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• Lakers assistant Chuck Person to interview for Warriors job - latimes.com
• Lakers Report Cards: Derrick Caracter | Lakers Blog | Los Angeles Times
• Watching the NBA playoffs provides reminders of what the Lakers don't have | Lakers Blog | Los Angeles Times
• A look at the candidates who could be the Lakers' new leading man - LA Daily News
• Shannon Brown: "I Did Not Sleep with Pau Gasol’s Woman!!!" | Laker Nation

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• Phoenix Suns president Rick Welts has a message: He's gay
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