Laker Nation

There are any number of things I could choose to write about here. The Lakers not showing up to another game in Houston. Phil Jackson’s curious coaching gaffes throughout the series. Derek Fisher’s disappearing act. Pau Gasol’s slow transformation into a marshmallow. That really tall guy wearing #17 and pretending to be Andrew Bynum. The media has blamed Phil Jackson. [...]

(Thanks to Jim for the title) Just for a moment, I want you to imagine a movie starring Keanu Reeves. … I know, you’re right and I’m sorry. I should have given more notice. Hang with me here. Let’s say that Keanu plays a cocaine addict who suffers from aspergers syndrome. In between emotionally riveting outbursts, he develops a friendship [...]

Not the haunting loss in last years’ NBA Finals. Not a Christmas day rematch with the Boston Celtics. Not a regular season face-off between Kobe and Lebron. Not the continuance of a four-year losing streak at the Rose Garden. Not a pesky Utah Jazz team in the first round. Not even a clichéd Lebron James running over Kobe Bryant in [...]

Who says the NBA isn't scripted? In a dark, murky cave somewhere in Boston, David Stern and his round table of WB writers likely had this conversation...

197 days ago, the Lakers kicked off the season, and the visiting Portland Trail Blazers, in the same night. 82 games, 65 wins and a few lethargic efforts later, the Lakers have finally arrived at the commencement of their journey...

April is a great month. Well, unless you're a sports-hating woman (or man) who's dating, married to or sleeping with a sports-loving man (or woman)...

It would be really easy to sit here and regurgitate the Lakers vs. Cleveland, Lebron vs. Kobe, The Now vs. The Future predictions and plot-lines like every other sports columnist in America. And, if I were a betting man, I’d confidently be placing my money on the Lakers to beat Cleveland in six games in the NBA Finals. Instead, I [...]

When I say Clippers, you think… And you should feel absolutely no shame for laughing. Earlier this week, I read this story and my heart leapt with excitement. I have watched NBA basketball my entire life. My first memories are at the Forum with my Dad watching the Showtime Lakers of the 80′s. I was in High School during Jordan’s [...]

I’ve got to be honest with you guys, the regular season is starting to bore me. Am I alone on this one? I’d imagine I feel a lot like Jack Black does while he’s eating dinner. Regular food just doesn’t taste as good when you know the desert is coming out next. I mean, nothing washes down a platter of [...]

The Lakers are the sports equivalent of Olivia Wilde. When I first saw her play Alex in Season 2 of the O.C., my whole definition of hot abruptly changed. She was the anti-Rosie O’Donnell. Girls that I once considered hot were now only cute, and cute girls became decent girls and ugly girls started looking more and more like guys. [...]

Getting to the very top of anything probably means you’re a little bit crazy. Why do you think just about everyone in Hollywood is slightly cracked out? Would you even be remotely surprised if Lindsay Lohan were on trial for murder? Will Ferrell got engaged to a farm animal? Megan Fox discovered a way to sleep with herself? Chris Brown [...]

This is a relatively, well, boring part of the NBA season for the Lakers. All the hype of the Kobe, Shaq reunion during All-Star weekend is fading. Our match ups with the East elite – Boston, Cleveland, Orlando – have come and gone. Barring a freak accident involving both Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol, the road to the NBA Finals [...]

After watching the Lakers squeak out a victory in Minnesota last night, I made the mistake of flipping on the 81st Annual ‘Self-Absorption’ Awards (I.e. the Oscars). Two hours later, I woke up from an intense nap to find that I had drooled a miniature Laguna Beach all over my couch pillow. There was just something about listening to Sean [...]

David Stern is a man to be respected. Thanks to his genius, millions of guys all over America asked themselves this question sometime on or around the afternoon of Valentine’s Day: “I wonder how I can watch All-Star Saturday and somehow avoid waking up completely alone tomorrow morning?” I don’t know about you, but it’s just not the same if [...]