Happy Monday, everyone. Here are a few of the best Laker-centric reads, news and notes from around the web: THREEEE THAT’S THE MAGIC NUMBAH: At this juncture, it is safe to assume that the Lakers will not be earning a playoff berth this season, meaning the team’s odds of making a third consecutive trip to the NBA lottery […]
Wednesday Links: Summer Workouts, Huertas and ‘Big Mo’
Believe it or not, today marks just the 13th day in the way of Lakers’ training camp officially kicking off. While it still puts us at a relatively far distance from opening night (42 days, to be exact) it does mean we are making progress towards meaningful basketball being played. And just as we prepare our television […]
One Player, One Skill: Lou Williams as a Spot-Up Shooter
Lou Williams is a player whose role is about as well-defined as any on the Lakers’ roster. He will come off the bench with a score first mentality, look to create shots and if the shot isn’t there then, well, he’ll probably throw one up anyway. This is the way of a “chucker” and this, in a […]
Thursday Links: Clarkson’s Growth, Kobe-Shaq and… Artest!!
On Tuesday we shared Matt Moore’s piece on the awkward dynamic between coach Byron Scott and the team’s more modernly constructed roster. Today, we double up on the folks over at CBS, starting with a Lakers Offseason Report provided by Zach Harper, where he attempts to answer a few of the team’s more pressing questions […]
Tuesday Links: The Dog Days Are Not Quite Over
When trying to catch a fish, it is apparently common to use the “Bottom Fishing” method, in which you lay your bait on the bottom of the lake and hope something bites. I was unaware of this tactic until preparing for today’s post, for which I had to scrounge through the depths of college football […]
Thursday Links: Huertas, Upshaw and Kobe/Shaq
To call the time between August-September a hotbed of NBA news would be a gross understatement (things like this are making headlines). Nevertheless, the Lakers continue to make minor roster additions as training camp nears and their most recent acquisition is 32-year old Brazlian point guard Marcelo Huertas. Darius covered the Huertas signing here, but as we did […]
Friday Links: Holmes Speaks, Nance’s Goals and Kobe’s Fortitude
The dragging offseason continues, yet the news cycle rolls on… Earlier this month the Lakers signed former Texas forward and Summer League standout Jonathan Holmes. To this date, not much has been heard about the Holmes-Lakers pairing since the signing, however, Mark Stenberg of Study Breaks Magazine recently caught up with the San Antonio native […]
Wednesday Links: Summer Signings, Injury Prevention and Back-to-Backs
The Lakers made another under-the-radar personnel move over the weekend with the signing of undrafted free agent Michael Fraizer. This is the team’s second UDFA signing of the offseason and just as we did with the signing of Jonathan Holmes, today’s links provide a month-old scouting report done by Kevin O’Connor of SB Nation, in which […]
Thursday Links: Markieff Morris, Kobe Bryant, & the Schedule
Yesterday, the Lakers, along with 31 other teams, were granted a mapped-out schedule of their next 82 games. Aside from predicting win/loss totals and counting up the number of national TV appearances, the biggest takeaway for fans is that these could very well be the final 82 games of Kobe Bryant’s storied career. In what will […]
Tuesday Links: Focus on the Forwards
Over the weekend, the Lakers made what will probably be their last significant personnel move of the summer, reportedly signing former Texas combo forward Jonathan Holmes to a partially-guaranteed deal. While the current construct of the Lakers roster may make it difficult to envision another piece fitting in, the UDFA Summer League standout has a […]