The Miami Heat aren’t the only team getting good players at bargain prices.

Free-agent forward Matt Barnes has agreed to a two-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, according to Yahoo Sports.

Barnes reportedly will be paid $3.6 million, about half what the Cleveland Cavaliers offered for the same two-year period. He chose to join the two-time defending champions and return to California, where he was born, raised and played at UCLA.

Barnes, a feisty defender, is likely to back up Kobe Bryant and Ron Artest. He started 58 games for the Orlando Magic last season, averaging 8.8 points and 5.5. rebounds.

The Lakers will be Barnes’ eighth team in eight NBA seasons.

The Lakers also signed veteran center Theo Ratliff on Thursday.

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Best Missed Dunk of the Playoffs!

From the site of Terezowens.com

My exclusive source within the Laker’s organization has indeed confirmed that Khloe Kardashian is pregnant with Lamar Odom’s child..They are still waiting to release the news to the media, as they are busy negotiating who will be getting the rights for the pictures, stories, etc..Congrats to Lamar and Khloe..now you guys are stuck dealing with each other forever. Good luck with that. -TO

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It takes five gun-toting men to keep Kobe Bryant from stepping on the basketball court — we’re told the superstar had to miss a Los Angeles Lakers practice this morning in the wake of a violent robbery in his neighborhood.

Sources close to the team tell TMZ Kobe was issued an “excused absence” from a team shootaround at the Lakers practice facility this morning.

Unfortunately for the Utah Jazz, we’re told Kobe is expected to play tonight.

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