Record: 22-33 (24-31 Pythagorean), 10th in the East Record last 10 games: 4-6 Offensive Rating: 106.7 (17th in the league) Defensive Rating: 108 (22nd in the league) The Rivalry: Jeff from Celtics blog may be right, maybe nobody outside of Boston and LA — and only people over 30 in those cities — really see […]
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On Tap: The Los Angeles Clippers
Record: 30-23 (33-20 Pythagorean), 5th seed in the West Record last 10 games: 4-6 (lost 5 straight) Offensive Rating: 106.5 (15th in the league) Defensive Rating: 104.6 (6th in the league) No Trades Is Good Trades: On message boards and talk radio yesterday I kept hearing this sentiment, “If we had just gotten X we […]
Blogging with the Enemy
In addition to posting here, I’ll be doing some work over at True Hoop for the next week, tag-teaming with Jeff from Celtics Blog (Jeff’s a good guy and a great blogger despite the character flaw of being a Celtics fan). Check in over there for some ’80s style throwback and throwdown between a Celtics […]
What Ron-Ron Means To Me
Rather than one of my standard previews of tonight’s game against Sacramento, I’m giving some space to Tom Z., the guy behind the Sactown Royalty blog (one of the best NBA blogs out there) to talk about what the addition of Ron Artest has meant to the Kings (besides 7 wins in the last 10). […]
Trade Talk
No, nothing from the Lakers. And don’t expect anything either. But how about the news from out East — Stephon Marbury and Steve Francis are teammates. Francis needs the ball, he is shooting just 38% (eFG%) on jumpshots this year but 51.8% when he penetrates and gets in close. Marbury needs the ball and gets […]
On Tap: The Portland Trailblazers
Record: 18-33 (17-34 Pythagorean), last in the West Record last 10 games: 3-7 (same as the Lakers, sadly) Offensive Rating: 102 (29th in the league) Defensive Rating: 112.3 (28th in the league) The goal: There are 30 games left in the regular season, and if the Lakers are going to get to 45 wins, they […]
Fast Break
Trades and All Stars and Olympics, oh my: • Kobe, the Mona Lisa for a new generation? Check out this art exhibit. (Thanks to LAist for finding this.) • The rumor seems to have gained some attention — even though everyone involved is denying it — so let’s talk about Steve Francis, or specifically Francis […]
The Next 10
A decade after the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History list was released, TNT will unveil “The Next 10” tonight. The idea is pretty simple — who are the next 10 on the list. There are some easy ones, guys like Kobe and Duncan who were not in the league (or very young) when the […]
The Waiting Game
One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. —Chinese proverb Losses like the one to Atlanta remind Laker fans it’s a long way from here (a .500 basketball team) to there (back in the NBA finals while Kobe is still in his prime). It’s not […]
On Tap: The Atlanta Hawks
Record: 15-34 (15-34 Pythagorean), 13th seed in the East (ahead of the Knicks and Bobcats) Record last 10 games: 4-6 (including a win over Detroit) Offensive Rating: 106.5 (16th in league) Defensive Rating: 111.8 (27th in league) The Lakers coming in: They played defense against Utah and they got the win. Oh, sure, they didn’t […]