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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
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