From Kevin Ding, OC Register: What’s wrong with you if the Greatest Teammate Ever is fed up with you? Well, what’s wrong with Dwight Howard is he still isn’t trying. And for Steve Nash – who has spent close to two decades in the NBA making anyone who tried hard next to him look better than ever and who said during […]
Around The World (Wide Web): Earl Clark, Pau’s Injury, Kobe-Dwight, Standings
From Elizabeth Benson, Lakers Nation: The Lakers find themselves in a very bittersweet situation. While the team chemistry has never been higher with a 3-1 record on the Grammy road trip thus far, the thought of potentially being without two of their best big men, Pau Gasol and Jordan Hill, for an extended period of time, hangs […]
Around The World (Wide Web): Pau’s Issues, MWP Out, Kupchak, Dwight
From Dave McMenamin, ESPN LA: Dwight Howard knows how all the attention surrounding his exit from the Orlando Magic created a “Dwightmare” situation for everyone involved and he wants to avoid the negative spotlight with his free agency decision looming in Los Angeles. “I’m not a crybaby,” Howard told ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith on SportsCenter on Monday. “I didn’t try […]
Around The World (Wide Web): A Peace Punch, Earl Clark, Dwight, Lakers
From Mike Bresnahan, LA Times: That free agent in the Lakers’ front-court stands to make a lot of money this summer. Sure, Dwight Howard will get paid too, but Earl Clark has gone from a career washout to a gradual climber up the NBA’s free-agent list in July. “Obviously, not playing earlier and averaging those [low] numbers, I didn’t know where I would end […]
Around The World (Wide Web): Lakers Loss, Dwight’s Shoulder, D’Antoni-Pau, Nash,
From C.A. Clark, Silver Screen & Roll: The Los Angeles Lakers have, at times, shown to have a great many problems this season. Problems with turnovers. Problems with defense. Problems with shooting. Problems with chemistry. But there is one problem that stands above all, one problem the Lakers have never shown any indication of having a solution for: […]
Around The World (Wide Web): Chemistry, Kobe’s Passing, Road Trip, Kobe-Dwight
From Arash Markazi, ESPN LA: Earlier this month, Phil Jackson said the Lakers would need to have a “come to Jesus” moment if they were to make the playoffs. If you ask Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant, they’d say that moment came last week when the Lakers held a team meeting in Memphis. Bryant acknowledged during the meeting that he could be […]
Around The World (Wide Web): Turning Point for the Lakers ?
From Kevin Ding, OC Register: When the Lakers’ offense would get in a rut, Phil Jackson would move Kobe Bryant from the wing to the backcourt in the triangle offense and essentially force Bryant to shift his mentality from pure scorer to team playmaker. Mike D’Antoni can do that, too. And he has.D’Antoni muttered a week ago: “The ball sticks, […]
Around The World (Wide Web): A Team Meeting, Mike D, Two All-Stars, Continued Losing
From Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo Sports: Beyond the personal animus and the uncertainty over Phil Jackson’s willingness to endure the job’s grind, the biggest issue Lakers vice president Jim Buss had with choosing Jackson over Mike D’Antoni as head coach centered on the consequences for Steve Nash. With no use for this point guard in the triangle […]
Around the World (Wide Web): The Woes Continue for the Lakers
From The USA Today: Kobe Bryant couldn’t restrain himself after this one. It wasn’t just that the Lakers lost again. It was how they did it, where they did it, and he was simply seething. He even put out a call to ditch Mike D’Antoni’s up-tempo style and post up more after Pau Gasol got moved into a […]
Around The World (Wide Web): Earl Clark, Kobe, Lakers vs. Heat, Dwight
From Drew Garrison, Silver Screen & Roll: We love Earl Clark. Not because he’s a superstar in the NBA dropping 30 points a night without effort, not because he’s slamming down monstrous alley-oops and posterizing opponents on a quarterly basis, but because he’s an energy player who can do a little bit of everything. On a roster […]