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Stick a Fork in the Los Angeles LakersùThey’re Done

Posted: 1st April 2010 by Andre Vergara in NBA
In L.A., it’s as routine as Botox injections, sig alerts, and the sight of C-list actresses Googling directions to their Brazilian waxing appointments on their Blackberrys and having conversations about “the industry” on their iPhones while waiting for their soy chai mocha lattes at Starbucks. Yup, pronouncing the Lakers’ championship hopes dead is such an overblown pastime that even TMZ refuses to report it. By April, Kobe & Co. have been ...
Ding-dong, the witch is dead! Which old witch? The wicked witch! The cheap-suit-wearing, arms-folded-squinty-eyed-staring, no-halftime-adjustment-preparing witch! For Clipper Nation, two Mike Dunleavy bootings in one month is as good as it’s gonna get this season. If changing coaches was throwing the bucket of water on Dumbleavy, then firing him as GM without warning was dropping the house on him. If Donald Sterling could get him evicted from his L.A. home to boot, it would ...