clublakers.com - 4/9/2008
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It’s been a while since I’ve contributed to the best blog in modern existence. Do I have a reason for the lapse? Not really. But I felt that after a long absence that it was time to drop the voice of reason upon all of you. I cannot deprive you any longer.
The season is almost over, and right now, the Lakers look like they are the Pacific champions. During the summer, virtually everyone ...
Are NCAA Final Four Teams Actually Losing Money?
bizofbasketball.com 4/9/2008 — Men’s college basketball is the NCAA’s cash cow. Yet some teams claim they actually lose money by participating in the Final Four. And in the short term, they may be right. The NCAA controls all collegiate championships with the exception of Division 1A football. The large football schools earned the right to stage their own championship, now called the BCS, after successfully suing the ...
Crucifido's Corner: Lakers vs. Blazers (Game 78 4/8/08)
clublakers.com 4/9/2008 — It hasn’t been a kind or fun place for the Lakers for the last 3 years, but maybe things would change this time. Maybe the Lakers could finally dredge a win out of the Rose Garden and close in on the Hornets for that #1 spot.
Or maybe not.
Pau’s mobility is an asset that gets overlooked too much. Starting early in the 1st half, Gasol was looking to fill the lane on every break that he ...
Fighting Back From Injury
clublakers.com 4/9/2008 — In about twenty minutes I have to go to hospital for an operation. It’s not something I look forward to - and as an aging baller who had achilles surgery two years ago it was a real fight to get back on the court. So if it’s hard for a (now) amateur baller to get back on the court after a spot of surgery, how hard is it on an NBA star and how to they come back?
This is relevant of course ...
Lamar Odom drops Brandon Roy
odenized.com 4/9/2008 —
Odenized video clip on YouTube | Download Lamar Odom receives a flagrant foul-penalty (2) after knocking Brandon Roy to the ground in a collision to the basket. Much verbal parlance ensures (to say the least).
Jazz end Hornets' 11-game home streak (AP)
sports.yahoo.com 4/9/2008 — Mehmet Okur had 22 points and 17 rebounds to help the Utah Jazz clinch the Northwest Division and snap the New Orleans Hornets' 11-game home winning streak, 77-66 on Tuesday night. Deron Williams had 16 assists and outplayed Chris Paul as the Jazz ...
Okur Carries Jazz Past Hornets —
NBA.com: News 4/9/2008
Mehmet Okur had 22 points and 17 rebounds to help the Utah Jazz clinch the Northwest Division and snap the New Orleans Hornets' 11-game home winning streak, 77-66 on Tuesday night.