I was at the game Friday night, where the Lakers faced off against the Washington Wizards, who just flew in from competing in the Vegas Summer League. If you want to know what I thought of the Wizards players (hint: Blatche was very impressive) head on over to True Hoop. Otherwise, let’s talk Lakers, and […]
Archives for July 2006
Kobe Undergoes Knee Surgery
Can there really be “minor knee surgery†on the lynchpin of your franchise? Kobe underwent surgery on his right knee that was described this way in the Press Enterprise: …a “minor treatment” of a cartilage and removal of scar tissue. This is pretty routine stuff these days, and Kobe should be ready to go at […]
Summer Pro League: Games three and four
I caught half of the game against Dallas on Wednesday and a little more than a quarter against Memphis last night, and out of that is a continuation of my thoughts on the Lakers participating. (Note, so far I have been pretty light on stats, in part because we’re just four games in now and […]
Signing Day
It’s official, the Lakers have inked Vladimir Radmanovic and Shammond Williams to free agent deals. Vlad, as had been long reported, is getting the full mid-level exception for five years, which will total about $31 million. Williams is getting a one-year deal for $1.75 million. It’s pretty clear I’m not on Shammond’s bandwagon, but the […]
Happy Birthday Blog-a-Bull!
Matt was one of the pioneer NBA bloggers, one of the handful of guys I was reading before I started this blog and in part paterened it after. Now his Chicago Bulls blog is turning three, which in the world of blogging makes him like Tex Winter’s age. And like Tex he continues to do […]
Shammond Williams: A quick look
I was holding off on writing about this because I couldn’t believe the Lakers were actually going to go after him — this is as illogical a move as the Lakers have made in my memory. Let’s quote from regular commenter here Xavier, who lives in Barcelona (where Shammond played last season) ACB (Spanish league) […]
A few links to click
A couple things worth checking out: • Good on ya girl, the latest Carnival of the NBA is up at Need4Sheed and Natalie continues the trend of keeping the bar high on these. There’s some interesting stuff to follow from there. • Here’s your chance to be Zidane — headbutt the Italians. • For some […]
Summer League — game one
One game is not nearly enough to really judge a player or draw sweeping conclusions. So don’t read too much into the notes and comments on the first Summer Pro League game for the Lakers in Long Beach today. For the record, the Grizzlies won 89-87, but really, wins and losses are moot in a […]
Just a few more thoughts
UPDATE: I just got back from the Summer Pro League kickoff press conference where little happened, but there is this quote from Mitch Kupchak: “We hope to add a player in the next week or so in our backcourt, and it won’t be a young player.” He emphasized something similar later. Also, in regards to […]
Fast Break Thoughts — free agency edition
A few thoughts while we are waiting for the other shoe to drop in Laker off-season moves. Update: Here is the official Summer League roster, now up on the Lakers Web Site, which is slightly different than what was on this site yesterday. The two new guys are Byron Sanders (a former Tar Heel forward) […]