Los Angeles Lakers
The guy who needs this NBA ring most
This is shaping up to be another great NBA Finals, and I don’t think I can honestly say who will win. But I know who needs to win more than anyone else. Kobe. Think about it: Bryant’s Lakers are the favorite and have home court advantage. Thus the pressure is on the Lakers to win [...]
Artest passes another test
Consider for a moment what was at stake as Ron Artest charged through the lane with less than two seconds to go Thursday night. Here was a guy who has been much maligned throughout his career. He’s a head case. He’s got a temper. His teams don’t win. He beat up a fan in the [...]
Boston cream rising
Whether it’s food, physics or sports, the cream always rises to the top. And in the area of sports, the NBA’s Eastern Conference No. 4 seeded Boston Celtics are that cream that is making its way to the surface. In the first round of the playoffs, the Celts dismantled the Miami Heat in five games. [...]
2010 NBA All-Troublemaker Team
Since we are coming up fast on the NBA All-Star game, we are celebrating everything the best of the best athletes of this league have to offer. After all, the league will live and die but its superstars. So since everyone else is recognizing the good, all me to accentuate the bad: My All-Troublemaker Team: Starters: Point [...]
Kobe still in front of King James
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. While LeBron James’ career is on the uptick and Kobe Bryant is probably coming down off the peak of his, Bryant is still the league’s best player. I know, I know. LBJ beat Black Mamba twice this season. Check that–twice in the regular season. We’ll see what happens if [...]
Wise beyond his years
In a league filled with highly paid, highly confident, extremely talented athletes, it’s always refreshing to see one of the young NBA athletes “get it.” You know what I’m talking about. It happens when something all of a sudden something “clicks” in an athlete’s head, and he understands what it means to be a pro [...]
Nothing to see here people
In an an interview with The Sporting News’s Steve Greenberg, Los Angeles Lakers forward Ron Artest dropped this little juicy nugget on readers: “I used to drink Hennessy … at halftime. I (kept it) in my locker. I’d just walk to the liquor store (near the stadium) and get it.” I wish I could say [...]
