The LeBron James Ripple Effect: How LeBron Changed the NBA Forever--Human or SuperHuman? 2012 & 2013 NBA Champions

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Let’s Talk Goat… of Basketball

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LeBron James, 4th Edition

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Basketball Superstar LeBron James

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Lebron James and Kevin Durant: Unauthorized Biographies

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Lebron James - Quotes Collection: Biography, Achievements And Life Lessons

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LeBron James vs. Michael Jordan: Who Would Win?

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LeBron James: In His Own Words

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Lebron James and Dwyane Wade: Unauthorized Biographies

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Inside the NBA Finals

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Kobe Bryant and Lebron James: Unauthorized Biographies

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LeBron James vs. the NBA: The Case for the NBA's Greatest Player

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LeBron James: An Unauthorized Biography

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The Soul of Basketball: The Epic Showdown Between LeBron, Kobe, Doc, and Dirk That Saved the NBA

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Kobe Bryant: An Unauthorized Biography

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Kobe Bryant - Quotes Collection: Biography, Achievements And Life Lessons

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Jeremy Lin: Faith, Joy, and Basketball

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Kobe Bryant Mentality: Become As Relentless As A Black Mamba By Decoding The Psychology Of A Legendary Laker - Kobe Bryant

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Blake Griffin: An Unauthorized Biography

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Tales from the Cleveland Cavaliers Locker Room: The Rookie Season of LeBron James

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2017 Minor League Baseball Analyst

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2016 Minor League Baseball Analyst

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Kobe Bryant: The Greatest NBA Player

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LeBron James: NBA Superstar and Activist

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Kobe Bryant: The incredible story of Kobe Bryant - one of basketball's greatest players!

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LeBron James Biography

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Blake Griffin and Chris Paul: Unauthorized Biographies

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Kobe Bryant: NBA Champion

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Debating Destiny: Michael Jordan vs. LeBron James

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Four Days to Glory: The Heart of America, Flat on Its Back

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Madness: The Ten Most Memorable NCAA Basketball Finals

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How to Dunk if You’re Under 6 Feet Tall - 13 Proven Ways to Jump Higher and Drastically Increase Your Vertical Jump in 4 Weeks

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Shoot Like the Pros: The Road to a Successful Shooting Technique

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Built to Lose: How the NBA’s Tanking Era Changed the League Forever

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Coaching Basketball For Dummies

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Spaced Out: The Tactical Evolution of the Modern NBA

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Basketball For Dummies

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201 Drills for Coaching Youth Basketball

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Kobe Bryant: The Inspirational Story of One of the Greatest Basketball Players of All Time!

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Jump Attack: The Formula for Explosive Athletic Performance, Jumping Higher, and Training Like the Pros

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Basketball Junkie: A Memoir

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Own the Zone

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Explosive: Skills to Increase Your Speed to the Next Level

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Getting Your Shot: The Ultimate Basketball Training Book On How To Train, Eat, Play Pro Basketball Rules and Achieve Basketball Goals

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Unguarded

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Basketball Fundamentals: A Complete Mental Training Guide

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Basketball: Basketball Made Easy: Beginner and Expert Strategies For Becoming A Better Basketball Player

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I Should Be Dead By Now: The Wild Life and Crazy Times of the NBA's Greatest Rebounder of Modern Times

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Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

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Jerome Kersey: Overcoming the Odds

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Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty

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Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made

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Ice: Why I Was Born to Score

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Michael Jordan: Beyond the Court

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The Game They Played: The True Story of the Point-Shaving Scandal That Destroyed One of College Basketball's Greatest Teams

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The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls

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The Midrange Theory

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Improve Your Game Of Volleyball - For Beginners

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I Came As a Shadow: An Autobiography

