Some trades are simply mind-boggling. The Los Angeles Lakers' trade that sent Vladimir Radmanovic to the Charlotte Bobcats for Adam Morrison and Shannon Brown, is alarmingly close to that dubious distinction. If "mind-boggling" isn't the best description, then just plain "dumb" should suffice.
Los Angeles Lakers
7 February 2009
6 February 2009
ow, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Rajon Rondo will make up for his slightly decreased production.
2-Los Angeles Lakers; 40-9, 1st in the Western Conference
With Bynum, they're (barely) the best team in the NBA. Without him they're second -- again. Kobe Bryant is, without a doubt, the premier basketball player in the universe, but Pau Gasol is his only reliable partner in crime.
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2 February 2009
Earlier today, the Lakers learned that starting center Andrew Bynum would be out for eight to 12 weeks with a knee injury. All Kobe did tonight was set the record for most points at Madison Square Garden with 61 points to beat the Knicks.
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26 January 2009
(Note: I've published this post on another blog of mine, here.)
Did you see these two teams yesterday? I don't think I've ever been more impressed by a pair of NBA teams on the same day. The Celtics absolutely dismantled a respectable Dallas Mavericks' team, and the Lakers shamed the once-mighty San Antonio Spurs. Everything was clicking for both the Celtics and Lakers, and yet it's not as if this was a one-time deal.
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9 January 2009
Dear readers:
I'd like to begin my blogging on this account by thanking each and every one of you who have taken the time to read my content in the past, and those of you who will do the same in the near future. A special, personal thanks goes out to the readers who have provided me with direct feedback.
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8 December 2008
do much of anything, especially play defense.
Which made them the perfect dance partners for the Los Angeles Lakers last night since they don't like to play defense either.
More than that though, was just how utterly painful to watch this game was. It wasn't a matter of who wanted to win. It was more a matter of who stunk up the joint least.
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7 December 2008
The Los Angeles Lakers play the best three periods of any team in the league.
Too bad there's four in an NBA game.
I don't know how necessary it is to really explain myself again regarding how the fourth quarter defense- or, rather, lack thereof- is tell-tale sign that any ordering of purple and gold confetti for the Staples Center in June might be premature.
Continue reading "Lakers Are The Best Hockey Team In The NBA"
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4 December 2008
It's true that a win is a win and in the end it probably doesn't matter how a team gets one.
However, lately I've been writing about whether or not this Lakers team is for real and looking for evidence that come June, I won't be facing another heartbreaking situation like last year.
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3 December 2008
The Lakers were not the only team in the NBA last night to give up 30+ points in the fourth quarter. Every team that did lost, including the Toronto Raptors who gave up 30+ in EVERY quarter.
I have said that for the Lakers to show the world that they are serious title contenders they should win this game (among others). I still stand by that statement.
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29 November 2008
Anyone happen to catch that Laker-Mavs game last night?
Anyone else notice another game the Lakers were trailing in and somehow come out with a win?
Yeah, I know they were at home and Dallas is a team that no one really knows what to expect from, but they were on a five game winning streak coming in.
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28 November 2008
The Los Angeles Lakers have everything they need to win a championship.
Right now.
They are leading the league in scoring per game, and while they're 'only' sixth in points allowed per game, they're also leading the league in point differential.
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30 September 2008
With the MLB playoffs set to begin, there is a subtle difference in the air compared to start of any other postseason. In the NHL, fans can potentially look forward to a great Canadians/Bruins series that is not only exciting, but has a historical kick to it. Likewise basketball fans always have the chance to see if the Suns can finally get past the Spurs and football fans love seeing the rivalry of the Eagles Vs the City of Philadelphia when the Eagles so much as get tackled for a loss.
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11 July 2008
Amongst a busy week in the life of The Moneyball- I did have to comment on this topic.
Favre leaving the Packers to me is like Derek Jeter leaving the Yankees, Magic Johnson leaving the Lakers, or Cal Ripken Jr. leaving the Orioles.
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8 July 2008
on one fateful day in January when the Memphis Grizzlies gift-wrapped a late Christmas Gift for the Los Angeles Lakers in the mold of Pau Gasol, the center that solidified Showtime as the front-runner in the Western Conference. The arms race began! The domino effect led to two desperate acts of self-destruction in Shaquille O'Neal to the Phoenix Suns and Jason Kidd to the Dallas Mavericks. Those moves pushed the usually level-headed Spurs into making a level-headed move in picking up Kurt Thomas... yet the games had just begun.
Continue reading "From the NBA to MLB, the Arms Race Has Begun"
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