The NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers have withdrawn their latest contract offer to free agent forward Lamar Odom, the Orange County Register said. The 10-year veteran had been offered a $30 million three-year contract or a $36 million four-year contract.

Los Angeles Lakers Coach Phil Jackson talked in a radio interview Tuesday about limiting his number of games next season. Jackson, who coached 10 NBA championship teams, turns 64 in September and spoke of health concerns in an ESPN Radio interview in Los Angeles as the sole reason behind any decision that would have the Hall of Fame coach unable to fulfill the final year of his current contract.

BOSTON _ None of these Lakers, these guys who got swept out of the Garden like a purple compost heap, bears the real pressure now. After this, the questions all land on Andrew Bynum. Son, you better be as good as you looked.

Somewhere in retirement, Jerry West is smiling, knowing that his protege, Mitch Kupchak, learned his lessons well.

The Los Angeles Lakers Friday acquired center Pao Gasol in a major trade with the Memphis Grizzlies.