I’m not normally not someone who spends a lot of time on the debate-at-the-bar nature of the MVP voting discussion, because it’s usually about splitting hairs between two guys who both had great seasons. However this year, with several potentials bunched closely together, who someone votes for ends up really being about how the voter […]
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Suggested Reading
Consider this my attempt at being AOL — so much great hoops stuff on the Web, let me choose what you should read. Starting with something from FB&G’s comments (I can’t really say often enough just how smart and witty the commenters here are, it makes this site 10 times better): WorthyTomahawk posted this prior […]
The D-League Is Coming To Town
They do it in Long Beach all the time, but it never really works — minor league sports trying to thrive under the radar of Los Angeles and its established major league teams. They all try to sell the advantages — it’s less expensive and the setting more intimate — but minor league sports (from […]
Fast Break Thoughts
A few thoughts from last night’s win against the Clippers, plus some other stuff. • Chalk that game up to Lamar Odom, who basically played Brand to a standstill — both got 20+ points but Odom had more rebounds and had one of his best defensive games of the season. Nobody stops Brand, but he […]
Suggested Reading
Swamped with work today, so let me point you to some people doing some good writing, and throw in a couple comments. • If you had offered me a deal beforehand to split the games against Detroit and San Antonio, I would have taken it. So I’m not too frustrated with the loss last night. […]
Ugh. (And not just the Lakers)
I’m not going to talk about it, no need to rehash the ugliness. The late runs should never have had to happen, and they spent so much energy fighting back they couldn’t get over the hump. (By the way, look at the game flow and see that the Lakers fourth-quarter run ends when Kwame gets […]
Trade Talk
No, nothing from the Lakers. And don’t expect anything either. But how about the news from out East — Stephon Marbury and Steve Francis are teammates. Francis needs the ball, he is shooting just 38% (eFG%) on jumpshots this year but 51.8% when he penetrates and gets in close. Marbury needs the ball and gets […]
The Next 10
A decade after the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History list was released, TNT will unveil “The Next 10” tonight. The idea is pretty simple — who are the next 10 on the list. There are some easy ones, guys like Kobe and Duncan who were not in the league (or very young) when the […]
My All Star Ballot, Part II
Yesterday, I laid out my ballot for the East. Today, the conference I’m a little more familiar with, the West. Western Conference Guards: Steve Nash and Kobe Bryant. Just missed out, Tony Parker, Chris Paul, Sam Cassell. Yes, it’s a Laker blog, so you knew Kobe was going to get a vote, but I think […]
My All Star Ballot, Part I
We’ve seen enough of this NBA season that I felt there was enough information to sit down and decide who I would want to send to Houston. My first thought was: I’ve been to Houston once, and think of returning as more punishment than reward. I could vote for a team of guys I want […]