Kobe Bryant News

Walking across the Lakers’ practice court during the team’s media day literally signified Lamar Odom’s first step into the 2010-2011 season.

He Now Plays “Robin” to Dwyane Wade’s “Batman” LeBron James is one of the most, if not the most, talented players in the NBA.

Daily links for the LA Lakers including Phil Jackson’s press conference, four added to the training camp roster, Bryant’s troublesome finger, Bynum’s mystery return date and much more.

Updated Sep 28, 2010 12:17 AM ET NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal fired a salvo back at former L.A. Lakers teammate Kobe Bryant on Monday about championship bragging rights, sports radio network WEEI said.

The Times’ Mike Bresnahan details Pau Gasol’s enjoyable summer, including his successful one-on-one matchup with his brother, Memphis center Marc Gasol .

With training camp almost underway, it’s time for the pre-camp power rankings. The Los Angeles Lakers are the team to beat and I look for them to three-peat despite the top heavy Miami Heat making all of the off-season noise.

Even if Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant finishes his career as the best Laker of all time statistically, he is fighting an uphill battle to garner the same role in terms of perception.

Slide show: Saturday was Lakers Media Day at the team’s training facility in El Segundo.

Nadya Suleman talks to the media about her yard sale with 20-month-old daughter Nariah Solomon on her lap.

Phil Jackson has recently stated that the 2010-2011 NBA season may not be his final season after all.

Pau Gasol hardly picked up a basketball during the offseason. He traveled a good deal and enjoyed a relatively short but sweet summer vacation.

She may be desperately in need of cash, but Nadya Suleman has principles. Time’s running out as Octomom and her 14 children face foreclosure if she can’t meet a balloon California mortgage payment - $450,000 by October 9 - but she flat-out refuses to take the easy way out and whore herself for money.

Lakers center Andrew Bynum stood near center court Saturday at the team’s practice facility in El Segundo bearing a smile on his face.

This figure plots Kobe Bryant’s PER in each season of his career. The blue dashed line represents the average PER in each season over the careers of Jerry West, George Gervin, Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, Clyde Drexler, Reggie Miller, Joe Dumars, and Ray Allen.

The Times’ Mike Bresnahan reports Lakers center Andrew Bynum doesn’t expect to play in a regular-season game until late November.