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Is It a Given The Lakers Should Offer LeBron James a Contract Extension? Plus, more on Westbrook's Take on Media/Fans: Nothing is easy about this season for the Lakers, and nothing will be easy about this offseason for them, either. Tons of huge decisions to be made. Now, that includes the future of LeBron James. Not just from the POV of what James wants, but also whether the Lakers would be wise to commit to a core comprised of James and Anthony Davis, since now neither guy can be considered reliable from a health/availability standpoint. Then again, what exactly are the alternatives? Trading James? Trading James and AD? Letting LeBron walk? The team is in a tight spot, because doing better than that core will be hard, but it's reasonable to ask now if that core is enough to win more titles without a stronger supporting cast... something the Lakers don't have much ability to build. On the other hand, there may not be a team in the league with more obstacles in front of them for a tota

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NBA GM Poll Reflects Anthony Davis's Reputation Dropping Around the NBA. (LeBron Still Respected!): Every year, NBA.com produces the GM poll, asking execs around the league all sorts of questions about players, teams, coaches and beyond. In most years, the Lakers and Lakers players are well represented, given their high profile, high expectations, star power and so on. This year, however, when it comes to the Lakers the results are notable mostly because the Lakers are an afterthought. LeBron James pops up in a couple of categories, Darvin Ham in another. The Lakers are expected to finish around 8th in the conference, which makes sense and certainly isn't unfair. Most notable, though, is the near-total absence of Anthony Davis, who doesn't get mentioned among the best defensive players, centers, power forwards, MVP candidates and so on and so on and so on. One place he does pop up? Breakout candidate, a place usually reserved for much younger players. In total, it shows the massive rep

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LeBron's Message to the Haters & Philly's Pursuit of Damian Lillard

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LeBron James Hasn't Signaled About a Contract Extension, and Anthony Davis is Shooting Again!: Anthony Davis was back at the facility Tuesday, working with the famous/infamous "Lethal Shooter," a somewhat controversial shooting coach who has worked with a bunch of NBA players, including some current Lakers. So you now have a fairly comical situation where fans were upset that he hadn't been shooting, and now are upset at who he's shooting with. And meanwhile, LeBron James, famous for subtweeting teammates on a variety of issues, has spent the week posting to social media all kinds of excited motivational messages about next season, including workout videos. So is A.D.'s public return to the gym a response to LeBron's social posts? Probably not! But that folks are asking the question reflects the levels of angst people feel about the team and Davis in particular after a first round playoff exit was followed by the tire fire of the 2021-22 season. More potential angst comes from James an

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LeBron James Confirms He's Not Retiring (SHOCKER!!!) and Darvin Ham Has Words For Mike Malone: It's official. During Wednesday's ESPY Awards, LeBron James confirmed he's not retiring and will return to the Lakers. You may go on living the lives you were already engaged in with no change whatsoever. But all jokes aside, while the news wasn't necessarily even news by this point, there was some interesting psychology with LeBron's theatricality, as well as what we suspect was actually going on in his head when he floated the idea of hanging up his sneaks for good. In the meantime, Darvin Ham is nothing if not confident. So when visiting the #thisleague UNCUT podcast with Chris Haynes and Marc Stein, maybe it shouldn't be surprising that Ham had some spicy moments. Those 10 teams that passed him up and hired other guys? They "****ed up, royally," he said. Denver coach Mike Malone, who (along with his team) spent an unusual amount of post-title time talking about beating the Lakers? Ham hea

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Are LeBron and the Lakers Showing Signs? Plus, Trade Rumors Around Jerami Grant and Ben Simmons!: LeBron James won his eleventybillionth Conference Player of the Week award this week, to go along with other honoraries he's gained over the course of his career. Little things like Conference Player of the Month, MVP and Finals MVP. But while it's nice, and indicative of the way he's played of late, obviously LeBron doesn't care about that sort of thing. It is, however, one small sign that things are slowly turning around for L.A.. Or could be, at least. That's if LeBron can stay healthy, given his workload. And if Anthony Davis can recover quickly from his knee injury. And if Trevor Ariza returns quickly enough from his absence, and then contributes in the way the Lakers hope he can. So there are variables! Meanwhile, it's about time for some early season MVP predictions and straw polls, and what's notable for the Lakers isn't who is on the list, but that the people you'd expect to be on

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Robert Horry says LeBron James isn't leaving LA, thinks Tatum has the perfect NBA build and thinks Jokic will win another MVP on the Big Shot Bob Pod: As we open the show this week, Rob is headed to Egypt for an NBA Africa event, plus we get an incredible breaking update on Damar Hamlin's recovery! Rob also believes there is no truth to the rumor that LeBron would ask for a trade...

