The world is not ending, I promise. Well, at least the Lakers basketball world is not. The Lakers lost a basketball game on Tuesday night to the Clippers by 10 points, 112-102. There was a lot of hype and excitement surrounding this game — opening night, LeBron and AD vs. Kawhi and the new look […]
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Podcast: The Lakers Sign LeBron James
In the latest episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, Pete and I discuss the Lakers signing LeBron James in free agency and their subsequent moves to bolster the roster through Monday. We first go in on all things LeBron — how the length and nature of his contract is important, how he impacts the […]
The Lakers Best Month of the Season Has Also Been Their Worst
After their 108-94 loss to the Charlotte Hornets on January 5, the Lakers had reached their lowest point of the 2017-18 season. Not only was it the team’s ninth consecutive loss but they were 16 games under .500 but a stretch of 15 of 21 road games was three weeks away. Since then, the team […]
Post Game Data Report: Lakers vs Clippers
Game one is down, and it’s looking like a long 81 games are remaining. Let’s break down how the team did through the help of some post game Lakers data to get a better sense of what happened on the court Thursday. Utilizing play type data, which I give a tutorial to here for Nylon Calculus, […]
Lakers Preseason Game 1 Playbook
If you follow my work, you know I’m not a fan of the Lakers scheme from last season. The chess game within the game of utilizing actions to generate good shots can play a big role for basketball teams, and solid team scheme is something seen with all of the top NBA teams. This year […]
Preview & Chat: Lakers vs. Suns
If there were ever a team to make the Lakers’ current situation seem enviable, it would be tonight’s opponent in the Phoenix Suns. In the past two weeks alone head coach Jeff Hornacek has been rumored to be in danger of losing his job, he then saw two of his top assistants fired, his starting point guard and […]
Lakers Comeback Against Nuggets, Kobe Leads Charge
Admittedly, I didn’t watch a large chunk of this game. Got home late in the third due to Los Angeles’ unforgiving traffic and didn’t finish eating until mid-way through the fourth. In reality, this isn’t a game I should be recapping. But with Darius receiving a DNP (Family Time) and Kobe playing well down the […]
Thursday Links: Clarkson’s Growth, Kobe-Shaq and… Artest!!
On Tuesday we shared Matt Moore’s piece on the awkward dynamic between coach Byron Scott and the team’s more modernly constructed roster. Today, we double up on the folks over at CBS, starting with a Lakers Offseason Report provided by Zach Harper, where he attempts to answer a few of the team’s more pressing questions […]
Friday Links: Holmes Speaks, Nance’s Goals and Kobe’s Fortitude
The dragging offseason continues, yet the news cycle rolls on… Earlier this month the Lakers signed former Texas forward and Summer League standout Jonathan Holmes. To this date, not much has been heard about the Holmes-Lakers pairing since the signing, however, Mark Stenberg of Study Breaks Magazine recently caught up with the San Antonio native […]
Wednesday Links: Summer Signings, Injury Prevention and Back-to-Backs
The Lakers made another under-the-radar personnel move over the weekend with the signing of undrafted free agent Michael Fraizer. This is the team’s second UDFA signing of the offseason and just as we did with the signing of Jonathan Holmes, today’s links provide a month-old scouting report done by Kevin O’Connor of SB Nation, in which […]