Probable Starters: Lakers: Russell Westbrook, Avery Bradley, Kent Bazemore, Anthony Davis, DeAndre JordanHeat: Kyle Lowry, Jimmy Butler, Duncan Robinson, PJ Tucker, Bam Adebayo Injuries: Lakers: LeBron James (out), Talen Horton-Tucker (out), Trevor Ariza (out), Kendrick Nunn (out), Rajon Rondo (questionable), Austin Reaves (questionable)Heat: Markieff Morris (out), Victor Oladipo (out), Tyler Herro (questionable), Bam Adebayo (questionable) […]
Lakers Game Preview: The Charlotte Hornets
Probable Starters Hornets: LaMelo Ball, Terry Rozier, Miles Bridges, Gordon Hayward, Mason Plumlee Lakers: Russell Westbrook, Kent Bazemore, Avery Bradley, Anthony Davis, DeAndre Jordan Injuries Hornets: PJ Washington (out)Lakers: Anthony Davis (probable); LeBron James (out); Trevor Ariza (out); Talen Horton-Tucker (out); Kendrick Nunn (out) I can’t imagine anyone who’s read my work over the years mistaking […]
Lakers Game Preview: The Houston Rockets
Probable Starters Rockets: Kevin Porter Jr., Jalen Green, Jae’Sean Tate, Daniel Theis, Christian WoodLakers: Russell Westbrook, Kent Bazemore, LeBron James, Anthony Davis, DeAndre Jordan Injuries Rockets: Kevin Porter Jr. (questionable); Danuel House (out); John Wall (out)Lakers: Dwight Howard (questionable); Wayne Ellington (questionable); Trevor Ariza (out); Talen Horton-Tucker (out); Kendrick Nunn (out) With all due respect […]
Lakers Game Preview: The San Antonio Spurs
Probable Starters Spurs: Dejounte Murray, Derrick White, Doug McDermott, Keldon Johnson, Jakob PoetlLakers: Russell Westbrook, Kent Bazemore, LeBron James, Anthony Davis, DeAndre Jordan Injuries Spurs: Zach Collins (out)Lakers: LeBron James (questionable); Trevor Ariza (out); Wayne Ellington (out); Talen Horton-Tucker (out); Kendrick Nunn (out) Sunday night, for the first time in a dozen games in which […]
Lakers Game Preview: The Memphis Grizzlies
Probable Starters Suns: Ja Morant, DeAnthony Melton, Desmond Bane, Jared Jackson Jr., Steven AdamsLakers: Russell Westbrook, Kent Bazemore, LeBron James, Anthony Davis, DeAndre Jordan Injuries Suns: Dillon Brooks (out) Lakers: Trevor Ariza (out); Wayne Ellington (out); Talen Horton-Tucker (out); Kendrick Nunn (out) —– Two games is not a meaningful sample. And yet, in the absence of […]
Lakers Game Preview: The Phoenix Suns
Probable StartersSuns: Chris Paul, Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges, Jae Crowder, DeAndre AytonLakers: Russell Westbrook, Kent Bazemore, LeBron James, Anthony Davis, DeAndre Jordan InjuriesSuns: Dario Saric (out); Landry Shamet (game-time decision)Lakers: Trevor Ariza (out); Wayne Ellington (out); Talen Horton-Tucker (out); Kendrick Nunn (out) ———– Once upon a time, I declared myself “all in on every Laker […]
Pau Gasol’s Place in the Rafters
For various reasons – some very personal, others less so – Pau Gasol has been front and center in my mind for the past couple of years. The whole thing started almost two years ago, when my wife and I relocated, from New York to Barcelona, Spain. As an L.A. native, I couldn’t help but […]
Preview and Chat: The Dallas Mavericks
What is up, guys? So, it’s been a minute – hopefully this look ahead to Game 5 of what promises to be yet another oddity (different flavor, at least)of a Laker season finds you in good health. When we last crossed paths, overstating the disarray that surrounded the Lakers would have posed quite the challenge. […]
The Lakers At #48 – Swing for the Fences
In the annals of NBA history, no franchise has more persistently, or more successfully, taken a Babe Ruthian approach to personnel decisions than the Lakers. Sure, Mikan, West, Baylor, Goodrich, Magic, Worthy, Cooper, A.C. Green and, for all intents and purposes, Byron Scott and Kobe Bryant, head a mind-blowing assembly of talent for whom every […]
Earl The Pearl On The Lakers – From West To Kobe
In any field of endeavor, prodigious talent is idolized, achievement rewarded, lasting greatness immortalized. What then, of transcendent talent that achieves not only greatness, but actually furthers the evolution of the endeavor in which it is deployed? Whatever his place in the Pantheon of basketball greats, that Earl Monroe is one of NBA history’s most […]