Purple and Gold Academy Awards
Lakers Blog —
In the spirit of tonight's Oscars ceremony, the Los Angeles Examiner's Colin Ward-Henninger doled out Oscars basketball-related golden men among the purple and gold , tabbing various players as the equivalent of "Best Actor" (Kobe Bryant, natch), Best Supporting Actor (Luke Walton), Best Director (Phil Jackson), Best Foreign Picture (Pau Gasol), etc. Fun stuff, and as most readers know, I love me some movies (although I can take or leave the absurdly long Academy Awards show itself), so I decided to hand out a few more trophies. Without further adieu, some more Oscar glory... Best Visual Effects: He's barely been a Laker for two weeks, ...
Dreaming On 2010: A Dunk Contest In a Perfect World
The Starting Five —
Guess writer Holly MacKenzie writes of her starchild vision for next year’s dunk contest in Dallas, TX.
Yo, I need that Laker bench flick. Kobe?
-Mizzo
Because I have been told that dreams can come true and because I kind of get to live out a dream every day that I write about the NBA, I decided I wanted to blog about what would be my dream dunk contest for 2010. While the hype is about whether LeBron James will be competing or not, to be honest, he’s not the guy on my list. He’s on pretty much every other list imaginable, but I picture him to be more of a ...
Lakers March Madness, Round 2
Lakers Blog —
Some define this month's "madness" as the college roundball tourney being played as we speak. As I said during our recent 710 ESPN podkast , Smush Parke r fancying himself a credible critic of the "Playing With Kobe Bryant Experience" brings new meaning to the phrase "madness." But here at Lakers Blog, we offer our own, highly purple and gold-centric version of March Madness. Round one's results are in the books and here are your winners: Kobe Bryant's fadeaway over Lamar Odom's fashion sense Pau Gasol from the elbow over DJ Mbenga's martial arts Phil Jackson's zen over Kwame Brown's calves And after a ...
Lakers March Madness, Elite Eight!
Lakers Blog —
Round one is in the books in both the Cedric Ceballos and JR Reid Brackets, and I think it's fair to say the level of competition was nothing short of stunning. We had upsets, we had buzzer beaters, we had dominant performances by elite... um... arbitrarily created competitors. We had all that, and coin flips (to break the tie between Adam Morrison's facial hair and Trevor Ariza's tattoos). The highlights, of course, will be captured in the Official Lakers March Madness One Shining Moment montage . But we can't live in the past. It's time for the Round of 16! Cedric Ceballos Bracket: #1 Adam Morrison's facial ...
Lakers March Madness, Elite Eight!
Lakers Blog —
NOTE: Because of a technical glitch, this was posted earlier today much deeper down the page. If you've already voted, treat it like a Chicago election, and feel free to vote again. Sincerely, Management. Round one is in the books in both the Cedric Ceballos ...
The Playoffs Are In View; Beat the Lakers
Rufus on Fire —
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The Official Girlfriend of Rufus on Fire really likes Adam Morrison. Really likes him. To ...
Lakers March Madness- Final Four
Lakers Blog —
(What, you thought we forgot?) Apparently, it's an important weekend in some big college basketball thingy. Maybe. I don't know. That's really none of my business. Why? Because I'm neck deep in Lakers March Madness Bracketology. After two exciting ...
Cultural Power Rankings: Columnists are desperate to tell us how to remember Steve McNair and Sarah Palin gets a basketball reference into her resignation speech (we think)
It's Just Sports —
Cultural Power Rankings: Columnists are desperate to tell us how to remember Steve McNair and Sarah Palin gets a basketball reference into her resignation speech (we think) Posted by Patrick Hayes | It's Just Sports ...
Second Verse, Same as the First
Forum Blue And Gold —
The other day, I read an interesting piece over at Silver Screen and Roll about what players the Lakers should deploy as their second unit. It focussed mostly on the Lakers’ backcourt rotation and who should play behind Kobe and Fish to allow the team to perform its best at all times. You should check it ...
Shannon Brown Makes the Preseason Fun
The Baseline —
I was about to call it a night when Twitter started to blow up with people talking about Lakers reserve guard Shannon Brown. His dunk on Golden State's Mikki Moore became such a hot topic it actually reached "trending" status on Twitter. If you haven't ...
Did Nike Just Leak that Shannon Brown is in the Dunk Contest?
The Baseline —
During Thursday night's action on TNT, the NBA announced DeMar DeRozan will take on Eric Gordon at the rookie-sophomore game during All-Star Weeekend for the fourth and final spot in this year's dunk contest. (The consensus seems to be DeRozan takes it in a walkover, but we'll see.) That takes care of one spot in this thing, but what about the rest? Nike might've accidentally jumped the gun and leaked one of the other contestants if the Nike Basketball Blog is to be believed. (Link requires a NikeBasketball.com password.)
A post came across from the Nike Basketball Blog this morning touting the Shannon Brown iD Slam Dunk ...
