Forum Blue And Gold

Traditionally in these previews, the focus is on the other team, its strengths and weaknesses, and how the Lakers match up. Today I’m taking a different tack — I plan to focus almost exclusively on the Lakers and life without Kobe, because if things aren’t going right in your own house it doesn’t matter who [...]

There’s less than one month to the NBA trading deadline. It’s also about the time of year when free agents to be start really positioning themselves for this summer. Combine those two factors and it makes late January and February the time of year when the most ludicrous of NBA rumors can get some play. [...]

I was at work for the first half of the Laker/Sonics game last night, and I had to do something I’ll do a lot more soon with an East Coast road swing coming up — “watch” the game on the Internet. And I can’t find a good way to do that. I think I’m spoiled [...]

If you lived in Seattle, were forced to spend too much time indoors because of the rain, loved the Sonics, and had an unhealthy obsession with Legos, what would you do? Build a life-size Lego Ray Allan, of course. I think the best chance for a Laker win tonight comes if the Lego Ray Allen [...]

Let’s talk for a second about the three-point play — not the one the Lakers are attempting 30 of a game these days (except when playing well) but rather the more exciting one, the bucket and the foul. The driving force behind the Crazy From The Heat blog figured out the number of “and one” [...]