All fans of the Los Angeles Lakers and West Virginia Mountaineers know just how much the spectre of Jerry West looms over their teams. The source of his great competitiveness West drew from his mother Cecile. In honor of Mother’s Day, I offer this excerpt from my book, “Jerry West, The Life And Legend Of [...]
Of all the situations spawned by the internal division of the Los Angeles Lakers, the dealings with Andrew Bynum seem the weirdest.
That was Tex Winter’s description of the coaching staff’s relationship with Bynum. Not mine. And that was almost two years ago, well before Winter suffered a debilitating stroke.
At the time, the Lakers were nursing [...]
Lord knows I don’t want to saddle Luke Walton with any sort of “savior” label as he prepares to return to the Los Angeles Lakers bench after weeks of nursing a back injury.
After all, it’s going to take time and patience for Walton to work his way back in. He’s only played two dozen games [...]
If you read closely between the lines of his recent comments, you can actually hear Lakers coach Phil Jackson mumbling “Uncle.”
The big guy is giving in. He’s not going to go tit for tat with team owner Jerry Buss over his coaching contract for next season and beyond.
Speaking to the media this week, Jackson acknowledged [...]
I guess I’m flattered.
First Jeanie Buss and now Lakers owner Jerry Buss have come forward to address my observations about the organization’s inner conflicts, particularly the job status of coach Phil Jackson (Jeanie’s boyfriend who used to wear a soul patch).
At least Jeanie addressed me by name. Jerry chose longtime Lakers writer Steve Springer to [...]
Whoa, that whole LeBron James whispering to the Lakers thing was crazy.
This blogging stuff is all brand new for all of us. And it’s changing every day as more and more websites and blogs come online giving more and more people power and voice, not just to write but to interpret things.
I spend months and [...]
New Lazenby post at hoopshype.com http://blogs.hoopshype.com/blogs/lazenby/2010/01/24/gasol-an-all-star/
Roland Lazenby is the author of “Jerry West, the Life and Legend of a Basketball Icon”, set to be released by Random House/ESPN in February.
