The rookies from last year are, well, no longer rookies anymore! We catch up with second-year players Darius Morris and Andrew Goudelock at Media Day yesterday about this upcoming year. DARIUS MORRIS FORUM BLUE & GOLD: Different year! How does it feel right now? DARIUS MORRIS: It feels good to just be back. Really blessed. […]
Lakers Media Day Notes
Hey, guys. As you guys probably know, Phillip and I were able to get in for Lakers Media Day as representatives of Forum Blue & Gold. We apologize for the lack of coverage throughout the day, though. The Wi-Fi was pretty awful at the facility. Was hard to get work done and we hardly even […]
Interview With Mike Trudell (Part 2)
Here is Part 2 of Forum Blue & Gold’s interview with Lakers sideline reporter, Mike Trudell. Trudell also has his Twitter account at @LakersReporter and does a lot of work (writing/podcasting) for Lakers.com. If you missed Part 1, you can go here. In this part, we talked about the Lakers’ summer and the different personalities […]
Interview With Mike Trudell (Part 1)
You guys may know Mike Trudell. He has been on Lakers.com for the last few years and was the sideline reporter of Laker road games for local L.A.’s K-CAL (Channel 9) last year. You probably also know him as @LakersReporter on Twitter. This year, he has signed up to be the sideline reporter for the […]
Laker Games We’re Looking Forward To
So as you have seen earlier this week from our man, Zephid, he had a breakdown of the Lakers’ season schedule. As he had mentioned, the Lakers have 16 back-to-backs. Also of note is that the Lakers are starting their schedule out home-friendly as usual; 9 of their first 11 games are at the comfort […]
Interview With Lakers Assistant Coach Chuck Person
After the game between the Lakers’ summer league team and the Golden State Warriors (the Lakers looked like a disaster but, hey, it’s Summer League!), we talked to Lakers assistant and summer league coach Chuck Person about a few topics. FORUM BLUE & GOLD: The key young guys like (Darius) Morris and (Andrew) Goudelock. What […]
Lakers/Thunder (Game 5): The End
Box Score: Lakers 90, Thunder 106 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 94.7, Thunder 111.6 True Shooting %: Lakers 55.7%, Thunder 55.5% Ya know… I don’t even know how to start this as I have the unenviable task of writing this Game 5 recap. I’m going to be all over the place (I’m probably not even going to […]
Lakers/Nuggets (Game 7): Temporary Relief
Box Score: Lakers 96, Nuggets 87 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 112.9, Nuggets 102.4 True Shooting %: Lakers 51.0%, Nuggets 47.2% Say it with me, everybody. WHEW! As a basketball fan, it was one hell of a game. As a Laker fan, it was like taking the test for your driver’s license. Yes, there were some rolling […]
Lakers/Nuggets (Game 6): Full Of Vomit
Box Score: Lakers 96, Nuggets 113 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 101.1, Nuggets 118.9 True Shooting %: Lakers 53.0%, Nuggets 59.6% Well, before the game, Kobe Bryant was said to have a stomach ailment. Everyone and their mothers and pets immediately compared this to the Jordan Flu Game of 1997. Never mind that this is a first […]
Lakers/Nuggets (Game 4): Tap The Rockies
Box Score: Lakers 92, Nuggets 88 Offensive Efficiency: Lakers 108.2, Nuggets 103.5 True Shooting %: Lakers 51.1%, Nuggets 49.6% The Good This was the type of game the Lakers wanted to play. It was on their favored slow pace instead of the breakneck speed the Denver Nuggets wanted to do. The Nuggets fought valiantly, yes, […]