Aging, Hulking Lakers Face Warriors, Like Goliath with Little David
Saddle up, Goliath, we're wading into another bunch of angry pissants who want a piece of us. We learned the Biblical story from David’s perspective but this season, the Lakers get to walk a mile in the big guy’s sandals,…
Lakers Aren’t Ready for There to Be No Kobe, Not in 2014, Not Now
Remember all those issues the Lakers used to have? Humility was no farther away than their next game against a winning team on the second night of a back-to-back. Perspective was seeing Kobe Bryant go to the floor, and the…
Laker Saga (Cont.) After Kobe and Dwight’s Big Chill, the Big Thaw?
And now, the Big Thaw? Not that we’re sure how much things have warmed up between Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard, following the Big Chill that ran through the All-Star Game where Dwight, being Dwight, broke up West teammates in…
Sign of New Times: Lakers Are Excited About Reaching .500 Mark
Long season’s journey to... the .500 mark? Give me this again, the Lakers reach .500 for the first time in 2013--even if it takes until March 3--and everyone is excited? However this ends, whether it sets up a comeback in…
Dwight Howard 101: Whose Body Is That In the No. 12 Lakers Jersey?
For Laker fans, who can’t imagine what to make of Dwight Howard, here’s a crash course: Dwight 101. Lesson No. 1--He's not the Dwight of Orlando, physically. Not that it’s easy to tell. If a lot of people say he’s…
Jim Buss Helping, Not Hurting The Lakers As Team Moves Forward
Here’s a pleasant surprise for Laker fans: Jim Buss is not an idiot. No, really, I mean it. For years, if you turned on talk radio, or read stuff newspaper people like, say, me wrote, you got the impression it…
Lakers Would Be Wise To Consider Trading Dwight Howard To Atlanta
In defense of Jim Buss, who was getting blamed for mistakes his father made, all-time great owner or not—like hire Mike D’Antoni instead of Phil Jackson—it’s no small challenge to find yourself in charge days before the trading deadline, with…
Forget Dwight Howard, the Lakers Need Deron Williams
Everyone thinks the Lakers want Dwight, and should. I think their guy should be DWill... and that they think so, too. * *…
Phil Who? – Mike Brown’s Defensive Focus Brings New Life to Lakers
As if. There’s no forgetting Phil Jackson, whose success--11 titles worth--was challenged only by his whimsy, which made it easy for his Lakers to play for him and fun for the Laker press corps to cover him. Personally, I thought…
Plus or Minus: Lakers Grade After Three Games
Does it seem that this season feels a lot longer than three games old? I guarantee you, it feels that way to the Lakers, too. Now that the Lakers have a day off to recover, or get transfusions, let’s look…
