After Team USA’s recent win over Brazil, it was hard to remain optimistic about their chances to bring home the gold. The Brazilians were able to expose Team USA during long stretches on both sides of the basketball before dropping a game for the first time in these FIBA World Championships. Both teams got out […]
Archives for August 2010
Around the World (Wide Web)
From Broderick Turner, LA Times: If you are a Lakers fan and you happened to catch USA defeat Brazil, 70-68, Monday in Istanbul in the FIBA (International Basketball Federation) World Championship, you had to see Lamar Odom do what he does best. Odom was so bad one moment and then so good the next moment. […]
Master Movements – Part II
In this post, we continue our look at Kobe Bryant and how his commitment to fundamentals has helped make him the player that he is today. In our previous posts, we’ve discussed how Kobe’s use of fundamentals help shape his game and greatly contribute to his offensive success. We’ve shown how footwork plays a major […]
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From Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel: Amid all this Miami Heat chatter, why exactly isn’t anyone talking about the Los Angeles Lakers flirting with history? Phil Jackson’s team, after all, plays in the Western Conference. And he already has coached one 72-win team. No, this is not a bandwagon of choice, at least not this offseason, […]
Around the World (Wide Web): WBC Edition
Team USA has looked very good in their two games against Croatia and Slovenia thus far. Below are a few links on Team USA’s performance up to this point and a little on the rest of the competition. From Matt Haubs, The Painted Area: Um, so, yeah, about that pick of Spain to win the […]
Fast Break Thoughts
We kick off the first day of the FIBA World Championships with some fast break thoughts. *Competitive basketball (where teams are actually trying to win something meaningful) returns today with the start of the FIBA World Championships in Turkey. There are loads of good previews for this tourney all over the web so if you’re […]
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From Erickson Beco, MB.com: Spanish National Basketball Association (NBA) superstar Pau Gasol has been in the business for quite some time now. He may not be the typical NBA power forward as what characterizes the previous crop of the league’s stars (and largely, maybe, owing to the European brand of play where big men literally […]
2009-10 Player Review: Derek Fisher
In 1996, there is no way the Lakers could have known that they were drafting a future five time NBA Champion, the future president of the player’s union and one of the most stand-up guys in all of sports. Considering Derek Fisher’s roller coaster season, the Lakers still don’t know exactly what to expect from […]
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From Kevin Ding, OC Register: A year from now, Brian Shaw probably won’t get to vacation in Cabo in relative anonymity anymore. Shaw figures to be the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, perhaps the three-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers. So well aware of that is he that Shaw is lying low […]