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The Los Angeles Lakers are 1-4, their worst start since the 1993-94 NBA campaign, a season in which they finished 33-49. So, naturally, it’s time to panic. Except that it’s not. Yes, the Lakers are off to a horrid start. Yes, there are plenty of offensive problems to be corrected. And yes, Kobe Bryant isn’t [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers have started the season at a stumbling pace. It should be mentioned that the Princeton offense didn’t look so bad at first. unfortunately, “at first” was limited to just over half of a quarter. On their home opener against the Mavericks, the Lakers started the game off by putting Dallas in [...]

The Phoenix Suns continue to make difficult decisions surrounding the team’s status at point guard. If the team isn’t being goaded into trading Steve Nash, it’s throwing a pile of money Goran Dragic’s way. And now, Phoenix has opted to place Kendall Marshall, their rookie facilitator outside of the rotation. According to Michael Schwartz of [...]

Some people seem to have Joe Johnson all wrong. Brooklyn’s 6-time all-star shooting guard has acquired a certain reputation as a result of his years in Atlanta. Under Mike Woodson’s system, Johnson was thrust into national spotlight as the headpiece of a classic one-man offense. His numbers did not disappoint: In his second year as a [...]

You would think after acquiring Dwight Howard and Steve Nash, the time for the Los Angeles Lakers to remain outside of the rumor-mill had finally come. Apparently not. Los Angeles improved their roster by leaps and bounds this past summer, adding not only the likes of Howard and Nash, but also the offense-heavy presences of [...]

Is Kobe Bryant a liar? No, not that we can prove. That said, don’t bother buying into the self-imposed retirement talk. Bryant, a five-time NBA champion, made it clear that he may have no intention of playing beyond the life of his current contract, which expires after the 2013-14 campaign. From Ken Berger of CBSSports.com: [...]

September 17, 2012 – Rob De France 7’1, 325 lb. rapper, actor, TNT analyst, and 15-time All-Star, the always irreverent Shaquille O’Neal criticized Dwight Howard’s move to the Los Angeles Lakers, a move which so closely mirrors O’Neal’s own defection from the Orlando Magic 16 years earlier. Howard can only hope to enjoy similar success [...]

September 10, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim As part of the core of perhaps the NBA’s most despised team, Dwyane Wade knows a thing or two about “making it work”. Despite acquiring the league’s best big man and one of its best floor generals, skepticism abounds among the NBA’s elite when it comes to the Lakers. Kevin [...]

August 31, 2012 – Rob De France After a series of new moves this off-season, we revamp our count down of the Top 10 trades or free agent signings: 10. Louis Williams to Atlanta Hawks The Hawks brought in the offensive engine that made the Philadelphia 76ers go last season, as he scored a career-high [...]

August 23, 2012 – Dan Favale No NBA player should ever concede to the fact that another team is better than theirs, and that’s why Chauncey Billups’ confidence in the Los Angeles Clippers is no surprise. But it is incorrect. Billups was pretty candid about his feelings toward the Lakers, according to Vince Ellis of [...]