[picappgallerysingle id=”7540789″] Part deuce of our look at key stats for the upcoming season focuses on the bench corps. In case you missed it, check out our post on the starters too. Lamar Odom: O/U 30 games as a starter Fisher and Bryant are used to receiving props for their durability, but Odom proved that […]
Archives for September 2010
Around the World (Wide Web): The Knicks and the Pacers
From Joey, Straight Bangin: What are the team’s biggest strengths? Apositional players neither qualified to play point guard nor big enough to guard opposing centers. Raymond Felton is a point guard. So is Sergio Rodriguez, I guess. (Doesn’t matter what he is; he’s in Spain.) Mozgov is a center. Eddy Curry is an expiring contract […]
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From Mike Trudell, Basket Blog: The Lakers have become significantly less of an international team by personnel since the departures of Vladimir Radmanovic (Serbia), DJ Mbenga (Congo) and Sun Yue (China) from the 2008-09 training camp roster, leaving only Pau Gasol (Spain) and Sasha Vujacic (Slovenia) left in 2010-11. But if you’re looking for a […]
Bynum Is Out, What Does It Mean?
As we’ve all read by now, Andrew Bynum is still recovering from his off-season knee surgery. This extended recovery time will likely make him unavailable for the start of the regular season and the man himself has said that he may not play until late November. And while there is a group of people that […]
Around the World (Wide Web): Chicago Bulls Preview
From Blog A Bull: What are the team’s biggest strengths? Defense, rebounding, and overall physicality. With all the faults of the Vinny Del Negro era (and oh, there were many), he did have the Bulls playing as a top-10 defense for most of the season (finished 11th after the midseason trades and an injury to […]
Lakers and the Numbers Game, P. I
[picappgallerysingle id=”9127196″] Numbers don’t always tell the whole truth in basketball, but they can certainly offer valuable insight into player patterns, as well as some occasionally prescient nuggets about the future too. That said, we look at one or two important stats for each of the 14 expected roster players and eventually, some key numbers […]
Around the World (Wide Web): Milwaukee Bucks and Training Camp
Today, we’re continuing our league wide preview with the Milwaukee Bucks. And after the Bucks previews, we’ll get our first look at some Lakers training camp links (finally!). Enjoy: From Frank Madden, BrewHoop: What Significant Moves were made during the off-season? Where to begin? Before the draft, John Hammond surprised many by picking up free […]
Around The World (Wide Web): Media Day Edition
It’s been a busy couple of days for the Lakers as training camp is about to begin and members of the organization have been talking to the press about the upcoming season. Below are some of the recaps from various members of the press and/or blogosphere that were there for first hand accounts and few […]
NBA Coaches: Who Got Next?
[picappgallerysingle id=”9142980″] With Don Nelson’s not all that surprising departure from the Warriors this week, the NBA’s list of true coaching relics became one less. Sure, the usual stalwarts—Larry Brown, Jerry Sloan, George Karl, Doc Rivers, Doug Collins, Greg Popovic, Rick Adelman, Pat Riley in a management capacity and of course, the Lakers own Phil […]
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From Mark Medina, Los Angeles Times: Everywhere Derrick Caracter goes, his weight follows him. It partly contributed to his abrupt transfer from Louisville. It partly contributed to his low-draft stock after his days at Texas El Paso. And it partly influenced how he structured his eventual two-year contract with the Lakers. At each stop, he’s […]