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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]