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I watched some NBA playoff games, read what I could about the Lakers and went to the LA Times Festival of Books. Here are some thoughts: • Phil Jackson Watch: The Lakers are meeting Tuesday with Jackson to talk coaching, according to Joel Meyers. Phil also is scheduled to talk to the New York Knicks [...]

Normally at this time of year in Los Angeles Laker flags start popping up on cars like cherry blossoms in Washington DC. Everywhere you turned people were wearing Laker gear, talking playoffs and showing some civic pride. This year we get the “news” that Phil Jackson is a viable coaching candidate. Shocking. Today, I’m wearing [...]

There are many paths to enlightenment. Be sure to take one with a heart. -Lao Tzu I was worried at first when I heard Mitch Kupchak say there was no set blueprint for the rebuilding of the Lakers. But the more I thought about it, the more I saw a Zen-like wisdom in the idea [...]

This has been a hard season to be a Laker fan. A hard season to watch if you love basketball. Back in October we entered the season with muted expectations after the trade of Shaq, but this was not a team without talent. I thought — we all thought — that as the season wore [...]

The letter of the day is K, as in Knickerblogger, who came up with an interesting way to put to put together the latest Carnival of the NBA post, then blamed it on an 80s band. Whatever reason he uses, it’s still a good way to find out what else NBA bloggers are saying.