I have never read a story so well put together, so charmingly written, so sensitively edited, and so TRUE. Bill Simmons has long been my favorite writer as he manages to find a comedic approach to present his case in regards to various sporting events throughout the world. I read them all and always enjoy. This article however, is on an entirely different level of writing. This article exposes the...

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...

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...

Finally a video of Lebron getting dunked on at his camp. We’ve all heard the stories non stop all over ESPN and every other media source and blog on the internet that Lebron James was dunked on by one of the invited players to his basketball camp. The alleged dunker: Jordan Crawford. He is a player at Xavier and was an invited participant for this pick up game at Lebron’s camp. Nike ha...

The Lakers content just continues to flow on a daily basis out there. Every site around America and even down under (Australia), supplies us with excellent content to enjoy Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. NBA Mate of Australia has a few thoughts on the Kobe vs Lebron match up from Monday night. This Kobe vs Lebron stuff isn’t really about who’s better. Hoops Addict says it’s all abo...

Lebron James’ Cavaliers have beaten Kobe Bryant’s Lakers five times in a row and 6 out of 9 times since they’ve gone head to head. Last night’s game went in Kobe’s favor as Bryant and the Lakers beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 105-88. Down by only a single point at halftime, the Lakers came out strong in the 2nd half outscoring the Cavs by 10 in the 3rd quarter and 8 poi...

With the Cavs in town tonight to face the Lakers, I figured I’d contact Fear The Sword, one of the top Cavaliers blogs, to get a few questions answered regarding the NBA’s #1 team (for now). Due to such late minute contact, I didn’t get any questions to answer from them, but let’s just enjoy some inside info on “the other guys”. LABallTalk: The Cavs are currentl...

Its that time of the year; the Lakers are playing the Cavaliers and once again we bring up the age old topic, who is better? Lebron or Kobe? are we done comparing Kobe to MJ? is Lebron the next MJ? Through all the hoop-la tommorow, the focus will undoubtetly be on Kobe and Lebron who will little if all will be guarding eachother except for some rare fast break situations where quick matchups occur...

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...