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LeBron James is Putting More Pressure on the Front Office as the Lakers Win More Games: The Lakers have won five straight at a time when the rest of the conference is slumping. The Suns and Clippers have both lost six straight. The Jazz are sliding, the Blazers with them. as a result, the Lakers aren't just in contact with the play-in, they're creeping up on the real live playoff teams. Just a couple games back of the five spot. That's a ton of unexpected progress at a time when, with Anthony Davis (and more!) on the sidelines, the Lakers just weren't thought of as a competitive team. Yet here we are! And with that, LeBron James is cranking up the heat on the team's front office to kick it into high gear and make some trades to help improve the roster. Not later, not next season, now. In a walk-and-talk following Saturday's win over Sacramento with The Athletic's Sam Amick, LeBron said without saying that he thinks the front office should make a move. Sunday on Twitter, he tried to dia

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Is Trading LeBron James an Option? Plus Adrian Griffin Enters the Lakers Coaching Search: ESPN's Stephen A. Smith on Wednesday said the Lakers should trade LeBron James, since Russell Westbrook and Anthony Davis torched their value, and there's no other way to improve... but is it even possible to create a deal that would make sense for both sides? Meanwhile, The Lakers coaching search has added Toronto assistant Adrian Griffin. Solid resume, though he's not even on the board when it comes to the oddsmakers forecasting who might get the job. The longest longshot? James as player-coach! Assuming he's not traded, of course. Finally, LeBron expressed his disgust at the voting for Most Improved Player, which went to Memphis guard Ja Morant. Not because he thinks Ja isn't good, but because he thinks he was too good already to even have been considered. So is he right? LeBron's problem with the voting gets to a bigger issue: Save maybe Rookie of the Year and 6th Man of the Year, does anybody

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Is It Possible LeBron James Wouldn't Sign an Extension With the Lakers?: LeBron James has spent a great deal of his time in Los Angeles fighting significant injuries. He's been told to stay off that bad ankle this spring/summer for at least a month, probably more. So with all that in mind, and his advancing age and tremendous NBA mileage, it's at least worth contemplating the risks of offering him a $90-plus million extension this summer. But this week, Sam Amick of The Athletic wrote an interesting story that asks the other side of the same question: Would LeBron automatically accept an offer from the Lakers (as everyone assumes the organization will do)? What are the reasons LeBron might turn them down? What might have changed about his perception of the franchise? Is it really any different now than it was when he signed with them originally? When he signed his first extension with the team? Finally, everyone (James included) poked fun at the Timberwolves for, let's call it an extre

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LeBron Says He Wants to Retire (many years from now) as a Laker! Plus, the Lakers' Draft Needs.: As part of his Space Jam promotional tour, LeBron James appeared on the "Smartless" podcast with Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes, and among many subjects, touched on his basketball future. In a nutshell, he wants to play another several years, and all of them in a Laker uniform. What's crazy is how absolutely sane the notion of him playing well into his forties feels. LeBron also talked about his future in Hollywood, and what he could have in common with Denzel Washington, Liam Neeson and The Rock. From there, the Kamenetzkys break down what type of player the Lakers should target with the 22nd pick, assuming they keep it. Should they target a high ceiling, or a high floor? What skills should they covet? Is it even possible to find a multifaceted player late in the first round? Finally, Team USA lost what is ultimately an insignificant game against Nigeria, but basketball fans are

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How Much Will Austin Reaves Cost The Lakers in Free Agency? Can Anthony Davis Consistently Dominate?: The Lakers are hanging on the fringes of the Western Conference Play-In race (the top 6, at this point, is a real stretch). They've been doing it without LeBron James, who remains sidelined with a bum foot. Before Sunday's game, Darvin Ham said that the team expects James will be available before the end of the regular season. Yahoo's Chris Haynes reports that while it's certainly a possibility James could return, if he does, he won't be 100%. Or really anywhere close. So what exactly would the Lakers be getting with a diminished-but-available LeBron James? Is that guy enough to help fuel that miracle playoff run that some kiiiiiiinda refuse to rule out, just because he's LeBron James, has won a title with A.D., and the West just isn't that dominant this year? Is he enough to help get the Lakers through a play-in game or two? Most fans, right now at least, would take the latter and cro

