Just providing a place to talk All-Star weekend stuff. I’ll start it off with a few thoughts: 1) I would have given the dunk contest to Howard, although Green was impressive. 2) I thought Kobe could pass? 3) I didn’t catch much of the Rookie/Sophomore game. How did Farmar look?
NBA general
I Beg To Differential
Rankings, Rankings, Rankings The NBA is far enough into the season that rankings such as Stein, Hollinger, Sagarin and FOTS (Friend of the Site) Knickerblogger generate heated debate. We the fans often go with our gut in response to outsiders ranking our team. “Come on, Hollinger! The Lakers aren’t even in the top ten. They’re […]
Staples Center Mini-Me
Did you know that when the Indiana Pacers were in town last month they held their morning shootaround at the home of LA Gear CEO Steven Jackson — who has a full-size replica of the Staples Center court in his house. Henry at True Hoop had the details this week (and if you read one […]
Lakers New Year’s Resolutions
I posted the full list over at LAist, and while some of it is aimed at a mass audience (hence the simplistic explanation of the pick-and-roll) they are all things we can hope for. Here are a couple resolutions for the team. Get healthy. It’s one of your resolutions — to eat better, to drop […]
RIP Red
“To be a successful coach you should be and look prepared. You must be a man of integrity. Never break your word. Don’t have two sets of standards. Remember you don’t handle players–you handle pets. You deal with players. Stand up for your players. Show them you care–on and off the court. Very important–it’s not […]
The Turbulent Pacific
As of next Tuesday, it is no longer the off-season — the Lakers open training camp. No trip to Hawaii for camp this year, which means new Laker Vladimir Radmanovic will not have a deep bronze tan when the season starts (instead he’ll stick with the Casper white look). How do you feel as the […]
Crystal Ball Time
I’m pulling this out of the comments and making it its own topic because, well, it made me laugh (and has a lot of potential). It just feels too early to start predicting who will finish where in the West and what team will make it out of the Eastern Conference. But it’s not too […]
Staples Apathy
I was there the night the building opened, when Bruce Springsteen walked on stage for the first notes of “My Love Will Not Let You Down.†I cheered later when he looked out at Staples Center and said “too many (luxury) boxes.†I was there for maybe the defining basketball moment in the building’s history […]
Congratulations Shaq
In some corners of Lakerdom today there is bitterness that Shaquille O’Neal went on to win a title in Miami, and to do it before Kobe got his. Not in my heart, however. I’m happy he cemented a well-deserved legacy as one of the games all-time great centers. What he did in Miami does not […]
Super Friends and the NBA
I’ve always had a fascination with the Super Friends. I have a classic old Super Friends T-shirt — old school Justice League style — that is the most worn-out thing in my wardrobe but I can’t bring myself to throw it out. My wife bought me the Super Friends DVD for Christmas, it was the […]