DeMarcus Cousins tore his ACL on Monday. Confirmations of the injury came on Thursday afternoon. I spent most of the rest of that day thinking about Cousins the person and, really, simply feeling sick for him. There are few things more sad in professional sports than to have an elite athlete’s body betray them. Cousins, […]
Lakers Analysis
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 […]
Laker Film Room Podcast: Dissecting Frank Vogel’s Playbook
In this episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, Pete and I are joined by special guest Coach Gibson Pyper to talk about Frank Vogel’s offensive playbook and how it applies to the Lakers current roster. A key part of our discussion focuses on Coach Pyper’s video breakdown of Vogel’s offensive sets, both from his […]
Lakers Roster Talk: Getting Defensive with the Lakers Guards
Now that the Lakers roster is, basically, complete we’re going to start a short series of posts taking a look at a specific part of the team from an angle we find interesting. Next up, we look at the guards. When the Lakers traded away Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart, and Brandon Ingram, they let go […]
Laker Film Room Podcast: Lakers Roster Preview – Big Men
In this episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, Pete and I start our Lakers roster preview by talking about the Lakers big men. Using the premise of the Lakers big men as playmakers and shot creators as a jumping off point, we take a deep dive into Anthony Davis’ game, specifically his ability to […]
Lakers Roster Talk: Bigs as Playmakers and Shot Creators
Now that the Lakers roster is, basically, complete we’re going to start a short series of posts taking a look at a specific part of the team from an angle we find interesting. First up, the Lakers bigs. The Lakers’ roster now runs 14 players deep. After Kawhi Leonard power-played his way to a Paul […]
Lakers to Play LeBron James as Point Guard
With the Lakers roster (basically) full, the next step for the team is to appropriately build out lineups and rotations in order to maximize the group they have assembled. As I wrote after the Lakers re-signed Alex Caruso, the team’s choices at point guard did not offer a single player who had the complete skill […]
Lakers are Waiting on Kawhi Leonard, for Better or for Worse
The first day of free agency came on like a tsunami, with nearly many of the best available players, including many who were said to interest the Lakers, snatched up into cap space. Those who were not signed outright by teams, were part of sign and trade transactions. The final tally of players now off […]
Lakers Free Agent Targets Go Beyond Kawhi Leonard, as they Should
On Friday and now, into Saturday, reports have shifted towards Kawhi Leonard showing more interest in the Lakers than previously expected. No one can know for sure if this interest is real or simply the normal ramping up of the rumor mill as free agency approaches, but odds makers in Las Vegas are reacting in […]
The Ideal Lakers Free Agency
The Lakers have maneuvered themselves to a position that makes them a formidable free agent destination. They went from a team of LeBron James and talented, high ceiling young players to a team with LeBron and Anthony Davis but not a max cap slot to a team with a LeBron and Davis and $32 million […]