Who would’ve thought that this Lakers team would lose their first two games at home? Who thought that they would have their backs against the wall against an old Mavericks team? It’s quite depressing watching the Lakers fall apart before our eyes. This situation isn’t a good look for those in purple and gold and knowing that they are playing the most disappointing basketball does...

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...

As usual, this David Thorpe chat was full of stupid questions and short answers. I really wish he supplied us with some answers that met something once in a while, but I suppose he makes the big bucks to not say much at all. There were only two questions related to what you wanted to see, so let’s keep it at that. Pierre (Sacramento): Hey Dave, Merry X-mas to you and yours. I was watching a ...

Does Shaq realize that Lakers are the team he needs to be a part of? Does Shaq feel that he could’ve won more than one title if he was with the Lakers instead of with Miami? All the drama with Kobe and Shaq is pretty much over with and the Big Diesel has made various comments that make us all question where his head has been the last few years. Shaquille O’Neal has long been known as o...

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 ...

This was probably one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen in professional basketball. After a long summer of Shaq talking through the media about how cheap the hack-a-shaq is, the Spurs decided to makea  joke out of it. Five seconds after tip off of the Spurs and Suns opening game, Michael Finley fouled Shaq. O’Neal was confused to say the least and when he looked over at Coach Popp...

After completing four lists ranking the top ten point guards, shooting guards, small forwards, and power forwards as they are expected to perform in the upcoming season, I am left with only one list, the list of top ten centers. The list of players that I used in order to compile stats comes from ESPN.com. Unfortunately, during my down time in between writing the power forwards article and the cen...

Shaquille O’Neal has grown up. The games are over with. Shaq met with Colleen Dominguez and recorded one of the best interviews I have ever seen him in. The interview touched on various topics such as the Olympics, Shaqs favorite moments with the Orlando Magic, and even the amazing time he shared with Kobe Bryant. To much surprise, Shaq even said that Kobe is one of the greatest players ever...

Article originally appears on SportsTsar.com Upon his immediate departure, as a Los Angeles Lakers fan, it was tough to dislike Shaquille O’Neal. The dude changed the franchise, brought home some championships, and was downright enjoyable. I had no qualms rocking my replica jersey from the summer we picked him up. But that was then and this is now. Whether or not it was just an attempt to d...