Right now, if I were a fan of the Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns or San Antonio Spurs, I’d be praying we could face the Lakers in the first round. The other three teams at the bottom of the West — the Clippers, Golden State and the Nuggets — are starting to put things together, playing […]
Archives for April 2007
Preview & Chat: The Denver Nuggets
Things I once thought impossible. The Lakers really miss Kwame. I say that not to pile on Bynum, but the young man has hit a stagnation point in his development. I think he’ll over come it, but he hurts us now. His mistakes are often those of inexperience, those of not recognizing the play or […]
Preview & Chat: The Phoenix Suns
I’m excited to watch some television today. The Sopranos and Entourage are back tonight — I may or may not feel good after watching the Lakers today, but I know I will have fun watching those two shows. And, that means dinner tonight at our house before the Sorpano’s — baked ziti. How to beat […]
Preview & Chat: The Seattle Supersonics
Smush is mad at Phil — do you think Phil even notices? Nate Jones has a good post up about Smush not really channeling his energy well, expressing the frustration a lot of us have with him. That frustration extends to Phil, the target of Smush’s scorn. Driving in to work I heard an interview […]
Frustration and Stagnation
Since the final buzzer of the Clippers game, I’ve felt very frustrated. I try not to write posts just to vent, so I’ve lived with that frustration for a while. But it’s not going away and there is good reason — the frustration stems from growing realization that these up and down Lakers are likely […]
Preview & Chat: The Los Angeles Clippers
Why Worry? There seems to be some chatter out in Laker land about who would be the best first-round matchup for the Lakers, San Antonio or Phoenix? (Or, Dallas, although that is an outside chance.) It doesn’t matter, right now the Lakers can’t beat any of them in a seven game series. They need to […]
Preview & Chat: The Denver Nuggets
Godspeed Cory Karl. The Nuggets will be without George Karl tonight as he is with his son, who is having throat cancer surgery. My best wishes to the Karl family. Ballhype.com. I had a whole post planned on this new site, which computer problems at home have cost me (for now at least). While I’m […]
NCAA Finals thread
If the Lakers had their choice of any players in tonight’s game to join the team next year, my two top choices would go to Ohio State players — Greg Oden (sorry Drew) and Mike Conley. But basketball remains a team game, and Florida not only has four starters with NBA talent but they play […]
Peeking into the future
The Lakers have always been somewhat shrouded in mystery — it may be the most prominent franchise in the NBA but it is run by just a few, a tight-knit family that rarely tips their hand in public (think the anti-Steinbrenners). So last week, when heir-apparent Jim Buss did a radio interview on 570 AM, […]
Preview & Chat: The Sacramento Kings
The up and down Jordan Farmar. Jordan Farmar is set to make history today — the Lakers are going to assign him to the D-League so he can play with the D-Fenders at 2:30, then after the game call him back up to the main team and he will suit up for the Lakers. If […]