The Laker Mantra: It’s Just One Game
Say it with me now: It’s just one game. Keep repeating it. It’s just one game. Say it like you mean it. It’s just one game! You’ve got to believe it. It’s just one game. I wish I could say what…Read More
Nuggets Have Exposed Lakers True Nature
The NBA playoffs are like marriage. Every single strength, weakness, character trait and flaw is exposed for the entire world to see. Just like marriage, through the ups and downs great things can occur.…Read More
Lakers Better Be Ready For Mile High Madness
Last night the Lakers got a reminder of just how difficult it is to resist playing Denver’s game. A rollercoaster contest that saw the Lake Show race out to big leads only to give them back ended in…Read More
Devin Ebanks To Step Into Playoff Spotlight
The lockout already assured us this NBA season was going to be strange. The way the season has unfolded for Devin Ebanks proves that. Ebanks, a former second round pick in his second year playing for…Read More
Is This The End Of Lakers-Spurs Rivalry?
This past week was supposed to be the renewed rivalry of the Lakers and Spurs. Two franchises that have dominated the NBA landscape for over a decade. Two teams that have undergone complete overhauls…Read More
Lakers, Spurs Still Best In The West
The more things change the more they stay the same. If all you know of the NBA is what you’re seeing…Read More
Without Kobe Lakers Must Rely On Defense
Kobe Bryant is finally doing what he should have done with most of the injuries he’d played through…Read More
Lakers Must Recommit To Defense
If Mike Brown were a presidential candidate then the platform he’d run on would be national defense.…Read More
Pau Gasol Unaffected By Blake Griffin
Pau Gasol wasn’t the first nor will he be the last to be posterized by Blake Griffin. Now Pau’s…Read More
Lakers Can’t Compete With NBA Elite
March is almost over. The Madness is nearing its end. With that the last of basketball’s one-and-done…Read More
The Lakers Secret Struggle Between Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum
Kobe and Shaq this isn’t, not even in the same universe not even the same circumstance. But there is a very secret struggle being waged. Bryant is still the best player in a Laker uniform. That is undeniable.…Read More
Mike Brown Can’t Handle Kobe Bryant
This really shouldn’t have come as a surprise at all. Anyone who saw how LeBron James walked all over the Cleveland Cavaliers franchise knew all too well what would happen when Mike Brown was given…Read More
Stick a Fork In the Lakers
Turn out the lights, the party is over. Feel free to insert whatever cliché you’d prefer, just make sure to check your expectations at the door. We already knew the Lakers had no chance at winning…Read More
Road Reveals Lakers True Nature
Don’t be fooled by what you see of the Los Angeles Lakers when they play in the friendly confines of Staples Center. This is an average basketball team that just so happens to have some extraordinary…Read More
Kobe Bryant Again Shows His Superiority to LeBron James
This is getting old and even for a Laker lover such as myself discussing the inevitable Kobe Bryant-LeBron James comparison is turning into talk of an NFL team coming back to Los Angeles – it’s pointless.…Read More
Lakers Limp Into All-Star Break
Halfway through the first season of the Mike Brown regime and the Los Angeles Lakers look like a team headed for an overhaul. Normally we’d hear the Lakers reassuring everyone willing to listen than…Read More
One Win Changes Nothing for Lakers
Last night the Lakers responded like champions in Dallas. The last time we saw them in the city that Jerry built they fell flat on their faces. Last night we saw a team eager to erase that memory. Last…Read More
Time For Jim Buss To Step Up
Nobody ever said running the Lake Show was all championships and champagne. It takes hard work, determination and above all else vision to construct a title contender. Perhaps in all his years of seeing…Read More
Lakers Seek Separation From Western Conference Pack
Once upon a time the Western Conference was the Los Angeles Lakers and everyone else. These days it’s everyone…except New Orleans…in the Western Conference. There is no clear cut favorite to prevail…Read More
Lakers Left With No Option But To Trade Pau Gasol
The Los Angeles Lakers have painted themselves into a corner. Or if you’d prefer to place the blame on David Stern then he’s the one that put the paint brush in the hands of Mitch Kupchak. When the…Read More





















