Clippers 114, Lakers 95: Rapid Reaction
ESPN (blog)
The Los Angeles Lakers will face the Los Angeles Clippers Monday in the first NBA preseason game at Staples Center since the end of the lockout that delayed the start of play by more than two months. Free-agent forward Troy Murphy signed with the Los Angeles Lakers, the team announced Sunday. Murphy signed a one-year [...]
Read MoreFour teams on wish list for Gilbert Arenas
Yahoo! Sport
By ESPNNewYork.com Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty Images Gilbert Arenas, who turns 30 on Jan. 6, has career averages of 21.2 points and 5.4 assists. Arenas was cut by the Magic under the NBA's amnesty clause. He cleared waivers last week and is free to sign by HoopsVibe News But the most interesting scenario I've heard all weekend [...]
Read MoreGilbert Arenas' free-agent wish list
ESPN (blog)
NBA: Could Baron Davis & Gilbert Arenas Sign With the Knicks? 12.18.11 | No Comments. Since Gilbert Arenas cleared waivers we haven't heard much chatter about the free agent. The once highly coveted point guard has fallen from grace. By Marc Stein NBA teams were notified after 6 pm Sunday that Arenas, released by the [...]
Read MoreCeltics F Jeff Green to miss season after surgery
USA Today
By Gary Washburn WALTHAM – Jeff Green hit the floor at Sports Authority Training Center yesterday as if in comfortable surroundings, oblivious to the medical concern sparked by his unusual physical that caused him to miss the first four days of BOSTON (AP) – Boston Celtics forward Jeff Green will have surgery to repair an [...]
Read MoreWife of Lakers guard Kobe Bryant files for divorce
Los Angeles
s own Marc Spears wrote a story on Kobe Bryant's reaction to missing out on Chris Paul and seeing him head to their cross-arena colleagues at the Clippers. He was peeved, notably, but not altogether furious. Earlier Friday, Kobe spoke more about the Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa files for divorce after more than a decade [...]
Read MoreBlake Griffin on Chris Paul: 'It's going to be Lob City!'
USA Today (b
The first Los Angeles Clippers player to show up and work out at the team's practice facility on Thursday, the first day allowed by the NBA under the new still-to-be-finalized collective bargaining agreement, was superstar forward Blake Griffin. By Steve Coogan, USA TODAY Blake Griffin's reaction to the news about his Los Angeles Clippers finally [...]
Read MoreClippers or Lakers run Los Angeles?
ESPN
NBA MegaTrade: Chris Paul Headed to the Clippers. Finally, the Clippers can say they share more than the Staples Center with the Lakers. All-Star point guard Chris Paul gives owner Donald Sterling the prototypical superstar who is present on most championship teams. I say, most, because John Stockton Can the Clippers contend for the title [...]
Read MoreClippers get Chris Paul in big trade with Hornets
The Associat
The Clippers have agreed to acquire All-Star point guard Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets in a blockbuster deal that includes sending Eric Gordon to the Hornets, two people with knowledge of the situation who were EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The Los Angeles Lakers have found themselves a new backup power forward. The Lakers [...]
Read MoreChris Paul traded to Clippers; Hornets get deal they wanted
USA Today
Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak, left, declined to comment on the Clippers' acquisition of Chris Paul, top right, on Wednesday just days after NBA Commissioner David Stern dissolved a deal between the Lakers and Hornets for Paul. "I can't imagine if I'm in the Hornets scenario that I would want Chris Paul to leave. You [...]
Read MoreClippers acquire Chris Paul, send Eric Gordon to New Orleans
Los Angeles
For one thing, the latest developments in the Chris Paul saga point to New Jersey (ie Brooklyn) moving into prime position to land All-Star center Dwight Howard in a trade — if Orlando decides to go that route. The Lakers re-entered the Paul trade The Warriors don't have a D-Wade, or anyone close, which is [...]
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