Magic Johnson has always been my favorite basketball player. When he announced his retirement in 1992, I was shocked and deeply saddened. He retired because he was infected with the HIV Virus and made it clear that he would never suit up for another basketball game. I remember calling my best friend. We talked about [...] [...more]
Kobe Bryant just passed Jerry West as the Lakers’ all-time scoring list. Kobe’s numbers throughout his career is impressive, but is Kobe the best Laker ever to suit up for a game? Let’s see.
Jerry West is known for being the logo of the NBA, and he has one of the coolest nicknames ever, “Mr. [...] [...more]
So, I played basket ball for six years between junior high and high school. I wasn’t terrible, and my team was consistently one of the best in our conference. We won a decent number of tournaments, and I have a lot of fond memories of my time spent on the hardwood.
But despite my long association [...] [...more]
Don’t you just love it when when your team is number one and people who think they know everything about sports blast them because their own team sucks? I do and the recent Lakers bashing is starting to tick me off…
The Lakers are royalty of the NBA, (purple stands for royalty and for the imbeciles [...] [...more]
And no…we’re not talking about the fist that belongs to a talkative puppet…
During the NBA season of 1977, Rudy Tomjanovich who played for the Rockets was a multiple All-Star, with a sweet shooting touch and a popular player on his team. Kermit Washington, who played for the Lakers was a 6’ 8” player known [...] [...more]