Phil Jackson/Lakers
LAP99061610 - 16 JUNE 1999 - BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, USA: Phil Jackson, left, who guided the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles this decade and has the league's best winning percentage in both regular season and the playoffs, shares a light moment with Los Angeles Lakers general manager Jerry West before officially announcing during a news conference in Beverly Hills June 16 he took the job as coach of the Lakers. wy/jr/Jim Ruymen UPI
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will be the next Los Angeles sports star to be immortalized with a statue outside Staples Center, the Lakers announced.
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The NBA announced Thursday Orlando's Dwight Howard and the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant led the voting for this year's All-Star Game.
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Basketball Hall of Fame member Pete Newell, who coached an NIT champion, NCAA champion and Olympic champion, died Monday at 93.
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