Lakers Game 4 Collapse More a Beginning Than an End

When you think about it, it is amazing that the Los Angeles Lakers even made it to Game 5 of the 2007-08 NBA Championship series. This young team with only two players over 30 and only three born before 1980 has made it farther than even they expected and should be commended for their achievements. However, after four games of this [read more...]

How the Lakers Will Fare in the Western Conference Finals

For the Detroit Pistons 1989-1990 capped off consecutive runs that ended in Chuck Daly's team holding the Larry O'Brien Trophy. For the Chicago Bulls 1989-1990 marked consecutive seasons losing to Detroit in the Eastern Conference Finals. After that season, after losing 4-3 in the Eastern Conference Finals to the Pistons Bulls head coach Phil Jackson' team understood the leader's message and [read more...]

NBA Free Agents “Gettin’ Paid”

Johnny Carson said that he knew a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex and rich food. And the man remained healthy ... right up to the time he killed himself. The NBA seems to have taken the opposite philosophy with some peculiar free agent signings, but teams could still suffer the same fate. Brian Cardinal, Marquis Daniels, Derek Fisher, Etan [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Seventh Heaven

Well, I suppose I should have kept my mouth shut about these NBA playoffs. A week after declaring this year's version the worst I'd ever seen, we saw two of the best games in playoff history. First the Lakers amazing win over the Spurs in Game 5 out West. I know I talked about it last week, but I cannot stress enough how big [read more...]