...wants to start, and he also insists nobody told him the Grizzlies would be rebuilding after a 24-58 season. And Iverson , who was passed Kobe Bryant for 16th place on the NBA's career scoring list Friday night, apparently doesn't feel...

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The Lakers ' Kobe Bryant , dunking over Memphis guard O.J. Mayo , had 41 points en route to becoming the 17th player in NBA history to score 24,000 career points. Twitter: Our NBA reporters tweet on pro hoops, more | Chris Colston | Jeff...

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In 2007, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant decided to request a trade because he felt that management wasn't making the right moves to build a championship team. The Chicago Bulls were rumored to have the best shot at acquiring him...

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...place of Bynum at center and Lamar Odom took Gasol's spot at power forward for the sixth time this season. Plus, the Lakers still had Kobe Bryant healthy and clicking on all cylinders. He led the Lakers with 41 points on 19-of-30 shooting...

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Originally published Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:04 PM Kobe reaches 24,000 points, leads Lakers past Griz Kobe Bryant scored 41 points while becoming the youngest player to reach 24,000, leading the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers to...

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...it," said Lakers coach Phil Jackson. "Tonight we kept going down there in the post to him. That was killer instinct out there tonight." Allen Iverson , who was signed in the off-season but has complained about his reserve role with Memphis ,...

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Kobe scores 24,000th point as short-handed Lakers get by Grizzlies LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant always credits his mentors and teachers when he rolls past a scoring milestone. Given the manner in which he hit his latest superlative, he felt...

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There were two milestones for Kobe Bryant on Friday night during the Lakers' 114-98 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies at Staples Center. By scoring 41 points, Bryant became the youngest player in NBA history to score at least 24,000...

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...55 in April against New York. Quentin Richardson had 19 points and nine rebounds for Miami (4-1). Wade outdueled Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas , who scored 32, in a game that was deadlocked down the stretch until the final minute. With...

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... Miami is working to improve on last season's fifth-place finish in the East. How much taller is LeBron James than you? "About four or five inches," Dwyane Wade replied with a laugh. "They're all about three or four inches taller than...

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...plays for Beasley that we run for Haslem, we don't involve Beasley in the pick and roll/pop with Wade as we use Haslem, Beasley and Wade play almost independently, and the second unit hardly ever pass the ball to Beasley. Spo has no plan to...

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...score that many in a Heat uniform According to STATS LLC , among the other 42 active players on the list, only LeBron James ( FSY ) and Allen Iverson ( FSY ) have a higher scoring average than Wade , who reached the plateau in his 397th...

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...in a Heat uniform According to STATS LLC , among the other 42 active players on the list, only LeBron James and Allen Iverson have a higher scoring average than Wade , who reached the plateau in his 397th regular-season game. Heat center...

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Fans boo Jackson before and during game Fans booed Stephen Jackson when he was announced in the starting lineup Wednesday during the Warriors' season opener against Houston. They booed whenever he had the ball in his hands more than a...

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Warriors swingman Stephen Jackson said he knew it was coming. The boos. "Fans are so predictable about that," he said. "Any time you say you want to leave, that's going to happen. I was prepared for it. They can do it all they want. I'm...

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...in 81 games, but only appeared in the final 3 minutes of regulation 44 times, logging 91 minutes - more than 50 fewer than Dwyane Wade , Haslem, Mario Chalmers and Daequan Cook were called upon to get in the deciding minutes. One of his...

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... Phil Jackson and Gregg Popovich are -- and they are great -- but they know that their rings came from coaching Michael Jordan , Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan , respectively. Doc Rivers went from winning 24 games to 66 the year...

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...done over the past two months. "People need to stop making this personal," Jackson said. "I hear, ' The Warriors have done a lot for Stephen Jackson.' Well I've done a lot for the Warriors , too. They didn't make me play basketball like I...

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