“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 [...]
Lakers fans, this is a test. This is only a test. I’m teaching blogging in Virginia Tech summer school in beautiful Blacksburg, where the sky looks like it’s wrapped in blue cellophane.
I’m sitting here with Millie Alspaugh and Ryan Arnold and Jonathan Merryman and Hannah So. They are all excellent students of media writing here [...]
In honor of Wilt Chamberlain’s 70th birthday this month, the following excerpt is from Roland Lazenby’s book The Show, The Inside Story Of The Spectacular Los Angeles Lakers In The Words Of Those Who Lived It.
This part of the book talks about Chamberlain’s upbringing and his rocking introduction to the Lakers.
Big Norman
His close friends called [...]
