A legend who had his fingertips and fingerprints involved in the launching of two of the NBA’s proudest traditions. A Trojan, a Dodger, a Celtic, and a Laker. A man who can say he coached in the philosophy of Auerbach, under the ownership of Steinbrenner, and as the mentor to Riley. Bill Sharman’s career began […]
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All Star Chat
Just providing a place to talk All-Star weekend stuff. I’ll start it off with a few thoughts: 1) I would have given the dunk contest to Howard, although Green was impressive. 2) I thought Kobe could pass? 3) I didn’t catch much of the Rookie/Sophomore game. How did Farmar look?
I Ain’t Gonna Work On Phil’s Farm No More
Did the Cavaliers take a shot outside of five feet last night? This team is, officially, the worst defensive team Phil Jackson has ever coached — and Rob has the proof: Currently this Laker team IS the worst defensive team Phil has ever coached. Their defensive rating (points per 100 possessions) is 109.5 which ranks […]
It’s the Offense, Stupid
I’ll be the first to admit that it’s been hard to watch the Laker defense of late, for example the Knicks’ guards seemed to get into the paint at will and the defensive rotations have been horrible. And, in the last 10 games, the Lakers have given up an average of 12.5 offensive rebounds a […]
Magic, Nash and Some Blog Talk
There is so much great and interesting stuff put out in the basketball blogsphere the last couple days that to just talk about Lakers’ lack of focus on defense last night seems masochistic. So today bask in the sunshine, the darkness may creep back in tomorrow. Let’s start with friend-of-this-site Nate Jones of Jones on […]
Preview and Chat: The New York Knicks
Turning it around. Call it a slump, blame the injuries, say the season of bad defense is catching up with them, say that Mercury is retrograde so the stars are lined up against us, it really doesn’t matter. What matters is the Lakers are 3-7 in their last 10 and have looked like a team […]
Stepping Up
Over at LAist, in a little preview of Sunday’s game, I stated something for that more mainstream audience I think is understood here: When stars like Kobe and LeBron clash, the guy that gets the win is the guy that gets the best play from his supporting cast. With that in mind, let’s look at […]
Preview and Chat: The Cleveland Cavaliers
4-4? At the start of this road trip Phil Jackson said 6-2 was feasible, I was hoping for 5-3, but in the end I can live with 4-4. However, the Lakers need to win today to reach that lowest of goals. Missing Luke. For the last couple games, the Lakers have been very slow up […]
Raptor Game Podcast
It wasn’t the kind of game I wanted to talk about, but I agreed to go on tthe Hoops Addict podcast today and talk Lakers, Raptors, Bosh and more. You can listen to it here. Or, you can just try to forget that game ever happened.
Preview and Chat: The Toronto Raptors
A word or 75 on Detroit. Some teams just have your number, teams where the matchups all seem to be in the other guy’s favor. The Pistons are apparently that for the Lakers, because the two Laker games against the Pistons may have been their two worst this season. All you can do in these […]