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The Biggest Choke in Lakers Playoff History?
The Lakers wasted 46 minutes of impressive, gut-busting work by quitting 2 minutes before the game ended, thus letting the down-and-out but still hungry Oklahoma City Thunder off the ropes and into playoff lore.
How to Fail in Basketball and in Life (part 1 of 3)
Part 1 of 3: Those who understand failure’s relationship to success see failure as feedback and adjust their efforts accordingly. Those that don’t, fear failure and avoid it altogether — thus deceiving themselves into inadvertently becoming their own biggest obstacle to success.
Are the Lakers Still Relevant?
I really wonder if the Lakers are title contenders anymore, and here is why. In game 2 of the 1992 …
Lebron is no Michael — Or Kobe for that matter
Regardless of whether you think it was right or wrong for LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh to take …
LeBron, Leaving, Loyalty and Treachery
Loyalty is an interesting topic. David Robinson assured the San Antonio Spurs that he’d be a Spur for life, and …
Lebron chooses the Rosie Ruiz shortcut to glory
LeBron will certainly get his championships, but he won’t really EARN them.
Not like Michael Jordan earned his.
Or not like Magic Johnson and Larry Bird earned theirs, facing worthy nemesises in a battle that wrenched from both sides every bit of possible effort, heart, blood, sweat and tears to earn an NBA championship.
Defending Coach Jerry Sloan from so-called Utah Jazz fans
People need to quit bashing Sloan for their imaginary perception of him, and wake up to what he’s done in reality. Seriously, if the Jazz were to let go of Jerry Sloan today, and if Phil Jackson and Doc Rivers were to retire this summer like they are both talking about doing…
You can bet both the Lakers and the Celtics would give serious thought to hiring Jerry Sloan as their new head coach.




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