Ok, so there’s some noise that’s going on with KB and the Lakers. I think I should summarize the relevant events.

Shaq wants max extension money ($80mill over 3 yrs.), doesn’t get it, demands trade, to which Buss obliges.
Shaq gets traded.
Phil Jackson is told that the team is cutting costs and won’t be paying him […]

What’s wrong with me?  I hate Des Moines.
Anyway, I was thinking about the Lakers today after today’s game.  Walton, Evans and Farmar all had career highs today.  Sure, they’re not amazing numbers, but I realized that Mitch Kupchak hasn’t gotten much credit for recent transactions.  People only look at the Shaq situation, but that wasn’t […]

So today one of my students wanted me to play some Michael Jordan video clip on yootoob, cuz we had time to kill and I had my computer hooked up to the projector. Anyway, as we were watching it, it was your typical MJ highlight reel. The funny thing was, he and his […]

They’ve got alot of guys who can play this year, but too bad half of them are hurt. This is a concern, because the Lakers won’t have had any preseason games in which the starting squad plays together. Highlights of training camp:

Turiaf’s avergaging 9.8 pts, 5.6 rebs and 1.6 blocks a game, shooting […]

I haven’t told many people this, but 3 years ago, I was in a baskeball league up in NorCal. Anyway, they never told me that they posted up the stats…until now. I was second in the league in scoring, but although I was the shortest guy, I led the league in rebounds. […]

First of all, I think Tiger’s back. His eagle was amazing, reminiscent of his earlier days.
Anyway, I was on Espn.com and there was a survey about who you’d pick to be on the USA B-Ball team. Which 12 would you pick? Would you just pick the best 12 players or pick the […]