Mike Brown, Kobe, and Lessons From the Movies

Mar 09, 2012

Did you ever watch Office Space?  You know how in the beginning of the movie, the main character's job sucks so much because he's constantly worried about his job, and he's constantly sucking up to his boss in some futile effort to avoid being dumped on the street? But then, when he learns to stop caring, he suddenly starts impressing people with his attitude.

Kobe Wants the Lakers to Avoid Bad Contracts

Feb 09, 2012

I ran across something today that made me smile over at Eye On Basketball. Apparently Kobe has great sympathy for the perils and plights of management when trying to navigate the salary cap, field a profitable team, and win championships:

Short Thoughts on Kobe's Heroics

Jan 30, 2012

When the Lakers beat the Timberwolves last night, ESPN, NBA.com, and the Twitterverse were all abuzz about how great Kobe was. And don't get me wrong, Kobe was good last night; it's always impressive when a shooting guard snags as many rebounds as the other team's star power forward. But I'm definitely going to have to agree with Stop-n-Pop on this one:

GeekTastic 2011 Season Preview: The Los Angeles Lakers

Dec 27, 2011

The NBA Season is ready to start on Christmas Day, the last couple of preseason games are being played as I write this up, and it's time for me to cater to every serious NBA fans love of season previews!  The 2011 Geektastic Preview is going to be way too large for one article, so I'm dividing it up into divisions (and even so, it's going to be long, so get a cup of coffee!).  In this article I'm going to preview the Lakers, who have lost a little of their mojo but are still going to be a very good basketball team capable of winning 45+ games.  

Post-Lockout Podcast with FillingTheLanes

Nov 29, 2011

The folks from the Filling The Lanes podcast were nice enough to invite me back on for their latest podcast, to talk about post-lockout madness.  You can listen below, or download the podcast here.  This time I get my time in the spotlight in the beginning of the podcast.

The NBA Geek's Amnesty Guesses, Part 1

Nov 28, 2011

I'm calling them guesses, not predictions, because this way if I'm completely wrong, I won't look as stupid.