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Kobe, Lakers well aware of target on their backs
National Basketball Association

Kobe, Lakers well aware of target on their backs

Published Oct. 29, 2009 3:08 a.m. ET

In the final hours before the Los Angeles Lakers officially kicked off their NBA title defense, the topic of conversation just outside the team's locker room turned, naturally enough, to jewelry.

Rings, specifically.

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