Los Angeles Lakers

A diminished version of Kobe Bryant is better than no Kobe Bryant. That’s the stance Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike D’Antoni is taking. To an extent, it’s one that he’s always took. He hasn’t allowed Kobe’s absence to dominate post-game pressers nor has he entertained the prospect of his uncertain return more than he [...]

Kevin Love believes. Talk of 2015, when Love will be a free agent and likely courted by the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers, among others, kind of makes you forget that there’s another team who will be competing for Love’s services—the Minnesota Timberwolves. Minny’s quest to retain Love has already started. David Kahn [...]

Mike D’Antoni hasn’t sugarcoated anything since joining the Los Angeles Lakers. When he was coaching the Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks, you could never really get inside his head. Not like you can now. In Phoenix, there was an air of bravado in the way he spoke and confidence in his step. With the [...]

Expectations are a funny thing. Did I say funny? Sorry, I meant to say that expectations are a cruel-hearted, unshaven bastard. Especially in the NBA. Early on, we cannot escape them. They’re with us always. Always, always, always. And they screw around with our power rankings. At heart, weekly evaluations should be impulsive and read [...]

Dwight Howard is a wanted man. Contract with the Houston Rockets aside, there are few teams in the NBA that wouldn’t welcome the arrival of Superman’s services. And the Los Angeles Lakers are one of them. Forget that they need rebounding and defense, they already know what it’s like to house Howard and they’ll want [...]

Can’t blame a guy for trying. Strike, that we can. This early into the season and with already so much speculation being flung around like poo in a monkey exhibit, we can blame everyone who forces us to endure another LeBron James free-agency question. Before the Miami Heat beat the Toronto Raptors, LeBron was, once [...]

I am not too big on custom sneakers as the word gets applied to sneakers simply painted in colors made popular by a different shoe. With that being said, the work that JBF Customs does on sneakers is on a completely different level as seen by this pair of adidas Crazy 8 worn by Wesley [...]

Dwight Howard’s departure looks good on Mike D’Antoni and Pau Gasol. Following a 31-point beat down handed to them by the Golden State Warriors, the Los Angeles Lakers are 1-1 on the season. Which is fine. They were supposed to be 0-2, having opened the year against the Los Angeles Clippers. Emerging victorious from one [...]

It’s over. You made it. No need to send reinforcements. The battle is over and the war has been won—the NBA offseason, preseason and all the crap that comes with it is over. Finally. You spent months wading through all the proverbial and, if you’re team is tanking, literal bull shit. Now you’ll be rewarded, [...]

Meet Carmelo Anthony, scorer of baskets and saver of lives. After J.R. Smith was suspended five games for violating the NBA’s anti-drug policy, ‘Melo said he had a “heart-to-heart” with the New York Knicks shooting guard and reigning Sixth Man of the Year, according to ESPN New York’s Ian Begley. “The time is now,” Anthony [...]