The Lakers and Timberwolves have more in common than just their falls from Western Conference Finals to missing the playoffs (although Minnesota is not dead yet). These two teams have fallen for the exact same reason — defense. Or lack thereof. Knickerblogger did a good job a couple of days ago breaking down the Lakers […]
Archives for March 2005
Sunderland Gone?
The Los Angeles Times is reporting today that Paul Sunderland may be let go at the end of the season as the Lakers’ television play-by-play voice. Benmaller.com has added he has heard that radio play-by-play guy Joel Meyers is the frontrunner to fill the seat if Sunderland is released. I’m pretty neutral on Sunderland. He […]
Lakers vs. Clippers: So What?
The Way is what causes the people to have the same thinking as their superiors; they may be given death, or they may be given life, but there is no fear of danger and betrayal. — Sun Tzu, The Art Of War Most days when I see a Bill Plaschke column in the Times, I […]
Guest Blogger: Knickerblogger
With the Lakers taking on the Knicks today, I’m turning over this space to the man who is the dean, who sets the gold standard for NBA bloggers, Knickerblogger. My post appears on his site today. Greetings left coasters! I felt honored when Kurt asked me to switch blogs in lieu of our teams not […]
Carnival of the NBA
If you want to see what other NBA bloggers are saying — and what they are saying about each other — check out the latest Carnival of the NBA, which has stopped in Boston. Jeff did a good job with this one, even if he is taking a little too much pleasure in the Lakers’ […]
GM For A Day
Chucky, Chucky, Chucky. After reading a more complete version of his comments in the Daily News account of his “Kobe’s the GM†outburst it sounds like Atkins was speaking out of frustration. And he should be frustrated. I think Chucky has gotten a taste for starting and he likes it, his ego’s grown and he […]
On Tap: The Philadelphia 76ers
The ever-popular Chuck Atkins has given us the quote of the day, from the LA Times: “We haven’t spent a whole lot of time on defense at any practices this season,” Atkins said. “We have just played it by ear. And now, we’re struggling for it.” Wow, we would never have guessed. In the last […]
Things I’d Like To See The Last 14 Games
The playoffs are in the refrigerator. The eggs are cooling, the butter’s getting hard, the Jell-O is jigglin’. And the Lakers are on the outside looking in. Hamblen can yell from the mountaintops about the lack of effort all he wants (and he’s right, I just wished he’d yelled it at the players a lot […]
On Tap: The Denver Nuggets
When the Lakers season comes to an end — and without a win tonight that will be April 20th for sure — the first priority needs to be deciding on a team philosophy/hiring a coach that fits that mold. This year’s Lakers have been rudderless on offense and apparently never had a plan defensively. They […]
Fast Break
So many interesting things to write about. So much work to force me to do it in bullet form. • Stop me if you’ve heard this before: The Lakers let Utah shoot 62.5% (eFG%) in the first half and 64% for the game last night, when their season average is 47.3%. Gordan Giricek poured in […]