The Lakers Summer League team hasn’t done well. They’re 1-3 thus far and lost to the Sixers SL team, 83-61, on Wednesday night. But we’re there to see how the Laker draft picks are performing. Julius Randle has done pretty well thus far. Randle is averaging 12 points and four rebounds in three games he […]
Interviews
Chris Douglas-Roberts Talks Summer League, Kobe and Jerseys
Chris Douglas-Roberts, as you remember, is trying to return to the NBA and he’s back with the Lakers Summer League team. The former New Jersey Net was a late cut by the Lakers before last year’s regular season started. Douglas-Roberts assessed his performance this summer so far. “I had a slow start. Unfortunately, I kinda […]
Interview With Lakers Assistant Coach Mark Madsen
I was able to steal a few minutes of former Laker player (now Laker assistant coach and still fan favorite) Mark Madsen about his duties of his new gig. FORUM BLUE & GOLD: Did you always want to coach? MARK MADSEN: Coaching is something I’ve always had on the back of my mind that I’ve […]
Interview With Robert Sacre
After the Lakers’ summer league game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday, we managed to get Robert Sacre to talk to us about how his rookie year was, what he’s working on, and other things. FORUM BLUE & GOLD: How would you describe your rookie year? online pharmacy cipro online with best prices today in […]
Interview With Laker Coach Mike D’Antoni
While at Las Vegas Summer League, we caught up with Laker coach Mike D’Antoni, who was taking in the Los Angeles Clippers/Atlanta Hawks game. FORUM BLUE & GOLD: Coach D’Antoni, how did last year’s Laker season compare to all of the other years in your coaching career? MIKE D’ANTONI: It is what it is. It’s […]
Earl The Pearl On The Lakers – From West To Kobe
In any field of endeavor, prodigious talent is idolized, achievement rewarded, lasting greatness immortalized. What then, of transcendent talent that achieves not only greatness, but actually furthers the evolution of the endeavor in which it is deployed? Whatever his place in the Pantheon of basketball greats, that Earl Monroe is one of NBA history’s most […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jeff Camarra on Telling Trey Johnson’s Story
On April 13, Trey Johnson came off the bench for the Lakers and scored six points in 13 minutes. At the time, it was a cool story that had some fans wondering if Johnson could be the answer to the Lakers point guard woes. For Jeff Camarra, this was the end of the story. Camarra, […]