In this episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, me, Pete, and Mike take a tour of the Western Conference to examine the landscape heading into the off-season. We started out by analyzing which teams are likely to be better or worse next season and why, then we transition to which teams are in the […]
Western Conference
Is The 12th Seed Prediction Too Low For Lakers?
It seems like the nation may be underestimating the Los Angeles Lakers the same way they overestimated them last summer. ESPN released its annual Summer Forecast for the Western Conference this week and the Lakers are projected to finish with 36 wins — 12th in the conference, and out of the playoffs. The projected standings […]
Lakers/Spurs: Gut Check Reveals Guts
Sunday night marked the arrival of a new, long-term houseguest in Lakerland – the ghost of roster future. In the absence of Kobe Bryant – a scenario initially not expected to come to fruition for handful of years – all eyes will be on Dwight Howard to recapture his MVP form of years past and […]
Preview and Chat: The Charlotte Bobcats
Records: Lakers 23-27 (10th in the West), Bobcats 11-37 (15th in the East) Offensive ratings: Lakers 105.1 (8th in the NBA), Bobcats 98.7 (29th in the NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers 103.2 (t-17th in the NBA), Bobcats 108.7 (30th in the NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Metta World Peace, Earl Clark, Dwight […]
Lakers/Thunder: This IS Happening
Are there really no twists in this plot? Nearly eight weeks removed from their lone, 24-hour peek over the .500 threshold, and losers of five straight since last sporting as many wins as losses, the Lakers took the Staples Center floor Friday night desperate, desperate to put a tally in the left hand column of […]
The Laker Way
I stand corrected. It appears the “new Laker fandom” will bear a striking resemblance to that which preceded it. Ever since Andrew Bynum schooled J.J. Barea on the nuances of Newtonian physics in the spring of 2011, it was apparent that the Lakers — as then constituted — required a facelift. As that spring gave […]
Game 2 Preview and Chat: Lakers vs. Nuggets
Well, that was fun. A year after a playoff home opener in which they were brutally craved up by Chris Paul and after a(nother) regular season in which a double-digit leads made frequent cameos but were often unable to carry a show, on Sunday the Lakers physically dominated an overmatched foe in a manner that […]
Preview and Chat: The Oklahoma City Thunder
Records: Lakers: 40-23 (3rd in the West), Thunder: 46-17 (2nd in the West) Offensive ratings: Lakers: 106.1 (11th in the NBA), Thunder: 109.8 (2nd in the NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers: 104.3 (13th in the NBA), Thunder: 102.9 (9th in the NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Ramon Sessions, Kobe Bryant, Metta World Peace, Pau Gasol, Andrew […]
Preview and Chat: The Dallas Mavericks
Records: Lakers: 38-22 (3rd in the West), Mavericks: 34-26 (6th in the West) Offensive ratings: Lakers: 106.1 (8th in the NBA), Mavericks: 102.8 (23rd in the NBA) Defensive ratings: Lakers: 103.6 (13th in the NBA), Mavericks: 101.4 (7th in the NBA) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Ramon Sessions, Devin Ebanks, Metta World Peace, Pau Gasol, Andrew […]
Wednesday Storylines
The Lakers arrive in San Antonio for the first of their three match-ups against the Spurs, luxuriously spread out over the final eight games. I have no idea if this was a logistic practicality from the league’s schedule makers, or if David Stern is enjoying some twisted joke. The comparisons between the teams are fascinating […]