Maybe it’s just me, but I am more optimistic as a Laker fan after the two wins this weekend than I have been all season. Two wins, on back-to-back nights, in contrasting style games, against over .500 teams makes me believe this Laker squad may be beginning to really find itself. There were so many […]
On Tap: The Orlando Magic
Here’s something I didn’t think I’d write this season: The Eastern Conference leading Orlando Magic are in town. Literally from worst (21-61 last season) to first. (On a side note — the Eastern Conference may have the NBA champs but my feelings about it from the past couple of seasons have not changed: It remains […]
On Tap: The Los Angeles Clippers
At least this time around the media isn’t building this game up as some sort of “Battle for L.A.” But don’t think the game’s not important — the Clippers are one of the teams the Lakers could be fighting at the end of the season for a playoff spot. Be the game in December or […]
It’s Friday, I’m in Love
No reason for the headline, other than a chance to quote The Cure. What follows is an assortment of thoughts on a Friday morning: * I know it’s early, but for the record: At 10-8, the Lakers are ninth in the Western Conference right now, one game back of the Clippers and Nuggets. * Among […]
Are the Lakers More Primetime or Daytime?
A couple of posts down, the comments section on Karl Malone’s non-return to the Lakers included, in part, a discussion about the frustration some of us have with the ongoing soap opera surrounding the Lakers. Personally, I’m done with the Kobe/Shaq feud, the Buss/Shaq feud, the Kobe/Malone feud and the rest of the Hatfields and […]
Where’s the Clutch?
Last night, in the fourth quarter at Staples Center, one team had another gear left, took control of the game late and came out with a close win. We Angelinos had become spoiled in recent years because that team had always been the Lakers — and with Kobe still around we expected much the same […]
On Tap: The Phoenix Suns
No game so far has been a better microcosm of the entire Lakers season than the last time the Lakers played the Suns (Nov. 19). To refresh: The Lakers raced out to an early lead double-digit lead with Lamar Odom (9 points, 8 rebounds in the first quarter) getting the ball down low, and that […]
One and Done
No need to worry about who gets bumped off the roster when Karl Malone comes back — he’s not. Malone’s agent, Dwight Manley, took time out of his busy afternoon schedule to get interviewed on virtually every radio station in Southern California and say that if Malone is coming back, it won’t be with the […]
What’s Under The Tree For Laker Fans
Are you finished shopping for the holidays? If you’re Jewish your time is up, the rest of us have 18 days left until Christmas. I guess I need to start making out my list of who to buy for. We Laker fans went into this season not sure what we would be getting for Christmas. […]
Mini-Rant
Sunday night’s big ESPN “Sunday Conversation” with Kobe, Shaq, Phil and Dr. Buss talking about the change over in the Laker was almost everything I have come to expect from ESPN — over-hyped and providing nothing new of substance. I just want to know how I can get those five minutes of my life back. […]