Kobe’s retaliation flagrant foul on Mike Miller in the Memphis game has earned him a two game suspension from the NBA League office. Kobe will not play in either game against the Jazz, Sunday or Tuesday. According to ESPN, the suspension will cost him a little more than I made this year $289,943 😉 Well, […]
Archives for December 2005
Chicken-or-Egg
Rule number one in basketball: the team that shoots better wins. So it’s no shock that the Lakers shoot better in their wins than their losses across the board. But I broke down the true shooting percentages in wins and losses just to see where the better performances are coming from. (I used true shooting […]
Execute Me
Update: The rumor. There seems to be a lot of people looking for it, so here it is: The Lakers would give up Devean George and something (maybe a pick and/or other lesser players) and get in return Ron Artest and Jalen Rose. Toronto is the third team that makes it work. Check out the […]
On Tap: The Memphis Grizzlies
Record: 16-10 (Pythagorean 12-14), 5th seed in the West Record last 10 games: 6-4 Record Against Lakers this season: 1-1 Offensive Rating: (105.1, 18th in league) Defensive Rating: (101, 4th in league) About the Grizzlies: The last time these two hooked up was the final game of the Lakers 5-1 road trip, and LA won […]
Fast Break
Fresh stuff tomorrow for the Memphis game, but in the short term check this stuff out. • Last night the Lakers lost in the second game of a back-to-back, where they got up by 16 then looked sloppy in the second half. Teams tend to struggle in the second game of back-to-backs, and Dallas owner […]
On Tap: The Washington Wizards
Sorry this post is up late, but been busy with family. Record: 11-14 (Pythagorean 13-12), 9th seed in the East Record last 10 games: 4-6 Offensive Rating: (107.7, 10th in league) Defensive Rating: (108, 23th in league) About the Wizards: We just saw them 10 days ago, when the Lakers played a flat first half […]
On Tap: The Miami Heat
Welcome to the most overhyped game of the season. Record: 15-12 (Pythagorean 16-11), 2nd seed in the East Record last 10 games: 5-5 Offensive Rating: (108.3, 6th in league) Defensive Rating: (103.9, 10th in league) About the Heat : How good you think the Miami Heat is largely depends on your opinion going into the […]
On Tap: The Orlando Magic
Record: 9-14 (Pythagorean 8-15), 11th seed in the East Record last 10 games: 2-8 Offensive Rating: (101.1, 28th in league) Defensive Rating: (105.2, 12th in league) About the Magic: Orlando plays solid team defense, opponents shoot a pretty average 48.6% (eFG%) against them. And those teams only get one shot — the Magic grab the […]
Lakers and the Pick-and-Roll
I’m not above stealing a good idea. In fact, it’s closer to my modus operandi. A few weeks ago I read maybe the best piece of writing on the NBA this season, Kevin Pelton’s breakdown of how team’s deal with Phoenix’s pick-and-roll at 82games.com. And I don’t just love it because it proves Charles Barkley […]
Pure magic
As many basketball games as you have seen, sometimes one person’s game can overwhelm you. I can tell you Kobe was +34 for the night, in just three quarters of work. I can tell you Kobe had a true shooting percentage of 73.8% for the evening. Or that after three quarters the score was Kobe […]