The Los Angeles Lakers have finally made their way back to the .500 mark with a 15-15 record. They’ve won 6 of their last 7 games including a five game winning streak. They’ve done all this with Antawn Jamison on the sideline and he’s not happy about it. Read more after the jump. Shay Marie
NBA: Mike D’Antoni Says Carmelo Anthony is Having an MVP Season
With the Knicks off to a 20-8 start and Carmelo Anthony second in the league in scoring amidst other noticeable improvements, everyone is mentioning him in MVP talks including former coach Mike D’Antoni. Read more after the jump. Shay Marie
NBA: Pau Gasol Likely to Return to Lakers Lineup Next Week
The Lakers have struggled this season sitting at 10-14 amongst coaching changes, injuries and plain old ineptitude. This isn’t what Lakers fans or anyone had in mind when they reloaded their roster with an All-Star cast during the offseason. Point guard Steve Nash is out with a leg fracture and Pau Gasol has been sidelined with knee tendinitis. The team thought it better to rest him rather than run him into the ground while they’re missing others vital to their success. Gasol is now making progress and might be ready to return to the lineup. Read more after the jump. Shay Marie
NBA(Photos): Twitter Goes Crazy With Lakers Jokes After Loss To Knicks
It is not surprising at all with the way the Lakers have been playing that twitter went off last night with jokes about them. Kobe should be happy right now that he does not have a twitter account to read all the jokes on his team. The Lakers are a team you love to hate if you are not a fan of them, and judging from twitter right now, alot of people are loving to hate them lol. Check the gallery above for some of the funny tweets about the Lakers from last night. IamJOE357
(Video) NBA: Lakers Lose Again! Magic Johnson Rips Use of Pau Gasol & D’Antoni Loses It On Reporter!
This isn’t the first time Magic Johnson has been critical of the Lakers, but as the Lakers took another L last night he spoke out about the way they have been using their power forward Pau Gasol. Mike D’Antoni of course was also not happy about the Lakers losing again and when a reporter had a few questions, he snapped on him. C’mon Lakers, get it together!!! GameTimeGirl
NBA: Pau Gasol Playing Through Knee Tendinitis
Pau Gasol’s production has gone down noticeably over the past couple of games and he was even benched for the entire fourth quarter in the Lakers loss against the Grizzlies. It’s been blamed on D’Antoni’s fast paced offense, Gasol’s conditioning and his lack of touches. Well now there’s a new reason. Read more after the jump. Shay Marie
