LA Lakers

June 22, 2011 – THD Podcast This week on THD Podcast Kevin Burke discusses the latest around the league… If you often find yourself too busy to watch The Hoop Doctors Podcasts, get them on the go for your iPhone or iPod! Subscribe to our Podcasts in the iTunes Directory, free of charge. Also, if [...]

April 21, 2011 – R.S. De France After losing game one of the quarterfinals to New Orleans, 109-100, the Lakers recovered in game two with a narrow 87-78 victory. In these two games, the Lakers have seen consistency and inconsistency in strange places. So far, Ron Artest and Andrew Bynum have been the most consistent [...]

April 12, 2011 – Allen Moll Certain times throughout each basketball season, it seems as if the Lakers’ volatile forward Ron Artest focuses his attention on a singular player to take out his aggressions on. With the 2011 NBA Playoffs quickly approaching, the newest Portland Trailblazer Gerald Wallace, has been feeling the fury and unpredictable [...]

March 28, 2011 – R.S. De France In time for the NCAA Final Four, The Hoop Doctors would like to take a look back to the Los Angeles Lakers’ 2010 playoff and finals run.  Here are the “Final Four” of Lakers’ playoff moments from 2010: 1. “Artest’s Game-Winner,” Phoenix Suns, Western Conference Finals, Game 5 [...]

December 23, 2010 – The Hoop Doctors One of the things we here at The Hoop Doctors love best about the Holidays is the marquee matchups filled with drama and backstories that the NBA stages for Christmas Day. Although the NBA sets the schedule for the Christmas games before the season starts, you can always [...]

December 23, 2010 – R.S. De France With their recent struggles against mediocre opponents, the LA Lakers have shown the Miami Heat a blueprint of how to beat the Lakers on Christmas Day. The Lakers started their quest to a three-peat in strong fashion.  Even then, we were warned about their easy schedule that included [...]

December 20, 2010 – Joshua Sexton In this edition of the purple and gold blog, we will be recapping the Lakers’ games against the Pacers and Sixers. In addition, we will analyze the elusive “switch” theory, and look ahead to the Lakers’ Christmas Day game against the Miami Heat…. and we will say farewell to [...]

December 15, 2010 – Joshua Sexton After splitting the first two games of their six game road trip, the Lakers beat the Wizards 103-89 Tuesday night. While a win against the Wizards is nothing to brag about, this one should allow Lakers fans to rest a little easier. For starters, Andrew Bynum made his season [...]

December 9, 2010 – Joshua Sexton Andrew Bynum appears to be on his way to making his way back to the Lakers’ lineup. Bynum was able to participate in five-on-five scrimmages during the last two practices.  Bynum is set to start playing again sometime this month. However, a specific date has not been set.  Considering [...]

December 7, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Ron Artest last season was the Lakers hero in Game 7 of the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics. He was the old Ron Artest on defense and was the old 20+ ppg Artest on offense. So what happened over the summer? This season Ron Artest has barely [...]