Last week, the NBA issued its final regular season award by presenting the Denver Nuggets’ Masai Ujiri with the Executive of the Year honors. There are only a handful of times when NBA prognosticators displayed unanimity across the board when an esteemed panel of sportswriters and broadcasters vote for the season-end awards. The 2012-13 regular season was no different—even Miami ... Read More »
Charles Dickens begins the first chapter of his novel, “A Tale of Two Cities,” with “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Looking at the regular seasons of the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers, it’s easy to tell which one had the best and which one had the worst of times—a 45-chapter novel ... Read More »
The ejection of Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard in the third quarter of a 103-82 Game 4 loss that ended their season on Sunday had to remind the Lakers of something they witnessed a couple of years ago. A dejected and disconsolate Howard in a crucial elimination game didn’t do much in showing Lakers brass that he could maintain ... Read More »
The visiting Los Angeles Lakers opened up their first round playoff series on Sunday against the San Antonio Spurs with some familiarities and also some un-familiarities. Unfortunately for Los Angeles, that mix of something old and something new upended them in a 91-79 loss in Game 1 at the AT&T Center. A recurring problem that plagued them throughout the 2012-13 ... Read More »
The offseason acquisitions of All-Star center Dwight Howard and All-Star point guard Steve Nash paired with All-Stars Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol were supposed to give the Los Angeles Lakers a smooth flight to the NBA Finals. Instead, the season was rife with the turbulence you would expect from a Hollywood airplane thriller—the firing of head coach Mike Brown five ... Read More »
Shabazz Muhammad’s season may have been marred by some controversy, but the UCLA freshman guard-forward could get a chance at a new start. On Tuesday, Muhammad decided to forego his final three years of college eligibility and declare for the 2013 NBA Draft. The highly-touted Muhammad finished his only season with UCLA as the Bruins’ top scorer with 17.9 points ... Read More »
A depleted Los Angeles Lakers backcourt with an ailing Steve Nash compounded by a season-ending injury to Kobe Bryant meant that one of, if not all, remaining guards had to step up and answer the call. Steve Blake heard it loud and clear against the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night at the Staples Center. With a chance to extend ... Read More »
If the bid to purchase the Kings was a head-to-head poker game between Seattle and Sacramento, then the group representing the Seattle bid just raised their bet. Late Friday, the Seattle group led by hedge fund manager Chris Hansen announced they reached an agreement with the Maloof family to purchase the Kings franchise for an NBA-record $550 million. The news ... Read More »
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