Yeah, Mitch and Jerry, I know. He’ll be 36 in August.
He’s lost a step. Maybe a step and a half.
He’s not even close to the pressure defender he used to be. And even back in the day there were those moments when he could be exposed. And not just a little. Sometimes he could be [...]
If Jerry Buss really wants Phil Jackson back to coach the Los Angeles Lakers, now would be the time for the team owner to speak up.
Don’t hold your breath.
Although Buss could have lauded Jackson any time over the past two years as the Lakers won back-to-back NBA titles, the owner’s silence on the matter has [...]
Somebody should have told Paul Pierce about the balloons.
All good Lakers fans worth their salsa know about the balloons.
Game 7, 1969 NBA Finals. The Lakers have lost six NBA Finals to the Boston Celtics, but for the first time in the history of the rivalry the L.A. guys have home-court advantage. Game 7 is being [...]
It would seem that much has changed since the Celtics and Lakers met in the 2008 NBA championship series. Now the two teams meet again in the 2010 NBA Finals, and a lot of folks think the Lakers are ready to win a second straight title.
On the good side for the Lakers, they’re older and [...]
Don’t cry for the Los Angeles Lakers just yet, but new forward Ron Artest has slowed up the team’s use of its famed triangle offense. That’s nothing new really. It always takes months, even years, for new players to find a comfort level in the controlled offense.
The Lakers knew that last summer when they signed [...]
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 [...]
Damn, he was one lonely boy. Ambition will do that to you.
I was speaking to a group of high school kids last year and trying to give them a little bit of an idea about Kobe Bryant.
I asked how many of them had jobs. Several hands shot up. One kid was 17 and had just [...]
