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The floor of the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu is littered with all the trappings of training camp--errant balls, discarded headbands, rolls of tape, unidentifiable long-shot roster hopefuls (Von Wafer? Adam Parada?). Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak, casually clad, Hawaiian-style, lounges in the stands. Hall of Famer James Worthy chats with Kobe Bryant while another Hall of Famer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, plays mock defense on new power forward Kwame Brown. Players, drenched in their first official NBA sweat of the 2005-06 season, stretch, catch their breath and work on free throws.
"Not much different than any other training camp so far," says guard Aaron ...