Steve Blake made one of the smartest free agent moves of the summer (pay attention Amare Stoudemire), swapping teams in Los Angeles, going from pretender (the Clippers) to contender (the Lakers) after agreeing to sign a -year contract worth $16 million. Blake is a considerable upgrade to Derek Fisher. He rarely turns the ball over, is an [...]
Monday, June 21, 2010
Kobe Bryant just finished another stellar playoff performance landing him his 5th NBA Championship. He has possibly positioned himself atop the centerpiece of the mantle of Laker greats alongside Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Bob MacAdoo, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor ,and Wilt Chamberlain.You are not, and never will be, Michael Jordan.I [...]
Monday, June 14, 2010
Kobe Bryant was spectacular in game 5 of the NBA Finals in Boston. He took shots that bordered on ridiculous and yet made them almost effortlessly. For a brief moment during the third quarter, the possibility of the Lakers turning things around and pulling out a much needed road win began to enter the thoughts [...]
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Ray Allen sett the NBA Finals records for 3 point shots made with 8 during game 2 of the NBA Finals. In game 3 he missed all 8 3 point shots taken. Making matters worse is that his horrendous shooting ended up a blasphemous 0-13 total from the field in game 3. The end result is [...]
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
2008 was the year classic basketball rivalries experienced a major revival. It had been far to long since the glorious battles of the 80’s featuring Larry Legend’s Celtics and Magic’s Lakers had met their demise. Basketball was getting stagnant after Jordan left the Bulls. Then 2008 came, and as David Stern danced around the room [...]
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Ironically as I was checking up on game 4 of the Western Conference Finals the Beatle’s song “Here Comes the Sun” was playing on my computer. I couldn’t imagine a better song coincidentally playing while Phoenix gave the Lakers all they could handle awhile evening the series to 2-2 tie. I guess what really substantiates this [...]
Friday, April 30, 2010
Russell Westbrook has always been regarded as a special talent since entering the league as the #4 selection in the 2008 NBA draft. A brief collegiate career at UCLA featured him at shooting guard alongside Darren Collison raised questions by scouts about how he would adapt to the point in the NBA. They are no [...]
Friday, January 15, 2010
Tonight is the battle of Los Angeles, speaking in NBA terminology. The Los Angeles Lakers, showing signs of being mere mortals lately due to injuries to Pau Gasol and the further deterioration of Kobe Bryant, “host” the Clippers at the Staples Center. Ironic, when you realize the Clippers home games are in the [...]
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Ron Artest of the Los Angeles Lakers admitted to Sporting News writer Steve Greenberg that he drank Hennessey during his Chicago Bulls days. Here is what Artest said in his interview featured in the upcoming December 7th issue: “I used to drink Hennessy … at halftime,I (kept it) in my locker. I’d just walk to the liquor [...]
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Tonights game features the Chicago Bulls playing the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center.It airs at 7:30 PM PST onTNT. It will be entertaining to watch the Lakers battle the young Bulls, and will represent the Bulls most important road game of the season. Look for Derrick Rose’s ankle injury (admittedly not 100% recovered) to hinder [...]
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