Kobe has knee surgery

July 23rd, 2010

The Lakers announced Friday that Kobe Bryant underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee last week but is expected to be ready for the start of training camp on Sept. 25.
It is Bryant’s third surgical procedure on the same knee, but he ...

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Lakers’ Kobe Bryant rehabilitating from knee surgery

July 23rd, 2010

Details are unclear, but Bryant is expected to be ready for training camp, where he will join a retooled Lakers roster.


Details are unclear, but Bryant is expected to be ready for training camp, where he will join a retooled Lakers roster.



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Suicide lines: Barnes in L.A.; CP3 to NYC? (Yahoo! Sports)

July 23rd, 2010

Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your chinglechongles.

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Lakers sign shot blocker Theo Ratliff

July 22nd, 2010

The Lakers continue to become a better team this offseason on the sheer basis of experience.
Shot-blocking center Theo Ratliff, 37, signed a one-year deal for $1.35 million, the veterans' minimum salary, on Thursday evening. He gives the Lakers a...

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Heat’s Got Nothing On These Future Star Trios (SportingNews.com)

July 22nd, 2010

Congratulations, LeBron: you ruined the NBA. This is a copycat league, and as Chris Paul's recent trade...

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Is Kobe America’s most popular athlete?

July 21st, 2010

Money and fame go with the job — if you’re really good at the job.Kobe Bryant’s money in $23 million of salary and $10 million of endorsements was counted by Sports Illustrated as seventh-most in its annual ranking of the highest-earning U.S....

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Lakers’ free-agent guards have decisions to make

July 21st, 2010

Jordan Farmar has agreed to a three-year, $12-million deal with the New Jersey Nets. Derek Fisher has offers from the Lakers and the Miami Heat. Shannon Brown is in the negotiation process.


The Lakers have one guard who might be staying or going, another guard who is leaving and yet another guard who remains in flux.



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Kobe Bryant Is Somehow America’s Most Popular Athlete (SportingNews.com)

July 21st, 2010

Everyone knows Kobe Bryant as one of the most polarizing stars in the NBA. His legal troubles factor in to that...

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NBA: Off-season winners and losers

July 20th, 2010

ESPN just handed out its ESPYs, and the country's best athletes turned out in their finery. Great photo ops, especially if you're planning the next wives-and-girlfriends feature.
You can relax when reviewing my NBA Off-season Winners and Losers,...

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Andrew Bynum’s knee surgery is set for July 28

July 20th, 2010

Lakers spokesman says timetable for recovery will be known after the procedure, but 'supposedly he'll be 100% by training camp' in late September. It is the center's second such surgery in three years.


For the second time in three years, Lakers starting center Andrew Bynum will have surgery on his knee.



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