LA Lakers

November 24, 2010 – Joshua Sexton This week, we will be looking back at the 2000-01 NBA season. Besides the Lakers having one of the best teams in NBA history and Allen Iverson dominating the league, what else was going on that season? Defending Champions: Los Angeles Lakers Draft Top 5 Draft Picks: 5. Mike [...]

November 18, 2010 – Nicholas Cicchetti As a blue-collared young professional, whenever my colleagues and I are fortunate enough to attend a game, we find ourselves trudging up endless flights of stairs staring wearily at a ticket that reminds us we belong in the 300s. Much like Gerard Butler’s movie, our 300 experience is fraught [...]

November 18, 2010 – Joshua Sexton Each week, we will be looking at the highlights of a different season from the illustrious 64 year history of the NBA. If for nothing else than to reminisce about seasons past. This week we will be looking back at the 1999-2000 NBA season. Each season has certain teams, [...]

November 9, 2010 – The Hoop Doctors The LA Lakers are the hottest team in the league right now. They are currently 7-0 to start the season, and if they get a win tonight against the Minnesota Timberwolves they will tie the second best start in franchise history. Not bad right? They are also only [...]

November 8, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol The LA Lakers are hot. Damn hot. They are en route to tying their second best start to any season in franchise history if they can get a win against the Minnesota Timberwolves tomorrow night. And I doubt the Wolves will be much of a problem. The Lakers [...]

October 15, 2010 – Kevin Burke Sorry to beat this whole LeBron thing to death, but it just took an interesting turn. One that it hasn’t taken before and is something that I think is noteworthy enough to point out and discuss. Since LeBron elected to head to Miami, naturally he’s experienced a whirlwind of [...]

September 27, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol This news story title is starting to get far too familiar for fans of the LA Lakers. Then again it could be worse, they could be fans of the Blazers Greg Oden instead… Center Andrew Bynum, revealed he’s unlikely to play until late November while recovering from offseason [...]

September 24, 2010 – Kevin Burke Phil Jackson may very well be the luckiest coach in the history of sports. He was fortunate enough to inherit Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen when he coached the Bulls en route to six NBA Championships in an eight year stretch. That good fortune continued when he relocated to [...]

September 13, 2010 – R.S. De France With Scottie Pippen entering the Hall of Fame (HOF), it has made a lot of us wonder why it took so long for the Chicago Bulls organization to honor him with his own statue.  For the defensive-minded forward who joined Michael Jordan for all 6 of his NBA [...]

July 28, 2010 – Kevin Burke The entire basketball world has gotten so caught up in the LeHeat extravaganza, that we almost lost sight of reality. Now that the dust has settled some, let’s think rationally. Let’s not crown the Miami Heat just yet. The 2-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers have just reloaded in a major way [...]