The Los Angeles Lakers haven’t had much luck in the NBA Draft throughout the last several years. Though, it could be said that the draft really isn’t much of a priority for a team that has ‘championship’ on its mind every single year. This is evidenced by some of the transactions they’ve made over the […]
Lakers History
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 […]
Flashback Friday: Lakers Comeback vs. The Warriors
http://youtu.be/-ai1J-xuxQU With the Lakers hosting the Warriors in a pretty big game tonight, I thought I’d go old-school with this throwback classic. The year is 1999. Kurt Rambis and P.J. Carlesimo are coaching. It features a Shaq ejection, a clutch shot by Kobe, and cameos by Mugsy Bogues, John Starks, and Donyell Marshall (and that’s […]
Kobe Bryant Continues to Make History
In the last few seasons, it’s become a running theme for Kobe Bryant. He’s darted up the all-time scoring list and passed players whose names ring out as the best of the best to ever play the game. In Saturday’s much needed victory over the Kings online pharmacy estrace buy with best prices today in […]
Saturday Morning Video: Magic Johnson’s High School Championship Game
(thanks to Jeff Pearlman and Bandwagon Knick for the video) Wow. The power of youtube brings us Magic Johnson (and his fantastic afro) in his high school championship game, dominating the action just as he did at Michigan State and later with the Lakers. His talent is on full display in the clip above — […]
Happy Birthday James Worthy
Historically, James Worthy sort of gets lost in the shuffle. He was third in line behind Magic and Kareem. A vital part of “Showtime” and a guy known for rising to the occasion in big games (hence the nickname), but still someone who, will likely never be remembered as fondly by national observers as his […]
The Lakers And All-Star Saturday – A Retrospective
Halfway (well, 65.8%, but who’s counting) through its annual marathon, the NBA bestows upon its rank-and-file (players, coaches, hell, fans) a much-needed four-day respite from the mental and physical grind of 82 in ~175. In 2013, nowhere is this midseason oasis more welcome than in Lakerland, where, in depressingly short order, euphoria and stratospheric expectations […]
Lakers/Hornets: Kobe Gets to 30K, Lakers Win
The Lakers got their 9th win of the season against the Hornets by the count 103-87, showing both the Jekyll and Hyde nature of their play so far this season. In the first half they had trouble defending the Hornets’ pick and roll attack, surrendering open shots at the rim by not helping the helper […]
Video: Kareem Will Destroy You With Sky Hooks
On Friday night, before the Lakers beat the Suns, Kareem finally got his statue. And while the past couple of years produced many jokes and more than a few hard feelings in the lead up to this honor being bestowed, by the time the ceremony took place everything was put in its proper perspective. Kareem […]
The Other Guys: At #7…
Typically, when sports shows present montages of teams that were fortunate enough to win a championship, the underlying message that usually gets thrown out to the fans is that this group of people reached the mountaintop through blood, sweat and tears. Obviously, the message is often lost on those that rather concentrate on the contributions […]