With the post season rapidly approaching, we’re nearing the point where the regular season awards will be voted on. Over a series of posts, I’ll make my argument for a specific Laker to win an award or be included on one of the All-NBA or Defensive teams. Today, my take on why Ron Artest should be named […]
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Drama? Surrounding The Lakers? Yawn.
Silly me. After yesterday’s talk about Lakers and trades online pharmacy wellbutrin for sale no prescription and some smart people saying the same things about the likelihood of the Lakers making a deal (hint: not likely), I thought we could all move on and focus on the games – a Lakers win vs. the Rockets first on deck – […]
Ron Artest Is Finding His Groove
For most of the year, a topic of (at least some) concern has been the play of Ron Artest. In early December we covered the topic and ultimately came to the conclusion that Ron wasn’t playing as poorly as some of his numbers looked and that a lot of what we were judging Ron’s performances on were based […]
Around The World (Wide Web)
[picappgallerysingle id=”10069164″] From JE Skeets, The Basketball Jones: Saturday, December 18th was a strange night in the life of Ron Artest, even by Ron Artest’s standards. A group of Toronto artists created an art show celebrating Ron’s career entitled, “Lovable Badass.” And, as if to prove how unpredictable he is, Ron decided to show up. […]
What’s Wrong With Ron Artest?
One of the undertold stories of this Laker campaign is how Ron Artest is playing. This makes sense considering sexier stories surrounding Kobe’s shooting, Gasol’s minutes, the play of the bench, and Bynum’s knees have been such major parts of the Lakers’ start to the season. Plus, when you throw in the Lakers’ strong start and then […]
Fast Break Thoughts
buy synthroid online synthroid no prescription A couple of off days in a row for the Lakers allow me to look around the league and truly take in the entire association. And with the NBA finally back, a few musings from one happy basketball fan… *The first few days have provided some fantastic performances with […]
Lakers and the Numbers Game, P. I
[picappgallerysingle id=”9127196″] Numbers don’t always tell the whole truth in basketball, but they can certainly offer valuable insight into player patterns, as well as some occasionally prescient nuggets about the future too. That said, we look at one or two important stats for each of the 14 expected roster players and eventually, some key numbers […]
It’s Mailbag Time
Welcome to FB&G’s first attempt at a mailbag. Thanks to all of you that submitted questions. If you’d like to submit a question for future installments just send me an email and put “mailbag question” in the subject line. Here we go… Do you see a possibility of Phil sliding into a Tex Winter type role after next year? […]
2009-10 Player Review: Ron Artest
[picappgallerysingle id=”8952550″] With the 2009-10 season behind us and the free agency bonanza just getting started, ‘Forum Blue & Gold’ begins the first of a series of player reviews from your NBA champions. We begin with the player who left many fans and critics divided when he was signed before last season: the one and […]
What To Do With Ron Artest
[picappgallerysingle id=”8683828″] A quick programming note: FB&G will be off-line from 10pm to midnight PST this evening (May 3rd) due to a scheduled maintenance on the site’s server. I apologize in advance for any inconvenience. Lebron James. Carmelo Anthony. Paul Pierce. Kevin Durant. Brandon Roy. While this is an amended list, it’s these (types of) players […]