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Can you feel the love: a happy--or at least tolerant--relationship between star player and coach is the key to success for several teams, most notably the Lakers.(NBA PREVIEW)

The Sporting News

| October 28, 2005 | Deveney, Sean | COPYRIGHT 2005 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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 ...

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