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A bit of a frustrating loss because, even though they were outplayed for most of the game, that was one the Lakers could have stolen at the end. Plenty of room for improvement, but not a bad outing for the first game either. I think there were two key areas that cost the Lakers the [...]

Records: Lakers 0-0; Rockets 0-0 Offensive ratings: Lakers NA; Rockets NA Defensive ratings: Lakers NA; Rockets NA Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Luke Walton, Ronny Turiaf, Kwame Brown; Rockets: Rafer Alston, Tracy McGrady, Shane Battier, Chuck Hayes and Yao Ming. Lakers Notes: Finally, we can talk a little basketball and not soap [...]

Last Years Record: 42-40 Key Additions: Derek Fisher; getting rid of Smush Parker (a clear case of addition by subtraction); Javaris Crittenton Jean Dixon couldn’t predict what will happen to this year’s Lakers, so let’s just try to answer your questions. Is it possible to go a few days without being bombarded with Kobe-centric headlines? [...]

I have bumped up this great comment from JonesontheNBA (he of Fanhouse and his own blog): The irony of Kobe and Bynum is that it kind of reminds me of Shaq and Kobe. Shaq not liking the young brash kid with tons of potential that the organization seemed to love more than him seems a [...]

Here’s the latest round of NBA blogger previews. Sunday, my Lakers preview for this series will go up. Washington Wizards Bullets Forever Orlando Magic Believing In Magic Third Quarter Collapse Miami Heat I Want to be a Sports Agent Crazy From The Heat Atlanta Hawks Impending Firestorm Atlanta Hawks Blog Charlotte Bobcats Bobcat Bonfire Archives [...]