[picappgallerysingle id=”9542547″] USA Basketball finalized its 12-man roster for the 2010 FIBA World Championships yesterday afternoon and as expected, the Lakers’ Lamar Odom was selected as one of its representatives. Odom will be joined by Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose, Rudy Gay, Chauncey Billups, Danny Granger, Russell Westbrook, Eric Gordon, Stephen Curry, Kevin Love, Tyson Chandler […]
Archives for August 2010
Team USA v. Greece: Preview and Chat
This morning, the US National team will take on the Greeks, in Greece, in another preparation game for the World Championships. The US National team are fresh off a one-point victory over the Spaniards which ended with a game winning block by Kevin Durant. The Greeks have been in the news lately because of their […]
The Decade’s Top 10 Lakers Moments We’d Like to Forget
[picappgallerysingle id=”522218″] Sometimes, I wish there were a way to control sports teams with the simple click of a TIVO remote–recording iconic moments, rewinding great plays, fast-forwarding through lulls and deleting moments we can’t bear to watch again. However, if we simply clicked “erase” on those ominous dark days, we’d also miss out on all […]
Fast Break Thoughts
With a lull in legitimate Lakers’ news, time to take another look around the league and sprinkle in some other random thoughts… *I don’t know about you, but for some reason I’m always interested in what’s going on with former Lakers – especially when they sign with other teams. So, you better believe I had […]
Around the World (Wide Web)
From Mike Trudell, Basketblog: With 7:42 left in the second quarter of Team USA’s Sunday exhibition game against Spain in Madrid, the Spaniards had begun to come back from an explosive Team USA start. With an early 16-point lead trimmed to eight due thanks to the play of Ricky Rubio, a draftee of Kurt Rambis’ […]
Preview and Chat: Team USA vs. Spain
It may not be a Lakers game, but there is actual basketball on today that is well worth a watch as Team USA faces Spain in a warm up to the FIBA World Championships that begin next weekend. This is the first time that these two countries have faced off since the 2008 Olympics gold […]
Master Movements
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. As we’ve stated in previous posts, it’s easy to appreciate Kobe Bryant. He typically makes at least one jaw dropping play a game that gets Lakers fans and opponents […]
Forward Thinking
[picappgallerysingle id=”8485060″] In recent weeks, the topic of the “positional revolution” has become a hot topic amongst basketball thinkers. It started with a thought provoking post by Drew Cannon at Basketball Prospectus and has been expanded upon by more thought provoking entriesby Rob Mahoney at The Two Man game. The concept is a simple one (at […]
Dueling Three-Peats
[picappgallerysingle id=”9177832″] As the Lakers look ahead to a possible second three-peat in the last 11 years, ‘Forum Blue & Gold’ plays a game of compare and contrast between the 2000-2002 Lakers and the current back-to-back defending champions. Who would win in a head-to-head match-up of these two teams (assuming we could clone Kobe and […]
Dr. Buss Speaks, You Should Listen
If you haven’t had the chance, you should go read Dave McMenamin’s article on Jerry Buss’ media session held at a fundraiser event for the Lakers Youth Foundation. In the piece, you’ll read the the good Dr. spoke on a variety of topics including the Lakers’ payroll, his hall of fame indcution, Shaq to the […]