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Los Angeles Lakers – Who is Going to Play Small Forward
Adding someone like Nick Young on a minimum salary is a great move for the Los Angeles Lakers, giving them a proven scorer off the bench to sub in for Kobe Bryant, but it still doesn’t take care of the biggest issue they have before them: Finding a small forward to start for them (and another one to come off the bench), and creating some kind of defensive identity for next season.
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Los Angeles Lakers – A Great Franchise But a Mediocre (At Best) Team
It seems that all those Los Angeles Lakers of past and present taking personality shots at Dwight Howard, from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant, have a hard time distinguishing between a great and successful franchise, which the Los Angeles Lakers obviously are, and a great NBA team, which at the moment, and for the last couple of seasons, the Lakers clearly aren’t.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Might be Delusional About His Team
Who knew Kobe Bryant would be so fond of Twitter, or so critical towards his own team, the Los Angeles Lakers, acting like a GM-fan regarding every decision, be it Dwight Howard leaving or Metta World Peace getting the amnesty clause used on him.
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Los Angeles Lakers – NBA Offseason Winners or Losers?
It’s easy to say that the Los Angeles Lakers aren’t having the best of offseason summers, with losing Dwight Howard despite the weird sales pitch delivered by Kobe Bryant, amnestying Metta World Peace with weird timing and in general not looking like a team in great shape heading into next season.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Things Haven’t Looked This Bad in a Long Time
What are the expectations for the Los Angeles Lakers next season? Hard to say, but even if Kobe Bryant & Steve Nash are at 100% healthy, while Pau Gasol start playing like the guy from two and three years ago, just reaching the postseason should be regarded as a success.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Losing Dwight Howard Because of Kobe Bryant
The closer we get to the deadline of the decision Dwight Howard needs to make, the Los Angeles Lakers are realizing that their approach to the matter (using Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash to challenge Howard) or possibly it was a lost fight from the first moment.
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10 Highest Paid Athletes in the World in 2013
Among the top 10 highest paid athletes in the world over the last 12 months, three are soccer players (Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham), two are in the NFL (Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees), two play golf (Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson), two are NBA players (LeBron James, Kobe Bryant) and only Roger Federer represents tennis.
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Most Selections for All-NBA Team
The All-NBA first team for 2013 features LeBron James (9th overall, 7th in first), Kevin Durant (4th overall, 4th in first), Chris Paul (5th overall, 3rd in first) but also two players who are among the most accomplished in the history of the game, and still going strong after so many years in the NBA: Tim Duncan and Kobe Bryant.
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The 2012-2013 MVP Race Infographic
It’s hard to see anyone but LeBron James becoming the MVP of the 2012-2013 NBA season, despite the trio of Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony scoring more points than him. But even if all three of them are more valuable to their respective teams than James is, which is doubtful, none of them is better than him.
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Los Angeles Lakers – What’s Next?
No matter what kind of mutterings you’ll hear, the Los Angeles Lakers failed in the 2012-2013 NBA season, barely making it into the playoffs and getting swept in the first round. Kobe Bryant will be back eventually, hopefully not too far from his ability from before the injury. The biggest decisions for the Lakers remain with re-signing Dwight Howard, keeping (or not) Mike D’Antoni while making up their minds about the future of Pau Gasol, Metta World Peace and Steve Nash.