Lakers Release Third Player In Two Days originally appeared on Athlon Sports. So far this offseason, the Los Angeles Lakers have had some major changes. The team lost Dorian Finney-Smith in free agency to the Houston Rockets, but they also signed Deandre Ayton after he was bought out by the Portland Trail Blazers.

The New York Knicks have a couple of different directions they can go in to add to their team this offseason. There are veterans across the board that are notab

Rising to third all-time on the scoring list, Kobe Bryant was drafted by the Lakers out of Lower Merion High School in Pennsylvania in 1997. He quickly became a star, dueling with Michael Jordan in his first All-Star Game in 1998 and teaming with Shaquille O’Neal to bring Los Angeles a three-peat (2000, 2001, 2002).

Garrett was a 6-foot-7, 190-pound forward who came to Los Angeles in 1983 as a free agent after spending three previous seasons with the Houston Rockets. He played four years of college basketball — two with Austin Peay State University in Tennessee and two with Oral Roberts University — and averaged 17.0 points and 6.7 rebounds a game.