Fern Rea

I am an avid NBA basketball fan and have been hooked since the days of Magic vs. Bird. The best sound in the world is a b-ball with a tight rotation snapping the bottom of the net. I want to invoke thought and discussion about anything related to the Lakers and the NBA. You can follow me on twitter @fullcourtfern.
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Kobe Answers Questions About Him “Losing it” Emphatically

Leading up the All Star Break, the Lakers left Laker Nation in complete disarray with an inconceivable defeat to the worse team in the league, the Cavs, which had just lost an NBA record 26 games in a row. Prior…

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A Hard Cap For The NBA Might Be Bad News For The Lakers

News of an NBA lock out for fans is disheartening but usually the details of the quarrels between the owners and players have little effect on the fans themselves. A fan isn’t interested in the players’ level of health care…

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Players That Can be Had for Lakers’ $5 Million Trade Exception

Laker trade talk 2011 is heating up and Chris Broussard of ESPN is the one fanning the flames. One of the hottest trade rumors being bandied about by Broussard is the Denver Nuggets trading NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony for Laker…

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Odom and Blake Griffin Battle it Out for Final All Star Spot

The Western Conference starters for the 2011 NBA All Star game were announced this past Thursday and there weren’t any real surprises. As expected, Kobe Bryant was voted on by the fans to his 13th consecutive NBA All-Star game and…

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The Best Tough-It-Out Moments in Laker History

The sports talk world is a buzzing after this past weekend’s NFL divisional playoff games where we saw Green Bay and Pittsburgh advance to the 45th Big Game (I think we can’t refer to it as its actual name which…

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It’s Official; Artest Owns Durant Outright

Monday nights 7 point win over the Thunder was probably the biggest and most impressive win for the Lakers this season. The Lakers have struggled mightily against the elite teams in the NBA and they desperately needed the W for their…

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Kobe’s Projected Timeline for Reaching the All-Time Scoring Record

When Kobe moved passed Oscar Robertson for 9th place on the all time scoring list this past Friday night against the New Orleans Hornets, he entered a very elite class of scoring prowess. Prior to the start of Tuesday’s game…

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