-
Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Avoiding Temptation
Kobe Bryant watched Kevin Durant attempt 26 shots; he saw Russell Westbrook take 22 shots. Still, the master of forgetting about your teammates and going on a solo mission to improve his scoring average did what’s best for the Los Angeles Lakers, not his own individual stat sheet, and came away with the team’s biggest win of the season.
-
NBA Trades – Pau Gasol is Getting Closer to a Move
When you’re a career starter like Pau Gasol is, getting to start on the bench not for health reasons is quite a shock, maybe even a serious game changer. While Mike D’Antoni is trying to do whatever he can to get the Los Angeles Lakers back on some sort of winning track, Gasol looks closer to a trade than ever.
-
Los Angeles Lakers – Sinking With Kobe Bryant
There are always two sides to the Kobe Bryant argument. One that suggests the Los Angeles Lakers have no chance with him taking so many shots, and he needs to stop being so selfish, having Pau Gasol, Dwight Howard and Steve Nash with him. The other says that shooting is the only way this team will get back on track.
-
Los Angeles Lakers – Still Haven’t Hit Rock Bottom
When will the low point of the season be for the Los Angeles Lakers? Now that both Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol are injured, maybe we’ll find out.
-
Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Losing His Faith in Teammates
Frustration, there’s no other word. Failure maybe, although the distance between fail and success is only measured by the record and playoff stage the Los Angeles Lakers will end up with.
-
Kobe Bryant – In a League of his Own, Not Necessarily in a Good Way
Was anyone surprised that Kobe Bryant took more than 40 field goal attempts against the Golden State Warriors? It might be the first time this season that he’s taken this much on himself, but it’s happened quite a lot, especially when compared with other players, since he began his career for the Los Angeles Lakers.
-
Los Angeles Lakers – Can’t See Past the End of His Nose
It doesn’t really matter that Kobe Bryant speaks after every game about getting back this player or the other. This time it was Steve Nash back in the lineup, also hitting the game clinching shot for the Los Angeles Lakers in a rare road win this season, but this game was once again, maybe more than ever, about Bryant ignoring everyone else, regardless of what was happening on the court.
-
Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Keeps Playing Alone
Another superb scoring performance from Kobe Bryant, another loss for the Los Angeles Lakers. A team that was supposed to be playing the most balanced kind of offense in the NBA when the season kicked off has changed and turned and transformed into a torn apart unit that simply doesn’t know what to do to win games.
-
Los Angeles Lakers – Players Beginning to Quit on This Team
So we’re a quarter of the season into the 2012-2013 NBA season, and the team that made the most noise during the off season still can’t pick up off from mediocrity, let alone simply being bad. They’re 9-12, still without Steve Nash. They’re without Pau Gasol and seem to be losing him forever at the current pace, while Dwight Howard can’t hit a free throw and Kobe Bryant puts up futile big numbers.
-
Los Angeles Lakers – It Simply Isn’t Working
Pau Gasol is once again on the trading block. Kobe Bryant isn’t happy, and unlike girls who just got dumped, he feeds his depression by taking a huge amount of field goals. Dwight Howard can’t make the Los Angeles Lakers good on defense or become a remotley decent free throw shooter. Mike D’Antoni is trying to manage something a bit over his head.