With another season fast approaching, we are reminded that most teams enter the season with optimism about their chances to have a successful season, if not necessarily win a title. Sometimes the optimism comes from good planning and other times…
Tag: Los Angeles Lakers
NBA Title Teams and Opening Night
On opening night, the two presumptive favorites, Brooklyn and the Lakers, started the season with resounding thuds. The Nets were easily handled by that Bucks, before bouncing back with a nice win in Philly. The Lakers, on the other hand,…
Revisiting Magic’s Comeback
I’ve been reading Jeff Pearlman’s great new book “Three Ring Circus,” which examines the Kobe-Shaq Era in Los Angeles from 1996-2004. The book is fascinating in its subject but also touches on the pre-Kobe-Shaq times. There is a short prologue…
Q&A With Jeff Pearlman on Three-Ring Circus, Kobe, Shaq, and More
On September 22, 2020, Jeff Pearlman released “Thee-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty.” Jeff is a prolific sports writer who has written books on the 1986 Mets, Walter Payton, the 1990s Cowboys, Brett…
Revisting Kobe & Shaq: How Many More Titles Should There Have Been?
In the depths of the NBA off-season, fans and former players turn their thoughts to the what-ifs. Specifically, last week, Kobe Bryant, speaking off-the-cuff at a convention in Las Vegas, expressed admiration for Shaquille O’Neal’s ability (“[t]his guy was a…