Westbrook, a nine-time All-Star, would head to Utah after not fitting smoothly with LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Minnesota’s D’Angelo Russell will return to the Lakers, who drafted him in 2015.
Category: Los Angeles Lakers
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Lakers Agree to Trade Russell Westbrook in a Three-Team Deal
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Lakers Agree to Trade Russell Westbrook in a Three-Team Deal
The New York Times – Sports:Westbrook, a nine-time All-Star, would head to Utah after not fitting smoothly with LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Minnesota’s D’Angelo Russell will return to the Lakers, who drafted him in 2015.
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LeBron James Fans Around the World Came to See Him Break The Scoring Record
The New York Times – Sports:Fans of James, the N.B.A.’s biggest star, came from all over the world to see his record-breaking performance Tuesday. “I’m not going to regret the money that was spent. I would have regretted missing it,” one said.
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LeBron James Breaks Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA Scoring Record
The New York Times – Sports:James, the Los Angeles Lakers star, scored the record-breaking 38,388th point that had eluded generations of superstars.
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The Story of LeBron James’s 38,388 Points
The New York Times – Sports:Teammates. Competitors. Victims of his memes. They each have a story about James’s road to breaking the N.B.A. career scoring record.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Is Greater Than Any Basketball Record
The New York Times – Sports:His N.B.A. career scoring record has been broken, but his legacy of activism and his expansion of Black athlete identity endure.
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A Columnist and Basketball’s ‘Chosen One’
The New York Times – Sports:As LeBron James approaches the N.B.A.’s career scoring record, the former Times reporter Harvey Araton has been thinking about the way reporters have covered him.
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Like a Record, LeBron James’s Age Is Just a Number
The New York Times – Sports:Still among the best players in the N.B.A. at 38, James is now 36 points away from the league’s career scoring record. He could break it at home on Tuesday.
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Like a Record, LeBron James’s Age Is Just a Number
The New York Times – Sports:Still among the best players in the N.B.A. at 38, James is now 36 points away from the league’s career scoring record. He could break it at home on Tuesday.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Was the ‘Best Weapon in Basketball’
The New York Times – Sports:Everyone knew he was close to surpassing Wilt Chamberlain’s career scoring record in 1984. Opponents still couldn’t stop him.
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LeBron James Closes In on Scoring Record With Triple-Double
The New York Times – Sports:A triple double in an overtime win emphasized that James, who is on the verge of passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s career points total, is nowhere near done.