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Records: Lakers 37-17 (3 seed); Clippers 19-33 (12 seed) Offensive ratings: Lakers 113.6 (2nd); Clippers 103.4 (26th) Defensive ratings: Lakers 106.7 (7th); Clippers 107.7 (13th) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Vladimir Radminovic, Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol Clippers: Brevin Knight, Cuttino Mobley, Corry Maggette, “some call me” Tim Thomas, Chris Kaman Lakers Notes: [...]

Some thoughts on how the trade deadline shook out, and other stuff. • Commenter Drrayeye says he is a “doubting Thomas,” but I think the Kurt Thomas to the Spurs was a deal works for both sides, the Spurs in the short term and Seattle in the long term. Jonesonthenba has a great take on [...]

First things first — there have been issues with the site for the last 12 hours or so. Apparently this has something to do with an “upstream service DNS migration,” whatever that means. I followed the instructions from my host and apparently everything should be solved. If by this afternoon people are still having issues, [...]

Records: Lakers 36-17 (3 seed); Suns 37-16 (2 seed) Offensive ratings: Lakers 113.1 (2nd); Suns 115.2 (1st) Defensive ratings: Lakers 106.4 (8th); Suns 107.9 (15th) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Vladimir Radminovic, Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol Suns: Steve Nash, Raja Bell, Grant Hill, Amare Stoudemire, Shaquille O’Neal Lamar Odom talks: Over at [...]

Records: Lakers 35-17 (3 seed); Hawks 21-29 (9th seed, although just percentage points back of the Nets and 76ers, the 7 and 8 seeds) Offensive ratings: Lakers 113.1 (2nd); Hawks 105 (21st) Defensive ratings: Lakers 106.4 (8th); Hawks 107 (10th) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Vladimir Radminovic, Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol Hawks: [...]