The Lakers have a lot of young talent to play in the paint — Turiaf and Bynum lead the way — but they need to be more consistent. We’re counting on Kwame Brown to bring that steadiness. Wow. Never thought I’d type that.
Archives for November 2006
Preview & Chat: The Portland Trailblazers
Bynum’s Big Test. What a game from Andrew Bynum last night, obviously his best as a Laker — 20 points with a true shooting percentage of 74.6%, pulls down 14 boards, blocked three (changed many more) and is a team-best +14 on the night. He anticipated well on the defensive end and controlled the boards. […]
Preview & Chat: The Minnesota Timberwolves
Don’t Even Start. Yes the Timberwolves are in town but nobody should be mentioning a trade of that guy to this team. Not going to happen this season, probably a 1% chance it would ever happen. So stop it. Just stop it. Live in the moment. Sit Kobe? You need to check out the latest […]
Tall Ball
Small ball — or, trying to emulate the success of the Dallas Mavericks circa 2004 or the Phoenix Suns now — is clearly all the rage in the NBA, with teams from Golden State to New York giving it a shot in various forms. But a few teams — several that have looked successful so […]
Preview & Chat: The Seattle Supersonics (part two)
I suppose we should start with Kobe: He wasn’t the explosive Kobe that strikes fear into the hearts of mere mortals. There was certainly some rust. It appeared as if he looked to pass first and shoot second, feeling his way into the offense. All that said, Kobe did a good job of blending in […]
Preview & Chat: The Seattle Supersonics
UPDATE II: Kobe is playing tonight, he says so himself on his Web site. (Thanks to Rob for the heads up.) UPDATE: If you want to read a good preview, friend of the site Kevin Pelton has his up at the Sonics Web site. Lights Out: It was such a big hit, that the throwback […]
No Kobe, No problem
How could you not feel confident about this team after those two wins? What it’s shown me, more than anything, is that the Lakers have a depth this year that was certainly lacking last year. Oh, and that Lamar Odom is damn good — I love that when the Warriors made a little run late […]
Preview & Chat: The Golden State Warriors
And one more for the road: If the Lakers are going to win tonight — going 2-0 without Kobe — we need to see some of the same things we saw against the Suns, because the Warriors are Suns-lite this season. By my calculations last night, the Lakers took nearly 2/3 of their shots in […]