I wasn’t planning on writing about this because it’s been pretty much covered over and over. Sasha Vujacic just started to get some good playing time in the Lakers rotation. Sure, Kobe Bryant was sidelined and taking some time off to prepare for the playoffs, but this was the best opportunity for the bench to also prepare for the “real” season. After a tough season, Sasha w...

So the biggest deal in the NBA today seem to be whether Zydrunas Ilguaskas will return to the Cleveland Cavaliers after sitting out for thirty days. After being traded from the Cavs to the Washington Wizards, as the primary piece of the puzzle to bring on Jamison alongside Lebron James, Ilguaskas has been bought out by the Washington Wizards. According to league rules, he is allowed to openly nego...

As the Lakers are on the road for eight games in thirteen days, us Laker fans are here in Los Angeles are hard at work. I know you are all wondering what it is that I’m working on. Well, how many of you love the Lakers? How many of you hate other teams in the NBA? More specifically, how many of you hate the Boston Celtics? I personally can’t stand the Celtics, or any of their senior ci...

Wow! Only forty games into the season, the Lakers finally have played their first game with their full thirteen man roster in uniform. The various Lakers injuries including Pau Gasol’s legs, Luke Walton’s back, Ron Artest’s head, Kobe’s fingers and back spasms, Sasha’s pulled hamstring, and various other minor injuries. Regardless of the extent of the injury, the team...

This is always the toughest road trip, or at least one of the most anticipated. Most years, the Lakers depart from Los Angeles on a three game road trip to face the Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, and Dallas Mavericks. This year, I suppose we are slightly more fortunate as the NBA only scheduled for the Lakers to play the black and white and the blue and white, leave the red out of this. Anywa...

We’ve all heard the world famous song by Mase titled “Welcome Back.” Well, I’m not a music artist, have no musical talent, and am 100% incapable of writing, singing, or producing a multi-million dollar track, but I can get back on my own track and start writing about our beloved Los Angeles Lakers again. After starting LABallTalk.com just over two years ago, there have been...

After going 19-6 straight up from the beginning of the 2009/10 NBA season through Dec. 18, the Atlanta Hawks have slipped a little. Hotlanta has been anything but hot since mid-December, going 4-7 SU and 5-6 against the spread. Nevertheless, the Hawks are still the team with the best ATS record in the entire NBA, with a 24-12 mark as of the start of the week. Atlanta has been masterful at home, go...

Basketball ranks with only a handful of other sports as one of the most popular games around, drawing literally millions of fans who follow the achievements of their favorite teams with a passion. Betting on basketball has become one of the foremost forms of entertainment on the internet, and hundreds of sports gambling sites have sprung up to cope with the demand. Basketball betting caters to spe...

Pau Gasol has found a whole new life, or lifestyle, depending on how you look at it. After playing for the Memphis Grizzlies for years and a Spanish team that lost in the finals of the Eurobasket tourney time after time, Gasol is finally proudly standing at the top of the mountain. The Summer started for Pau with a beautiful ending to his first full season with the Los Angeles Lakers. He successfu...