[picappgallerysingle id=”3130834″] Records: Lakers 14-3 (1st in West) Heat 10-8 (5th in East) Offensive ratings: Lakers 107.5 (14th in league) Heat 105.8 (20th in league) Defensive ratings: Lakers 99.2 (2nd in league) Heat 106.2 (15th in league) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum Heat: Mario Chalmers, Dwyane […]
Archives for December 2009
James Worthy: A Look Back
Ron Artest and the General Theory of Relativity
[picappgallerysingle id=”6629306″] Sometimes, how you see the universe and how everyone else sees the universe is radically different. And it can be frustrating because you need elusive proof to show the other side you are right. Lakers fans who have watched most of the team’s games see this team — and Ron Artest — in […]
Fast Break Thoughts
[picappgallerysingle id=”4315975″] • Let Shannon Dunk! • Late in the second quarter against the Hornets I had a blasphemous thought — I’m tired of the Lakers blowing teams out, I want to see them challenged. I feel conflicted. Finally, after years of the Lakers seeming to take the little guy too lightly and playing to […]
Preview & Chat: The New Orleans Hornets
[picappgallerysingle id=”4072748″] Records: Lakers 13-3 (2nd in West) Hornets 7-10 (12th in West) Offensive ratings: Lakers 107.2 (14th in league) Hornets 106.9 (16th in league) Defensive ratings: Lakers 99.1 (2nd in league) Hornets 111.2 (28th in league) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum Hornets: Darren Collison, Devin […]
Maturity
[picappgallerysingle id=”6718115″] It’s one of the little discussed themes emerging with the Lakers this year — this is a mature team in the important senses of the word. And in a couple of cases, it’s from people that a couple years ago we may not have expected it from. One is the off-the-court Kobe Bryant. […]