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...

It’s a clean sweep folks. After a ridiculous 6-0 road trip throughout the Eastern Conference, the analysts unanimiously believe the Lakers are the team to beat. The road trip included wins over the Boston Celtics who were riding a 12 game winning streak and was followed up by a stunning performance in Cleveland ending the Cavaliers 23-0 home game streak. The Lakers also secured tie breakers ...

The Los Angeles Lakers are randomly scattered on all the different power rankings. With the various injuries and events recently going down with the Lakers, next week will be even crazier. Kobe and the Lakers managed to go down to the Charlotte Bobcats early last week, but at least they redeemed themselves by going 2-0 thus far on their 6 game road trips with back to back wins over the Wolves and ...

An interesting week. Start things off with a big win over the Cavaliers. Follow it up by Bynum scoring a career high 42 points against the Clippers. Step it up by winning another game the next night against the Wizards. Blowing out the Spurs on Sunday really puts a nice statement on the season for now as the Western Conference race seems to pretty much be over. The Celtics have found their groove ...

This will be an open thread moving along with the tempo of the game. I will comment on the top plays of the game. Normally, you would see a live blog happening, but unfortunately, I didn’t have the time to set that up and am limited in availability. As we, the Lakers, take on the San Antonio Spurs for the second time in two weeks, we look for our first win against them. After Boston destroye...

The Lakers toughest four game stretch of the season is over. After playing  a back to back in Texas against Houston and San Antonio, then hosting the Orlando Magic and Cleveland Cavaliers last night, the Lakers are 32-8. They currently site 1/2 a game behind Orlando for the NBA’s best record, and are 1/2 a game ahead of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Unfortunately, the game between the Lakers and...

Of course, we’ve got to start off by linking over to the MVP/ROY NBA Blogger Rankings. This is the 5th one of the series and I’m glad to again be a part of it. Even I had to vote for Lebron though. This Eddy Curry thing just gets more and more interesting every day. Check out these 8 Potential After Effects of The Eddy Curry Suit Take a look at these interestingly startling images from...

After a great game against the Houston Rockets last night, the Lakers are set to play the second of their back to back in the Lone Star State. The San Antonio Spurs are going to be a tough match, especially shorthanded. Thankfully, Lamar Odom is back in the lineup and ready to assist the Lakers in staying atop the league. I sent out a few questions to one of the top Spurs blogs a few days ago. Un...

One week of basketball, one loss to the New Orleans Hornets, three wins over the Heat, Warriors, and Pacers. This season is so competitive that one loss and three mediocre wins doesn’t make allow  you to remain the top team any longer. ESPN.com 2008-09 Power Rankings: Week 11 RANK (LAST WK) TEAM REC. COMMENT 1 (2) Cavaliers 29-6 The new No. 1′s thorough trouncing of the defend...