Can there be yet another post about Ron Artest? Answer: There can never be enough posts about #37! This post will try to find evidence to support some popular hypotheses – some posed by yours truly. Let’s start on defense. Hypothesis #1. Ron is an excellent on-ball defender. Seems silly to doubt this point as […]
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The TrueHoop Mothership Has Landed
I tend to join things about as often as Phil Jackson calls a timeout during an opponent’s run. But sometimes there are offers you can’t say no to, like the Shamwow. Or the chance to join the TrueHoop basketball blogging network. As of today Forum Blue & Gold is part of the TrueHoop Network, joining […]
Year in Review (so far…)
We’re 30 games into the season, in the midst of a lengthy break in between games, and approaching a new year – feels like a good time to take a long look at where the team sits, what it’s strengths and weaknesses are, and how it compares to its chief competitors. In that spirit, and […]
Preview & Chat: The Golden State Warriors
Records: Lakers 24-5 (1st in the West) Warriors 9-22 (11th in the West) Offensive ratings: Lakers 112.1 (3rd in league) Warriors 106.1 (17th in league) Defensive ratings: Lakers 102.2 (4th in league) Warriors 112.1 (28th in league) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Luke Walton, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum Warriors C.J. Watson, Marco […]
Preview & Chat: The Boston Celtics
Records: Lakers 22-5 (1st in the West) Celtics 27-2 (1st in the East) Offensive ratings: Lakers 112.4 (3rd in league) Celtics 110.4 (5th in league) Defensive ratings: Lakers 102.5 (4th in league) Celtics 98.6 (1st in league) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Luke Walton, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum Celtics Rajon Rondo, Ray […]
Daddy’s Got A New Pair Of Shoes
Welcome to the new look of Forum Blue & Gold. A few things are different, but most things are the same. We’ve added a Lakers schedule widget just to the right — it comes up as a map but if you click the schedule button at the bottom of the widget you get a more […]
Forum Blue & Gold T-shirts
Here it, the official Forum Blue & Gold T-shirt. It’s perfect for wearing to Staples Center, to the local bar, to your living room — wherever you watch games. (Or, if your a Trailblazers fan, it’s a perfect rag for washing your car.) Long-time reader and friend of the site Steve (Gatinho’s brother) did the […]
Preseason Chat Thread: Lakers vs. Jazz
What we are going to see tonight is far from a full picture. What we will see tonight are the first few brushstrokes of a painting that will take all season to complete. By about 20 games in we can get a pretty good idea of the form the painting will take, but even then […]
You Can’t Have Too Many Friends
We’ve got some new friends here at Forum Blue & Gold, and I think you should meet them. This site has struck a deal to have most of its content at both Lakers Nation — the meta Lakers site run by the former Get Garnett guys — and with them on the Web site for […]
You Like Me
You really, really like me. Seriously, I am touched to have won the “Sixth Blogger of the Year” (best team-focused blog) in the Hardwood Paroxysm recent NBA blogger voting. Especially when I think of all the fantastic blogs I read and think, “Man, I wish I was that good.” This little site has grown into […]