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Lebron James – Best Sidekick of all Time?

On Friday, Scottie Pippen was introduced into the basketball Hall of Fame along with Karl Malone, Jerry Buss, and the 1992 Dream Team. Pippen is most famous for his role as Michael Jordan's teammate in the Chicago Bulls' 6 NBA championships in the 90's. No one would argue that this wasn't Michael Jordan's team. It was his team and Pippen →


NBA Basketball News and Updates

The Los Angeles Lakers have introduced Matt Barnes in a press conference earlier this week. Barnes is a terrific pick-up especially at the price the Lakers got him for. The Lakers could at most pay him $1.77 million this year and 2 million next year. Barnes turned down twice that from Cleveland. In perspective, Barnes was almost a Toronto Raptor →


Kobe meeting with Raja Bell today

Kobe Bryant has a face-to-face meeting with Raja Bell today. If the Lakers somehow manage to sign Raja Bell I would grade their off-season a huge success. Bell is a tenacious defender and a terrific 3-point shooter. He's just what the Lakers need. His career 41.1% 3-point percentage would make him the best threat from downtown on the team. He →


Brandon Jennings PWNED Lebron James on Facebook

Brandon Jennings has just become one of my favorite non-Lakers thanks to his following Facebook status update: "Never run away from your problems, man up. If it was easy we all would have a ring, Lebron did what he had to do I guess, should have been more low-key about it. He just affected alot of ppl in Cleveland, I don't →


Bosh joins Wade in Miami – Lebron next?

Big announcement this morning in that Dwayne Wade has decided to stay in Miami and he will be joined by fellow unrestricted free agent Chris Bosh. Speculation has Lebron James joining the two superstars to form a "Super Team" in South Florida. It's hard to imagine what would make Wade not take the Chicago offer. They already have a well →


Twenty Four

Twenty Four. The MVP wears it. Twenty Four. The Lakers led by that much during game 4. Twenty Four. I cursed at my TV at least twenty four times during the 3rd and 4th quarters. As a Laker fan this has been one of the most devastating losses I've ever witnessed. It is hard to believe even the strong willed →