Laker Nation

With the loss to the San Antonio Spurs last night, the Los Angeles Lakers find themselves in an 0-3 hole which they are unlikely to climb out of. They didn't just lose the game and probably the series, but they lost that shine and charm that Lakers teams have prided themselves on for so many seasons.

Making the 7th seed in the playoffs at the start of this season would have sounded like a failure of a season, however now that we're at the end of the season 7th seed seems more like a blessing. With such a roller coaster season under their belts, do the Los Angeles Lakers have what it takes to make a deep run?

Week 10 of the Lakers Stock Watch: a weekly series that measures the changes in value and performance of the Lakers from week-to-week.

Even with star players out the Lakers are finding ways to win.

It's been about five weeks now since Pau Gasol went down with a plantar fascia injury to his right foot. He plans on returning soon and is getting better as time goes on, how will he help bolster this current Lakers roster?

Week 9 of the Lakers Stock Watch: a weekly series that measures the changes in value and performance of the Lakers from week-to-week.

Week 8 of the Lakers Stock Watch: a weekly series that measures the changes in value and performance of the Lakers from week-to-week.

Another week in Laker-Land has passed, and for the first time in a long time, it feels like our boys in Purple and Gold are (finally) headed in the right direction. Here's the good, bad and ugly from the week that was in Laker Nation.

Week 7 of the Lakers Stock Watch: a weekly series that measures the changes in value and performance of the Lakers from week-to-week.

Week 6 of the Lakers Stock Watch: a weekly series that measures the changes in value and performance of the Lakers from week-to-week.

Dwight Howard reportedly says he plans on playing for The Brooklyn Nets next season and not the Los Angeles Lakers. Is this story true, or another episode in the ongoing Dwightmare that plagues LA?

From a surprising win in Brooklyn, to a beat down in Boston, and everything in between, here is the good, the bad and the ugly from the Lakers week (February 4-11).

Week 5 of the Lakers Stock Watch: a weekly series that measures the changes in value and performance of the Lakers from week-to-week.

The developing friction between the commitments of star center Dwight Howard and his team threatens the future of the Lakers.