Kobe’s “moderate†ankle sprain from last night’s solid win over Indiana has him listed as day-to-day — but, then again, aren’t we all? The Lakers should be fine for a game or two without Kobe, and I’m not going to worry unless he misses the game against San Antonio Sunday. Kwame Brown had his best […]
Lakers Analysis
It’s the Defense, Stupid
Plenty of frustration after the Lakers loss last night, and frankly there are some chilling big picture issues right now. That said, some of the frustration is misplaced. Yes, the zone defense seemed to again befuddle the Lakers. Yes, the Lakers settled to quickly for the three against the zone. Yes, there were 19 turnovers. […]
Laker/Clipper Thoughts
Welcome to first place, the view is amazing from up here. Can’t quite see all the way to the playoffs from this vantage point, but I bet on a clear day…. There were a lot of things to like out of last night, and not just frustrating Clipper fans. Here are a few notes I […]
Talking Lakers/Raptors
Friday night’s Laker win was certainly not a game they’ll want to keep a copy of at the basketball Hall of Fame, it was pretty ugly. But there were things to talk about, such as Kobe reaching 17,000 points or Chris Bosh now with three-point range. So, Ryan at Hoops Addict and I did, you […]
Pick up the pace
Regular commenter here Rob has been keeping a close eye on the Lakers stats this season and sent along a few thoughts, which I’m posting for general consumption. GENERAL There is one very important stat that seems to predict whether the Lakers win or lose. You might be surprised to find out it has nothing […]
Getting The Point
Kobe moved to the initiator spot out on top of the triangle Sunday night, Odom moved onto the block and the triangle returned to shape against Memphis. I remember someone floating this idea in the comments a week or two ago (I couldn’t find it), and I balked because I am among those who instinctively […]
Final Preseason Stats
Regular commenter Rob L put his Excel program to work and came up with some Laker stats for the preseason and was kind enough to send along, A few of these are interesting – but again, remember this is preseason so don’t read too much into them. First is that the Lakers picked up the […]
Lakers Preview Day
Everywhere you turn today, Laker previews are popping up. The Basketball Jones has its Pacific Division preview podcast up, which includes myself, Kevin from Clipperblog and Tom from Sactown Royalty talking NBA (plus the always fumy J.E. Skeets and Tas). Lots of good information, the downside is you have to hear my voice. If you […]
Whither Kobe
Kobe is not going to win the scoring title this season. Or, maybe a better way of saying this is: If things go well for the Lakers this season, Kobe is not going to win the scoring title. I was thinking about this while answering a few Laker questions for an online fantasy basketball Web […]
Preseason Stats
It’s hard to take much from any one preseason game (even if Mo Evans was +12 and both Odom and Farmar were +9, or if Bynum was -14 against the Clippers). But through five preseason games I thought I’d put up some stats and let people draw their own conclusions: Name eFG% 3pt % TS% […]