Jermaine O'Neal

Preview: Lakers at Phoenix Suns

2013-03-18 10:00:00

The Lakers (36-32) have yet to win on two consecutive days this season.� After a victory Sunday, they have the chance to get their first such pair of back-to-back wins in 14 tries as they visit the Phoenix Suns (22-45) on Monday. The Suns, losers of...

With Pau Gasol injured, what's next for the Lakers?

2013-02-06 18:15:00

It's unclear how long the Lakers' Pau Gasol will be out with what the team said Wednesday was a "tear of the plantar fascia." The forward/center is still being evaluated, but it seems a foregone conclusion that he's going to be out for a significant...

MVPs off the court

2011-04-17 00:00:00

In 2010, a month before he took to the basketball court for the first time in a New York Knicks uniform, Amare Stoudemire took to the red carpet at Lincoln Center in head-to-toe Tom Ford. In 2009, when NBA No. 1 draft pick Blake Griffin was chosen by...

Highlighting the best comments from Lakers blog member Rick Friedman

2011-03-15 21:35:16

Sizing up whether Boston or Miami is more threatening to the Lakers

2010-12-24 16:33:47

Zach Randolph and Grizzlies strike again on the road, taking Game 1 from Thunder, 114-101

2011-05-01 21:55:00

Melvin Simon dies at 82; shopping center magnate

2009-09-17 00:00:00

Melvin Simon, who started what is now the country's largest shopping mall company and owned the NBA's Indiana Pacers with his brother, died Wednesday in Indianapolis, a spokesman said. He was 82. Les Morris, a spokesman for Simon Property Group, which...

Pete Newell dies at 93; Hall of Fame basketball coach guided Cal to 1959 NCAA title

2008-11-18 00:00:00

Pete Newell, who coached UC Berkeley to the 1959 National Collegiate Athletic Assn. basketball title and was one of only three men to guide teams to National Invitation Tournament, NCAA and Olympic championships, died Monday. He was 93. Newell, a...

Kobe wants to be traded

2007-06-16 00:00:00

Jerry Buss met with his unhappy $88.6-million employee, Kobe Bryant, for a get-together Friday between owner and superstar in the somewhat surprising setting of Spain. They had spoken by phone two weeks ago, a few days after Bryant asked to be traded,...

Live chat: Lakers

2007-09-11 16:22:16

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NBA All-Stars Named

2006-02-09 20:16:00

The 55th NBA All-Star game on Feb. 19 at Toyota Center in Houston (5 p.m. PST, TNT). Statistics are through Wednesday: ++++++++++++++++++++ || WESTERN CONFERENCE || || STARTERS || || POS || PLAYER, TEAM (ALL-STAR APP.) || HT || PPG || || C || Yao Ming,...

Next Game Plan May Not Include Kobe

2006-05-14 00:00:00

Kobe or not Kobe? That's the question, not whether Kobe Bryant "tanked" a game the Lakers trailed by 15 points at halftime � and by 21 when he took his first shot in the third quarter after the Suns scored on six of their first seven possessions. Of...

Orlando Magic forward Brandon Bass is fouled by Boston Celtics center Jermaine O'Neal during a Dec. 25 game.

2012-07-17 10:13:00

Boston Celtics center Jermaine O'Neal.

2012-01-23 00:00:00

In the second quarter, Miami's Dwyane Wade dishes off as Boston's Jermaine O'Neal plays the defense.

2011-12-27 00:00:00