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LeBron James Says the Lakers' Final 23 Games are "Critical", and Russell Westbrook to Join the Clippers!: The weekend's All Star Game was, by most reviews, a shammockery of a basketball game. Even by exhibition standards, there was no defense, or any real interest in playing something that could be recognized as an NBA type game. But at least nobody got hurt, even though for a minute, it looked like LeBron James might have done the unthinkable, suffering some sort of hand injury in the first half of Sunday's game. But based on his behavior once he was out of the game (which included a lot of aggressive high fives and fist bumps with what people thought might be a banged up right hand), Denver coach Micheal Malone's postgame comments (nobody got hurt) and James's own words, it seems like he was just fine, and everyone settled on a predicate for LeBron to sit the second half. All good. After, though, James talked about the final 23 games of the regular season, calling them among the most

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Is Anthony Davis Ready to be the Lakers' Best Player, Even When LeBron Return?: For the last two seasons, pundits, team officials and Lakers players alike have all agreed that the key to the team's success is Anthony Davis. He needs to be their most dominant player on a night in, night out basis. The difference between All Star AD and MVP caliber AD is the thing that can elevate the Lakers more than any other personnel move that's available to them. The last three games for the Lakers, all wins, have shown what that looks like, as Davis has thrashed the competition. But that's without LeBron James in the lineup, and against subpar competition. So what has to happen for this version of Davis to be the one the Lakers see even when James is back? When the schedule toughens up, and teams game play for even more heavily than they already do? Is it James that has to change? He's been the team's leading scorer in fourth quarters every year they've played together, including the 2020 title yea

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Are LeBron James (and Klutch) Feuding with Rob Pelinka and the Lakers?: All-Star weekend was quite eventual for LeBron James on a couple of fronts. First, he crushed the game itself, hitting a game-winner and putting on a show for his (sort of) hometown fans. But man alive, did he also spend those 72 hours making waves between him and the Lakers. Having already cultivated, through leaks and pointed social posts, a narrative of discontent over a dormant trade deadline, LeBron spent the weekend dropping hints that other franchises are better run or more appealing than his own. Execs like Sam Presti (OKC) and Koby Altman (Cleveland) were praised lavishly. The door for another return to Cleveland was presented as still open. The goal of playing with his son Bronny, WHEREVER he lands, was explicitly reiterated. All of this was clearly meant to make the Lakers nervous about a potential separation, either when his contract ends next season... or even earlier. Dude is not happy about the Laker

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Sam Smith on MJ vs LeBron and the Bulls' coaching changes

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Your playoff baseball betting guide: Beware of the chalk!

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Steph Curry Won All-Star Weekend, LeBron is the 10th Best Scorer in the NBA & How Blake Griffin Can Be Brooklyn's Draymond

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The Lakers Brass is Full of Liars & Day 3 of Fan Mail

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Andre Drummond resurgence, Bulls trade deadline updates and LeBron James scoring record

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First-quarter MVP, Joel Embiid's Sixers, the LeBron James Award

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Best of Straight Outta Vegas with RJ Bell: 10/03/2018

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The Lakers without LeBron James, crushing LaMelo Ball news

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Seriously... Is Anthony Davis playing more Center? Plus, ESPN's Experts on the Lakers and LeBron!: "Anthony Davis at center" has been perhaps the biggest talking point for the Lakers over the last two seasons. Despite the way AD thrives in the middle, and the way the team follows suit with him at 5, he has famously preferred to spend the majority of his minutes at power forward. However, there have been signs an increased willingness to put his preferences aside for the bigger picture, the most recent coming via report from The Athletic's Bill Oram. What would it mean for the Lakers if this really is the case next season? In the meantime, you know the season is close, because ESPN cranking out expert panel polls around 2021-22 season predictions. Inevitably, the Lakers and various members of the team popped up, with high showings in categories as wide-ranging as "Team Turnaround," "Team Turmoil," and "Most Likely to win the West." On the surface, these results may feel incongruent.

