A match made in Los Angeles (Getty Images) Dwight Howard, reportedly, is not happy with is coach. This is not a recycled column, though most of Howard’s complaints are. The free agent center was granted an extended, private discussion with Los Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak following the typical, season-ending interviews with both Kupchak, [...]
Updated: May 21, 2013, 7:58 am ET The Los Angeles Lakers do not yet know Dwight Howard’s decision for next season, but the All-Star center made his feelings about Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni known before starting his offseason. While he hasn’t had anything to say to the press, Howard had a lot to say to Lakers general [...]
NEW YORK — The New York Knicks’ Mike Woodson and the Los Angeles Lakers’ Mike D’Antoni today were named the NBA Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month, respectively, for games played in April. Woodson led the Knicks to an 8-2 month, tied for the most wins in the league in April with the [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops Apr 18 The New York Knicks’ Mike Woodson and the Los Angeles Lakers’ Mike D’Antoni today were named the NBA Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month, respectively, for games played in April. Woodson led the Knicks to an 8-2 month, tied for the most wins in the [...]
Updated: April 8, 2013, 12:28 am ET Los Angeles Lakers Head Coach Mike D’Antoni knows the risk of playing guard Kobe Bryant as many minutes as he has during the past four games. He also knows the risks of not using the Lakers’ best player as much as possible as the team frantically tries to make the playoffs. [...]
Updated: March 25, 2013, 6:29 am ET Speaking to the media for the first time since eviscerating his team in a classic postgame rant following a loss to the lowly Washington Wizards, Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni wanted to be clear that he wasn’t singling out any one player. “Am I talking about Kobe (Bryant)?” D’Antoni said following [...]
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Updated: March 14, 2013, 1:05 am ET The Los Angeles Lakers won on Tuesday with the Orlando Magic resorting to “Hack-a-Howard” and constantly parading center Dwight Howard to the foul line, but that doesn’t mean Head Coach Mike D’Antoni approves of “Hack-a-Whomever.” The Lakers beat the Magic 106-97 with Howard tying his own all-time NBA record for free [...]
Lookin’ good, Pau Gasol! (Twitter.com/paugasol) On Sunday night, with Lakers big man Pau Gasol set to enter his second month of rehab on his torn plantar fascia in his right foot, Los Angeles coach Mike D’Antoni said what we were all thinking when the news of Gasol’s ridiculously optimistic “six to eight weeks” diagnosis was [...]
Not the tightest of bros. (Andrew D. Bernstein/NBA/Getty Images) As I noted earlier Tuesday, Los Angeles Lakers big man Pau Gasol has turned in consecutive strong outings with Dwight Howard sidelined by a shoulder injury, averaging 22.5 points and 11.5 rebounds in nearly 39 minutes per game at the center spot in back-to-back wins. The [...]
Updated: January 25, 2013, 11:00 pm ET by Sam Amick, USA TODAY Sports EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The smile on Mike D’Antoni’s face Friday morning seemed genuine, which is saying something considering everything the Los Angeles Lakers coach faces at the moment. As he stood some 50 feet away from that spot inside the team’s practice facility [...]
Updated: January 24, 2013, 11:07 am ET (Jim) Buss passed on the Lakers’ glorious championship legacy to attach his franchise to the desert mirage of D’Antoni and Nash, a reunion tour born of a one-dimensional, gimmick offense and a point guard pushing 39 years old. These Lakers are missing the athleticism and perimeter quickness to contend for [...]
Howard, Nash, and Kobe’s numbers add up to the likely amount of wins needed to make the playoffs (Getty Images … Prior to the team’s game against Cleveland, Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni suggested that the Lakers’ season started over on Sunday, even after a 15-21 start to a (pre?) season that some thought would [...]
I just knew Kobe Bryant was going to tweet about this: Zing. Dwight put the same photo on Instagram, too, so you know the Los Angeles Lakers guard and center, not to mention embattled head coach Mike D’Antoni, are a totally unified front just having some LOLs at how all the outsiders are getting everything [...]
by Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY Sports NEW YORK – Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni was introduced to a some boos mixed with apathy at Madison Square Garden Thursday night. On Wednesday, his visit was a little more uplifting, getting to spend some time at his home in New York’s Westchester County with his wife, [...]