LA Lakers

Dirk Nowitzki provided us with another vintage Dirk moment last night in Los Angeles, knocking down one of his classic stepback jumpers over Julius Randle with less than two seconds left in the Mavericks 92-90 win in Los Angeles. Nowitzki knocked down the game winner right in front of the Lakers bench and Kobe Bryant, [...]

On December 20, 2005, Kobe Bryant made history by becoming the first player in NBA history to single-handedly outscore an opponent through three quarters. Kobe outscored the Dallas Mavericks 62-61 through three quarters and sat out the entire fourth quarter in a 112-90 win over the Mavs at the Staples Center. He finished the game [...]

Former NBA players that turn into head coaches were usually journeymen who had middling careers. At least the successful ones are. It’s rare that you’ll see an all-time great player become a great head coach. That’s primarily because most players aren’t as good as they were, so they have a tough time understanding why all [...]

There’s a strict set of rules I like to keep when writing anything related to sports: 1)Stick to facts 2)Don’t assume you know everything about an athlete 3)Stick to the facts The second rule is perhaps the most important. Well, I am about to break that rule. Not just break it, i’m talking full on [...]

Dwight Howard has often been proclaimed as the best center in the NBA, and his combinations of nightly double-doubles and third row swats make that title difficult to refute. Nonetheless, Howard’s most talented and dominating teammate has recently put the league’s premier big man to a challenge. In an away game against the Suns, LA [...]

September 19, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors This coming season, the LA Lakers are on pace to have the leagues highest payroll at a whopping $100M. Given Kobe Bryant makes a league high at almost $27M and Pau Gasol makes $19M [...]

August 16, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors For a guy that everyone is speculating might leave LA this summer to sign a long term deal with the largest bidder, he sure doesn’t act like it. Dwight Howard apparently just bought a $20M mansion in Los Angeles this week. And he paid for it with a [...]

August 15, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Didn’t take long for the Orlando Magic Dwight Howard Jerseys to go on sale at retailers nation wide. I guess this will make it easier for these disgruntled fans to burn more of them… [...]

August 14, 2012 – Allen Moll I guess we should have seen this coming.  Along with all of the hype and hoopla of the Los Angeles Lakers acquiring the franchise’s next great big man in Dwight Howard, comes the backlash of an angry fanbase left behind in Orlando. Magic fans have seen this scenario before, [...]

July 30, 2012 – Allen Moll With more than 50 million users worldwide, the photo sharing program, ‘Instagram’, has become very popular among celebrities, especially NBA players.  Players like JaVale McGee, showing us more of his wackiness, and All Star Kevin Love have been especially busy on Instagram, with Love posting several pics of Team [...]