I don’t do Laker GameDay Q&A’s too often but this gives us a chance to get to know other teams.
The Sacramento Kings are tonight’s opponents for the Lakers. They have a bright future with rookie Tyreke Evans on the helm. And they have played the Lakers very well this season. In this Q&A, I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Michael Jordan’
TNLP Talks To Zach Harper
I Like Watching The Celtics
So people pretty much know that I root for the Lakers first and I root for the Clippers second. And I believe it was Chris Mannix from Sports Illustrated that posed this question: which five teams in the NBA do you watch the most? And, of course, my top two were obvious. But I’m sure [...]
Judging The 2010 Slam Dunk Contest Field
So we now have the, uh, five competitors for the dunk contest. We got defending champ Nate Robinson, Gerald Wallace (competed in 2002 against Jason Richardson), and Shannon Brown (EVERYONE in L.A. wanted him in) penciled in… while two more, DeMar DeRozan and Eric Gordon, are going to have a dunk-in during halftime of the [...]
So What Does Kobe Do Better Than Michael?
The Jordan Vs Kobe debate will rage on for a long, long time.
I would still take Jordan in that match-up. A lot of us have said that Kobe copies Jordan’s mannerisms quite a bit when it comes to style of play, celebrations, swagger, etc. It is a bit unfair, too, because I do want [...]
The Week In TNLP (11/21/2009)
Saturday! That means we recap of what has gone down over here in TNLP in the past week. You know the drill. Here are the entries from Monday on out ’til Friday.
1. Trevor Ariza Returns To L.A.: Ariza returns to Staples Center, gets his ring, and gets a win with his Rockets.
2. Sweet Dishes: [...]
Lakers Vs Dallas, 10-30-2009 (Twitter Play-By-Play)
Hey now. Let’s bring this back! We all know about Twitter. In this entry, we were live-tweeting the game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers. And I take my favorite tweets from throughout the game. So here are some awesome tweets (and thoughts) from that particular game. Enjoy!
You want a regular recap? [...]
Isiah Says Magic Is Two-Face
Thanks to Jeff Garcia for bringing up this story to me. And thanks to Sports Illustrated’s Ian Thomsen for this story.
So Magic Johnson and Larry Bird are co-writing a book with Jackie MacMullan called When The Game Was Ours.
And, apparently, Isiah Thomas is NOT happy with all these accusations and claims made by Magic. [...]
