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Los Angeles Lakers 2005 news:
12/21: Ronny Turiaf was cleared to play by Lakrs doctors. He will play with the Sun Kings of the CBA to complete his rehabilitation.
12/20: Laron Profit suffered a ruptured Achilles' tendon and probably will be out for the season.
12/16: The Lakers are testing Ronny Turiaf to see if he is able to play this season.
11/20: Kwame Brown will be sidelined for up to two weeks because of a strained hamstring.
10/31: Lakers preseason ended Friday with a 105-103 victory over the Kings. The Lakers will start their season Wednesday at Denver.
10/28: Tony Bobbitt was waived. Devin Green, Laron Profit and Von Wafer are fighting for the final roster spot.
10/27: The Lakers traded Jumaine Jones to the Bobcats for a second-round draft pick in 2007.
10/25: The Lakers defeated the Utah Jazz 95-85 in another preseason game.
10/21: The Lakers defeated the Bobcats twice over the weekend in preseaon games. 109-93 and 98-97.
10/20: The Lakers waived Will Conroy.
10/19: Divac will be a Laker scout in Europe.
10/18: In their 3rd preseason game the Lakers defeated the Wizards 111-108.
10/11: This is the possible starting line up of the 2005-06 Lakers: Odom, Walton, Bryant , Brown and Mihm.
10/4: The Lakers bought out Divac's contract so the player who has not completely healed from his injuries can retire from basketball.
10/5: The Lakers signed Corie Blount.
10/4: Divac and the Lakers postponed a decision about the Vlade's future until Oct 21.
9/2: The Lakers hired Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as assistant to work with the big men, specially with rookie Andrew Bynum.
8/22: The Lakers have a new starting point guard, Aaron McKie. He was released by the 76ers and agreed to 2 years and $5 million... With a short list of big men to choose from to spend the $2.5 million remaining, the return of Vlade Divac sounds as a good possibility.
8/18: The Lakers are in negotiations with point guards Derek Anderson and Aaron McKie. Both were released by their teams (Blazers and 76ers) with the amnesty clause. McKie seems to be Jackson's favorite... Rumors include...
8/11: The Lakers waived Brian Grant under the NBA's one-time amnesty provision.
8/9: The NBA released its 2005-06 schedule. The Lakers 1st game is on Nov 2 in Denver, and on Dec 25 they will face Shaq's Heat in Miami.
8/5: The Lakers need a point guard and are interested in Derek Anderson who was waived by the Trail Blazers.
8/3: The Lakers officially traded Caron Butler and Chucky Atkins for Wizards' Kwame Brown and Laron Profit. They also signed Phoenix guard William "Smush" Parker to a 1-year contract.
8/1: Kobe has his own Nike logo... Pictures..
7/28: Laker Ronny Turiaf underwent successful open-heart surgery Tuesday. It was a
six-hour procedure to repair an enlarged aortic root.
His aortic valve was functioning normally and did not need to be replaced. Turiaf won't be able to play basketball for a year at least.
7/25: Turiaf will have surgery Tuesday.
7/22: Ronny Turiaf, one of the Lakers second round picks, was diagnosed with an enlarged aortic, a serious heart problem, and will have to undergo open-heart surgery. It won't allow him to play at the very least for a year but doctors say it is good it was found on time because it could have taken his life.
7/20: Now without Chucky Atkins the Lakers need a point guard. Antonio Daniels was discarded because he wants a long term deal but the Lakers want to be under the salary cap for the free-agency period in the summer of 2007 when big free agents like Amare Stoudemire and Yao Ming will be available. Other free-agent point guards include Dan Dickau, Brevin Knight, Tyronn Lue, Jeff McInnis and Earl Watson...
7/15: Vlade Divac retired after 16 seasons.
7/15: The deal is done, the Lakers will trade Caron Butler and Chucky Atkins for Wizards forward/center Kwame Brown.
7/14: In a trade that leaves fans with their mouths open,
the Lakers would bring forward-center Kwame Brown from the Wizards and would send Caron Butler and likely Chucky Atkins to Washington. The Lakers need help in the frontcourt , that's why the former no.1 pick, 6-11 Brown is coming to LA. Butler was one of the most consistent players at the end of last season, but he will be a free agent next year.
