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Recent Laker News:
Lakers hire Hodges as Special Assistant
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson has reached back into his past, hiring former Chicago Bulls guard
Craig Hodges as a special assistant coach.
Lakers sign Will Conroy (9/20)
EL SEGUNDO, Sept. 19 - The Los Angeles Lakers have signed free agent guard Will Conroy, it was announced today. Per team
policy, terms of the agreement were not released.
Conroy, a 6-2 guard out of the Universityof Washington, played all four years for the Huskies, averaging 9.2 points and
4.3 assists in 121 games. The Seattle native finished his career at Washington as the all-time leader in assists for a career
(515) and season (219 in 2005) while ranking 21st among all-time UW scorers with 1,113 points.
Divac Retires, will stay with Lakers
Lakers center Vlade Divac plans to retire as a player but will remain with the team as an assistant coach and scout, a Serbian
newspaper reported yesterday.
"It is enough," Divac told the Blic daily. "No, I won't play the next season. I'll work for the Lakers
as an assistant coach and an international scout."
Lakers must plan for 2007 without Yao, Stoudemire , By Kevin Ding, OC Register (9-1)
Many of the Lakers' plans lie in the hands of others - and those hands can sign contracts elsewhere. The Houston Rockets are
expected to announce today that Yao Ming has signed a five-year extension, and the Phoenix Suns plan to lock up Amare Stoudemire
before he can become an unrestricted free agent in 2007.
Lakers vice president of player personnel Jim Buss said last week the Lakers' goal is "to be great in two years."
Buss made clear that not having anyone besides Kobe Bryant and Lamar Odom on a guaranteed contract in 2007 is to save salary-cap
space for a big offer to a free agent.
(more at link)
Lakers hire Hamblen, Rambis and Shaw as assistants
(08-29) 14:58 PDT El Segundo, Calif. (AP) --
Frank Hamblen, Kurt Rambis and Brian Shaw have been hired to serve as assistants under returning Los Angeles Lakers coach
Phil Jackson.
Hamblen served as the Lakers' head coach for the second half of last season as the successor to Rudy Tomjanovich, who
resigned 43 games into a five-year contract, citing health concerns.
(more at link)
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