The world is not ending, I promise. Well, at least the Lakers basketball world is not. The Lakers lost a basketball game on Tuesday night to the Clippers by 10 points, 112-102. There was a lot of hype and excitement surrounding this game — opening night, LeBron and AD vs. Kawhi and the new look […]
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2019-20 Los Angeles Lakers Season Preview
Championship or bust. This has long been the mantra of the Los Angeles Lakers. When you have 16 Larry O’Brien trophies as an organization (dating back to the team’s days in Minneapolis), this makes sense. That said, when you have now gone 6 straight seasons without even making the playoffs, it is sort of comical […]
Anthony Davis and Frank Vogel can be a Perfect Pairing
Having Anthony Davis, one of the league’s best players, is every coach’s dream. The NBA remains a talent league above all else and every coach will be the first to sign up for one of the 5-10 true difference makers that can propel their team towards a championship. Regardless of any potential pitfalls, that thirst […]
Anthony Davis and the Short-Long Game
The Lakers have long targeted Anthony Davis — just as nearly every other big market team has. This will sound elitist, but when a generational talent ends up playing in a small market, the big market/historical franchises lust for those players and monitor their situations with great interest at all times in order to make […]
Dissecting the Downside of the Anthony Davis Trade
While we still have some unanswered questions about some key specifics of the Lakers trade for Anthony Davis, we do know who and what the Lakers sent to the Pelicans in the deal. On the player side, it’s Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, and Josh Hart. That, alone, is a nice package of talent — a […]