The first season grade for the team is in and it’s from Chad “I’ll go public with rumors faster than Hacksaw†Ford on ESPN Insider. Without giving out specifics of pay-per-view content, he blames everything on Kobe, including saying he forced Rudy T. into retirement. That made me more suspect of Ford than before, if […]
Archives for April 2005
On Tap: The Golden State Warriors
Yesterday against Dallas the Lakers made a fourth quarter run — +13 — with an interesting lineup: Kobe, Sasha Vujacic, Luke Walton, Jumaine Jones and Devean George. This is a lineup of guys essentially all the same height, between 6’6†and 6’8â€, something Isaiah Thomas might love. Yet it was a group that was able […]
Monday Morning Reading
Two quick things to read this morning. First, don’t assume all Laker teams are doing poorly. Second, another great article from Eric Pincus at Hoopsworld — 15 things to think about. One quote to whet your appetite: Teams aren’t going to go out of their way to send talent to the Lakers. In fact they’ll […]
Not The Worst Ever
With just three games left in the season, counting today’s likely loss to Dallas (how much fun will this game be to watch with both Dirk Nowitzki and Kobe Bryant questionable?), The Daily News’ Steve Dilbeck started the first of many Laker season wrap ups and report cards (including starting here on Thursday). His assessment: […]
The NBA’s Image
One of the fun things about having a blog is you get interesting email, like the one I got from Ryan, an University of Illinois freshman doing a paper on the NBA’s “image problem†and looking for comments on topics ranging from the proposed age limit to the glory days of the 1980s. We can […]
Sunderland Out. Who Is In?
Next fall, when we turn on Laker television broadcast’s with a renewed sense of hope, whose voice is going to greet us? Not Paul Sunderland. The reliable Bob Kaiser in the Long Beach Press Telegram reports that Sunderland is out. Does that mean Joel Meyers moves up from radio to television? The LA Times has […]
Town Hall Meeting
Mitch Kupchak stood on the firing line in front of about 350 season ticket holders last night at Staples Center and took — and dodged — questions for about an hour. As I said before I had a friend/spy at the event (who wished to remain nameless, so he will heretofore be referred to as […]
Fast Break
Clearing out my inbox: • Those plans we’ve all been hatching in our head about trading Lamar Odom this off-season just took a big blow with discussion of shoulder surgery. It was going to be a challenge to get value for him before, coming out of surgery on his shooting arm it may be next […]
Laker Throwback’s Are Keepers?
With all the nostalgia around last night’s Laker game and the great 1985 team (something I may touch on more in a future post, I enjoyed the trip down memory lane), it reminded me of what a great passing team that was. Obviously, any team with Magic Johnson at the point is going to move […]
Want Your Own Laker Championship Ring?
I know the readership demographics of this site are quite affluent (or, at least I like to believe they are in my delusional little world), so I’m passing along this rare opportunity. Sotheby’s will be auctioning off a set of nine Laker NBA championship rings. You can own the same rings as Jerry West does […]