Category: ‘Forwards’
Los Angeles Lakers Recent Success a Result of Resurgence of PF Pau Gasol
February 4th, 2013 at 5:03 PM
***PHOTO1***The Los Angeles Lakers have won five of their last six games and head to the Barclay’s Center for tomorrow’s matchup with the Brooklyn Nets. The wins haven’t been pretty but the Lakers have managed to secure wins over Utah, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Minnesota, and Detroit. Los Angeles has...
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...
Pau Gasol Emerging as Key Facilitator for Los Angeles Lakers’ Offense
October 5th, 2012 at 1:29 PM
***PHOTO1*** After three full days of training camp at the Lakers’ El Segundo practice facility, eleven-year veteran Pau Gasol is becoming an important catalyst in the newly implemented Princeton Offense. Steve Nash is the unquestioned leader of the offense, but the Princeton scheme is one that doesn’t put as much emphasis...
Los Angeles Lakers’ Pau Gasol Ranked Top 15 Player in NBA by ESPN
September 25th, 2012 at 5:00 PM
ESPN is currently in the process of ranking the top 500 players in the NBA. Today, players 11-15 were unveiled, with Lakers' PF Pau Gasol ranked 15. Blake Griffin, Andrew Bynum, Rajon Rondo, and Dirk Nowitzki are ranked ahead of Gasol. Gasol, the native of Barcelona, Spain, is entering his 12th year in the...
Former UCLA Player, Reeves Nelson, Invited to Los Angeles Lakers Camp
September 5th, 2012 at 4:28 PM
***PHOTO1*** The Los Angeles Lakers have invited Reeves Nelson, the former UCLA forward, to their training camp which starts in early October. In his last full season as a Bruin in 2010-2011, Nelson started 33 of 34 games, and led the Bruins in scoring (13.9 PPG), rebounds (9.1 RPG), and shooting...
The Los Angeles Lakers’ X-Factor in 2012-2013: Metta World Peace
September 1st, 2012 at 1:00 PM
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The Los Angeles Lakers have assembled a “Big Four” through two blockbuster trades this offseason. Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, and Dwight Howard will be a force to be reckoned with. Those four alone could beat some starting fives in the NBA. Of course the Lakers have to field...
Los Angeles Lakers Add Antawn Jamison, an Instant Boost to Bench
July 24th, 2012 at 12:50 PM
***PHOTO1*** The Lakers recently signed 14 year veteran, F Antawn Jamison to a one-year deal. Jamison, who averaged 17.2 ppg, and 6.3 rpg last year will make the veteran’s minimum for the purple and gold next year. Jamison was drafted by the Toronto Raptors back in 1998. He wasn’t with...
