Category: ‘NBA Teams’
Why the Los Angeles Lakers Need to Take the Risk and Trade Pau Gasol
January 22nd, 2013 at 4:27 PM
***PHOTO1***The media is in a frenzy today over the struggling Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers sport four future Hall-of-Famers, a former Defensive Player of the Year in Metta World Peace, and a former Sixth Man of the Year in Antawn Jamison. They have an assortment of riches, yet they have...
Kobe Bryant Sits Down with ESPN to Talk Lakers Struggles
December 12th, 2012 at 5:04 PM
***PHOTO1***The Los Angeles Lakers (9-13) have lost eight of their last 11 games and the sports world is searching for answers as to why they've struggled this season. The truth is, it's not that difficult to see that transition defense is the sole reason a team with four sure-fire Hall-of-Famers...
Time Warner Reaches Deal with Charter and Verizon Fios
October 27th, 2012 at 1:36 PM
***PHOTO1***Time Warner Cable has announced they've reached agreements with Charter Cable and Verizon Fios to show the new SportsNet and Deportes channels on both networks. Both are making preparations to carry the channels, with Charter scheduled to launch the channels on Wednesday, October 31. Verizon Fios has yet to announce their...
NBA Announces Penalties for Flopping for 2012-2013 Season
October 3rd, 2012 at 4:28 PM
***PHOTO1***The NBA’s Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations, Stu Jackson, announced today that the NBA will implement a new anti-flopping rule starting this season. Flopping has become a universally used tactic in the NBA over the past decade, especially, but not exclusively, from overseas players (Vlade Divac springs to mind)....
Los Angeles Lakers Media Day 2012
October 1st, 2012 at 3:40 PM
***PHOTO1***The day before basketball is played at the Los Angeles Lakers’ training camp, the Lakers hosted hundreds of media members for their Media Day at their El Segundo practice facility today. A majority of the players currently on the roster were available for interview, including the Lakers starting five: Steve...
Off-season Moves: 3 Teams Who Will Challenge the Lakers in the Western Conference
August 27th, 2012 at 2:50 PM
With NBA training camps starting a month from tomorrow, it’s time to consider which teams put themselves in the best positions to challenge the Lakers in the West:
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Despite the increase in visibility, and an extremely loyal fan base in Oklahoma, the Thunder are stuck in a small...
Schedule Favors Los Angeles Lakers in 2012-2013
August 26th, 2012 at 5:37 PM
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Coming off of a 2011-2012 season that was shortened by a lockout, the Los Angeles Lakers have a much more manageable schedule this season. The regular season consisted of 66 games packed into five months of basketball, with the Lakers playing 18 back-to-back games and one back-to-back-to-back. This upcoming season,...
Los Angeles Lakers to Implement Complicated “Princeton Offense”: Will It Work?
August 25th, 2012 at 4:44 PM
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The lineup isn't the only thing Lakers’ General Manager Mitch Kupchak is shaking up this offseason. The Los Angeles Lakers are set to hire Eddie Jordan as an assistant coach to employ his distinguished Princeton Offense. Think of him as the equivalent of an offensive coordinator in football. The 57-year-old Jordan played...
5 Reasons Why the Los Angeles Lakers are the Favorite in the Western Conference Over the Oklahoma City Thunder
August 24th, 2012 at 2:53 PM
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The Los Angeles Lakers have been busy this off-season. With big name acquisitions, like Dwight Howard and Steve Nash, the Lakers are now the favorites in the Western Conference for five reasons:
1. Defense
Lakers head coach Mike Brown is excited his new starter at the 5 spot happens to be the...
Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant Sees Light at End of Tunnel for His Career
July 14th, 2012 at 12:48 PM
***PHOTO1*** After 17 years in the NBA, Kobe Bryant is still one of the top three players in the league. This past season Bryant averaged 27.9 points per game; good enough for second in the NBA. Nonetheless, Kobe is at the end of his career, and past his prime.
In a...
Steve Nash, First Useful Los Angeles Lakers Point Guard in 15 Years
July 10th, 2012 at 11:41 AM
When Kobe Bryant dribbled across the lane and shot over Boris Diaw in the last second of game 4 of the first round of the 2006 NBA Playoffs, Steve Nash stood under the basket and watched the ball drop through the hoop to his feet. At that moment, if you...
