Time Is Of The Essence For New-Look Lakers
With the Lakers set to begin training camp this week, it’s time to buckle-up and get ready for what promises to be an exciting, expectation-filled 2012-13 season. When a team adds the best center in the game and one of…
Lakers Top 2012 Eastern Competition Part I: Miami Heat
The Los Angeles Lakers 2012-13 season is finally about to begin after an amazing and successful off-season left Laker fans with extremely high expectations and anticipation. Training camp for the purple and gold kicked off today (Monday) with the annual…
Writers’ Roundtable: Lakers Starting 5 Training Camp To-Do’s
Once again, our writers' roundtable is back. With training camp just around the corner, in this installment we will cover what each Lakers starter needs to work on the most during camp. Here our the writers' interesting responses: What does…
Numbers Game: With Season On The Horizon, What’s In A Ranking?
Much has been made of the annual ESPN NBA Player Rankings, which (I want to remind everyone) are merely the opinions of a collection of writers/bloggers and analysts. While I respect and appreciate the thoughts and opinions of many of…
On The Eve of SportsNet’s Inception, Still No Deals Are In Place
With Time Warner Cable's SportsNet and Deportes channels set to debut on October 1, there are still no current deals in place that would allow any other pay-TV provider to have access to the channel. As I detailed in a…
Lamar Odom Says Clippers are Deeper Than Recent Lakers Championship Squads
During the NBA off-season, the Los Angeles Clippers made some considerable moves to upgrade their roster. Most of the roster changes were made via free agency, adding Jamal Crawford, Grant Hill, Matt Barnes and re-signing Chauncey Billups, but one of…
Lakers Come in at No. 2 in ESPN’s NBA Power Rankings
Media day for the Los Angeles Lakers will take place on Monday, Oct. 1 at the practice facility in El Segundo, California. LakersNation.com along with local and national media outlets getting an inside look at the revamped roster headlined by…
Metta World Peace Thanks NBA for Banning Flopping
Over the past few years, flopping in the NBA has gotten progressively worse with too many players in the league utilizing their acting skills on the floor to trick referees into calling a foul. After seeing flopping occur far too…
NBA News: LeBron James Believes Heat Can Be “A Lot Better”
The Miami Heat will be looking to defend their title in the 2012-13 season and LeBron James is determined to once again silence his critics. James got over the hump by winning his first ring, but if he wants to…
Poll Results: Who Should Get Minutes with Steve Blake Out
The Los Angeles Lakers have an elite point guard in Steve Nash and for the first time Kobe Bryant will have an All-Star guard in his back-court. Nash will likely get the chunk of the minutes at the point guard…