KOBE IS THE MAN!! BACK TO BACK MVP?? ...

The Los Angeles Lakers took on the Utah Jazz at Staples Center Friday night and proved to them why they were the Western Conference champs last year and currently the #1 seed in the conference this year. The Lakers started the game off ridiculously hot scoring 37 points in the 1st quarter while Utah only had 20 points. They later led by 20 points in the 2nd quarter at 50-30. As the game went on ho...

After putting together a review of 2008 for each Lakers player, I’m now prepared to put together new year’s resolutions. What should each player look to do better in the coming year is the question at hand. I hope that I have the answers. Trevor Ariza - Trevor is obviously the best slasher we have and his passing is becoming a lot more crisp as well. The part of his game that can reall...

Eric, Redlands: David, Why do you think Kobe doesn’t amass more assists, given his more unselfish play the last 1 1/2 seasons? I watch a lot of Laker games and he seems to find open teamates a lot. What’s the deal? David Thorpe: It’s a great question, because I agree with you that he often finds guys impressively. I think he is just such a special scorer that he can always creat...

The 2008 calendar year is coming to and end and this is a great time to review the various accomplishments of the Lakers players. The purpose of this article is to go down the list, review the stats of each player from the end of last season to the first third of this season, and summarize what the year has been like. Trevor Ariza – Trevor joined the Lakers midway through last season when th...

First off, I’d like to wish everyone a great holiday season. To all that are celebrating, Merry Christmas! The day has finally come. We have all been waiting for this for so damn long. The last time the Lakers played the Boston Celtics, Doc Rivers became the first NBA Head Coach to have Gatorade poured all over him and the Lakers left Boston with a 42 point loss feeling like there was no pur...

ESPN has JA Adande working a chat room with many NBA fans on their website. Most of you know these chats take place on a daily basis with all the various NBA analysts employed by ESPN. Today’s chat featured Adande, a former Lakers analyst with the Los Angeles Times. The following are the questions and answers that were regarding the Lakers. Michael Oakland, ca: True or False: Trevor Ariza is...

Tomorrow night is the night when Kobe Bryant will debut his all new low top shoe from Nike. He is proud of his one and only design that Nike has created with his name to back it up. The Lakers face the Miami Heat and it will be interesting to see how high flying Kobe actually will be. The following is the formal press release from Nike of the Zoom Kobe IV: NEW YORK (December 11, 2008) – NIKE, In...

After six weeks of the season have passed, I feel that it’s about that time that I should check in to see how my list is holding up from the preseason. The purpose of this list isn’t to make changes to the original list, but to comment on how each player’s season going thus far. The All Star break will be the first time that I will actually alter the list and place the players in...