Today the official schedules for the 2009-2010 NBA season were released. This announcement is particularly exciting because it gives us fans an early look at which opponents our favorite teams will be facing and when.  You can find the Lakers schedule released by the NBA. Because the regular season is 82 games long and most of us have lives outside of our NBA fanaticism, it’s difficult to catch...

The Lakers are set to play the Houston Rockets tonight to start off a very tough portion of their season. The upcoming stretch will most likely be the toughest four game stretch of the season as the Lakers face the Rockets, Spurs, Magic, and Cavaliers. Once again, I contacted one of the great SB Nation blogs, this time The Dream Shake, a Houston Rockets blog. They have a great site and a loyal fan...

I have been waiting to hear about the result of this altercation for a while now. I knew there was no chance that there would be no response. As i expected, the league has announced various suspensions and fines. The person that started the altercation was none other than Phoenix Suns Forward Matt Barnes. Barnes threw out a dirty screen and shove on Rafer Alston. Alston, formerly known as Skip To ...

Due to various reasons for not having much time the past couple days, my birthday… I have been unable to post articles. Luckily, the Lakers have been vacationing for a few days and there really hasn’t been much news in the NBA besides Tony Parkers ankle sprain and the Allen Iverson trade. The following are two previews of tonight’s game. The first is from ESPN.com and the second ...

The Los Angeles Lakers wanted Ron Artest. Lakers fans wanted Ron Artest. Kobe Bryant wanted Ron Artest. Phil Jackson wanted Ron Artest. The Houston Rockets also wanted Ron Artest. The Rockets got Ron Artest. The Lakers unwillingness to trade the services of Lamar Odom in order to acquire Ron Artest and Kenny Thomas has handed Artest over to the Rockets essentially ending the Lakers chances at acqu...