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Lakers Can Get By Without Bynum

There is still no official word on Andrew Bynum’s ankle. The Laker world breathlessly awaits news on that front. Mike Brown has stated that he doesn’t believe the injury to be of the serious variety.…Read More

No Chance Broken Nose Keeps Kobe Bryant Off Court

Kobe Bryant has played through the pain of a finger in need of surgery, a knee in dire need of rest, an ankle that needed constant therapy and a wrist minus a ligament. So how exactly is a “nasal fracture”…Read More

Kobe Bryant Is Miraculously Healed

Having endured the pain of playing with a torn ligament in his right wrist, Kobe Bryant has proclaimed himself “healed”. So…does that mean the ligament amazingly reattached itself? Did Kobe visit…Read More

Lakers Expect Steve Blake Back In Boston

It’s not the kind of improved depth that will drastically change the tide for the Lakers but getting Steve Blake back is very welcomed. Blake was a full participant in practice on Wednesday raising…Read More

No Timetable For Steve Blake’s Return

Steve Blake has been given medical clearance to begin running on a treadmill. While not earth shattering news it is one step on the road to recovery. Currently rookie Andrew Goudelock is looking more and…Read More

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Kobe Bryant To Tough Out Wrist Injury

Not that it comes as any surprise but Kobe Bryant is going to attempt to go through this season without…Read More

Josh McRoberts Out Of Action Again

One upon a time Josh McRoberts was a Portland Trailblazer. The former Duke Blue Devil broke into the…Read More

Josh McRoberts Latest Laker Dealing With Injury Issues

Not even a month into this season and already the injuries are stacking up for the Lake Show. The most…Read More

Derek Fisher Can’t See Kobe Missing Christmas Opener

Derek Fisher has been there by Kobe Bryant’s side for most of his career. The two men entered the league…Read More

Kobe Bryant Takes Knee Problems to Germany

There’s an old saying in the hoops world: If you can’t beat a German baller in the playoffs then…Read More

Matt Barnes on the Continued Road to Recovery

It was a tumultuous first year in Los Angeles for Matt Barnes and it’s not getting any easier going into his second. Signed last off-season to help bring energy and effort off the bench, Barnes saw his…Read More

Title Hopes Could be on the Ropes

Well, Laker Fans, it could be time to finally push that panic button. Andrew Bynum left tonight’s contest against the Spurs having endured a hyperextension of that ever-troubled right knee of his. In…Read More

Steve Blake Out with Chicken Pox

Already one of the worst performing units during this wretched 5-game slide, the Lakers’ bench just got thinner. Steve Blake is out indefinitely having contracted chicken pox. No joke! A grown man with…Read More

MRI Reveals Bone Bruise for Pau Gasol

As if losing to the Nuggets in embarrassing fashion weren’t enough Sunday, the basketball Gods seemed bent on adding injury to insult for the Lakers. In one fateful second half the hopes of a three-peat…Read More

The Continued Kobe Conundrum: Rest or Play?

This has become an annual tradition. We get to this point in the season – the homestretch – and without fail Kobe Bryant is nursing an injury of some kind. It’s either a knee or an ankle or that…Read More

Theo Ratliff Almost Ready to Return

It wasn’t that long ago that depth at the frontline was a situation of dire straights for the Lake Show. Soon the opposite will be true as on Sunday Theo Ratliff nearly participated in a full practice…Read More

Frontline Getting Thinner for Lakers

Andrew Bynum can’t return soon enough. As it stands, the Lakers are down to Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom as their only healthy options to play the 4 and 5 positions. Last night Kobe Bryant landed on the…Read More

Time to Give Pau Gasol Some Rest

It was only a matter of time until all these minutes took their toll on Pau Gasol. On Wednesday night in Houston Gasol was slowed by a strained left hamstring that first flared up in Memphis. At one point…Read More

Theo Ratliff to Have Knee Surgery Today

The Lakers will embark on their three game road swing without the services of reserve center Theo Ratliff. The L.A. Times reports that the veteran big man is scheduled to undergo arthroscopic surgery on…Read More

Report: Andrew Bynum to Miss All of Preseason

How do you know the NBA season is just around the corner? When you see your first Andrew Bynum injury report, that’s how. David Aldridge penned an NBA injury manifesto and had the following to say about…Read More

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