I had this great plan to ask the best NBA blogger living or dead — Knickerblogger — to write a preview telling us about his team (no, they’re aren’t a lot of dead NBA bloggers for him to compete with). Then, in the swirling vortex of a busy trade-deadline week and a busy last week […]
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Post Based On Best-Selling Books
Everything I ever wanted to know about the problems with the Lakers I learned in the last 1:10 of the game in Toronto. Poor perimeter defense. With 1:02 left, the Raptors ran a high pick-and-pop with Rafer Alston going around Jalen Rose. Both Laker defenders — Chucky Atkins and Jumaine Jones — follow Alston. That […]
On Tap: The Toronto Raptors
Let me say up front who I’m rooting for today: Sideways. Much like rooting for this year’s edition of the Lakers, I know my choice is not going to get the big trophy in the end (well, maybe for adapted screenplay, but that’s about like making the playoffs in the NBA). That said, I like […]
On Tap: The Detroit Pistons
The Laker squad that takes the floor tonight at Staples Center will look like the one we have seen all season after the Lakers stood pat at the trading deadline. While Lakers fans calling talk shows wanted to see something — almost anything — I’ll say again I think Mitch make the right move for […]
In The Clutch
The Lakers win in Portland was typical of the Lakers in one respect — the ball was in Kobe Bryant’s hands at the end. From the 8:00 mark of the fourth quarter on, Kobe scored 12 of the Lakers 16 points, and assisted on the other two baskets. Kobe has a well-deserved reputation as a […]
Tick, Tick, Tick……
Less than two hours until the trade deadline — and the morning after a very good win for the Lakers, getting wins you’re not playing your best is what playoff teams do — and we’ll start with the words of GM Mitch Kupchak from the LA Times this morning. “It’s unlikely we’re going to make […]
On Tap: The Portland Trailblazers and Trade Rumors
Trade rumors continue to swirl around these teams heading into tonight’s game. I have yet to see a source I trust say there is something going to happen for sure with the Lakers, although it does appear Mitch K. is working the phones hard. One rumor getting a lot of attention is a Baron Davis […]
Fast Break
A collection of thoughts on the Lakers win against Boston, trades and other stuff: • That was a sloppy game last night from both teams, but the Lakers got it together in the second half. The Lakers had 11 first half turnovers, just three in the second half. • The Laker triangle spacing is horrible […]
On Tap: The Boston Celtics
It’s been almost a couple of decades since this was a must-see NBA matchup, but there is always something exciting about the Boston Celtics coming to town. Twenty years later, those green uniforms still stir my passions. That said, these are not exactly the 1985 Lakers and Celtics. The Lakers are two games over .500, […]
Boozer, We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Boozer
Apparently, the deal with Utah is dead everywhere but Jack Haley’s mind. Sources reliable (such Hoopsworld) and not so trustworthy (Peter Vessey and Chad Ford of ESPN’s Insiders) all say the Boozer to the Laker talks are not only dead, they were never really all that alive. No good word on other moves. It appears […]