News From Around the League – June 22, 2010
The Finals are over and the parade was wrapped up yesterday. The Lakers have celebrated their 16th championship and now must focus on the summer of 2010. The players are ready for a long summer vacation, but the front office…
The Sweetest of Summers for All of L.A.
Where do we even begin? The Los Angeles Lakers, through seven of the most taxing games this current team has ever played in and we as fans have perhaps ever witnessed, outlasted the Boston Celtics to capture a 16th franchise…
The Inevitable Crumbling of the Celtics “Dynasty”
June 17th, 2008. Exactly two years to do the day. Do you remember where you were? I do. I was sitting in my Columbus, Ohio, apartment, alone. I prefer to watch Lakers games like that, because I'm an emotional wreck…
One Game for the Rest of Our Lives
If there was an easy way to sort out the chaotic flux of emotions circulating its way through every crevice of your nerves, it wouldn't be Game 7 between the Lakers and Celtics. For both teams, the ramifications of winning…
The Power of Pau
It seems like it was only yesterday that Pau Gasol was delivered to the Lakers by the Memphis Grizzly stork. And in an instant, he turned the Lakers from first-round exits, to 1st ballot contenders. Since 2008, L.A. has been…
A Hollywood Ending Deserves a Hollywood Cast
It’s finally here. Lakers-Celtics. Game 7. Something my dad has been telling me about for years. The list of NBA greats who took part in this epic battle spans generations: West, Russell, Chamberlain, Cousy, Baylor, Havlicek, Jabbar, McHale, Worthy, Bird,…
Nothing Else Matters – Just Win
It is almost fitting that we're where we are now. One game for all the marbles. One game for all the glory. In the NBA's most storied rivalry it is only fair that we get a Game 7 to decide…
Nothing More Left to Say, Just Win
Game 5 was exactly the type of game that makes me question the true value and worth of being such a devoted, purple and gold hemorrhaging, editorial writing die-hard fan if the team is not even going to play hard.…
Time To Defend A Championship
Last week, after the Lakers went into Boston and took a 2-1 series lead in the NBA Finals, it seemed like it was only a matter of time until Figueroa Street would become noticeably more crowded, swarming in a parade…
Hoping To Be Proved Wrong Just Once More
There has only been one time in my life where I have wanted to be wrong more than I do right now, and that day I was right. That day was February 3rd, 2008, when my New England Patriots fell…
