The other day I wrote about the quest for parity, using a comparison between franchise quarterbacks in the NFL and the super elite basketball players in the NBA. It’s a comparison that doesn’t come without caveats as the difference between the sports and roles players take on for their teams can sometimes be major. You’ll [...]

After Matt Barnes injured his knee in Friday’s game vs the Suns Hornets, Phil Jackson stated that he wasn’t optimistic about the injury.  Turns out that Phil was right.  It’s now been confirmed that Matt Barnes is going to need surgery on his injured right knee after an MRI revealed a torn lateral meniscus. So what [...]

[picappgallerysingle id="8593504"] It’s October 11, somehow still 90 degrees in L.A. and we’re almost two weeks away from banner night. While LeBron, Wade, Bosh and Co. continue to set fire to the league’s media landscape, there’s another story that is quietly dominating the NBA this fall, one sprained ankle and tender hammy at a time. [...]

Welcome to the off-season, when little things become big things because there is nothing else to talk about. To me, that’s the case with the two current “hot topics” around the Lakers this week. First there is the finger injury to Pau Gasol, which according to the best report I’ve read a ruptured interphalangeal ligament [...]

var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(234,362,476611,”http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css”)}catch(ex){}}() Here is the official medical statement from the Lakers: Lakers forward Lamar Odom was examined today by team physician Dr. Steve Lombardo and MRI results show that Odom has a bone bruise in his right knee. Odom will not play in tonight’s game in Oakland against the Golden State Warriors, [...]