August 22, 2012 – Rob De France As I donned my gold Kobe Bryant “24” jersey and slipped on my black ‘back-to-back’ 2009-2010 NBA Championship hat, I headed out for the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Tickets in one hand, a beverage in the other, I looked around for my seat. Of course, the Lakers [...]
August 22, 2012
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August 20, 2012: R.S. De France – Given the recent news in Laker Nation that they have acquired Dwight Howard, we decided to rank this move against some of the other big Laker trades in NBA history…. [...]
August 20, 2012
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August 17, 2012 – Rob De France As the Los Angles Lakers acquired Dwight Howard from the Orlando Magic, something besides a monumental shift in NBA power happened. There was a gigantic shift in NBA management and ownership power. Jim Buss, son of the greatest owner in all of professional basketball Dr. Jerry Buss, previously [...]
August 17, 2012
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August 9, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors ESPN tonight is reporting sources are telling them that as of this evening the four team deal that would send Dwight Howard to the Lakers to team up with Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash is complete. Here are the details on which players are moving where as a [...]
August 9, 2012
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August 3, 2012 – Rob De France After a flurry of moves already this off-season, we count down the Top 10 trades or free agent signings so far: [...]
August 3, 2012
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July 24, 2012 – Rob De France After moving 2-time MVP and 8-time All-Star Steve Nash, the Phoenix Suns have reloaded quickly. The Suns will have their ups and downs in the regular season, but this is a team others will try to avoid come playoff time. Letting go of Nash was challenging for the [...]
July 24, 2012
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July 20, 2012 – Dan Favale The New York Knicks allowed Jeremy Lin to continue his career with the Houston Rockets, yet this wouldn’t have been the case if the team had landed Steve Nash. Nash is now a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, but he almost joinedthe Knicks. And had he done so, [...]
July 20, 2012
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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 17, 2012
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July 11, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors It’s amazing when you think of it how quickly we come to associate a player with his jersey number. Especially the league’s stars. We even give them monikers that are associated with their jersey numbers. Think KB24, CP3, CB4, etc. etc. But even without a moniker, who isn’t [...]
July 11, 2012
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July 6, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Just when it looked like the sun was setting on the fantastic careers of aging MVP’s Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash, an odd twist of fate has paired them together on the Lakers in a quest for Bryant’s 6th ring and Nash’s 1st. Now that the Los Angeles [...]
July 6, 2012
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