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Much to the chagrin of Lakers fans who pleaded for the front office to only “tweak” the roster, Mitch Kupchak has officially pulled off a blockbuster in mid-season. Effectively, this trade means that management is striving to “win now.” In dissecting this trade, it’s plainly obvious that the front office feels they can win an NBA title this year. We’ve [...]

The last time we played the Spurs, I made the statement that the Lakers wanted to “kill” Brokeback Mountain. Well, I didn’t mean that literally… The passing of Heath Ledger is certainly a shock to this writer. I also find myself in a reflective state, pondering the meaning of life and what mine will be all about when it’s said [...]

Long before the topic de jour came about, the Lakers Nation has debated the abilities of Kwame Brown amongst themselves. There was once a day when the crowd at Staples chanted “Kwame! Kwame!” Obviously, those days are long gone. Now the Lakers Nation is feuding back and forth about the appropriateness of booing a home player. In the aftermath of [...]

On November 13th, the Lakers were slaughtered by the San Antonio Spurs. True to Texas and the old western mythology, the game became known in the Lakers Nation as the Brokeback Mountain game. Out of four quarters, the Lakers held San Antonio under 25 points only one time. It was in the first quarter when the Spurs scored only 21 [...]

After last night’s epic battle, the bottom three teams in the Western Conference are now separated by a mere half game. The lower echelon consists of the Lakers (11-8), Denver (11-8), the Warriors (10-8), and followed by consensus playoff contender Houston (10-9). It’s not as though the teams with better records are a picnic to move beyond either. If the [...]

We all originally came to this site for one reason: to “GetGarnett.” Now the time has come to get back at Garnett. Though we have two more games before the big finale this week, we can certainly discuss how we might stack up against the most hyped team in the NBA. It has been roughly 15 years since a game [...]

Winning an NBA title is no easy task. In the last 20 seasons, only 6 franchises have won the championship. That same ratio holds true for the entire span of NBA history, because in 60 NBA seasons, only 18 franchises have had the privilege to hoist a championship banner. Fortunately for you, the Lakers have had their share of titles. [...]

Have you boarded up all your windows? Have you planned your exit strategy? Are you truly prepared for the most devastating hurricane to ever hit the Lakers Nation? Will you remain with the Nation during the long rebuilding phase? Will you take root in a different city, for a different team, until the Nation is rebuilt? We all have different [...]

If you follow the Lakers Nation, then you already know this report card isn’t going to be straight A’s. The purpose here is to take an in-depth look at the secondary players in addition to our team play to find our strengths and weaknesses as of now. Kobe is less of a concern because we all know he can play [...]

By now you’ve read that Jerry Buss has said Kobe Bryant isn’t untouchable. Most fans believed the front office spin they heard over the summer, that Kobe Bryant would not be traded. We even heard that teams were abstaining from making offers because the understanding around the league was that the Lakers would not deal Kobe. Some fans figured that [...]

On behalf of TheLakersNation.com, I would like to thank all members participating in our September and final GM challenge for this summer. These challenges were designed to encourage the users to lookup and research references and educate themselves about individual players. We invited several judges and four of them accepted our invitations but unfortunately two of the judges, D-Briks and [...]

In our last challenge, most members were very eager to get rid of our young players without being concerned about the future of our team. Swapping our young and promising talents for older and more experienced players does not guaranty instant success. It’s easy to showoff your knowledge with household names like Jermaine O’Neal, Ron Artest, Jason Kidd and C.Webb. [...]

We didn’t expect the kind of overwhelming response to our GM Challenge and we thank you all for your participation and suggestions you submitted to improve the roster of our beloved Los Angles Lakers. Our Judges worked really hard to comb through all trade proposals and scrutinized each and every suggestion to achieve a fair assessment. We based our evaluation [...]

Welcome to Hollywood, a place where dreams are born, and in some cases come true. Tinsel Town has harbored many miracles here in the past weeks, De Niro and Pacino have teamed up to do another movie together, the Dodgers managed to stay within a few games of first place in their division, and Paris Hilton got thrown back into [...]