The following links are suggested reading material during another day off for the Lakers and a slow day in general. It’s voting day and it seems like everything else in life has come to a pause. What happens when sports mix with politics? It makes for some good laughs! Paul Pierce’s mind is a crazy one… one day he’s sane, the next he’s insane… who know’s ...

The official forum of LA Ball Talk has been launched. As a new feature of the site, it will take some time to really get going. The only way that the forum will be a success, is if all of you help me build it. A forum is all about content. It’s all about the people involved. It’s all about the commitment from various members to comment on old topics, post new topics, and carry on conve...

Before you take the time to vote today, I thought it would be important to send you all over to a few sites that are of the best basketball sites on the web and are not specific team related. Hardwood Paroxysm BallerBlogger Basketbawful Le Basketbawl Empty The Bench The Association The Basketball Jones Hoops Addict NESW Sports To remind you once again, the purpose of this contest is to identify th...

The Power Forwards included in this list come from the power forwards listings on the ESPN.com players page. Before I hear all the complaints, I am putting Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan on the Centers list. Had they been on this list they would’ve been 1 & 2 respectively. Quick reminder, this is how I expect these players to perform in the upcoming season, not just how they performed in t...

The small forward position has evolved over the years to become completely different than it’s original intent. I strongly believe that the shooting guard and the small forward spot have switched. In fact, every position has just become one based on size and not ability. As the position rises from the 1 spot to the 5 spot, the size of the player grows as well. Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, ...

Shooting guards are plenty in the NBA. This has long been known as the position full of superstar names. The position that all the really popular guys play. They playmakers. The shooters. The scorers. The defenders. The guys that get to take the game winning shot. The guys that enter the slam dunk contest. Either way you look at it, this position has a long list of superior players and the top ten...

This is my first list of 5. I will be ranking the top 10 players at each position. Western Conference, Eastern Conference, doesn’t matter, one list, ten guys, lets do work: 1. Chris Paul – New Orleans Hornets – 2008 Stats: 21.1 PPG, 11.6 APG - Paul has become the best point guard in the NBA at the young age of 23. He has helped lead the United States to the Gold Medal in Beiji...

The former team of Seattle has made its official move and is now a whole new ball club. The Seattle Supersonics’ players, such as up and coming star Kevin Durant, have been shipped out to Oklahoma City by new team owner Clay Bennett. Yesterday, Clay Bennet had a few of his players assist in introducing the new ball club, named the Oklahoma City Thunder. The team is expected to make some nois...

In last nights loss to the New Orleans Hornets, the Lakers lead of the western conference wasn’t the biggest loss. The biggest loss of the night came within the first three minutes of the game when Pau Gasol went down in an attempt to make a great offensive play when he landed on teammate Vladimir Radmanovic’s foot. The incident was obviously not on purpose however it will cost the Lak...