Archive for January, 2011

As the Lakers were pouring it on the Pistons in the third quarter, Kobe Bryant was putting himself in even more rarified air. Bryant needed only 15 points coming into tonight’s tilt to surpass Dominique Wilkins for 10th on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. Mission accomplished! KB24 is now in front of the Human Highlight Film, joining a list that includes one-time Lakers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Wilt Chamberlain and Shaquille O’Neal. That’s right, haters, 5 of the 10 best scorers to ever play the game have worn Purple and Gold in their careers. As the all-time scoring leader in [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers are bored. The regular season just doesn’t excite them anymore. Needless to say, the Memphis Grizzlies in January just don’t get the same respect as the Boston Celtics in June. It’s just that simple. This team could care less about the regular season. It happens when you make three straight trips to the Finals. It happens when you eat steak every night. Suddenly, a Jumbo Jack just isn’t as appetizing. Not making excuses or even excusing the Lake Show for their approach lately. Just stating the obvious. This team hasn’t forgotten how to play the game. [...]

Still hungover from their New Year’s celebrations, the Lakers offered up another putrid performance in a lopsided loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. Yet another loss to a sub .500 team. Yet another lackluster effort. Same ol’ Lakers. Do these Lakers have any desire to defend their title? Did they just expect teams to kiss the rings and rollover? That’s certainly how they’re playing these days. From the opening tip you could see how much more this game meant to Memphis. Unwilling to heed the warning issued by Kobe on Christmas the Lake Show continues to take their opposition far too [...]