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Author Archive for Terry Kim

From This Season to Last Season

I’m excited. You’re excited. America is excited. David Stern is excited. What are we all excited about? That’s right, we’re all excited about Lakers basketball. After suffering through three agonizing years of not making it past the first round of the playoffs we are finally back in championship contention.

I think the most amazing attribute Lakers fans and the Lakers organization have is our absolute disgust with being a loser. This is probably why we are the most hated fan base of the NBA. We whine and moan and demand our General Manager’s head on a pike just because we had three years of rebuilding while teams like the Rockets and Bulls have been spending the better part of a decade trying to return to form.

While that may sound like negative criticism, it is absolutely not. It’s the attitude of a winner and It’s also probably why we have 14 rings and 28 finals appearances.

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Much ado about Lamar

Pau Gasol for Kwame Brown. The steal of the century. The trade that made every NBA General Manager, basketball analyst and blogger across this great nation scratching their heads and wondering why? Why on earth would the Memphis Grizzlies give up a premier power forward for THAT? Couldn’t they have gotten a better a deal?

Truth is, they probably couldn’t because most teams were not willing to go over the luxury tax for him. The Lakers took that risk and it has certainly paid off as Pau in his first nine games helped lead us to a 8-1 record. Not all is roses in Laker-land though, as the trade has also created a new problem. What to do with Lamar Odom?

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