Wednesday, September 30th, starts another season for the Los Angeles Lakers. It is the start of training camp. This season is an opportunity to defend their championship. The one major change to their championship lineup is the loss of Trevor Ariza and the addition of Ron Artest.
Much has been written about the [...]
Game Four of the NBA championship series was a 99-91 victory for the L.A. Lakers over the Orlando Magic. It may have been one of Coach Phil Jackson’s finest moments in managing a game - and a series. Phil Jackson showed faith and trust in his players… and he was rewarded with [...]
Imagine that ever since you were a young teenager you were a better basketball player than your peers - and many kids older than yourself. You are a basketball prodigy in high school. People keep telling you how good you are. The professionals risk a draft pick to select you out of [...]
Orlando Magic basketball fans are waiting for their team’s first NBA Finals win. It will be the first one… ever. The Orlando Magic have been the championship series previously. On that one occasion, it was a four game sweep by the Houston Rockets. So, it has been a long long [...]
It is a rare opportunity for any athlete to compete for a professional sports championship. The L.A. Lakers earned that opportunity for a second year in a row with a Game Six victory over the Denver Nuggets. Game Six in June of 2008 was Celtics 131 - Lakers 92. That was the [...]
Even the staunchest Lakers fan must be befuddled. Who are these Lakers? They are certainly not the Lakers who won sixty five regular season games. These are the Lakers who had trouble eliminating a small but determined Houston squad. And now, in a playoff series with the Denver Nuggets, the Lakers [...]
What is really wrong with Kevin Garnett’s knee? There is now the possibility that Kevin Garnett will not play in the post season:
“…He’s not going to be ready. After watching him practice, there’s no way,” Rivers said on WEEI-AM. “The way I saw him move today, I don’t know if he’ll be ready.”
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Would you do it? If you were the general manager of one of the NBA franchises, would you sign Stephon Marbury? - The New York Knicks have not allowed Stephon Marbury any playing time this year. In fact, the Knicks are paying their ‘persona non grata’ guard his full salary to [...]
Some basketball pundits have the Los Angeles Lakers pencilled in for a trip to the NBA finals. They point to the Lakers six consecutive wins to start the season and the strong second unit. The Lakers bench players are young, quick and athletic. They can defend and score.
Nevertheless, there are three qualms [...]
There has been some surprise expressed about Doc Rivers, the Boston Celtics coach, saying that his team will win another championship this season. Isn’t that what he is suppose to do?
“…”The bottom line is we have to be a better team than we were last year to win it. We believe that,” Rivers said, [...]
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