The Lakers are at the beginning of a nice — and needed — break. They opened the season playing five games in seven nights (including four in the season’s first five nights) and have gone winless in the process. They do not play again until Sunday and can use this time off to rest their bodies […]
Fast Break Thoughts
Fast Break Thoughts
After winning their preseason opener on Tuesday against the Nuggets, the Lakers served as a speed bump to a long range sniping Warriors’ team on Thursday. The Lakers fell behind early and never really recovered to make the score any more than cosmetically better. These are the types of games that will happen this season for […]
Five things I am most looking forward to about the Lakers season
This has seemed like the longest summer ever. While we got some FIBA World Cup basketball to somewhat satiate our thirst of some roundball, it was mostly anti-climactic as the Spanish team failed to advance to the finals and give team USA a proper challenge for the gold. The result was an american romp and […]
Fast Break Thoughts
Some links and thoughts to hold you over while we wait for the free agency dominoes to fall… Julius Randle remains unsigned, though is on his way to Las Vegas as part of the Lakers’ summer league team. Randle isn’t likely to suit up until he puts his name to a contract and at this […]
Fast Break Thoughts
Some quick hitting thoughts to get you through your humpday… A very good summary of where the Lakers are at with their coaching search from the always excellent Dave McMenamin can be read here. One section from that piece that caught my eye: Whether the Lakers really believe they are better off with a more […]
Fast Break Thoughts
Some random thoughts to take in while you find things to do besides watch the Lakers play post-season basketball… The Lakers are going through their exit interviews now, nearly the entire team did them on Thursday, save for Marshon Brooks and Kendall Marshall who will go today. You can find highlights of each, here. Some […]
Fast Break Thoughts
Some random thoughts on the goings on around the league, including our beloved Lakers… All year Mike D’Antoni has said that the team’s most consistent performer is Jodie Meeks. Hard to argue there as the man has had his best year as a pro and made some big strides in several areas of his game […]
A Single Stat to Blow Your Mind
The Lakers’ most used lineup this year has played 152 minutes together. The Blazers’ most used lineup has played 1,169 minutes together. — Darius Soriano (@forumbluegold) March 11, 2014 The Lakers are a bad team for a variety of reasons. They can be awful defensively. They can play at too fast a pace even when […]
Preview and Chat: Lakers vs. Pelicans
More than any other game this year, I think, the win over Portland has fans experiencing a wide range of emotions. Those who still try to find joy in watching the Lakers play well and actually win games found themselves beaming after the game. A win in Portland is always hard to come by, but […]
The Fallout of Forward Thinking
With that said, you have to continue to monitor your roster as the season goes on. That’s the job as a general manager. You have to be more realistic. Most of the time, we start the season with a certain ratio in mind. It could be 80 percent looking at the current season, and 20 […]