It was supposed to be the year the Los Angeles Lakers returned to the championship hunt. Unfortunately, for the team and its fans, it was not. For new Lakers’ center, Dwight Howard, it was a nightmare season. For Howard, 27, this was a year to prove to every critic that he can win a ring. A chance to prove he ... Read More »
The question in the minds of most Los Angeles Lakers fans is whether or not their All-Star center will stay or if he will go. Lakerdom is torn when it comes to wanting Dwight Howard to be a Laker or not, but all the signs point to Howard staying with the Lakers. First of all, he wants to do things ... Read More »
Los Angeles Lakers superstar Dwight Howard is excited to take time away from what was undoubtedly a rigorous NBA campaign in 2012-13 in order to give back to his most important fans. Howard will be one of four celebrities involved in the ACUVUE® 1-DAY Contest. Demi Lovato, Joe Jonas, and Shay Mitchell round up the rest of the group. Winners ... Read More »
Los Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak didn’t get a single vote for NBA’s Executive of the Year Award, according to Mike Bresnehan of the Los Angeles Times. Instead, Masai Ujiri of the Denver Nuggets will get the nod, becoming the first African-born executive to win the award. Earlier in the week, Nuggets head coach George Karl earned the NBA’s ... Read More »
Kobe Bryant has made no secret of the fact that he’s a big fan of Pau Gasol, and in his exit interview on Tuesday, he told reporters that he made sure general manager Mitch Kupchak knew it, too. “I want Pau here,” he said via Mark Medina of the L.A. Daily News. ”It’s not a question or discussion. He gives us ... Read More »
During the Los Angeles Lakers’ exit interviews Tuesday afternoon, veteran shooting guard Kobe Bryant was asked about his road to recovery after tearing his Achilles’ tendon as well as the general direction of the franchise. He was also asked about whether or not his injury, which he sustained while playing an astronomical amount of minutes while trying to will the ... Read More »
Was there too much pressure placed on Dwight Howard in his first season in Los Angeles? Los Angeles Lakers veteran Metta World Peace seems to think so. Howard, despite his waffling during last summer’s ‘Dwightmare’, was looked at by many as the man to take the reigns from current Laker superstar Kobe Bryant; but due to injuries and coaching changes, ... Read More »
The ejection of Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard in the third quarter of a 103-82 Game 4 loss that ended their season on Sunday had to remind the Lakers of something they witnessed a couple of years ago. A dejected and disconsolate Howard in a crucial elimination game didn’t do much in showing Lakers brass that he could maintain ... Read More »
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