries In Sports
By Daniel Friedman » More Columns We love our sports teams, which means we hate the ones that try getting in the way. What can we say? We’re passionate about these things. And when our teams aren’t...
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Kobe Bryant, Lakers Wear ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Shirts In LA
LOS ANGELES (CBSNewYork/AP) — Kobe Bryant and nearly all of his Los Angeles Lakers teammates wore black T-shirts reading “I Can’t Breathe” during their game against the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday...
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Report: ESPN To Replace Knicks Broadcast With Celebrity Bowling Event
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — You know you’ve hit rock-bottom when you’re getting passed over for bowling — celebrity bowling. ESPN announced on Wednesday night that it will not air the Knicks-Lakers matinee...
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Melo Scores 31 As Knicks Rout Lowly Lakers
With Kobe Bryant out for the season and both teams among the worst in the NBA, it was anything but a Super Sunday in New York.
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Nets Hold Off Lakers’ Late Rally, Win 114-105
Joe Johnson scored 23 points and Brook Lopez added 22 off the bench, leading the Brooklyn Nets to a 114-105 victory over the skidding Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night.
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Knicks Hold Off Lakers For Rare Road Win
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 22 points, Andrea Bargnani added 16 and the Knicks snapped their five-game losing streak with just their fifth road victory of the season, 101-94 over the Lakers on Thursday night.
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Schmeelk: 2015 NBA Draft Profile — Jahlil Okafor
By John Schmeelk » More Columns The NBA draft is less than a month away, and with the Knicks picking fourth they’ll have a number of options available to them. Over the next four weeks, we’ll take a...
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Metta World Peace Blasts Kardashians For Visiting Lamar Odom In Hospital
Ross Kelly, CBS Local Sports The news surrounding Lamar Odom continues to get better each today and he is now in the early stages of physical therapy. He has also been talking and texting and doctors...
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Lopez Scores 23, But Nets Lose To Lakers 104-98, Remain Winless
Kobe Bryant scored 18 points and the Los Angeles Lakers picked up their first win of the season, rallying for a 104-98 victory over the winless Brooklyn Nets on Friday night.
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Report: ‘Strong Belief’ Phil Jackson Will Return To Lakers
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Is Phil Jackson plotting a return to the Los Angeles Lakers? In a column Tuesday, Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski dropped a nugget that “There’s still a strong belief Jackson will...
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Russell Shines In Kobe’s Absence, Scores 39 In Lakers’ Win Over Nets
LOS ANGELES (CBSNewYork/AP) — After D’Angelo Russell stopped well behind the line and drilled his eighth 3-pointer in the final seconds, he pointed at his forearm and mouthed his words clearly enough...
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Knicks Defeat Lakers At Buzzer 90-87 In Kobe’s Last Game Against New York
Jose Calderon nailed a 3-pointer with two-tenths of a second left, lifting the Knicks to a 90-87 victory over the Lakers.
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Best Of Mike & Mad Dog: 2004 Interview With Phil Jackson
NEW YORK (WFAN) — Ten years before Phil Jackson took over the Knicks, he was an in-studio guest on Mike and the Mad Dog’s show. It was Oct. 25, 2004. Jackson was out of coaching and was promoting his...
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NBA Writer Ira Winderman On WFAN: Lakers Let Kobe Hang On Too Long
NEW YORK (WFAN) — The final night of the NBA regular season brings two major story lines as Kobe Bryant takes his final bow and the Golden State Warriors look to break the league’s single-season wins...
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Keidel: Kobe Bryant Brought A Heartwarming Hatred To The NBA
By Jason Keidel » More Columns In other sports, swan songs are often muted — soft ballads and rocking chairs, sans strobe lights and hip-hop histrionics. But the NBA, given to loud, proud parties of...
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Tickets For Kobe Bryant’s Last Game Selling For Over $20,000
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Be ready to shell out big bucks for Kobe Bryant’s final game. A little more than three hours before Wednesday night’s Utah Jazz-Los Angeles Lakers game at the Staples Center,...
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Francesa: What Was The Point Of Kobe Bryant’s 60-Point Sendoff?
NEW YORK (WFAN) — Mike Francesa doesn’t agree with the hoopla surrounding Kobe Bryant‘s 60-point going-away party Wednesday night. The performance, which included the retiring Lakers superstar taking...
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Kobe Bryant Might Be The Greatest Laker Ever
By Jason Keidel It’s become trendy to bash the embellished exhibition we witnessed on Wednesday night in Los Angeles. The Staples Center doubled as a de facto runway for Kobe Bryant’s retirement. Soft...
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Sixers Finally Get No. 1 Overall Pick After Years Of Losing
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Three years of losing has finally paid off as the Philadelphia 76ers won the NBA draft lottery and will have the No. 1 pick in June. “The pain that we’ve all gone through,...
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Jeanie Buss: Phil Jackson Committed To Knicks ‘For Many Years’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Phil Jackson is not leaving the Knicks for the Lakers, Jeanie Buss says. The Lakers co-owner and Jackson’s fiancée was asked Sunday on ESPN Radio about the possibility that...
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Knicks Take Down Lakers In LA
Derrick Rose returned to the lineup tonight and torched the Lakers for 25 points.
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Luke Walton Says Phil Jackson Gives Him Coaching Advice
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Phil Jackson has apparently been giving coaching tips to the Lakers’ Luke Walton. The first-year head coach told reporters Sunday he’s been picking the brain of his former...
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Nets Drop Lakers In Brooklyn
Kilpatrick and Bogdanovic lead the way as Brooklyn beats the Lakers by 10.
