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Lakers would give championship rings to all 26 players to play for them if they win title

As their postseason run continues, the Los Angeles Lakers have made a decision that if they do win three more rounds of the NBA playoffs and claim their 18th banner, no players' contributions will have been too small to celebrate; not even Patrick Beverley.They will all get championship rings.This is pretty much exactly what we predicted on this site back when Beverley reiterated that both he and Russell Westbrook would want some jewelry if their former team won the title, and TNT sideline reporter Chris Haynes confirmed as much during the network's pregame broadcast on Monday:

"They [Lakers] would extend a championship ring to ALL players who were on the roster at any point during this season."

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Report: Lakers to work out Tristan Thompson, Tony Bradley this week

In a move that certainly feels like it came a week or two too late, the Lakers are set to workout a pair of big men this week, according to Shams Charania The Athletic.The Lakers have one roster spot open and, with Anthony Davis still set to sit out a back-to-back later this season, a center seems the various obvious choice to sign.

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Lakers vs. Kings Preview: Withering frontcourt faces tough challenge

The Los Angeles Lakers are taking on the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night, with the game marking their third contest in four nights.The most recent game, the second night of a back-to-back, saw the Lakers picking up a much-needed win against the Houston Rockets.The 140-132 shootout win helped break a three-game skid, with the Lakers now set to take on the team they beat in the game that preceded that losing streak.

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Report: The Lakers worked out Cody Zeller last week

DeMarcus Cousins is reportedly working out for the Los Angeles Lakers next week, but he's not the only center the team has taken a look at.According to veteran NBA insider Marc Stein, the team worked out Cody Zeller when they were in Charlotte last week to play the Hornets.It doesn't sound like a signing is imminent, but it does appear that the team wants to look at other potential center options in the wake of how Damian Jones has disappointed this year:

The Lakers, as part of their broad look at available free agents, auditioned big man Cody Zeller in Charlotte last week, league sources say.@ChrisBHaynes reported earlier today that former All-Star DeMarcus Cousins works out for L.A. next week.More: https://t.co/LGN9cVpeGP-

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Boston Celtics: Derrick Favors, Hassan Whiteside not on radar

MassLive's Brian Robb shut down the idea of the Boston Celtics pursuing either Derrick Favors or Hassan Whiteside during his latest Celtics Mailbag, adding that the current bench big-man platoon of Luke Kornet, Noah Vonleh, and Blake Griffin could suffice for the rest of the season.The Houdini recently made the case for Favors to be signed with the $3.2 million disabled player exception - the amount being calculated as half of Danilo Gallinari's salary for the 2022-23 season - but Robb doesn't see the center, who was recently released by the Houston Rockets, as a potential option.

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Boston Celtics: Why Blake Griffin was signed over Carmelo Anthony

The Boston Celtics made a surprising signing on Friday, September 30 when the team inked Blake Griffin to a one-year, fully-guaranteed deal just days after the opening of the team's 2022 training camp.

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Local podcaster says he wants championship ring from Lakers

Professional podcaster and part-time NBA player Patrick Beverley may have said his main goal after being traded by the Lakers was to knock the team out of the NBA playoffs entirely with the Bulls - even after he had already done so much to help with that task during his brickfest of a tenure on the team, it was a task he proved too small for - claimed he had actually demanded a trade after weeks of rumors he wanted to leave even before the Russell Westbrook trade, and then complained that Lakers fans were celebrating his downfall, but he still wants his championship ring if his former team goes all the way to the title.

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NBA Rumors: Lakers let Sterling Brown go, open up roster spot

The Lakers signed Sterling Brown to a 10-day contract 11 days ago, and despite being allowed to sign him to a second one, the team will not do so, according to a report from Dan Woike of The Los Angeles Times.As a result of this move, the team's roster will stand at 14 players, allowing them to add another player on a 10-day deal or in an uneven trade:

Sources say that the Lakers will keep the 15th spot on their roster open for now after Sterling Brown's 10-day contract expired yesterday.-

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Darvin Ham says Lakers have 'no imminent plans' to sign Tristan Thompson or Tony Bradley

After hosting another pair of big men for workouts in Tristan Thompson and Tony Bradley this week, the Lakers seem to still be holding serve on using their final roster spot.After practice on Tuesday, head coach Darvin Ham confirmed the team hosted Thompson and Bradley for a workout, but said a signing of neither is imminent.

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The Lakers are eligible for a hardship exception. Will they use it?

While the Lakers have been smacked hard by injuries in the last week, there is one silver lining that is likely to become relevant this week.Dating back to the start of last weekend, the Lakers saw Austin Reaves, Lonnie Walker IV, and Troy Brown Jr. join Anthony Davis for the last three games.The team did manage two wins in that three-game span and, as a result of the absences, could be set to receive some reinforcements.

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Anthony Davis is playing at a truly historical level

The NBA has a long, long history of players and games.Even when taking into account that not all stats have been tracked since the league started - steals and blocks weren't recorded until the early 1980s, for example - there are thousands of games each year and decades of data.All of that makes it hard to believe - and easier to appreciate - Anthony Davis' performance on Tuesday against Phoenix was a one-of-one in league history.

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Washington Wizards: deep dive into Kristaps Porzingis' play this season

While he may be having the best season of his career, Kristaps Porzingis has been going unappreciated by the larger NBA community this season.This is proven by the fact that he was not named an All-Star.He missed the All-Star game despite averaging monster numbers across the board.He is posting the ridiculous stat line of 23.2 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.5 blocks, and 0.8 steals per game.

