Howard no lock for Lakers, has interest in Rockets

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SAN ANTONIO - Surprise, surprise, the Los Angeles Lakers made it to the Western Conference finals. Not really. But they did get repeatedly name-dropped Saturday by the San Antonio Spurs, which made sense considering the frontcourt duo the Spurs face ...

Kobe Bryant: Comparison with Michael Jordan is apples to oranges Ben Golliver, Chicago Bulls, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson Legendary NBA coach Phil Jackson writes in his upcoming book Eleven Ringsthat Michael Jordan ...

Jared Wickerham/Chris Wilcox throws down a jam against the Los Angeles Lakers.After the Boston Celtics' 2012-13 campaign met an untimely end, we've busted out our red pens and assigned grades to each player based on their individual performances ...

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE, via Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson during game three of the 2001 NBA Finals. The first time I talked to Phil Jackson, at a diner, he spontaneously sketched a play on his place mat. I try to keep things ...

Based in sunny Los Angeles, Calif., the Los Angeles Lakers are a highly regarded professional basketball team that has won several NBA championships, like its most recent in 2010. And in a lawsuit involving text messaging, the team seems to have ...

Phil Jackson - C - Los Angeles Lakers Phil Jackson confirmed on "The Tonight Show" on Thursday night that he had interest in joining the Kings' front office if the franchise relocated to Seattle. The mutual interest between Jackson and Chris Hansen, ...

LOS ANGELES -- Stop me if you've heard this one before: Big market, glamour franchise makes a series of trades and free-agent signings that turn the rest of the league on its head, create outsized expectations to win, and it all falls apart in the ...

Two seasons ago Ettore Messina was part of Mike Brown's Los Angeles Lakers staff during the lockout season, but he left this season (good timing) to be the head coach of CSKA Moscow. Now he could be coming back to the NBA — and sitting in the big ...