Forum Blue And Gold

There are going to be a variety of previews on this site between now and Oct. 28 (the first game), but with the roster largely set (at least for the guys getting the majority of the minutes) it’s time to start looking at the squad. One of our insightful members here, Drrayeye, did that in [...]

After a few days going through withdrawals without my laptop, time to clear out the inbox in bullet point form. UPDATED: Great stuff today from the OC Register, talking about Kuchak checking up on Bynum: “Andrew has dedicated another summer to getting into the best possible shape,” Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said. “A month [...]

It’s about five weeks until the Lakers head into training camp. Five weeks with really no basketball to speak of as we watch the start of football (both American and in Europe) and writers and bloggers start working on team previews. And when those previews come out, a lot of people are going to pick [...]

Here’s my prediction — not only is the USA going to win the gold in Beijing, it will win it in London in 2012, too. I’ll explain the second prediction first. One thing has been pretty clear in these Olympics and said by Kelly Dwyer among others — the USA is the best NBA-style team [...]

I think my premise here is pretty simple: Argentina may well give the USA their toughest test to date, but I don’t think Argentina can beat the USA unless the Americans help out. A few thoughts to flesh that out. Argentina will try to slow the game down (the USA is at 81 possessions per [...]