We know Lakers fans are still hungry for more images and videos from media day. Here are a few exclusive images from the annual sacred gathering. We also have have a video of Kobe being interviews on AM570.
Click ‘Continue…’ to take a look through all the photos, there are a few great shots!
TheLakersNation.com Exclusive Report!
Media Day — Monday, September 29th
By Chris Manning
Media day was quite an experience. It is an event I always looked at as some sacred ground for the top media members. This year, however, I was fortunate to go as a representative of TheLakersNation.com with KLAC AM570. So above all else, thank you KLAC for allowing TheLakersNation.com to join you!
For the first time, I was going to experience media day first hand and I’m happy to write this up for everyone else exclusively here at TheLakersNation.com
I arrived there a bit early, around 10:15AM. The facility is also where the L.A. Kings practice, the entire place is just stunningly beautiful. When I arrived and got into the gym area where media day was being held, I couldn’t help but notice the little things. The championship trophies up by Buss’ office window, the big Lakers logo in the center of the court, and the look of an NBA regulation basket. All these things immediately triggered one thing for me – Lakers basketball is officially back.
Here are the pictures everyone goes crazy over every year! Great shot of Kobe, Gasol and Bynum. Enjoy!
O.C. Register: From the desk of Philip D. Jackson, coach of nine NBA champions:
I’ve got to use up this old “From the desk of” stationary, because by the time this season ends, that clause about “nine NBA champions” is probably going to need amending to “10.”
I’m not one for putting the future ahead of the present, but my 2008-09 Lakers will have much more than Kobe Bryant: As Mitch Kupchak put it recently, this long and deep roster has me “challenged to get really creative.”
That makes this a big training camp for me, which is why I’m staying organized by writing this little memo to myself. I already feel as fresh as my four newborn and toddling grandkids after a summer without any hip-replacement surgeries.
Now we get to work Tuesday, meaning four full weeks before the regular season starts Oct. 28 vs. Portland (very young team, but an NBA Finals darkhorse in my book, by the way!) to figure some things out about our situation.
Summing up the key issues for camp: the Andrew Bynum situation, the small-forward situation, the rotation situation, the power situation and the “Aha!” situation. (“Situation” is my favorite bail-out word when I speak, and I can’t help but even overuse it here while in this writing sit- … hmm, this writing position.)
Continue reading ‘5 things to watch for in Lakers training camp’
Inside The Lakers: Luke Walton said that he needs another “couple of weeks” before his surgically repaired right ankle is ready for full, 5-on-5 games, but that he’ll be working on his conditioning and agility in the meantime.
Sun Yue (mononucleosis) did not attend media day. His fever was still too high, and he did not see the doctor today. An update on his condition will be given Tuesday after he sees Dr. John Moe.
Kobe Bryant addressed the issue of whether he intends to play in Europe, an issue that was sparked by an off-hand comment he made to a reporter at the Olympics in Beijing. Bryant laughed about the situation, saying he was cracking a joke, and downplayed the story.
The Lakers begin training camp Tuesday morning at 10 a.m.
My boy Elie Seckbach put together a great report from Media Day today. Take a look, there’s some great stuff on here!
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Comments with Kobe and Bynum… BFF.
He seems happy and energetic. Can’t wait for next Tuesday. 
CBS: The speculation is over.
Kobe Bryant reported to Lakers Media Day on Monday morning in El Segundo.
He is also with the team as they head for training camp in Hawaii.
A media circus mobbed the Lakers superstar, as he answered questions about his turbulent off-season.
You can watch Jim Hill’s interview with Kobe Bryant right here.
As NBA camps open, Lakers coach has serious doubts about his team.
ChicagoSports.com: Phil Jackson sat sipping his favorite soft drink, the Arnold Palmer mixture of lemonade and iced tea. Jackson’s cane, the one he uses as he recuperates from a second hip-replacement surgery, lay an easy putt away. Behind Jackson, the sun began to set into the glittering Pacific Ocean. The symbolism was obvious, even to me.
Is the sun about to set, not only on the brilliant coaching career of the newest NBA Hall of Fame coach but also on the glorious success enjoyed by the Los Angeles Lakers?
“We’re at a critical point,” conceded Jackson. “Players [once] jumped to get the opportunity to play with the Lakers. It meant an opportunity to maybe win a championship. Now we have to compete real hard for free agents.
“This is a team that is probably the No. 1 [road] fan attraction. It’s got a mystique about it. We are definitely covetous of that past. We know Kobe Bryant is one of the reasons why we are the team that draws like that. We need to add to that, by our play or the bettering of talent.”
NBA training camps open Monday for the 2007-08 regular season, which starts Oct. 30. There are many interesting story lines beyond the intrigue inside the Staples Center, like the San Antonio Spurs’ quest for their first championship repeat and the rebirth of the Boston Celtics with All-Stars Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen joining Paul Pierce. There’s the Western Conference challenges posed by the Phoenix Suns with Grant Hill, and the Dallas Mavericks along with the revitalized Houston Rockets, now with international star Luis Scola and new coach Rick Adelman.
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