Why Worry? There seems to be some chatter out in Laker land about who would be the best first-round matchup for the Lakers, San Antonio or Phoenix? (Or, Dallas, although that is an outside chance.) It doesn’t matter, right now the Lakers can’t beat any of them in a seven game series. They need to […]
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Preview & Chat: The Denver Nuggets
Godspeed Cory Karl. The Nuggets will be without George Karl tonight as he is with his son, who is having throat cancer surgery. My best wishes to the Karl family. Ballhype.com. I had a whole post planned on this new site, which computer problems at home have cost me (for now at least). While I’m […]
NCAA Finals thread
If the Lakers had their choice of any players in tonight’s game to join the team next year, my two top choices would go to Ohio State players — Greg Oden (sorry Drew) and Mike Conley. But basketball remains a team game, and Florida not only has four starters with NBA talent but they play […]
Peeking into the future
The Lakers have always been somewhat shrouded in mystery — it may be the most prominent franchise in the NBA but it is run by just a few, a tight-knit family that rarely tips their hand in public (think the anti-Steinbrenners). So last week, when heir-apparent Jim Buss did a radio interview on 570 AM, […]
Preview & Chat: The Sacramento Kings
The up and down Jordan Farmar. Jordan Farmar is set to make history today — the Lakers are going to assign him to the D-League so he can play with the D-Fenders at 2:30, then after the game call him back up to the main team and he will suit up for the Lakers. If […]
Preview & Chat: The Houston Rockets
Talking Spanish basketball. Got to meet and hang out with regular commenter Xavier last night, who is in town from Barcelona on spring break. The guy knows his hoops — and he’s dedicated. How many games would you watch if the only one a day was at 4 a.m.? (Granted, in Barcelona some of us […]
One Step Up And Two Steps Back
Honestly, I’m of two minds on last night’s ugly loss to Memphis. If this were December I’d tend to write it off as just a bad shooting night. Every team throws up a couple dud games over the course of a season, this could be just one of those. Just forget it and move on. […]
Preview & Chat: The Memphis Grizzlies
Looking back at Elgin Baylor. I think a lot of younger fans have no idea that the guy who is now the Clipper GM is really one of the all-time great offensive forces, a guy whose game paved the way for Jordan, Kobe and many more. Thanks to a find by one of my favorite […]
Kobe: Doing What He’s Supposed To
What struck me as odd on Monday, in the wake of Kobe only being able to muster 43 points while being triple teamed and denied the ball, was the debate in some of the media about whether Kobe’s streak was good for the team. The argument goes like this: Kobe has been shooting and not […]
Preview& Chat: Golden State Warriors
Going for five. Really, it’s becoming hard to keep coming up with ways to describe Kobe’s brilliance the last four games. Today I get a little help from Rob L., who has been keeping a lot of Laker stats on the season. When Kobe has been on the floor this season, he’s averaged using 24.6% […]