EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Kobe Bryant will have surgery Wednesday on his torn right rotator cuff, likely ending his 19th season with the Los Angeles Lakers.
It's been reported that he was going to Houston, then on the fence about leaving Los Angeles - and $30 million on the table, but Dwight Howard is heading to the Rockets.
Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss has died. Buss had been fighting on undisclosed form of cancer, but according to Buss' assistant, Bob Steiner, the "immediate cause of death was kidney failure." He was 80.
Kobe Bryant poured in 34 points and Pau Gasol added 13, including a driving dunk in the closing second to cement L.A.'s 100-94 win over the Knicks on Christmas Day at Staples Center.
Carmelo Anthony scored 34 of his own in the losing effort with J...