Arielle Moyal

Lakersnation.com writer. Bruin Undergrad. CSULB GPSM Masters. Sports Fanatic. Lover of everything food & LA. Oscar Wilde said the greatest sin is to be boring. Follow Arielle on @ajmoyal and on her blog.
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Lakers Rumors & News Recap: The Lakers Upgrades and What Magic Has to Say

Seeing a 17th championship come to L.A. this year would be a dream, and many people think with the acquisition of Steve Nash this could be possible. Taking a close look at the revamped Lakers roster still presents some questions. For one,…

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Lakers Rumors & News Recap: Why Mitch Is The Man, And Other Trade Rumors

I love Mitch Kupchak. He happens to run one of the best franchises in the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers and has been doing so since he ended his NBA career in 1986, after playing for the Lakers himself for…

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Lakers Rumors & News Recap: How the Olympics Are Affecting Kobe

Kobe Bryant was surprised during yesterday's game against France by one very special guest in attendance, Michelle Obama. The First Lady of the United States of America watched Team USA play their game and waited until afterwards to meet the…

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Lakers Rumors & News Recap: 3 Months to the Start of the Season, Still Problems

It is hard to imagine that in almost three months the Lakers season opener will be taking place against the Dallas Mavericks on October 30th. This seems surprising as the team still has a number of logistical kinks to figure…

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Lakers Rumors & News Recap: Hurricane Howard May Become a Light Drizzle

Dwight is never going to leave Orlando. As time goes on, with more back and forth, more trade headaches, more he said- she said, Howard will be less and less likely to m0ve anywhere. The Magic won’t trade Dwight Howard…

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Lakers Rumors & News Recap: Changes Are Coming, But It’s Not The Lakers

Not too much has been going on in La La Land, except for the impeding wait to see if this Howard trade will ever go through. Orlando hasn't made its mind up yet as to where Howard will go next…

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Lakers Rumors & News Recap: Summer League is Over, So What’s Next?

Thursday marked the end of the summer league for the Lakers as they beat their cross-town rival the LA Clippers 75-69. Christian Eyenga led the Lakers in scoring with 22 points, a high for the team, but overall the Lakers…

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Lakers Rumors & News Recap: How the Summer League Team is Doing So Far

The Lakers summer league team lost last night to the Heat 106-56. With the Lakers making a third of the total points that night, the game marked another disappointing loss, setting L.A. back to 0-3 in Summer League games. They…

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Lakers Rumors & News Recap: Gasol is Pumped and Kobe is Retiring…Soon

It is hard to imagine a Lakers team without Kobe Bryant, but one day he is going to have to retire. Who would have thought that this Lakers guard thinks his career will only last two more years? With two years…

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Lakers Rumors & News Recap: Free Agents and a Ballsy Kobe Challenge

Do you think you could take on Kobe Bryant in a game of 1 on 1? Would you bet $50,000 on it? Well that is what Kyrie Irving of Cleveland did yesterday during practice with Team USA. Kyrie was chosen…

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