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The Dallas Mavericks are headed back home with a surprising 2-0 series lead over the Los Angeles Lakers. Though the Lakers looked like the better team in game one only to collapse in the third quarter Dallas looked far superior … Continue reading →

Posted in Columns, NBA | Tagged Brendan Haywood, Columns, Dallas Mavericks, Derek Fisher, DeShawn Stevenson, Dirk Nowitzki, J.J. Barea, Jason Kidd, Jose Barea, Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA, Pau Gasol, Peja Stojakovic, Ron Artest, Shannon Brown, Shawn Marion, Steve Blake, Tyson Chandler | Leave a comment

With the NBA season entering the stretch run, it looks as if Dwight Howard is well on his way to capturing his third straight Defensive Player of the Year Award. If Howard ends up winning the award, it will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Columns, NBA | Tagged Andre Iguodala, Columns, Dwight Howard, LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat, NBA, Orlando Magic, Philadelphia 76ers, Ron Artest, Tony Allen | Leave a comment

On today’s very busy NBA slate, there are two nationally televised games. The first will be a battle of Western Conference powers as the Los Angeles Lakers travel to Oklahoma City to take on the Thunder in a rematch of … Continue reading →

Posted in NBA | Tagged A'mare Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, Kendrick Perkins, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, NBA, New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder, Ron Artest, Russell Westbrook | Leave a comment

The Los Angeles Lakers, at some point, needed to take one of these games – those against the league’s other elite teams – to make a statement to the rest of the league. They needed to take a stand, if … Continue reading →

Posted in Columns, NBA | Tagged Andrew Bynum, Boston Celtics, Columns, Derek Fisher, Kendrick Perkins, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA, Pau Gasol, Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen, Ron Artest, Shannon Brown | Leave a comment

Just days after I floated the idea of the Lakers trading Andrew Bynum to the Denver Nuggets for Carmelo Anthony in my column about the Lakers’ trade possibilities, a Bynum-Melo rumor was actually reported by ESPN. The report states that … Continue reading →

Posted in Columns, NBA | Tagged Andrew Bynum, Carmelo Anthony, Columns, Denver Nuggets, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA, Pau Gasol, Ron Artest | Leave a comment

Last season, around this time, there were rumblings that the Los Angeles Lakers were attempting to deal for Chris Bosh. The key to the deal would be center Andrew Bynum had any trade gone through but after a week or … Continue reading →

Posted in Columns, NBA | Tagged Al Harrington, Andre Iguodala, Andrew Bynum, Atlanta Hawks, Carmelo Anthony, Columns, Denver Nuggets, Jordan Crawford, Josh Smith, Jrue Holiday, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, Lou Williams, Marc Gasol, Memphis Grizzlies, NBA, O.J. Mayo, Pau Gasol, Philadelphia 76ers, Ron Artest, Shannon Brown | Leave a comment

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