People may not know this about my basketball fandom, but I love a good rookie. I watch them on draft night, choose them for my fantasy teams, and read David Thorpe’s rookie report and weekly rankings to see how this year’s crop is performing. I figure that tomorrow’s best players are today’s rookies and watching […]
Lakers/Pacers: Kobe’s Season High Not Enough
The motto we’ve preached at this site for some time has been that the Lakers will go as far as their defense takes them. Tonight, while the Lakers held the Pacers to a respectable 102.5 offensive rating they couldn’t get stops when they needed them and ended up falling to Indiana 95-92 to lose their […]
Happy Thanksgiving!
[picappgallerysingle id=”9143679″] First and foremost, Happy Thanksgiving! We Laker fans have lots to be thankful for and here’s a few things that I’m especially thankful for this year (both Lakers and in my personal life)… Back to back NBA championships and a team that’s ready to compete for even more. Kobe Bryant. (At least) One […]
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Preview and Chat: The Chicago Bulls
[picappgallerysingle id=”7101016″] Records: Lakers 12-2 (2nd in West), Bulls 7-4 (3rd in East) Offensive ratings: Lakers 117.6 (1st in NBA), Bulls 106.7 (15th in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 105.8 (12th in NBA), Bulls 103.2 (9th in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers:Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol Bulls: Derrick Rose, Keith Bogans, […]
Preview and Chat: The Golden State Warriors
Records: Lakers 11-2 (3rd in West), Warriors 7-5 (7th in West) Offensive ratings: Lakers 116.9 (1st in NBA), Warriors 106.5 (17th in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 106.5 (12th in NBA), Warriors 108.4 (20th in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol Warriors: Stephen Curry, Monta Ellis, Dorell […]
Saturday Special: Matt Barnes Delivers Rare Night
During the off-season, there were certain needs the Lakers were looking to fill. Back up point guard was the obvious, but nearly as important was finding a suitable reserve at small forward. The first name that the Lakers were hot after was Raja Bell but he spurned the Lakers for a bigger contract with the […]
Preview and Chat: The Minnesota Timberwolves
[picappgallerysingle id=”10172130″] Records: Lakers 10-2 (3rd in West), Timberwolves 4-9 (12th in West) Offensive ratings: Lakers 117.3 (1st in NBA), Timberwolves 101.6 (27th in NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 107.5 (19th in NBA), Timberwolves 110.4 (26th in NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers:Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol Timberwolves: Luke Ridnour, Wesley Johnson, […]
The Expectations Game
[picappgallerysingle id=”2320607″] Expectations can be tricky. Live up to or exceed them and the bar gets raised to a level where anything less than achieving or surpassing those same heights can taint future accomplishments (see: Thunder, Oklahoma City). Or, don’t achieve what’s expected of you in the first place and it’s a disappointment that is tough […]
Lakers/Pistons: Kobe, Lakers Cruise Past Pistons
If blowing out bad teams has a strong correlation to post-season success, the Lakers just took one more step in the right direction in achieving their end of season goal by man handling the Pistons 103-90 on Wednesday night. Because, make no mistake, the Pistons are a bad basketball team and despite a final margin […]