This site was founded on the premise that all too often the discussion around the Lakers focused on the off-court drama rather than what was happening on the court. Talk radio soundbites were, seemingly, more important than the X’s and O’s and strategy of the games themselves. Kurt Helin wanted something different, and Forum Blue […]
On Missing the Lakers
These are unnerving times for all of us. Daily routines haven’t been disrupted, they’ve been upended. Cable news shows are nightmare fuel. The days on the calendar run together like nothing I’ve ever experienced — I can’t tell you which day of the week it is without actually looking at my watch first. To be […]
Laker Film Room Podcast: Would the Long Layoff Help or Hurt the Lakers?
In this episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, Pete and I talk about the long layoff teams would face should the NBA season resume this year and discuss some potential positive and negative outcomes of taking such a long break before resuming the NBA season. We also talk about some of our favorite Lakers […]
Report: Two Lakers Players Test Positive for COVID-19
In the wake of the report that four Nets players had tested positive for COVID-19, the Lakers announced they would be moving into the next phase of their exposure protocol. The Nets last opponent before the NBA suspended games was the Lakers, last Tuesday, March 8th. This triggered the Lakers opening up testing for the […]
Laker Film Room Podcast: Kindness & Compassion in Uncertain Times
In this episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, Pete and I talk about the COVID-19 outbreak, how we’re dealing with it as people first rather than as basketball fans, and the import of being kind and compassionate in all our communities during what is an extremely anxious time for all of us. We’ll get […]
NBA Likely to Not Return for Months
The phrase “uncharted territory” doesn’t do this justice. Not only are there no maps, there are no compasses, no north star, no…nothing. Sports are gone for the foreseeable future, and it’s very likely that the NBA’s original plan to re-evaluate where things stand in 30 days is already out the window and wishful thinking. On […]
A Message from Me
If you’re reading this, you know what’s going on. The NBA has suspended games for a period of at least 30 days and maybe longer. A member of Jazz tested positive for COVID-19, and then another did. Games that were once set to be played were cancelled, and then the entire league shut down. The […]
Lakers Lose to the Nets, Don’t Freak Out
I had a strong urge to simply have this post be entirely empty, only leaving the title as the lone thing you would read. Really, the title sums up my position tidily and offering anything more than that is probably superfluous. That said, I’m a man of the people; I’m the proletariat, not the potentate. […]
Lakers Game Preview: The Brooklyn Nets
After a wonderful weekend of beating two of the best teams in the NBA, the Lakers are back in action vs. the Nets on Tuesday. The Nets who just mutually agreed Kenny Atkinson into unemployment, the Nets who recently announced Kyrie Irving would miss the rest of the year, the Nets who just put DeAndre […]
Lakers vs Clippers: Post Game Thoughts
In my game preview, I asked only one thing: win the game. How they did it, concerned me less than the result. Normally, I’m more of a process person. You know, close out on shooter X, contain the right hand dribble of player Y, make sure you get back in transition against player Z (he’s […]