Normally I would warn you to guard against getting sick by eating too much turkey and stuffing then trying to watch the Laker offense. But if the Lakers are going to get their offense looking like something less dysfunctional than the Bundys, this is the right team to do it against. Seattle has the worst [...]

First off, the latest Blogsphere Poll Rankings for the NBA are up over at yaysports.com. Detroit is now on top, with San Antonio, Dallas, Cleveland and Indiana rounding out the top five. The Lakers are ranked 22nd in the league, which is one spot below where I had them in my poll. ————————————– Losing five [...]

Thoughts after a game the Lakers should have won. • Kobe still taking way too many shots for the Lakers to win consistently, he is using about 34.7 possessions per 40 minutes (most of those are shots, but it includes things like turnovers), almost double the next highest Laker (Lamar Odom at 17.8) and by [...]

What is it with these Bulls and slow starts? Last season they started 0-9 but finished 47-35 and made the playoffs. This season they have started a little better 3-5, but they’re still in last place (because they are playing in the toughest division in basketball). The Bulls come to the West Coast on what [...]

Right now, the Clippers are clearly the best basketball team in Los Angeles. That much was evident Friday night. But I know what’s coming in the newspaper and on talk radio — “LA is now a Clippers town!” The thing is, this will always be a Lakers town, but that doesn’t make exciting copy, doesn’t [...]