Tag: Los Angeles Lakers

The Lakers cannot even fire a coach the right way

Brandon King

The worse kept secret in the NBA was the job security, or lack thereof , of Los Angeles Lakers head coach Frank Vogel.  Considering the expectations, assigned by some of the more optimistic or delusional Laker or LeBron fans, the 2021-22 season was an abject failure and a disappointment of the highest order.  Say what you will about the 2013 Lakers, at least that team made the playoffs ( unfortunately it cost the basketball world the last vestiges of the real Kobe Bryant on NBA hardwoods).  Anytime a high profile organization fails ,but especially…

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Russell Westbrook is not the main reason the Lakers stink

Brandon King

Criticizing Russell Westbrook is en vogue right now. Turn to nearly any national sports show and at some point and listeners will be subjected to Westbrook slander of varying degrees. The problem is not with the critical light shone upon Westbrook, per so, but the issue is the false narrative that the spets media is attempting to spin that Russell Westbrook is the anchor that is dragging the Lakers to the bottom of the Western Conference. Any and every Westbrook miscue is magnified to the highest degree, while the gaffes…

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Laker players snap at and get booed by fans, team is headed nowhere fast

Brandon King

The Los Angeles Lakers are unraveling right before our very eyes. This supposed “superteazm” had championship expectations placed on them by the most delusional of laker fans ,LeBron sycophants and t his contingent of of fanboys masquerading as media members, has fallen flat on its face, Rather than fighting for conference and overall league supremacy, the 2021-22 Lakers have been a consistent occupant of the bottom portion of the Western Conference. With every loss the prospect of a championship become more distant than Alpha Centauri; even the playoffs for this…

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Who is really at fault that the Lakers stink

Brandon King

The Los Angeles Lakers , a franchise that is a paragon for excellence, a crown jewel organization not only in the NBA but around the world is now viewed as a drama-filled laughing stock. This season , the Lakers have fallen flat on their collective faces, hovering at or below .500 for most of the season. The acquisition of Russell Westbrook, who anyone with basketball brain 1 was questionable at best, has been, for a variety of reasons, been an abject failure. Anthony Davis has been playing with the intensity of…

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NBA fans thinks trades are easy

Brandon King

NBA fans always want their teams to get better and front offices, at least the competently run ones, are always in search of ways to improve the rosters of their ball clubs. Over the past decade-plus, free agency has become the most immediate way for a franchise to elevate themselves to the upper echelons of contending teams. The other way is via player swaps, also known as trades. We have seen over the course of the history of the NBA that the right trades have altered the course of players,…

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James and Sabonis named NBA Players of the Week

Brandon King

The NBA announced their Week 8 Players of the Week on Monday afternoon. Lebron James was named Western Conference POY, while Indiana Pacers big man Donatas Sabonis took the honours for the Eastern Conference. James averaged 28.3 points. 8.0 assists and 7.5 rebounds , including posting two triple-doubles, in leading the Lakers to a much-needed 3-1 record on the week. Sabonis put 25.0 points, 10.3 rebounds and 6.5 assists and shot a white-hot 75% from the field as the Pacers went undefeated (3-0) this past week.

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Bucks defeat Lakers 109-102. Are the Lakers in trouble?

Brandon King

The Bucks beat the Lakers 109-102 Tuesday. Giannis dropped 47 and 9 on Anthony Davis and the Laker front court. Speaking of AD, he had his second straight pedestrian performance, putting in 18 and 9. At 8-8 are the Lakers in trouble?

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Lebron gives game-worn kicks and towel to young fan in Sacramento

Brandon King

Lebron James gave a fan a lifetime memory when he gave a young fan the shoes off his feet and his towel during the Lakers preseason game against the Sacramento Kings this past Thursday. This was the highlight of the evening for the youngster, who had to watch his Lakers drop their final game, in a preseason that saw them go winless, to the Kings 116-112. View this post on Instagram A post shared by PHiLz (@thebullyzsource) View this post on Instagram A post shared by PHiLz (@thebullyzsource) The youngster,…

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Marc Gasol’s second season in LA is now an uncertainty

Staff

By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net Despite his plan to return to the Los Angeles Lakers for a second season, Marc Gasol might end up considering other options, per Marc Stein. Gasol, 36, inked a two-year contract with the Lakers last November. After Spain was eliminated from the Olympic Games in Tokyo, he shared his plans of heading back to Los Angeles. However, his spot on the roster is uncertain, according to the latest report. The Spanish big put up 5.0 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 1.1 blocks in a rocky season with the Lakers, his 13th…

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