On Thursday, the NBA trading deadline will be exactly five weeks away. One team everyone seems to expect to be active is the Los Angeles Lakers, who can’t quite figure out the right personnel mix for Mike D’Antoni’s offense. [Read more…]
Chris Sheridan is pleased to announce that Andy and Brian Kamenetzky are joining SheridanHoops.com as columnists. To welcome them in, hosts Chris Sheridan and Andy Roth will be joined by the Kamenetzky brothers (who cover all four California-area NBA teams). They’ll also be joined by TalkBasket.net’s John Hobbs (who is in London with the Knicks and the Pistons) and SheridanHoops.com’s Chris Bernucca to interview Chris Sheridan for the Chris’ Corner segment. [Read more…]
We welcome aboard the Kamenetzky brothers, Brian and Andy, who were must-reads at ESPN-Los Angeles but were let go at Christmas by the WorldWide Leader In Shedding Talent. Each week, the Cali Report on Sheridan Hoops will take a trip around the golden state, examining the fortunes of its four teams – CS. [Read more…]
The most consistent knock on the Lakers this season has not been about their offense, but rather their defense. When you put together a team with that many old men, you are not going to beat the young bucks back in transition. But you can beat teams like the young Bucks with a different kind of defense. [Read more…]
Dwight Howard dominates the paint on both ends, Kobe Bryant plays less than 30 minutes for the first time this season, Steve Nash runs the offense with precision, the defense has its best game in weeks and the Lakers run away with a 20-point win in their Sunday home whites. So, everything’s back to normal again in Tinseltown, right? Who cares that it was against the Cavaliers, who lose three of every four games they play? Or that Cleveland was missing Anderson Varejao, their best
Chris Sheridan joins Roger Lajoie on Sportsnet 590 The Fan in Toronto to talk NBA hoops. Don’t miss Chris talk about some possible Laker trade possibilities. [Read more…]
Does it seem to anyone else like we’ve had about five years of Lakers seasons in the first, well, a little over two months of this season? What was it? About four years ago when we were all enthralled by the slick maneuver that brought Dwight Howard to Los Angeles? And how about that sign-and-trade for Steve Nash? Three years ago? [Read more…]
Perceptions are often reality, regardless of what others would have you believe. Sometimes, however, celebrities have to fight misconceptions found in rumor mills and tabloid media. Friday, yet another example of a nice guy battling the tabloids.
