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Pat Riley admits he wasn't sure about drafting Dwyane Wade: "I've always preferred coaching 25 or 26-year-olds"
Riley wasn't initially sold on the idea of drafting the Marquette product and was looking for a point guard or a center ...
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How Michael Jordan getting in foul trouble led to the Lakers losing in the 1991 NBA Finals
When Michael Jordan got into foul trouble against the Lakers in the 1991 NBA Finals, the Bulls, and not the Lakers, took ...
This mock trade gives the Lakers a three-time All-Star center
One writer proposed a bold trade that would give the Lakers a young, two-way center who has already made three All-Star teams ...
LeBron James contract options explained: Lakers star can stay put for $52.6 million, but will he?
LeBron James has earned more money playing professional basketball than any other human in history. On Tuesday, ESPN reported ...
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"I was just emotionally spent and exhausted" - Jerry West said acquiring Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal in the same offseason crushed his health
In the years following the Showtime era, the Los Angeles Lakers entered unfamiliar territory — irrelevance. The once-feared ...
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"I just saw him and I was like, 'Oh boy'" - D-Wade on LeBron's exit from the Miami Heat
"I saw Bron. He was like a 5-year-old kid when the cookies weren't on that plane. He got real quiet and pushed them cards ...
"It come down to KD and Michael" - Magic Johnson hails Michael Jordan and Kevin Durant as greatest scorers of all time
"It come down to KD and Michael" - Magic Johnson hails Michael Jordan and Kevin Durant as greatest scorers of all time ...
Miami Heat’s Andrew Wiggins Tabbed as Potential “Strong Addition” for Lakers
Following their first-round elimination from the playoffs, the Miami Heat are expected to be busy in the offseason. Pat Riley ...
Heat attention turns to NBA draft, as party, summer plans come into focus
The Miami Heat’s youth movement showed two more signs this week of continuing in the near future. First, the Golden State Warriors confirmed that the Heat will be one of three teams that they will be ...