Shaquille O'Neal

Phil Jackson throws the book at Kobe Bryant

2013-05-16 05:00:00

Phil Jackson never liked to compare Kobe Bryant to Michael Jordan. Believe me, I tried everything. Sometimes I'd ask him after random Lakers practices or before games against Charlotte, the team Jordan owned. Or after games in Chicago, where nostalgia...

Lakers season wrap: Dwight Howard played hurt most of the year

2013-05-10 06:00:00

Dwight Howard's future is the key to almost everything the Lakers do moving forward. The free-agent center can re-sign in July for five years and $118 million or leave for another team for four years and $88 million. Howard insisted after his exit...

Letters: Who's the future of the Lakers?

2013-04-27 00:00:00

This talk of whether the Lakers should re-sign Dwight Howard is a no-brainer. D12 is the superstar the Lakers need to build their future on. Fans and the media have been too hard on a guy recovering from serious back surgery, forced to take a back...

Lakers' week in review

2013-05-06 06:00:00

The Lakers hit the off-season after a 4-0 sweep by the San Antonio Spurs. Afterward, Coach Mike D'Antoni said he was proud of his team despite their "doomed" season. The Lakers held exit meetings with each player early in the week to discuss the...

Gary Washburn tells why he didn't cast MVP vote for LeBron James

2013-05-06 08:11:00

Move over Fred Hickman, you finally have some company. LeBron James fell one vote shy of becoming the first unanimous MVP winner in NBA history on Sunday. The person not to vote for him: the Boston Globe's Gary Washburn, who voted for New York's Carmelo...

Fred Hickman recalls casting lone MVP vote not for Shaquille O'Neal

2013-05-02 10:00:00

LeBron James is the league's reigning NBA MVP and seems to be the favorite to win the award for the fourth time in five years. Will the voting be unanimous?� If so, it will be the first time in the history of the award. Former Lakers center...

NBA veteran Jason Collins is first active player to say he is gay

2013-04-29 21:20:00

Jason Collins had long been keeping a secret. As a standout high school player at Harvard-Westlake School, as a star at Stanford and through a 12-year NBA career, he had hidden something fundamental about himself from his family, friends and teammates....

Think the Lakers should let Dwight Howard go? Think again

2013-04-30 00:00:00

We have a major difference of opinion. And I understand why you are wrong. You began the season thinking, and being told by the media, the Lakers were going to be great because they had so much talent. You didn't get it in the first five games, so Mike...

He's just the man to lead the Lakers: Phil for president

2013-04-30 22:50:00

On farewell day, they waved until their hands hurt. Kobe Bryant pleaded for Lakers management to pay millions to Dwight Howard, millions to Pau Gasol, millions for the luxury tax, anything to keep the Lakers together for the final year of his contract....

Will this be a giant leap for Lakers?

2013-04-18 18:18:00

The Lakers have to shoot for the moon against the favored San Antonio Spurs. Just ask Metta World Peace. "They said there wouldn't be a man on the moon and a man went to the moon," the Lakers' loquacious forward said. "Is it true? Some people say the...

Lakers begin playoffs with a '1996' vibe, and that could be bad

2013-04-20 16:00:00

The last time they tried this, it didn't go so well. The last time the Lakers attempted to win a playoff series without Kobe Bryant, they had home-court advantage, a future Hall of Famer, and absolutely no chance. The year was 1996, and after lurching...

Happy birthday, Superman! A look back at 75 powerful years

2013-04-18 11:52:57

Shaquille O'Neal, left, and Brian Shaw enjoy the moment as the Lakers complete a sweep of the San Antonio Spurs in the 2001 Western Conference finals.

2013-04-02 08:17:54

epa03648352 Former Los Angeles Lakers player Shaquille O'Neal addresses the crowd during the ceremony to retire his jersey at halftime of the Dallas Mavericks at Los Angeles Lakers game in Los Angeles, California USA, 02 April 2013. EPA/PAUL BUCK CORBIS OUT Usable by LA Only

2013-04-02 00:00:00

Shaquille O'Neal says the Clippers' DeAndre Jordan is the best center in the Western Conference, snubbing the Lakers' Dwight Howard, right.

2012-11-09 11:14:00