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The Los Angeles Lakers have reached an agreement in principle with former Cleveland coach Mike Brown to succeed Phil Jackson, the team said Wednesday. "We've met with Mike and are very impressed with him," said a statement issued by the Lakers. "In addition, we have an outline ...

Starting center Andrew Bynum is out of the Los Angeles Lakers' lineup for their game against the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night with a bone bruise in his left knee. Lakers coach Phil Jackson isn't sure how long the shot-blocking 7-footer will be sidelined with the latest knee ...

Phil Jackson says humbug to the NBA's Christmas schedule. The 11-time NBA champion coach restated his longtime opposition to Christmas games Tuesday night before his Los Angeles Lakers faced the Milwaukee Bucks in their final tuneup before Saturday's visit from the Miami Heat. Jackson said he wonders why Christian ...

How's this for a tame twist in the Sunshine State rivalry: Orlando's Stan Van Gundy is coming to the defense of Miami coach Erik Spoelstra. A day after Lakers coach Phil Jackson said Spoelstra's job could be in jeopardy if the Heat don't start winning soon, ...

Add Lakers coach Phil Jackson to the (long) list of folks poking/praising the Miami Heat this season. Jackson says his Lakers can’t chase the 70-win mark this season but the Heat can. At least that’s what he told reporters in Denver today after his team’s shootaround for tonight’s game ...

They passed the moment from person to person in scripted, sometimes symbolic, handoff, Phil Jackson collecting his ring and saying a few words about Luke Walton, Walton accepting his title spoils and praising Lamar Odom, Odom stepping from the bench area to near midcourt to get ...

Have you ever seen those beef jerky commercials where the campers mess with Sasquatch? That’s Phil Jackson and the Miami Heat. The Zen Master took out his stick yesterday and poked the bear a bit, suggesting more than talent goes into winning a title. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh? ...

Andrew Bynum popped champagne in the middle of the hallway outside the Lakers locker room. Ron Artest lost his voice, screaming at the top of his lungs while clutching what the Lakers had worked for all season. But the moment that may very well stand out was the image ...

Phil Jackson wants a better sustained effort from the Lakers against the Oklahoma City Thunder. He got it for one quarter in the playoff opener, then watched the defending champions lose energy the rest of the way. The Lakers won 87-79 Sunday mostly on the strength of their ...

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson has been fined $35,000 for publicly criticizing game officials, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations. Jackson was fined for comments made after the Lakers' 100-81 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday, April ...