Opening Night Chat

Our long, long wait is over.  Basketball is back, opening night is here, and the Lakers are headlining the night as they face off against the Rockets.  Banner #16 will be raised and big diamonds will be passed out to all the players as a reminder of what last year’s team accomplished and as a reinforcement for what this [...]

From Brian Kamenetzky, Land O’ Lakers: A week ago, after an 82-74 preseason loss to the Jazz at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Kobe Bryant unburdened his knees, the right one still recovering from offseason surgery, of their standard postgame ice wrap and wandered to his locker and the assembled media. He was, as he [...]

Our wait is nearly over.  Tomorrow night the Lakers begin their pursuit of a third consecutive championship.  There is no better time to be a fan of the Lakers and in a league that has reshaped itself in the hopes of dethroning the champions, this season promises to be as exciting as any we’ve seen [...]

From Sebastian Pruiti, NBA Playbook (with video):  The Los Angeles Lakers seem to be one of the only teams that can run the triangle offense successfully.  The triangle is an interesting set because there seems to be two basic motions, and then that’s it.  There is a lot of freelancing off of these two motions, [...]