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Artest To Address Mental Health With Kids | Thu 2 Sep

Next week, Ron Artest and Congresswoman Grace F. Napolitano will join forces to combat mental health and promote the Mental Health in Schools Act. The two will head to Montebello next Thursday and talk to the students about the stigma of mental health.
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Bryant Adament He’ll Finish Career In L.A. | Sun 29 Aug

While being interviewed by Derek Fisher on “Jim Rome is Burning” yesterday, Kobe Bryant discussed his future. Bryant finally said he’s “definitely” not playing for another team, or “99.99 percent sure I’m finishing my career with the Los Angeles Lakers.”
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Lakers Not Interested In Signing Mbenga | Sat 28 Aug

According to a source, the Lakers are not interested in re-signing center D.J. Mbenga, despite an internet rumor that says the contrary. Phil Jackson didn’t play the Belgian center at the end of the season, explaining that he the player has quit.
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Blake To Start Over Fisher As Point Guard? | Tue 24 Aug

Fisher’s playoff heroics and speechifying powers cemented his value, but his shaky regular season reinforced the need for a capable hand to help carry a reasonable load. Steve Blake will get a shot, and the Lakers could have finally landed the right guy.
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Lakers’ Ron Artest Is Changing To No. 15 | Sat 21 Aug

Lakers forward Ron Artest won’t be wearing No. 37 with the team next season. Artest has decided to change to No. 15, the number he wore at St. John’s and when he first came into the NBA. He requested the change before the end of the 2009-10 season.
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Pau Gasol Happy With Off-Season Moves | Thu 19 Aug

Did the Heat do enough to stop the Lakers from winning a third consecutive championship? “Obviously there’s going to be challenges in the road, but I think we have the right people in place,” Gasol said, crediting the Lakers’ moves to shore up their bench.
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Lakers’ Moves Not Motivated By The Heat | Wed 18 Aug

Jerry Buss claims he did not green light the team’s active summer of free agency with the Miami Heat specifically in mind, but he’s certainly excited to see how Miami’s Big Three will measure up to what he believes could be his best team in 30-plus years.
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Are Barnes’ Minutes A Concern For Lakers? | Mon 16 Aug

Matt Barnes says he’s fine with whatever minutes are thrown his way, and while he seems sincere, that’s also easier to claim before the games have commenced. I don’t anticipate Barnes playing close to the 26 mpg he logged with the Magic last season.
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Kobe Bryant Is Feeling Good After Surgery | Sun 15 Aug

Nearly four weeks after undergoing successful arthroscopic knee surgery, Kobe Bryant was moving well Saturday morning at a Nike basketball clinic at Rucker Park in Harlem. “In a sense I’m getting ready now,” the Los Angeles Lakers’ All-Star guard said.
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Los Angeles Lakers Sign Derrick Caracter | Fri 13 Aug

After not having any rookies on the roster last season, the Lakers signed second-round draft pick Derrick Caracter on Friday a day after inking their other second-round selection, Devin Ebanks, assuring there will be rooks around to fulfill the veterans’ biddings.
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Derrick Caracter To Sign With Lakers Today | Fri 13 Aug

The Lakers’ other second-round draft pick, Derrick Caracter, a 6-9 big man selected No. 58, has also agreed to terms with the team. Caracter is flying out to Los Angeles on Thursday to officially sign with the team Friday, according to Caracter’s agent.
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The Lakers Sign Draft Pick Devin Ebanks | Thu 12 Aug

The Lakers signed second-round pick Devin Ebanks Thursday, a team spokesman said. Ebanks was selected with the 43rd overall pick out of West Virginia University. His contract is not guaranteed, but Ebanks will earn a salary of about $473,604.
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Los Angeles Lakers Signed Shannon Brown | Wed 11 Aug

The Los Angeles Lakers have re-signed free agent guard Shannon Brown. ESPNLosAngeles.com’s Ramona Shelburne reported Thursday that the deal was a two-year contract worth $4.6 million, according to Brown’s agent, Mark Bartelstein.
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Andrew Bynum’s Knee Surgery A Success | Thu 29 Jul

Los Angeles Lakers starting center Andrew Bynum underwent successful arthroscopic surgery to repair a tear of the lateral meniscus in his right knee, the team announced Wednesday. The surgery was performed in New York by Dr. David Altchek.
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Kobe: European System Is Better Than US | Wed 28 Jul

On what other countries need to learn from NBA, Lakers’ Kobe Bryant gave a surprising answer, and he said: “I believe that the system works best right now is not the US system, I believe it is the European system. Because they develop basketball players.”
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Lakers Trying To Deal Sasha Vujacic | Wed 28 Jul

Sources said Lakers are trying to trade Sasha Vujacic with first round pick to get his salary off books. They tried to do it for Delonte West. If they move Vujacic, and there’s a decent chance they will, Brown will likely be back with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Magic Johnson Predicts Lakers Three-Peat | Tue 27 Jul

However, Magic Johnson isn’t crowning the Heat the 2010-11 NBA champion, as many others did after LeBron James said he would play for Miami. Johnson, who owns about 5% of the Lakers, believes the defending champions will win a third straight title.
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Barnes Boyfriend And Girlfriend With Kobe | Mon 26 Jul

“Kobe has been the driving force behind this,” Los Angeles Lakers’ Matt Barnes said. “I have been talking to Kobe back and forth like we were boyfriend and girlfriend for the last two weeks and sending us texts and talking. Kobe is definitely in my corner.”
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Lamar Odom Embraces Teammate Barnes | Sun 25 Jul

Lamar Odom isn’t wasting any time clearing the air between him and Matt Barnes, who will be officially introduced as the Lakers latest free agent signing Tuesday. “He’s a teammate now,” Odom said while in Las Vegas for USA Basketball training camp.