I got injured the other day just watching Beckham play….. • Well, if Argentina wants another shot at the USA, they should get it in a few days. But after watching the first meeting I’m not sure the second one will turn out any differently. • News flash: Kobe likes big games. He scored the […]
Archives for August 2007
Fast Break Thoughts
Thoughts while waiting for the Notre Dame/Georgia Tech kick-off…… • Yesterday in the comments I asked for thoughts about what makes Kobe “KOBE.†Great answers, particularly Craig W. All of that pushed me into giving better answers to Tom Ziller from Fanhouse (and Sactown Royalty) on why Kobe deserved their ranking as the number one […]
We’re Off On The Road To Beijing…
Forgive the corny Hope/Crosby headline, but the USA looks like a lock to go to the 2008 Olympics — and first and foremost this is what had to happen in this Tournament of Americas we’ve all been glued to. (Well, maybe glued isn’t the right word….) After watching all four USA games plus a little […]
Nonstop-gesticulating, chair-kicking, sideline-pacing Butch
Former Laker coach Butch Van Breda Kolff, who had a sometimes controversial but always colorful career on the sidelines with 13 teams in three professional leagues and at various colleges over a span of nearly four decades, has died. He was 84. Imagine a 2003 Shaquille O’Neal being traded to last year’s Phoenix Suns. He’s […]
What Kobe Wants….
Just as I went on a few days of vacation a new rash of “What Does Kobe Want?†and “What Will Kobe Do?†stories and speculation hit the media. The LA Times, ESPN, just about everywhere. I’m already sick of it, and as a Laker fan I guess I’m going to have to get used […]
It’s the Defense, Stupid
Up over at Ballhype is my first post for them, a discussion of Team USA and it’s defense. The numbers will look familiar to regular readers of this blog, but this new post (made after further review of my notes and other thoughts at the time of the Team USA on the international stage, I […]
The Triangle and the Current Lakers
Rather than a post about my 12-team trade that would get the Lakers Jermaine O’Neal — and they only have to give up a rack of basketballs and two Laker girls to be named later — regular poster Renato Afonso sent in a very good breakdown of the triangle offense and how the current Lakers […]
Lakers I Miss: Sam Perkins
Everyone talks about the guy drafted right before Michael Jordan, but the guy that was drafted right after him did pretty well for himself, too. For Laker fans, Sam Perkins was the guy who gave the team its one win in the 1991 Finals against the finally mature Chicago Bulls, then helped the team during […]
Fast Break Thoughts
Thoughts while waiting for the next episode of Mad Men on AMC….. • Jermaine O’Neal wants to be a Laker. And we want him. So, what’s the hold up? Well, a lot of things. The same things that have been holding it up all summer. And while O’Neal may have gone public with a non-demand […]
Rehashing Kobe
Well, NBA news has slowed down considerably. KG in the East storylines are tapped out, Team USA has yet to start playing a game, what is an NBA writer to do to drum up interest… Kobe. He’s gone silent. Los Angeles is tired of hearing from him. But maybe that flame can be stoked. So […]