Pau Gasol

July 17, 2012 – Dan Favale The Los Angles Lakers continue to make a wealth of noise this offseason. As ingenious and polarizing as Steve Nash’s acquisition was, it didn’t strengthen the Lakers bench, which was the deepest root of purple and gold’s string of problems last season. But that’s okay, because Los Angeles has [...]

July 4, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Just when you thought the Raptors, Knicks, or Mavericks were the frontrunners to land Steve Nash this offseason, the LA Lakers once again sneak in and steal one of the available marquee players in the league. [...]

June 28, 2012 – Dan Favale It was inevitable. As hard as the Los Angeles Lakers tried to create a championship stopgap, their roster simply wasn’t fit for title contention. So let the pillaging begin. [...]

June 20, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors As we prepare for Game 5 of the 2012 NBA Finals, here are the Top 10 Individual Performances in NBA Finals’ Game 5’s over the last 20 years (1991-2011): 10. 2009 Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol (Los Angeles Lakers) Closing out Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic in [...]

May 29, 2012 – Dan Favale Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers are justifiably in the market for another upgrade at point guard, but they must ensure they don’t waste time chasing Deron Williams. [...]

May 24, 2012 – Dan Favale For Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers, the day of reckoning is finally here. Again. After another early postseason exit at the hands of a deeper roster [...]

May 23, 2012 – R.S. De France A second consecutive Western Conference semi-finals drubbing has many wondering if this is the end of the line for these Los Angeles Lakers. Are the Lakers done? Kobe? What can the Lakers do going forward? In his post-game interview, Kobe Bryant said about his team: “we’re not going [...]

May 15, 2012 – Griffin Gotta If this is what this Western Conference Semis series is going to be, I’m not sure how the Los Angeles Lakers don’t go down in flames. It’s important to remember that Game One is just one game. The Oklahoma City Thunder were sharp and more than ready to be [...]

May 13, 2012 – Allen Moll There has been a lot of speculation lately that the 2012 version of the LA Lakers was too old and lacked the heart and desire to make another deep postseason run, especially since their were without their best defensive player Metta World Peace, suspended for 7 games for what [...]

May 9, 2012 – R.S. De France ‘Too little, too late’ does not even begin to describe the Los Angeles Lakers’ Game 5 effort against the Denver Nuggets. How about just too little. Not in size, the Lakers do have the height advantage, but in effort. Other than maybe Kobe Bryant, Jordan Hill, Steve Blake, [...]