Mike Brown is the NBA's version of a defensive mastermind. He coached his way to an NBA Finals once by placing starters like Drew Gooden, Sasha Pavolic, Larry Hughes and Zydrunas Ilgauskas in spots on the floor where they could do nothing else but become adequate defenders. On offense that year, he let LeBron James […]

The Lakers will be doing quite a bit of celebrating this year. On December 28, the Lakers will retire Jamaal Wilkes' No. 52 jersey in honor of his induction into the Hall of Fame this offseason. Wilkes played eight seasons with the Lakers after starring at UCLA and playing his rookie season with the Warriors. […]

When Mikhail Prokhorov bought the Brooklyn (formerly New Jersey) Nets back in 2010, he promised an NBA Championship within five years. It is two years later and during that time the Nets went 46-102, not coming anywhere near the playoffs. However, after keeping Deron Williams and Brook Lopez and adding Joe Johnson this offseason, the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers never surprise anyone with their offseason acquisitions. It seemed inevitable that the Lakers would figure out a way to stay relevant after a second straight second round exit. This result would not do. Not with time running out for Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol. The Lakers were in the Dwight Howard […]

Each week at around this time, we will point to you to what the various blogs on the Bloguin network are saying about their teams. Be sure to check out all the great blogs for more in depth coverage of your favorite team! Staff writer Brendan Bowers of Stepien Rules caught up with mid-90s legend […]

  Kobe Bryant. Pau Gasol. Steve Nash. Dwight Howard. When you think about the Los Angeles Lakers this coming 2012-13 season, those are the four names that instantly come to mind. And then there is Reeves Nelson.  While all eyes will be focused on Bryant, Gasol, Nash and Howard, this could be the most important […]

Believe it or not, the NBA's regular season is six weeks away. To get you ready, Crossover Chronicles will be profiling a team each day for the next six weeks. This week is the Pacific Division. Today is the Los Angeles Lakers. 2011-12 Record: 41-25, lost second round Key Losses: Andrew Bynum (traded to Philadelphia), Ramon Sessions […]

Leave it up to a guy like Stephon Marbury to open his mouth about team chemistry. A guy that was criticized his whole career for being a drama queen and not a team player is calling out the New York Knicks on their choice of personnel. Marbury is clearly not a big fan of Amar’e […]

He's been on car commercials, Subway sandwich commercials, and a few comedy viral web spoofs but now Los Angeles Clippers' Blake Griffin can say he has arrived. Griffin made an appearance on the children's television show Sesame Street (h/t Holdout Sports.com) through the power of a muppet and her magic wand. Though, let's hope the […]

Darko Milicic.  Go ahead. Laugh. I have done the research. Darko's name is the punch line to 85.3 percent of all NBA jokes. He is the NBA equivalent of ".. .and what's the deal with airline food?" at this point.  And now he is going to be a Celtic. We have the same obsession with […]

The Philadelphia 76ers had a quite the summer.  They were a game away from playing the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals and still decided to overhaul their roster, acquiring Andrew Bynum and Jason Richardson in the Dwight Howard deal, surrendering Andre Iguadola in the process. At the same time, the team was (and […]

The Lakers always have to be in the spotlight. Such is life in Los Angeles as the city's premier team. There are always big shoes to fill and a legacy to uphold. There is a reason the Lakers have won 16 championships and been in 25 Finals since moving to Los Angeles in 1961 (51 […]

For the sports fans browsing the newsstands these days, you may recognize a familiar face on the cover of GQ. Chris Paul just did an interview with the magazine where he talks mostly about his family, but a little about basketball too. The biggest nugget in the article is when CP3 talks about the “trade […]