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Starring opening day in the NBA and the Lakers vs. the Bulls
- LAKERS: Lakers Gameday | 12/25/11 | Bulls
- Kobe Bryant Can’t Be Stopped; Patric Young Gives Us The Block Of The Year | Dime Magazine (dimemag.com) : Daily NBA News, NBA Trades, NBA Rumors, Basketball Videos, Sneakers
- Jordan's shadow hangs over new NBA season - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
- Lakers open season with a lot to prove | lakers, brown, bynum - Sports - The Orange County Register
- Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant says he's fine but stays mum on wrist - ESPN Los Angeles
- NBA -- Christmas lists for Opening Day - ESPN
- Lakers' wish list to Santa Claus - latimes.com
- Kobe Bryant takes full part in practice Saturday - latimes.com
- Shortened NBA season could be Clippers' long-awaited chance for relevancy - Jack McCallum - SI.com
↓ More after the jump ↓
L.A. Times
- Lakers' Kobe Bryant tries something new - latimes.com
- Chicago Bulls have more depth than the Lakers - latimes.com
- Teammates must compensate for Kobe Bryant's injury - latimes.com
- Lakers enter Christmas Day with questions - latimes.com
- Kobe Bryant takes full part in practice Saturday - latimes.com
- Andrew Bynum will be there for one more game, Lakers: Merry Christmas - latimes.com
- Lakers' wish list to Santa Claus - latimes.com
- Devin Ebanks, Matt Barnes maintain professionalism for starting spot - latimes.com
- Acquisition of Chris Paul boosts Clippers' ticket sales - latimes.com
NBA.com/Lakers.com
- LAKERS: Lakers Gameday | 12/25/11 | Bulls
- LAKERS: 2011-12 Season Preview: Guards
- LAKERS: 2011-12 Season Preview: Forwards
- LAKERS: 2011-12 Season Preview: Centers
- LAKERS: Lakers Video Shootaround Preview: Quin Snyder
Yahoo! Sports
- NBA season finally set to tip off on Christmas - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
- NBA 2011-12 season predictions - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
- Jordan's shadow hangs over new NBA season - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
- Billups sees Clippers as strange fit - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
ESPN
- NBA -- Christmas lists for Opening Day - ESPN
- Lakers-Bulls blog exchange with ESPN Chicago's Nick Friedell - ESPN Los Angeles
- Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant says he's fine but stays mum on wrist - ESPN Los Angeles
- Report -- Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant revisited German doctor for ankle - ESPN Los Angeles
- Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose on Eastern finals loss -- I'm not over it yet - ESPN Chicago
- Mike Brown names Devin Ebanks his starting small forward - ESPN Los Angeles
- Podkast w/Beto Duran: Kobe's wrist, wing depth, and Hall and Oates - ESPN Los Angeles
NY Times
- Which Teams Will Have the Stamina for a 66-Game Sprint? - NYTimes.com
- For Miami, High Hopes but Lower Volume - NYTimes.com
- In the N.B.A., a Sad History of Unlearned Lessons - NYTimes.com
- A.B.L. - Where Steinbrenner and 3-Pointers Started - NYTimes.com
- Celtics, With New Bench, Seek Another Title - NYTimes.com
ProBasketballTalk
- Super-Conductors, Super-Teams, and You: An analysis of where the mega-squads stand and are constructed | ProBasketballTalk
- Photos: Christmas kicks for LeBron, Kobe, Amar’e, and Durant all in one place | ProBasketballTalk
- The gift-giving guide for NBA Christmas Sunday | ProBasketballTalk
SLAM
- SLAM ONLINE | " Post Up: ’11-12 Season Preview
- SLAM ONLINE | " Stack’s Stats: Individual Statistical Milestones
- SLAM ONLINE | " Paul Pierce: Celtics’ Championship Window Still Open
Miscellaneous
- Kobe Bryant Can’t Be Stopped; Patric Young Gives Us The Block Of The Year | Dime Magazine
- Lakers open season with a lot to prove | lakers, brown, bynum - Sports - The Orange County Register
- Which way will they go? - X-Factor on every NBA team - FOX Sports Gallery
- Power Rankings: Heat start at top, but it's a new NBA from there - NBA - CBSSports.com
- The 12 Things of NBA Christmas - CBSSports.com
- The Point Forward " Posts X-Mas Special: NBA Opening Day primer "
- Shortened NBA season could be Clippers' long-awaited chance for relevancy - Jack McCallum - SI.com
- NBA Preview: Conference outlooks, games to watch and more - The Denver Post