Sparked by emailed questions and conversations with people in the business of NBA information, I’m using the All-Star Break to look at some bigger picture questions about NBA blogging. Today’s topic: How credible are blogs? And how NBA teams are dealing with them? It’s the first question asked about bloggers, the first charge thrown out [...]

Sparked by emailed questions and conversations with people in the business of NBA information, I’m using the All-Star Break to look at some bigger picture questions about NBA blogging. Today the post talks about the growth of NBA blogs and why people are reading them — and a lot more of you are reading them. [...]

Time to clear out the inbox (and the inbox in my head) of thoughts and notes heading into All Star Weekend. UPDATE: The reports are back on Kobe’s finger injury and you can’t like the sound of it: Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant has been diagnosed with a complete tear of the radial collateral [...]

Records: Lakers 34-17 (5 seed); T-Wolves 10-40 (Hello Michael Beasley) Offensive ratings: Lakers 113 (3rd); T-Wolves 101.9 (29th) Defensive ratings: Lakers 106.7 (8th); T-Wolves 111.5 (27th) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Vladimir Radminovic, Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol T-Wolves: Sebastian Telfair, Marco Jaric, Corry Brewer, Ryan Gomes. Al Jefferson UPDATE: Kidd Going To [...]

Today, I want to ask you a few questions. And for a change it is not about on-the-court basketball or front office moves. (We’ll be back to those topics tomorrow.) Rather, it’s about where you get your NBA/Lakers news and information. And, how you evaluate the options out there. The reason I’m asking is for [...]