There’s a long list of things I want to see this exhibition season. That starts with the Lakers’ first game Tuesday up in Fresno — I want to see it but don’t have the chance. It’s not on television and you need a much better reason than a Laker preseason game to get me to […]
Archives for October 2006
Blogs, Glorious Blogs
You could argue that what the Los Angeles Times and Daily News are doing for the Lakers are not really “blogs†in the spirit of the word. (But I don’t want to get into a debate about semantics.) You could also argue that notoriously tightfisted ownership of the papers is looking for ways to squeeze […]
Fast Break Thoughts
Notes and thoughts on the Lakers and the opening of camp — while I keep an eye on the Dodgers and Mets: • The first day of training camp focused on defense. Good. So should the second, and the third, and the….. • I was less than thrilled this summer when I learned that John […]
Just how much better?
The opening of NBA training camps is, well, pretty cold and professional, especially when compared to the youthful exuberance of “midnight madness†for college teams. But, just like the Dodgers at Vero Beach in the spring, optimism abounds — Laker fans just feel their team is going to be better this season. Logical reasons can […]
30 Teams in 30 Days
All the best ideas seem like simple ones — there are so many NBA blogs now, so much quality information and different perspectives, why not band together for our own previews of the coming season? Thirty teams in 30 days — an idea to make Morgan Spurlock proud. And so NBA Blog Previews was born. […]