In my preview for Sunday’s Lakers vs. Nuggets preseason game, I wrote the following about what I was watching for with D’Angelo Russell: Can Russell come close to duplicating Friday’s effectiveness? When Russell is on offensively, he is a terror. His feel for scoring is fantastic and his ability to get buckets at all three […]
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Watch: Julius Randle Drains a Bunch of 3’s (in practice)
Even though we told you not to forget about Julius Randle, not having him do much of anything basketball related since April can make that hard. We got glimpses of Russell, Nance, and Ingram at Summer League. We even got a taste of Jordan Clarkson at the Drew League. But nothing from Randle. With the […]
Watch: Shaquille O’Neal Goes For 61 Points on his Birthday
The NBA just put up a classic video of Shaquille O’Neal obliterating the Clippers on his birthday. As we all know, Shaq will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday. We forget how powerful and nimble Shaq was in his prime. O’Neal toyed with the Clippers here as he went for a […]
Watch: Kobe Bryant Highlights from the 2015-16 Season
Moving on from Kobe Bryant is both difficult and exciting. For the first time in 20 years the Lakers will not have him in the lineup and that changes the calculus of how you build a roster, deploy lineups, and even talk about what to expect out of the season. I, for one, will miss […]
Don’t Forget About Julius Randle
Summer league was successful in accomplishing a few things. One was showing off the Lakers’ young talent and how the returning young guys had improved while giving us a first glimpse at the skill of the newly drafted kids. A second was allowing us to somewhat forget about Julius Randle. I know. I know. This is […]
Ivica Zubac is Looking Like a 2nd Round Steal
I know the caveat. It’s only summer league. I’ve been saying it myself since before the games started and continued echoing the point through every performance by every player. Here’s the thing, though. While it’s easy to dismiss any strong (or poor) performance with that mantra, evaluations from the summer aren’t completely useless. Summer will never tell us […]
Watch: Brandon Ingram Lights it Up in Lakers’ Summer League Finale
Heading into Friday night’s summer league finale, Brandon Ingram had done lots of things well but not had a singular strong performance. His best game in the four previous contests to that point was the Lakers’ Vegas opener where he scored efficiently and played a nice all-around game. But even that game was just sort […]
Flashback Friday: Kobe Dominates Summer League Game as a 17 Year Old
In case you hadn’t heard, Kobe Bryant retired at the end of this past season. He culminated a 20 year career with as Kobe a performance as possible, pouring in 60 points while everyone pretty much marveled at what he was able to accomplish. Looking all the way back to when it all started, maybe […]
D’Angelo Russell Still Has Ice in his Veins
Even in summer league the 2nd night of a back to back matters. The Lakers dealt with some heavy legs and strong ball pressure from the 76ers and looked the part of a team struggling. After having everything work out for them against the Pelicans on Friday, Saturday brought a slog of a game which looked […]
Watch: Video Clips of D’Angelo Russell’s Summer Workouts
The Lakers’ offseason has some landmark dates coming up — today, July 1st — but, for the players, their summer routine has already begun. Most have already likely taken their customary break from basketball activities and are now likely to be back on the grind. This is especially true for the young players who are […]