I’ve wanted a place like this for a while, kind of a Cheers on the Web for the growing number of smart and witty basketball fans looking for something different who are finding each other on the information superhighway. Well, like Cheers but you have to supply your own drink (as if Diane was going […]
Archives for October 2005
Laker Preview — Offense
Note: This is the second of two Laker preview articles, this one focusing on the offense. The defensive preview can be found here. Meet the new offense, same as the old offense. The triangle is back in L.A. But this is not your Shaq-daddy’s triangle — there’s more motion, attacks from the wing rather than […]
Fast Break
Fifth, and Final, Update: Green has made the team as the Lakers just officially cut Corie Blount. We needed (still need) another big man but we needed one who could stay healthy. Update Number Four: As of Monday morning, apparently Devin Green is in and Corie Blount may be the man on the outside. Update […]
Laker Preview — Defense
Note: We’re doing a two-part Laker preview this week, one part for each end of the court. Defense goes first, with offense to follow (likely on Saturday). We love our fancy statistics here at FB&G, but you really didn’t need them to figure out what was wrong with last season’s Lakers— it was the defense. […]
Jumaine Jones To Charlotte
Update: This trade is now official. This morning the Charlotte Observer is reporting that Jumaine Jones is about to be traded to the Bobcats for a second round pick (registration required). They say the trade could go down today. It is no shock that Jones is going to be traded — I actually had a […]
Preseason Stats
Let’s say this up front, six games — preseason games at that — is too small a sample size from which to draw big conclusions. That said, I love to jump to conclusions. Don’t even look where I’m leaping. Now that I’ve got this post’s cliche quota out of the way, we can say there […]
Minor Start
We know two things: 1) The Lakers are going to send a couple of players down to the D-League to start the season; 2) there are six players on the Laker roster now who qualify (in their first two years in the league). So, who gets sent down? Tony Bobbit? Andrew Bynum? Devin Green? Adam […]
Fast Break
Just a few notes from last night’s preseason game against Denver (the Lakers opening night opponent), plus some other stuff from around the NBA and the blogosphere: • While the offense looked a little smoother than in game one, there is still a long way to go before the starting five reaches a state one […]
The Grim Reaper
Smush Parker was born in Newark, grew up bouncing around the five boroughs and honed his game on NYC playgrounds, including “The Cage†at the West Fourth Street Park in Manhattan. He was known as “The Grim Reaper†— every time he went out on the court, he killed (to paraphrase Smush himself). He’s got […]
Fast Break
The Lakers have a preseason game tonight up in beautiful downtown Bakersfield. If anyone sees the game and has comments post them, as it again is not being televised. Since there are no game thoughts, here are some general ones. • Smush Parker apparently is going to be the Lakers starting point guard after all, […]