“We just didn’t have any energy,” assistant coach Brian Shaw said at halftime of the Laker game against the 76ers at Staples Center on Friday night. What’s with that? The Lakers have been flat a lot recently. Here are some possible explanations for the recent energy shortage:
- The Lakers are satisfied with their championship last season. [...]
With training camp and media day opening tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 29), a few questions for and about the Lakers and the upcoming season come to mind:
1. Can Ron Artest keep it real?
Anyone following Ron Artest the last few months has to wonder if he is all there or if, like Shaquille O’Neal, he is all [...]
When I was a kid, I never quite understood what the saying “what goes around comes around” meant exactly. Things happen in circles, I decided, still not sure what that meant. When I got a little older, my perspective changed. I upgraded my opinion to “Things happen in cycles.” Later – as I matured a [...]
In today’s media-saturated world, reporters need a big story everyday. That means a lot of stories are hot air about what might have been or what should have been. Yada yada yada. Last season, for example, the Lakers started 14-1 and stories started popping up — TV and radio people started talking about them winning [...]
