Published 7/4/2009
by Josh B
at Bleacher Report - NBA
This is the start of what I hope to be a series that breaks down all the stupid basketball articles I can find. (BR articles are immune. Don't worry. And I know, the series has a baseball name and it's about basketball. Shut up.)
The first column is from Bill Plaschke of the LA Times . You may recognize him as the guy on "Around the Horn" with the egg-shaped head who says the Dodgers are better without Manny Ramire.
This is not to suggest that all who share Plaschke's view are stupid or even wrong, but the way he goes about arguing his point is not too smart.
"Less than three weeks after the parade, the NBA champion Lakers have already met the biggest threat to their throne. Themselves. What are they thinking? What are they doing?" Well, I'm just a blogger so what do I know? But from the looks of it I'd say that the Lakers are trying to improve. "They just won a title that would not have been possible without the strong defense and stunning shooting of a 24-year-old kid with a ...
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