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Is Kobe's Low Post Game Hurting the Lakers Offense?
6 days ago by
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By Craig Kwasniewski Back to back losses against Western Conference playoff contenders can really, as they say in the futbol world, turn things all pear shaped (I'm still not sure what that means, but it has a nice sound, like...
Message to Lakers Fans: Byron Scott is a Terrible Coach and Should Never Be in LA
10 days ago by
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By Craig Kwasniewski Byron Scott was fired this afternoon as head coach of the NOLA Hornets. Really it was never a matter of if or even when but more like it's about damn time. Two teams, two firings, two times...
Five Questions About the Phoenix Suns
11 days ago by
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By Craig Kwasniewski The Phoenix Suns roll into Staples Center tonight to face the Lakers and who better to probe into the NBA's early season surprise than Phoenix resident and current Suns media member, Brett Pollakoff (oh and the co-founder...
The NBA is Decades Away from a Franchise in the UK
13 days ago by
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By Craig Kwasniewski I just got back from a two week vacation in England and let me tell you (without question, no doubt about it, and all the other sportstalk radio cliches... this is what happens when you don't write...
Review: Converse Weapon Evo
October 14, 2009 by
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by Brett Pollakoff Most of you will remember the Converse Weapon, the iconic shoe worn by the likes of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson in the 1980s. (In case you don't, here's a refresher.) Today, Converse has gone back to...
Lakers Front Office Dropped the Ball in the Return to the Forum
October 12, 2009 by
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By Craig Kwasniewski The Lakers flat out dropped the ball in their return visit to the Fabulous Forum. Did you even know they played last Friday at the Forum? Turns out, not many people did as the old lady sat...
How To Get Girls By Expressing Sympathy For Allen Iverson
September 08, 2009 by
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by Brian Spaeth Once upon a time, I was a veteran of the NBA blogosphere, primarily through this website. Bear with me, because I'm doing a little blog tour with a bunch of my old NBA blog friends, and frankly,...
How is AI Still a Free Agent? The Knicks Should Sign Him!
August 05, 2009 by
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By Craig Kwasniewski How the hell is Allen Iverson still a free agent? Literally one year ago he was the second leading scorer on the offensive-minded Denver Nuggets. He was still on every opponent's "Big Ticket" package, the NBA's version...
Thoughts on the Draft Day Trades
June 26, 2009 by
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By Craig Kwasniewski I'm not really up on all the players drafted yesterday since the only NCAA hoops I watched all year was from the Las Vegas Hilton on the first weekend of March Maddness... Basically my knowledge on the...
LeBron Let's His Tee Shirt (Not His Game) Do the Talking
June 22, 2009 by
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By Craig Kwasniewski Imagine the outrage if Kobe did this. Instead of having his game do the talking, LeBron decides again to let his shirt do all the talking instead (from TMZ.com)... This is the second time this week that...
Kobe Has a Lakers Flag on His Car?!?!
June 15, 2009 by
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By Craig Kwasniewski Awww man... just when I thought getting a fourth title put him clear of all the critics and haters, Kobe puts a one of those damn Lakers flags on his ride. Dude, I'm a 10-year Lakers season...
Five Adjustments the Magic Need to Win Game 3
June 09, 2009 by
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By Craig Kwasniewski Leaving Staples Center last night Lakers fans all around me had the feeling that this was the last Lakers game they would see in the 2008-09 season. All that was left is the trophy, the parade and...
Finals Prediction
June 04, 2009 by
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By Craig Kwasniewski Just a very brief prediction on the NBA Finals... Lakers in 6. But here are some other things I hope to see: -The real hedgehog sitting courtside for the game. Just how cool would it be when...
Phoenix Mercury's Jersey Sponsorship... The Future of the NBA?
June 01, 2009 by
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By Craig Kwasniewski Trying to make ends meet in tough economic times the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA is putting a sponsor on the front of their jerseys. My first reaction? Well this is the WNBA, do I care? No...
Does Anyone Really Think Cleveland Will Lose Game 5?
May 28, 2009 by
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By Craig Kwasniewski Game 5, LeBron's last chance to save his MVP season... will he do it? Will Cleveland save their season? Will Mike Brown over annunciate every word during timeouts and show us that he's worth of coach of...
Derek Fisher's Obituary and Some Other Thoughts from G2
May 26, 2009 by
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By Craig Kwasniewski Put him to sleep, wish him to the cornfield, call in Dr. Kevorkian, have him kiss someone with Swine Flu, push him into traffic, spike his water with female hormones so he can fail a drug test......
ESPN Orders Staff to Forget About the Lakers Sweeping the Cavs
May 20, 2009 by
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By Craig Kwasniewski I just intercepted a very interesting memo issued my ESPN to all their writers, bloggers and blowhards... To: ESPN Staff Subject: LeBron James Whatever you do, do not mention that the Lakers swept the Cleveland Cavaliers this...
Lakers Steal Game One from Denver
May 20, 2009 by
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By Craig Kwasniewski Whew! As series go, one chapter down and this feels like the makings of an epic series. The Lakers overcame their now typical lackluster start and some very questionable officiating to pull out a 105-103 victory over...
Western Conference Finals Prediction
May 19, 2009 by
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By Craig Kwasniewski Lakers vs. Nuggets... which wins out, the streaking team or the team with the better match-ups? The Nuggets come in as the hottest team in the playoffs, running through the first two rounds and with a growing...
A Very Quick Prediction on the HOU-LA Series
May 04, 2009 by
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By Craig Kwasniewski Just 30 minutes left before I drive on out to Staples Center so let me get a very brief prediction on the Lakers-Rockets series: Lakers win in 6... but it won't be easy... here's why: -The Rockets...
A Look Back at the Playoff Preseason (First Round) - Eastern Conference
May 03, 2009 by
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By Craig Kwasniewski Three weekends later and the first round is finally over.... finally! Remember the times when the first round was 5 games and was over by April 25th? Remember when the second round started as soon as the...
Where are the CP3 / NOLA Fans Now?
April 28, 2009 by
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By Craig Kwasniewski Where oh where are all the CP3 fans? Where are the ones who felt "slighted" when Kobe won the 07-08 MVP award? Where are the "experts" who predicted NOLA will win the Western Conference... ever? Where are...
Monday Morning Point Guard
April 20, 2009 by
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By Craig Kwasniewski March Madness eat your heart out! One weekend down and there were several upsets, a few stinkers and a couple expected results. As much as I love the whole one and done March Madness thing, you don't...
Photos: The REAL Reason Portland Lost Game One
April 19, 2009 by
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By Craig Kwasniewski Crash goes the Blazers bandwagon! Debris is all over the place and the few survivors are left to ponder... what went wrong? Are the Rockets just a bad match-up? Maybe. Could a lack of playoff experience be...
NBA Playoff Preview - The Western Conference
April 17, 2009 by
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By Craig Kwasniewski And now the NBA's Varsity Conference...a UEFA Champions League to the Eastern Conference's UEFA Cup if you will... a preview of the Western Conference. Los Angeles (1) vs. Utah (8) - Maybe Jazz fans can weigh in,...
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