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Former Boston Celtics championship PG advocates against any deadline trades

When it comes to the upcoming NBA trade deadline, analysts are split on what path the Boston Celtics should go down between standing pat and making that one last move to nudge itself over the top.Some, like Boston.com'sPeyton Doyle, want to see a major splash, while analysts like MassLive's Brian Robb want to see the team avoid dealing any of the team's tradeable assets, like Payton Pritchard.

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Boston Celtics: C&C wants former rotation big man back in Boston

It's become a nearly annual ritual for Boston Celtics fans - that is, the trick of figuring out how to fill out a proper depth chart with multiple options in the frontcourt.

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Boston Celtics: DK calls 6x Knicks All-Star signing with Cs potential nightmare

While the Boston Celtics don't appear to be set to sign any veterans to round out free agency - having Justin Jackson, Jake Layman, Luka Samanic, Brodric Thomas, Denzel Valentine, and Noah Vonleh all fighting for the final roster spot - things could change quickly should the season start and the Cs are lacking in scoring, rebounding, or whatever ailment strikes the roster.

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Boston Celtics: Possible reunion, 3 All-Star bigs on table for free agent center signing

The Boston Celtics were dealt a huge pre-media day blow with the news that Robert Williams III was set to undergo an arthroscopic procedure on his left knee this week in what is being described as a 'cleanup' designed to allow Williams to return to full strength early in the regular season.

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Former Celtic Aron Baynes is looking to make an NBA comeback. Could a reunion be in store?

Baynes held a private workout in Las Vegas on Friday, 11 months after he suffered a major injury during the 2020 Olympics.

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60-21-10: Luka Doncic Enters Uncharted Territory

No player since the 1960s had tallied 50 points, 20 rebounds and 10 assists in an N.B.A. game.On Tuesday night, Luka Doncic reached that total and kept right on going to 60 points.Doncic's 60-21-10 line in the Mavericks' 126-121 overtime victory against the Knicks in Dallas was the first in N.B.A. history.

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Blake Griffin knew Nets weren't interested in reunion

Blake Griffin understands he and Bruce Brown were in two different Nets free-agency buckets.On one hand, Brown felt disrespected the Nets never offered him a contract extension after a breakout season in Brooklyn.He told The Denver Post the Nets said they'd re-sign him during the off-season, only to trade for Royce O'Neale and leave him hanging when free agency rolled around.

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Miami Heat waive Dru Smith, calls up 7 footer Orlando Robinson

The Miami Heat received the news on second year center Omer Yurtseven this week.The 7-footer from Turkey will be out for an extended period of time due to the ankle injury that has kept him out since the beginning of preseason.There was actually initial reports that Yurtseven could potentially miss the entire season.

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What does Jesse and Joey Buss gaining more power with the Lakers mean for Rob Pelinka?

When someone is forced to root for nepotism, the hope becomes that somewhere in that gene pool, someone is actually worthy of the opportunity they're unfairly in line for.

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Boston Celtics: Steve Bulpett would've preferred 8x All-Star to Blake Griffin

The Boston Celtics made one of the more surprising September signings in recent memory by inking Blake Griffin to a one-year, veteran's minimum contract as first reported by ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

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Bulls fans are overhwelmingly in favor of signing 'big name' free agent

When I say that Chicago Bulls fans want to add a big-name free agent, I don't mean washed-up former stars like Carmelo Anthony or DeMarcus Cousins, I mean it in the most literal sense possible.

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Boston Celtics: Age may prevent reunion with former Cs big man

A popular question since Australian big man Aron Baynes returned to basketball with the Brisbane Bullets of the National Basketball League this past summer after a career-threatening injury during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is whether or not the Boston Celtics would consider bringing him back.It's not looking likely that the Cs, or any other of the 29 teams across the Association for that matter, will be signing him to a contract anytime soon - this at least according to MassLive's Brian Robb.

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3 top remaining free agents that the Boston Celtics should target

The offseason is in full swing and the Boston Celtics are taking full advantage of it after their tremendous, albeit a buck short finish to the 2021-22 campaign.

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Boston Celtics: B/R tabs Dwight Howard as a potential Daniel Theis replacement

While it's been an extremely successful offseason so far for the Boston Celtics, all of the wheeling and dealing the front office has partaken in has left a specific part of the rotation vulnerable heading into the 2022-23 season: their big man depth.

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3 ring-chasers the Boston Celtics can sign in free agency

The Boston Celtics are fresh off their first NBA finals berth in a dozen years and are now viewed differently by win-now veterans seeking a Championship.

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Boston Celtics: Dwight Howard, DeMarcus Cousins not on table

The Boston Celtics have a big man problem until Robert Williams III returns from arthroscopic knee surgery that was announced in September.His return is projected to be sometime in December or January.Without Williams, the Cs are relying on vet minimum bigs like Noah Vonleh, Blake Griffin, and Luke Kornet to get by - with Al Horford, Grant Williams, and Jayson Tatum absorbing the majority of the minutes in the absence of 'The Timelord.'

New York Daily News

Markieff Morris said the Nets were soft last year - and he's here to change that

New Nets forward and self-proclaimed "very tough guy," Markieff Morris said the perception about the Nets last season was that they were "soft."

New York Daily News

3 storylines to watch as the Nets enter training camp

Of all the seasons Nets GM Sean Marks has been in the running for Executive of the Year, this might be the year his peers tip their hats.

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