In this episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, Pete and I are joined by our new co-host, Lakers sideline reporter Mike Trudell, to talk about Rob Pelinka’s first full season as the the Lakers top basketball decision maker. We break down the state of the organization when he took over, the moves he made […]
Finals 2020
Being Right and (Mostly) Wrong About Rajon Rondo
In the year of our lord 2020, Rajon Rondo was a critical on-court contributor to a team that won the NBA Championship. If you’d asked most contributors to the NBA conversation (aka people who watch and analyze the game for a living — or even just for fun — but don’t work for or are […]
Laker Film Room Podcast: LAKERS WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP
In this episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, Pete and I talk about THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS WINNING THE NBA CHAMPIONSHIP. Nuff said. Listen below: If you enjoy the Laker Film Room podcast, please subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes. Additionally, if you want to support the work we do here at Forum Blue & […]
The Lakers are NBA Champions!
The Los Angeles Lakers are your 2020 NBA Champions! Let it sink in. What a team. What a season. What a clinching game. The story of game 6 is what the story of this season has been. That, when the Lakers want to and when they commit to doing it, are simply a smothering defensive […]
Lakers vs. Heat: Game 6 Preview
The idea of what this series is vs. what many thought it would be has been turned on its head — particularly after the injuries suffered to Goran Dragic and Bam Adebayo in game 1. After the Lakers took a 2-0 lead over the Heat and then, again, after the they took a 3-1 lead, […]
Laker Film Room Podcast: Gut Punch
In this episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, Pete and I discuss the Lakers game 5 loss to the Heat. I’d explain more, but I think the title of the pod pretty much explains it. Haha. This was a good discussion, though, so I hope you’ll give it a listen. I think both Pete […]
Lakers vs. Heat: Game 5 Preview
So close, yet so far away. If there’s one thought I have heading into tonight’s game 5 between the Lakers and the Heat, this is it. The Lakers may be a single win away from an NBA championship, but the Heat have proven over and over again what their ethos is as a team. They […]
In Appreciation of Markieff Morris
The history of players who join a team after being bought out isn’t really great. Every year fans all around the league get excited about some player who was once probably pretty good getting bought out and joining their playoff team to help put them over the top. Rarely, though, does that actually happen. Markieff […]
When the Pressure was the Highest, the Lakers got Defensive
It’s often said that when pressure is at its highest, at its most overwhelming, a person will revert to who they naturally are. There is no room for faking it in these moments, there are only instincts and you acting on them. There’s no deciding what you’re going to be, there’s only doing what comes […]
Laker Film Room Podcast: One Win Away
In this episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, Pete and I discuss the Lakers game 4 victory over the Heat to go up 3-1 in the Finals and get within one win of an NBA championship. Little bit of a different format for this one as we go quarter by quarter with our thoughts […]