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I can’t take these brutal Southern California winters, I mean it barely got up to 65 degrees yesterday. How can a man live in these conditions? So, my family and I are off for 10 days in Kauai, where the low yesterday was 70. While I may watch a Laker game while sipping on a [...]

First, let’s enjoy last night for another minute. This is what I’ve come to enjoy about this team: With the game still hanging in the balance late, and with the Lakers having the best go-to clutch player in basketball on their team, the Lakers got the ball to third-line center Ronny Turiaf. He turns and [...]

Don’t Sleep on the Spurs. There seems to be a lot of taking the Spurs for granted this season (and in the comments on this site), but that would be foolish. They have the second best point differential in the league (nearly tied with Phoenix). They have the fifth-rated offense in the league with 110.8 [...]

No Odom. No Kwame. Still, the Lakers are 7-3 in the last 10, 5-2 without Kwame. At a time many would be happy just playing .500 ball until we get healthy, this team continues to show its depth and beat expectations. And they continue to be exciting to watch. It’s all we can ask for [...]

Webber to Detroit. Not a shock, but Webber made his choice. It wasn’t money or effort on the Lakers part (Kobe and Mitch talked to Webber over the weekend). The issue was playing time — in LA he’d have to fight for it, in Detroit he’ll get a lot more right from the start, particularly [...]