Despite their recent struggles to win convincingly against teams with losing records, the fact remains that the Lakers are the best team in the West, and stand atop the conference's standings with a record of 20-3. So when a report surfaces that one of their players may be available, well, let's just say it's worth mentioning.In a discussion about how the Knicks might go about filling the roster spot that opened up when Cuttino Mobley decided to retire, Alan Hahn of Newsday briefly mentioned that the Lakers' Sasha Vujacic (Machine!) may be "available."
With Andrew Bynum and Trevor Ariza both healthy and taking up a lot of minutes, there doesn't seem to be as big of a need for Sasha's services this year. His minutes are only slightly down from a season ago, but the ones he is playing aren't the ones in crunch time that he saw during last year's run to the Finals.

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Lakers versus Suns will always be about Shaq versus Kobe. But the real matchup on the court is Shaq versus Andrew Bynum.
Obviously the Lakers were going to lose a game at some point this season, it was just a matter of how soon. In a
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For a long time it didn't look like it was going to happen, but
After the Los Angeles Lakers got their butts handed to them by their rival Boston Celtics in the 2008 Finals, it was clear what set the two teams apart. The Celtics were a team built on defensive intensity and toughness. In short, they knew how to stop people. The Lakers, on the other hand, didn't have a clue on that side of the ball.
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