Tag Archives: Los Angeles Lakers
2009-10 NBA Power Rankings (Jan. 13th): Cavaliers Narrowly Top Team
If you’re looking for regular Power Rankings that tell you the Lakers are tops just because they were last year’s champions, or that the Hawks are a scary team simply because they’re 3-0 against Boston, this isn’t the rankings for you. Here’s an in-depth look at each team, along with their record and some quick [...]
NBA Power Rankings (11/10): Surprising Suns rise in West
The 2009/10 NBA season is in full swing, and it’s been a very interesting first few weeks thus far. As expected, last year’s NBA finalists have gotten off to fast starts, and so have several other teams, but there have been a few surprises on both ends of the spectrum. Along with hot starts by [...]
2009/10 NBA Western Conference Playoff Predictions
With the 2009-10 NBA season getting started tomorrow night, and tons of new faces in new places, it’s time to predict which teams will finish where once the regular season is done. As always, the Western Conference is expected to be ultra-competitive, with up to 11 teams having somewhat legitimate aspirations of appearing in the [...]
Making sense of the NBA offseason chaos
I’m sure even the most casual NBA fan is getting sick of this. Hell, even the most casual sports fan has probably had enough. Now that the NBA Draft is old news, it’s time to review all the huge trades that went down during and after the draft. Several teams are feeling pretty good about [...]
2009 NBA Draft Winners and Losers
Plenty of teams improved themselves in one way or another. Some chose financial freedom; unloading costly players for cap room, or shipping unwanted picks or talent for some extra cash. And while several teams made an impact with some solid selections in the draft, there were also quite a few trades that went down on [...]
2009 NBA Draft Grades: Which teams passed with flying colors?
There was some exciting action during last Thursday’s NBA Draft. Ironically enough, more of the excitement was produced by trades outside of the actual draft. Several teams created some cap space, unloaded aging/pricey talent, or simply stood pat. Others went for gold, trading up for early picks, or trading down to package a few. Almost [...]
Lakers strengthen repeat hopes by signing veteran forward Artest
You don’t stay on top without making the right moves, and after seeing the Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic, and San Antonio Spurs make big trades last week, the Los Angeles Lakers have made a big splash early on in free agency by nabbing one of the top names on the board. Former Houston Rockets forward [...]
