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| Los Angeles Lakers 2008 Draft Preview |
NBA Basketball |
06/20/2008 |
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| .9 percent from the field, including 36.1 percent from beyond the arc. LA became one of the elite teams in the league when it pulled off one of the big trades of the 2007-08 campaign. On February 1, the Lakers acquired seven- foot Pau Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for center Kwame Brown, guard Javaris Crittenton, guard Aaron McKie, the draft rights to Marc Gasol and first round picks in 2008 and 2010. Pau Gasol was huge for the Lakers. He worked very well with Bryant and the rest of his teammates. |
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| Grizzlies' Navarro heading back to Spain |
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06/19/2008 |
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| Memphis, TN (Best E Casino) - Memphis Grizzlies guard Juan Carlos Navarro signed a five-year contract agreeing to return to F.C. Barcelona in his native Spain Thursday, ending his tenure with the team, and the NBA, at one season. Navarro previously played for Barcelona from 1997-2007, winning four ACB Spanish League championships and was named the regular season MVP in 2006. The Spaniard helped his home country to a win at the 2006 World Championship and is on the national team for the upcoming Olympics in Bei |
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| Don't ask Phil Jackson if Pau Gasol is soft |
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06/12/2008 |
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| BA finals, referring to Gasol's nine-point, 12-rebound effort in Game 3. ``But we believe that he's going to have another real good game for us. ``I won't touch the `soft,' though,'' Jackson added with a smile. The Lakers acquired Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies on Feb. 1, giving up center Kwame Brown, rookie guard Javaris Crittenton and two first-round draft picks. It turned out to be an incredibly one-sided deal, since the Lakers went 22-5 with the 7-footer in the lineup, helping them finish with a 57-2 |
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| Gasol plays tough for Lakers in Game 3 |
NBA Basketball |
06/11/2008 |
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| tty well,'' Gasol said. ``We didn't give them many second-chance points and we kept them to shooting 35 percent, so I think that's pretty good.'' Gasol never won a playoff series until this season, when the Lakers acquired him in February from the Memphis Grizzlies. Part of the reason the center from Spain hears the soft accusations is simply because he's a European player. But in the most important game of the Lakers' season, he stood up just fine against the supposedly tougher Celtics. ``It wasn't pretty |
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| Celtics, Lakers open NBA Finals in Beantown |
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06/05/2008 |
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| postseason. The superstar guard is appearing in his fifth NBA Finals. The Lakers became one of the elite teams in the league when they pulled off one of the big trades of the campaign. On February 1, the Lakers acquired seven-foot Pau Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for center Kwame Brown, guard Javaris Crittenton, guard Aaron McKie, the draft rights to Marc Gasol and first round picks in 2008 and 2010. Pau Gasol, who was 0-12 in playoff games with the Grizzlies, has been huge for the Lakers since j |
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| NYC prosecutors say disgraced NBA ref deserves break |
NBA Basketball |
06/03/2008 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -Just before an NBA game on Dec. 26, 2006, Tim Donaghy overheard an official scorekeeper say that one of the teams playing that night, the Memphis Grizzlies, was ``all banged up'' with injuries. The passing remark prompted the veteran referee to pick up the phone. Donaghy secretly called a coconspirator in a gambling scheme to recommend betting on the opponent, the Washington Wizards. The Wizards won, 116-101, easily beating the spread. Prosecutors detailed the inside tip in a letter unsea |
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| NBA Finals Preview - Boston vs. LA Lakers |
NBA Basketball |
06/02/2008 |
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| postseason. The superstar guard is appearing in his fifth NBA Finals. The Lakers became one of the elite teams in the league when they pulled off one of the big trades of the campaign. On February 1, the Lakers acquired seven-foot Pau Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for center Kwame Brown, guard Javaris Crittenton, guard Aaron McKie, the draft rights to Marc Gasol and first round picks in 2008 and 2010. Pau Gasol, who was 0-12 in playoff games with the Grizzlies, has been huge for the Lakers since j |
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| Kobe silencing his skeptics |
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05/28/2008 |
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| Neal's fortunes soared, Bryant openly discussed his frustrations with his own franchise. The perennial All-Star begged the Lakers to get him help, and they finally delivered on February 1 with the acquisition of big man Pau Gasol in a trade with the Memphis Grizzlies. Gasol is the low-post scorer L.A needed to help it compete against the elite in the tough Western Conference. After three seasons that ended nowhere in the proximity of the NBA title, Bryant has the missing piece to a supporting cast that could hel |
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| Lakers host Spurs in Game 1 of West finals |
NBA Basketball |
05/21/2008 |
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| best to this year's playoffs. The All-Star guard leads the Lakers in scoring (33.3 ppg) and assists (6.8 apg). He has also grabbed 6.3 rebounds per game and is shooting 49.5 percent from the field. Pau Gasol, who was acquired in a big trade from the Memphis Grizzlies on February 1, has been everything the Lakers had hoped he would be and more. The seven-foot Spaniard is averaging 20.0 points, 8.6 rebounds and 4.5 assists in the postseason. He is shooting 56.8 percent from the floor and has been the low-post scor |
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| NBA Playoff Preview - LA Lakers vs. San Antonio |
NBA Basketball |
05/20/2008 |
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| best to this year's playoffs. The All-Star guard leads the Lakers in scoring (33.3 ppg) and assists (6.8 apg). He has also grabbed 6.3 rebounds per game and is shooting 49.5 percent from the field. Pau Gasol, who was acquired in a big trade from the Memphis Grizzlies on February 1, has been everything the Lakers had hoped he would be and more. The seven-foot Spaniard is averaging 20.0 points, 8.6 rebounds and 4.5 assists in the postseason. He is shooting 56.8 percent from the floor and has been the low-post scor |
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