I broke down all 10 of Kobe’s field goals and I was blown away at the similarities between almost all of them. I will reveal how you can easily stymie Kobe and shut down the Lakers most important mode of attack.

I know what you Laker haters are thinking. You assume that after L.A. gets its first win over the Nuggets this season that I must be some Johnny-come-lately who’s calling his shot prematurely.
I’ve only got one question for you. Did you see the fourth quarter on Sunday?
Denver dominated for 36 minutes, the Lakers owned the final 12.
That’s what champions do. No matter the odds, they rise to the occasion.
No excuses needed. Prior to Sunday’s 95-89 victory, the Lakers seemed doomed to be haunted by Denver this year.
George Karl has a  sick squad. By far the best team in the NBA that [...]

Last night on the red carpet at the ESPY Awards, Jordan Farmar gave the lip service he had to about the Lamar Odom situation the Lakers have found themselves in. Meanwhile, Carmelo Anthony echoed what I’ve been saying for over a month now — L.O. was the key to the Nuggets series.

This one goes out to all of you who make fun of Kobe’s mean mug.
This one goes out to all of you who claim Phil Jackson is nothing more than lucky.
This one goes out to all of you who talk trash on Lamar Odom’s pimptacular sense of style.
This one goes out to all of you who make non-stop Kobe rape jokes.
(Even though he was never found guilty, and the accuser was an American Idol reject and star****er — according to those who knew her, in high school she talked incessantly about wanting to become famous — in whose panties authorities [...]

What part of “crown our ass” didn’t some of you understand? This Los Angeles Lakers team found themselves during Wednesday’s Game Five win. Everybody couldn’t see it yet, though. After the Lake Show’s Game Six trouncing of the Nuggets? Yeah, everybody sees it now. Magic Johnson echoed what I said 48 hours ago in his post-game comments last night, (paraphrasing) “nobody can beat the Lakers when they play like this.”
That’s the thing — the Lakers will continue to play like this. Remember that point in The Matrix where Neo believes he’s unstoppable? Well, the 2009 Lakers have reached that point. [...]

I hate to be a premature prognosticator, but David Stern should just go ahead and crown our ass; the Los Angeles Lakers will be your 2009 NBA Champions.
How do I figure?
1. The Magic have the Cavs on the ropes. The Magic. A team that struggled against a depleted Celtics team that needed seven games and 129 overtime periods to sneak by the 41-41 Bulls. I think it’s safe to say that either the Lakers or Nuggets would handle Dwight Howard and Co. with relative ease.
2. If the Magic do win the Eastern Conference Finals, and they lead the series 3-1, [...]

I’m on a mini-vacay over the Holiday, but I wanted to chime in real quick and drop this video in a post. Trevor Ariza, aka the Dominican Dunker, did it again with another late-game steal. Kobe Bryant was also incredible, pouring in 41 points despite playing 41 minutes in his fourth game in seven nights, in the mile-high atmosphere and against a handful of defenders and constant double teams. With all apologies to LeBron James… M-V-P! M-V-P! M-V-P!
This is the kind of win that ultimately leads to a championship. Go Lakers!

10 Things That Need to Happen for the Lakers to Win Tonight:
10. No Sasha Vujacic.
9. Less Luke Walton.
8. More Shannon Brown.
7. Did I mention less Sasha Vujacic?
6. Derek Fisher must play less, shoot less.
5. Lamar Odom must play more, handle the ball more, be more aggressive.
4. L.O. and Trevor Ariza must continue to make the Nuggets pay for putting Carmelo Anthony on Kobe Bryant.
3. No more uncontested Kenyon Martin and Nene dunks. That’s mainly on Pau Gasol. On the other end, Pau must make them and the Birdman pay by hitting his free throws.
2. No Socialist Kobe. No spreading the [...]

10 Things I Hate About  the Denver Nuggets:
(By the way, Lakers and Nuggets fans, check out our new Nuggets site — Nugg Love. Going to be a great one. Oh, and Nuggets fans, lighten up a little bit. Have some fun with the smack talk. Wouldn’t be a series without it.)

10. That Carmelo Anthony denounced and rejected the Stop Snitchin’ video. Other than being drafted in the same class as Dwyane Wade and LeBron James, that’s easily the coolest thing he’s been associated with as a pro.
9. That they got rid of this logo.
8. Chris Anderson’s Fonzi feuxhawk. Either go [...]