Lakers fans need a new impossible dream. Part of being a fan is thinking with your heart, dreaming of the improbable, maybe the impossible. And Lakers fans fascination with Kevin Garnett was always based on thinking with their hearts, because once your head got involved the dream was quickly shattered. The hearts of Lakers fans, […]
Archives for July 2007
I Shot the Logo
“Wen Roberts, 70, the longtime official photographer for the Lakers, Kings and Inglewood Forum, died Monday at his El Segundo home of complications from… Lou Gehrig’s disease, his wife, Mary, said.” Coca-Cola, Nike, the NBA logo… “Alan Siegel, who designed the logo to complement the Major League Baseball logo that Jerry Dior had designed in […]
Thoughts On Kobe, Christmas and Defense
Not a lot of news to write about, but there are a couple things of note. The first thing is over at Hoopshype.com (a site I visit regularly) myself, Brian Kamenetzky of the LA Times Lakers Blog, Kevin Ding of the Orange County Register (smart man, writes for the OC but lives in the South […]
Fast Break Thoughts
Here’s a roundup of thoughts and other things to help us get started on a Monday, sort of like a cup of coffee for the week. • I thought friend-of-the-site Nate Jones had an interesting piece about the referee/Tim Donaghy scandal over at Fanhouse — basically, it doesn’t bother him that much. My thoughts are […]
Getting Team USA Right
Today, Team USA is taking part in part of its “grueling†tryout camp in Las Vegas leading up to its participation in the FIBA Americas Championship next month, an event conveniently also taking place in Vegas (only because the president of Venezuela can be a little nuts). This upcoming tournament matters because the USA has […]
Your 07-08 Laker Roster?
The Lakers have resigned Chris Mihm for the coming year, so far the terms of the deal are not public. (Hat tip to Kwame a. in the comments for the link.) That brings 14 players under contract on the Lakers roster (once D. Fish puts pen to paper), and the team said they were only […]
Summer League Stats, Thoughts
Before we wave goodbye to Vegas, let’s take one more look back at the Summer League. (If you’d rather read my thoughts on Los Angeles’ mood about Kobe, read this post at True Hoop.) Let’s start with the stats — I’m only putting up the stats for four of the Laker players because, well, only […]
Summer Progress Report
After the Shaq trade, I think most Lakers fans realized it was going to take three to four years to really rebuild this team around Kobe, and that was if everything was done right. Contenders are not made overnight (look at how Phoenix, San Antonio and Dallas were assembled). How has it gone? Well, I’ve […]
Summer League First Person
One of my favorite parts of this blog (and I think some of the better stuff) came from my first-hand reporting of the Lakers happenings at the Summer Pro League in Long Beach the last couple of years. But, the Lakers have joined most of the rest of the NBA in Las Vegas, and I […]
Fish Back on the Menu
“Fisher changed agents over the weekend to be represented by Rob Pelinka, Bryant’s agent…” The OC Register is reporting 3 years at about 16 million dollars. Is this too much money for an aging but gutsy player with playoff, triangle, and Kobe Bryant experience? If you saw his performances in this year’s playoffs, you know […]