In the latest episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, Pete and I dive into Media Day and the start of training camp. Our general excitement about real basketball being right around the corner is palpable and we try to get into as many topics as we can from Monday and Tuesday’s media availability. In […]
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Lakers Media Day: Rob Pelinka Values Financial Flexibility
While optimism was a big theme of Monday’s Lakers Media Day, there was another story (and set of quotes) which I find very interesting. During his media availability, Rob Pelinka provided additional context on the team’s plans for 2018 free agency. Pelinka made it clear he values financial flexibility in next summer’s chase for free […]
Lakers Media Day: Team Confident a Brandon Ingram Breakout is Coming
NBA Media Days are always filled with optimism. Every player is in the best shape of his life and has improved his jumper. The teams are all 0-0 and ready to put in the work needed to be better than anyone is giving them credit for. The guys are ready to show you what they’ve […]
Lakers Media Day 2017: When & Where
It’s been an eternity more than two months since Kyle Kuzma dropped 30 points and 10 rebounds in a 110-98 victory over the Portland Trailblazers in the Summer League championship game, and our first glimpse of the 2017-18 Lakers is just around the corner. Lakers Media Day 2017 is on Monday, September 25th between 12:30 […]
Media Day Recap: Kobe Still At the Center of it All
(photo credit: NBC Los Angeles) As we wrote yesterday, media day is mostly a circus. And when you’re Kobe Bryant, heading into your 20th season, coming off three straight years of season ending injuries, and playing on a newly constructed team where as many as five players (by my count, at least) will be rookies, […]
Lakers Add James Worthy to Coaching Staff, Tracy Murray as Consultant
I told you earlier that Media Day, with its assortment of rehashed quotes, wasn’t really a place where we would learn anything new about the team, but it seems I have spoken to soon. At the start of today’s session, Mitch Kupchak announced the team has hired James Worthy to the team’s coaching staff. From […]
Five Questions That Won’t Be Answered at Media Day
Media day is part circus — well, mostly circus — and part infomercial for every NBA team. The players, walking around in full uniform, will hit their key talking points while reporters try to get something insightful out of them that they have not already heard to this point. There will be quotes, but the […]
Sunday Morning Reading: Training Camp Opens
Media day came and went for the Lakers on Saturday, offering a slightly different scene than the one last year where championship expectations came not just from the players, but from many of the reporters in attendance. This year, though, much has changed. Not only did a certain free agent Center choose to bolt town, […]
FB&G Media Day Interviews (Steve Blake, Antawn Jamison)
In our last wave of Laker Media Day interviews, I talk to the main holdover of last year’s bench, Steve Blake. He’s likely going to back Steve Nash up. Later on, I was able to get a couple of quotes from another new member of the bench, Antawn Jamison. He’ll be expected to provide some […]
FB&G Media Day Interviews (Darius Johnson-Odom, Jodie Meeks)
In the next wave of Laker interviews at Media Day, we talked to a couple more new Lakers. Darius Johnson-Odom was drafted in the second round by the Dallas Mavericks before he was moved to the Lakers almost immediately. He’s trying to make the main roster. And the other Laker is Jodie Meeks, who came […]