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NBA Finals Picks Game 5 + Game 4 Stats | NBA Gambling Podcast (Ep. 92): NBA Gambling Podcast hosts Ryan McKee ( @TheRyanMcKee ( https://twitter.com/TheRyanMcKee ) ) and Zach Broner ( @NBAZachB ( https://twitter.com/NBAZachB ) ) recap the Los Angeles Lakers winning Game 4 of the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat. While doing so, they also give out their NBA Finals Picks for Game 5. Lots of people want to already bury the Heat and give LeBron James his fourth NBA Championship. However, Ryan and Zach believe there is plenty of great gambling opportunities left. They grade the betting picks and player props from Game 4, talking about what they saw from Anthony Davis, Jimmy Butler, Duncan Robinson, Bam Adebayo, LeBron, as well as both sides' role players. Using what they saw in the last game, as well as statistics from the overall NBA Playoffs, Ryan and Zach make picks for Game 5. Check all updated NBA Picks at sg.pn/nbapicks. ( http://sg.pn/nbapicks ) Subscribe to NBA Gambling Podcast on

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The Kyrie Irving Rumors Gain Some Steam, While the Lakers Prepare for Free Agency: Free agency begins this week in the NBA, and the Lakers have a tremendous amount of work in front of them. But as the curtain rises on rebuilding yet another brand new Lakers roster, there's more smoke billowing around the Kyrie Irving-to-LA conversation. Not any fire, yet, it would appear, but with careful NBA reporters saying that LeBron James and Kyrie are communicating and that there's some substance to the interest, it's not nothing, either. And with James Harden reportedly set to take a less-than-max-length extension with Philadelphia, does that change the arithmetic around Kyrie's leverage, whether in Brooklyn or L.A.? What about LeBron's leadership? In an interview with Bloomberg, Golden State's Draymond Green noted that LeBron's presence would help mitigate Kyrie's relative lack of leadership skills. Certainly not a guy you'd want as a frontman, for sure... which means LeBron has to be here as l

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LeBron James Makes All-NBA Third Team: Why It Raises Tough Questions for the Lakers: LeBron James has made the All-NBA Third Team. On the one hand, it's a remarkable achievement, given his age and mileage. The level of play he put out this year was pretty remarkable, even before considering how long he's been at it. There isn't much, if any, precedent. On the other hand, the reason James made the third team and not first or second? 56 games. That's how many he played, and it's the third year he's missed a significant number of games since joining the Lakers. So on the one hand, LeBron James is still demonstrably excellent. On the other, it's getting harder and harder to rely on James to be on the court to demonstrate that excellence. So what do the Lakers do? When it comes to figuring out how "in" to go with a James-led team, whether "all" or something more conservative, balancing the paradox of James is a real pickle. Can the Lakers make enough improvements around him (and presumably

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Lakers Prep with The Athletic’s Jovan Buha

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Embiid's Back to Back MVP Case + Best Free Agent Signing Draft + Lakers Win First NBA Cup

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Mailbag! Lakers trades, Free Agency, LeBron's role and more. Plus, Adam Silver Speaks!: The Kamenetzky Brothers often take listener questions during a show, whether solicited over Twitter (@kambrothers) or email (kamenetzkybrothers@gmail.com). But every now and then, they go into full-on mailbag mode! Like today! First, however, they addressed NBA Commissioner Adam Silver's press conference before kicking off the NBA Finals, which were fairly frank about how crummy this past year was for the players, whether physically or mentally, in ways that may not be fully understood until a few years from now. On the flip side, the league's coffers are getting closer to whole, which was the reason everyone endured this in the first place. What to make of it all? From there, MAILBAG!!! The Kamenetzkys took a slew of questions from loyal listeners like @visiontoKAT, @LakersInMyBlood, Jim Joes, @CNTNation, @m1kk0_ and @donfurleone, hitting a wide range of topics about the Lakers... and beyond. Ho