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I’ll admit that I bought into it — the conventional wisdom that with Shaq gone this year’s Laker squad would be all Kobe all the time. He was going to take all the shots, covered or not, and everyone else was a glorified caddie. Nine games in, while sometimes it feels that way, the statistics […]

My favorite Laker team pattern for this season continued in the overhyped “Battle for Los Angeles” last night at Staples Center — in the Lakers five wins they average 21 assists per game, in the four losses 14.25. Last night, 24 assists. Kobe had 11 himself. Lakers win handily. It sounds simple, but remember there […]

Commenter Icaros (who gets the honor of being the first commenter here, and with that a lifetime supply of Rice-A-Roni) asked about the name of this site. Then, my sports-knowledgeable wife asked me the same question: Don’t the Lakers wear purple not blue? I only had to be hit in the head a couple times […]

I’m feeling a bit of Vertigo from all the cold medications currently pulsing through my veins, but here are a few thoughts as the cuatro y cuatro Lakers (who may end up catorce y catorce) head back to the court after three whole days off in a row. * Everyone seems to want to make […]

I noted it one way the other day — when the Lakers share the ball they look good, when they don’t they don’t. Eric Neel over at ESPN puts in another way, and lays the blame at the feet of Kobe and his shooting percentage. He’s taking the lion’s share (and then some) of the […]

I’m not a patient person, and apparently neither are Laker fans on the whole. While we give lip service to patience as this Laker team grows together and gets healthier, in our heads (not to mention various chat sites and call in shows) we start thinking about trades, tinkering with the lineup and otherwise formulating […]

The Lakers are .500, with a few days off to practice, and here’s what I’ve been thinking about: * In the Lakers four wins this year the team has 81 assists, in the four losses just 57. In the four wins, the Lakers have scored a total of just 9 more points than the losses. […]

We may only be a couple of weeks into the season, but one early NBA trend is good for fans — scoring league-wide is up. Nobody appears to be happier about this than Mark Cuban, whose Dallas team has always been more about entertainment than being built to win it all. In his latest blog […]

Six games into an NBA season is way to few to be a statistically significant. Which is just a fancy way saying it is way to early to know exactly what you’ve got with this year’s Laker team. That has not stopped news outlets from highlighting Kobe’s shooting percentage (.377%) and points per game (27.7) […]

The best basketball site on the Web, 82 Games, recently got a little well-deserved publicity. It is at the leading edge of a wave that will change how basketball players and teams will be evaluated and you should be checking it out. Let me explain, by way of another sport. For the past few years, […]