After slamming the Lakers in the last edition of Week At A Glance, the Lakers awoke from the dead and won two home games in convincing fashion. It marks the first time the Lakers have won consecutive games this season. On Sunday, Steve Blake had 16 assists and Jordan Hill had a career night with […]
Week At A Glance
The Lakers dropped three of four games this week and now find themselves in 12th place in the Western Conference. Laker fans have been slowly forced to admit the fact that the Lakers are just not a very good team without Kobe. That said, the fact that Kobe is out gives the Lakers at least […]
Week At A Glance
The Lakers had their ups and downs this week, showing signs of promise but then following it up with several reality checks that tell us that this team still has a long way to go to even be considered a contender. The Lakers are 3-4 – the same mark as last year after seven games […]
Is The 12th Seed Prediction Too Low For Lakers?
It seems like the nation may be underestimating the Los Angeles Lakers the same way they overestimated them last summer. ESPN released its annual Summer Forecast for the Western Conference this week and the Lakers are projected to finish with 36 wins — 12th in the conference, and out of the playoffs. The projected standings […]
Playmaking, Kobe, & Point Guards: The Harmonic Mean of Points & Assists
There are players who score and only score, and there are players who score and make players around them better. There is value in a player who not only scores, but also makes others around him better by distributing and facilitating. How do we separate a great all-around player who has an impact on his […]
Shot Distance, Offensive Efficiency, & Wins
This year in the NBA, there were over 201,000 field goals attempted from a wide variety of distances on the court. The quality of all of those shots taken was dependent on several factors such as whether the shot was contested or not, the type of play ran by the coach, the time remaining on […]
Dwight Howard’s Departure Opens Huge Opportunity for Jordan Hill
The stakes are high for Jordan Hill. With Dwight Howard now in Houston, the Los Angeles Lakers are going to need heavy contributions from Hill as he steps into what could be a starter’s role if they’re going to make any sort of run this season. The Lakers may have added big man Chris Kaman, […]
All is Not Done If Dwight Leaves
With all the courtship that has been going on for Dwight Howard’s services over the last week, one may be inclined to think that if he leaves Los Angeles, the Lakers will enter a downward spiral and burn into flames. However, this is definitely not the case. Sure, the Lakers will be better off with […]
Possible Options For the Lakers At The No. 48 Pick
The Los Angeles Lakers haven’t had the greatest success in the NBA Draft in recent years and having the 48th pick this year doesn’t help their chances of ending their slump of drafts that add useful contributors. And while history shows that there are diamonds in the rough that can be had in the part […]
Lakers Recent Draft History At A Glance
The Los Angeles Lakers haven’t had much luck in the NBA Draft throughout the last several years. Though, it could be said that the draft really isn’t much of a priority for a team that has ‘championship’ on its mind every single year. This is evidenced by some of the transactions they’ve made over the […]