Seriously, if you are a Lakers fan, it’s pretty hard not to be sky high right now. Two blowout wins to start the season on national television. The team is playing defense. Bynum locked up for four years. Kenny Smith from TNT last night saying, about Nate McMillan’s comment that the Lakers are the present […]
Archives for October 2008
Bynum Is Here To Stay! (For at least four years.)
Waiting until just 24 hours before the window closed, it appears the Lakers have reached a contract extension deal with Andrew Bynum. The deal is expected to be a three-year extension for $42 million, which works out to $14 million a year. The Lakers would reportedly have a have a fourth-year option at $16 million. […]
Preview & Chat: The Los Angeles Clippers
Records: Lakers 1-0 Clippers 0-0 Offensive ratings: Lakers 107.9 Clippers N/A Defensive ratings: Lakers 85.4 ClippersN/A Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Vladimir Radmanovic, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum Clippers: Baron Davis, Cuttino Mobley, Al Thorton, Tim Thomas, Chris Kaman Lakers notes: That is the way you want to start. Good things were happening […]
Preview & Chat: The Portland Trailblazers
Records: Lakers 0-0 Trailblazers 0-0 Offensive ratings: Lakers NA Trailblazers NA Defensive ratings: Lakers NA Trailblazers NA Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Vladimir Radmanovic, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum Trailblazers: Steve Blake, Brandon Roy, Travis Outlaw, Lamarcus Aldridge, Greg Oden Lakers notes: No better way to start off the season than with an […]
Lakers Season Preview
Team Name: Los Angeles Lakers Last Year’s Record: 57-25 Key Loss: Ronny Turiaf Key Additions: Getting Andrew Bynum and Trevor Ariza healthy, Josh Powell 1. What Significant Moves were made during the off-season? There weren’t any earth-shaking ones — and there shouldn’t have been. Yes, Ronny Turiaf is now dancing in the Bay Area, and […]
This Feels Longer Than The Wait For A New Episode Of 24
UPDATE: Had to get this in here, the Lakers on Monday morning waived Coby Karl, who is now a free agent. The Laker roster is down to 14. I think this says that: 1) Sasha is feeling fine; 2) The Lakers want to keep their options open for potential mid-season roster moves. I like Karl, […]
Weekend Reading
Just a few things to read over the weekend, before we start talking Monday about the season. We’ll start with the blogger previews for the interesting (if not all that great) teams in the Southwest Division: Atlanta Hawks Basketbawful Peachtree Hoops Charlotte Bobcats Queen City Hoops BobcatsPlanet Miami Heat SportsAgentBlog.com The Peninsula is Mightier Orlando […]
The Preseason Finally Ends
Tonight the Lakers break in a new building in Ontario versus the team that used to be in Seattle. Sorry fans in the Midwest, but I’m still a little bitter about how it went down and as this is the first time the Lakers have faced Kevin Durant’s team, this is the first chance I […]
Lakers v. Bobcats, and a Lot of Links
Getting close to the time of year when we do serious previews, but a preseason rematch against the Bobcats does not inspire one. Instead, what follows is some of the many great things on the Web the last few days worth checking out: • First, we have the blogger previews for the Northwest Division: Denver […]
Listen To FB&G and the Loose Cannons
Just a heads up, just after 2 p.m. you can listen to me and the Loose Cannons discuss Kobe’s knee, Radmanovic’s head and lord knows what else will come up with those guys. It’s 570 AM here in Los Angeles, or listen in online at the 570 Web site.