This is the fifth in a series of season wrap-up posts for the Lakers (we’ve already done team management, point guard, shooting guards and small forwards).Players in this post will be listed this way: Kobe Bryant (23.8/15.1/+2.8). Those numbers are: the player’s PER, his opponents PER for the season at his primary position, and his […]
News
Wednesday Morning Reading
I’m finishing up the end of the season report on power forwards, but if you want Laker news let me point you to a couple of things. Eric Pincus of Hoopsworld is on Phil Jackson watch but there is little new news to report. That said, it’s a good breakdown of where things stand. For […]
Three Things
1) Steve Nash named MVP. I know I’m a little late to this debate, but I really never thought he’d win it. He had an amazing offensive season, but I don’t see how he can be MVP because of his defense, or lack thereof. Opposing point guards shot 46.4% (eFG%). Nash’s opposing point guards got […]
Why Phil?
Everybody wants him, although the Lakers appear the frontrunner. He’s got nine rings and the respect of some of the great players of the game. He’s got an aura. But what is it that got Phil Jackson all this? What does he give his teams on the court that has brought him this success? More […]
Kentucky Derby Picks
Go ahead and laugh, but if you read my old blog last year and put my three picks in an exacta box you would have won (I did). For the record, I hit the exacta for the Preakness as well, but missed on the Belmont. For the 2005 race I’ll take: 1) Afleet Alex: Built […]
Fast Break Friday
Just a few quick thoughts from the guy with a blog about a team without a real owner… • The big news is official! No, that THAT big news. But Paul Sunderland is officially out as Laker broadcaster, proving that you don’t want to be the guy who follows Chick Hearn, you want to be […]
No News But Plenty Of Opinions
What was interesting about Laker owner Dr. Jerry Buss’ “state of the team†press event yesterday was not what he said — there was nothing new in his comments — but rather the reaction of the local media to this no news event. In case you missed it, you can read about the event. But […]
End of Season Report Card: Small Forwards
This is the fourth in a series of season wrap-up posts for the Lakers (we’ve already done team management, point guard and shooting guards).Players in this post will be listed this way: Kobe Bryant (23.8/15.1/+2.8). Those numbers are: the player’s PER, his opponents PER for the season at his primary position, and his +/- averaged […]
Fast Break
Lots of things I want to get to today, so, in an act of a lazy blogger, out come the bullet points. • My favorite playoff series to watch so far has been Houston and Dallas. Tracy McGrady has been getting all the props, and deservedly so — he played the four just 1% of […]
End Of Season Report Card: Shooting Guards
Welcome to all of the visitors from Instapundit, make yourself at home. This is a Laker blog but we talk all of the NBA here. Check out the links on the left for other great NBA blogs and sites as well. That said, this is the wrap up post for another position on the Lakers […]