7/13: Everybody is talking about a trade with the Wizards involving Caron Butler and former No 1 overall pick Kwame Brown. The Lakers need help in the frontcourt and the 6-11 Brown looks good in Jackson's plans.
7/6: Phil Jackson's coaching staff will include Frank Hamblen and Kurt Rambis. Candidates for the other 2 spots are Brian Shaw and Scottie Pippen. Tex Winter will be a consultant.
7/4: The Lakers and Vlade Divac have agreed to postpone a decision on Divac's future until the training camp. Divac has said he will retire if he doesn't return to the Lakers...
6/30: Who's coming? Rumors include free agents Donyell Marshall and Antonio Daniels. Theo Ratliff, Allan Houston and Doug Christie are also being considered.
- 6/28: In the 2005 Draft the Lakers took Andrew Bynum, a high-school prodigy surprisingly still available for the 10th pick that became the youngest player ever drafted. The 6-11 center raise comparisons with Shaq, but he said he will try to reinstall in the NBA the Abdul-Jabbar sky hook and that "I can hit my free throws". - 6/28: Although the Lakers have 3 picks in today's draft (10th in the 1st round, 7th and 9th in the 2nd) GM Kupchak doesn't expect a player that makes an immediate impact. The Lakers will try to fill holes in the post and at point guard.
- 6/15: Forget about the NBA Finals, these are the real news: Phil Jackson is the Laker coach again.
With a 3-year $30 million contract Jackson will be the best-paid coach ever.
Kobe Bryant called to congratulate him and told the media the hiring is something he supports.
Jackson said the team is going to run more without Shaq in the offense and that he expects Odom to take the role Scottie Pippen had in the Bulls of Michael Jordan.
Jackson has won 9 NBA championships, including 3 with the Lakers and 6 with the Bulls, has the best regular-season winning percentage (.725) and the best postseason winning percentage (.717) in NBA history. He also leads the league in Playoff victories (175). He led the Lakers to 4 NBA finals in 5 years...
- 6/6: Shaquille O'Neal won't be in the Finals without the Lakers. Miami Heat lost game 7 and the Pistons will be defending their title against the Spurs.
- 6/2: George Mikan died at 80. He was the first NBA superstar and led the Minneapolis Lakers to 5 Championships.
He was being treated for diabetes and kidney failure.
- 6/1: Phil Jackson is about to decide if he wants to return to coach the Lakers.
- 5/24: the draft lottery didn't change the Lakers pick, it will be the 10th, the same one the Lakers used in 1994 to select Eddie Jones.
- 5/23: There's no new coach yet but Phil Jackson continues at the top of the list.
- 4/19: Odom underwent shoulder surgery and won't be able to train for 4 months.
- 4/5: the Lakers will miss the playoffs for the 1st time in 11 years. - 2/18: Kurt Rambis and Brian Shaw were added to the Lakers coaching staff.
- 2/13: Kobe Bryant returned after missing 14 games. The Lakers went 6-8 without him.
- 2/13: Malone announced his retirement. - 2/2: Tomjanovich resigned because of health issues and the new coach could be the old coach: Phil Jackson . Meanwhile assistant Frank Hamblen will be leading the Lakers. - 1/6: Divac had surgery to repair a herniated disk in his back and won't return until April.
2004: - 12/25: Shaq visited LA for the 1st time. Kobe won the match-up but the Heat got the victory. 2004 Player movements:
- Kobe Bryant decided to stay with the Lakers and signed a 7-year contract...
- Rudy Tomjanovich is the new coach...
- Shaquille O'Neal wanted to be traded and was sent to Miami in exchange for Lamar Odom, Caron Butler and Brian Grant...
- Gary Payton and Rick Fox were traded to Boston in exchange for Chris Mihm, Jumaine Jones and Chucky Atkins... Fox retired, after 13 NBA seasons, because of injuries.
- Vlade Divac is a Laker again, but he injured his back and will be out at least the first month...
- Karl Malone is not retiring and he will stay in L.A. but he won't play until he is 100% healthy.
- The Lakers finished the preseason 6-2 |