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Top 5 NBA Plays Of 2016
By Rahul Lal This year has been one of the most memorable in NBA history. Legends like Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett retired in 2016. LeBron brought a championship home to Cleveland. And...
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2017 NBA New Year’s Resolutions – Western Conference
By Rahul Lal So many New Year’s resolutions go unfulfilled every year. And often it’s because people set the bar too high. NBA teams, even in the West, also have some room for improvement. And to see...
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Report: Derek Fisher’s 5 Championship Rings Stolen In Burglary
LOS ANGELES (CBSNewYork/AP) — Burglars got away with more than $300,000 worth of jewelry from the Los Angeles home of former Knicks coach Derek Fisher, police said. TMZ Sports reported that among the...
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Keidel: Can Magic Fix The Lakers?
By Jason Keidel It’s rare, if not unprecedented, for the terms desperate and Lakers to be synonymous. Equally incongruous is the iconic NBA franchise anchored at the bottom of basketball’s standings....
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Report: Nets Trade Brook Lopez, 27th Pick To Lakers For D’Angelo Russell,...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Nets and Lakers have reportedly agreed to a trade that will send longtime center Brook Lopez and the 27th overall draft pick to Los Angeles in exchange for point guard...
View ArticleKnicks Fall Short To Lakers Despite Solid Shooting Game
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jordan Clarkson had 29 points and 10 assists, Julius Randle added 27 points and 12 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the New York Knicks 127-107 on Sunday for their sixth win...
View ArticleLopez Leads Lakers Past Nets In His Return To Brooklyn
NEW YORK (AP) — Brook Lopez scored 19 points in his return to Brooklyn, making the Lakers’ final basket with 1:28 left to help Los Angeles hold on for a 102-99 victory over the Nets on Friday night....
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Andre Ingram’s Long Road To The NBA
By Matt Citak The NBA has reached the final week of another regular season, and each of the league’s 30 teams has one of two mentalities. Playoff teams are preparing themselves for postseason play,...
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Lakers Forward Kyle Kuzma Thanks ‘The Rock’ For Helping Him Add Muscle This...
Ryan Mayer Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson made a visit to speak to the Los Angeles Lakers this season as part of Vice President of Basketball Operations Magic Johnson and General Manager Rob Pelinka’s...
View ArticleLeBron James Agrees To 4-Year Deal With Los Angeles Lakers
LOS ANGELES (CBSNewYork/AP) — The king is taking his talents to Hollywood. pic.twitter.com/zgz8YO7BPn — Klutch Sports Group (@KlutchSports) July 2, 2018 LeBron James agreed to a four-year, $154 million...
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The Lakers’ LeBron Era Begins
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA/AP) — It isn’t often Hollywood gets star-struck but the Los Angeles Lakers’ big offseason move to acquire LeBron James had Tinseltown in a tizzy. James is sure to grab the spotlight...
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James Closes On Kobe, Davis Has 28 As Lakers Beat Knicks
NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James spent the first half showing why he will soon pass Kobe Bryant for third place on the NBA’s career scoring list. Then this season’s assists leader put his own offense aside...
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LeBron Has Triple-Double, Lakers Pull Away To Beat Nets
NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James is on his way to Philadelphia, set to pass Kobe Bryant on the NBA’s career scoring list in the former Lakers star’s hometown. It’ll be another milestone achievement, but...
View ArticleCoroner Officially IDs Victims In Kobe Bryant Crash Investigation
CALABASAS (CBSLA) – The Los Angeles County coroner’s office Tuesday officially identified Kobe Bryant as one of the victims of Sunday’s helicopter crash in Calabasas that left nine people dead.
View ArticleNTSB: No Sign Of Engine Failure In Kobe Bryant Chopper Crash
(CBS) — There’s new information on the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others. A preliminary report by the NTSB now reveals the wreckage shows no signs the helicopter had an engine...
View ArticleLI Native, Lakers Guard Danny Green Supports NBA’s Return, Says ‘There’s No...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Twenty-two NBA teams will resume the season in Florida in the next couple weeks, and many of the teams will have to use substitute players to replace players who opt out. There...
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LeBron James: Capitol Riots Show ‘We Live In Two Americas’
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — NBA players and coaches from around the country have spent the last two days discussing the violence and chaos that broke out Wednesday when a mob of President Trump’s supporters...
View ArticleNets Fall To Lakers After Irving Ejection
NEW YORK (AP) — Dennis Schroder helped send a Lakers team missing LeBron James and Anthony Davis off to a sizzling start. And after Schroder was thrown out along with Kyrie Irving in the third quarter,...
View ArticleRandle Leads Knicks Over Lakers And Back Above .500
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Same city, whole different kind of game for the Los Angeles Lakers. Two nights after dominating the Nets, the defending champions got a look at how much better the New York...
View ArticleKnicks Recover To Beat Lakers Team Missing Suspended James
NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James couldn’t be in the building. Anthony Davis almost wasn’t. With one superstar suspended and another sick, the Los Angeles Lakers already had big problems. Then they created...
View ArticleClaxton Oops Over James Late, Nets Hold Off Lakers 122-115
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nic Claxton threw down a tiebreaking alley-oop over LeBron James with 40.7 seconds left, and James Harden and the Brooklyn Nets returned from a week-long COVID-19 hiatus to beat the...
View ArticleJames Has 33, Lakers Beat Nets In Davis’ Return
NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Davis’ knee looked fine leaping high to slam down a lob pass from LeBron James on the game’s first possession. And he looked healthy jumping into his teammate in celebration...
View ArticleLeBron Returns With Triple-Double, Lakers Beat Knicks In OT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James returned from a five-game absence due to injury and had a triple-double of 29 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied from a 21-point,...
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