Los Angeles Lakers

By kambrothers Ears receive the gift of manna from the heavens, because a new 710 ESPN Lakers PodKast has entered the Internet. And like them gum hawking twins, BK and I double our listener's pleasure with two installments of our voices. At no extra charge, I might add. Because we're givers. Part I -The Lakers...

By kambrothers Funsie Stuff (like our new Twitter handle, latimesKBros, and Part I and Part II of our 710 ESPN PodKast) Ball Don't Lie has some sweet pics of/details about the Lakers' 2009 championship rings. I actually watched Sasha Vujacic's bling revolve in the box, and while kinda over the top, it was...

By kambrothers Divvied up into two shorter sections. Easier for our listeners to digest. Double the clicks for the K Brothers. Everybody gets a plate of "winner winner" chicken dinner on us!* Part I Brian and I explain how Ron Artest can add versatility to the Lakers on both sides of the ball and enhance the La...

By kambrothers Last Season: 54-28, First in Northwest, Fourth in the Western Conference. Key Additions: Andre Miller, Juwan Howard Key Subtractions: Sergio Rodriguez, Channing Frye During our most recent 710 ESPN PodKast, BK and I analyzed the Western Conference with ESPN The Magazine's Chris Palm...

By kambrothers The regular season, it is nigh. Oh, happy, special day!!! The kind of day where the K Brothers provide you not not one, but TWO Podkasts to get you through the weekend! Could we be any more generous to our loyal corner of the blogosphere? I doubt it. PodKast, Part I With the preseason in the books...

By kambrothers Andy's back, and needless to say it's a big week and a monster- monster!- bit of ear candy. Khloe and Lamar getting hitched this weekend, we take a look at their wedding registries (in case there's a last second invite for us), complete with $100 butter knives and a very pricey glass Tiger, op...

By kambrothers ESPN.com has over the past couple of weeks published a variety of predictions and prognostications pulled together from a cast of 53 of their finest basketball minds- listen to us lament our lack of inclusion here- in preparation for the upcoming season. They were the overwhelming choice...

By Kam Pashai Later this afternoon, Lamar joined our partners at AM570 for an interview with Matt Money. Rather interesting conversation… Special thanks to David Vassegh for the Lamar Odom coverage. On behalf of Lakers fans everywhere, it’s good to have Lamar Odom back. Let the drive for five begin!

By kambrothers This week, we put a neat and pretty bow on the Finals, take a look back at the season as a whole, and talk about Kobe Bryant's "likeability," which is quickly overtaking "KobeFace!" as one of the more overwrought stories of our time. All of that, plus interesting facts about killer whales. Cli...

By David Brickley Flo'z has been here throughout the playoffs to bring you TLN Exclusive songs. Now that the Lakers have won an NBA Championship and compelted there goal the set in the beginning of the year, here is another exclusive song THE LAKERS ARE THE CHAMPIONS.

By kambrothers NOTE: We'll be hosting a joint chat with the Orlando Sentinel at 3 pm PST. Questions and comments welcome for both sides of the proverbial aisle. Hope to see you there! And win this Twitter thing Andy and I don't quite understand. BK It's been about a week since the Lakers polished off the Nugget...

By Jaime Quintanilla Well its do or die time for the Los Angeles Lakers. They had a chance to close it out in Houston but now we go back to L.A. for Game 7. Audio - Phil Jackson Postgame Andrew Bynum Postgame Kobe Bryant Postgame Pau Gasol Postgame Spero Dedes Play by Play

By Jaime Quintanilla It was all good just a week ago… and it still is as the Lakers prepare to bring you the hoop version Apollo 13, live from Figueroa. Other Audio - Best Damn Sports Show Lakers vs. Rockets Game Audio (3/11/2009) Elie Seckbach NBA All Star 2009 Report (YouTube)

By kambrothers You can almost hear the carnival barker. "Win the game, get a prize!" For the Lakers, a victory in tonight's Game 4 of their Western Conference Quarterfinal series against the Jazz would mean not only a comfortable 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven tilt, but something even better- a chance t...

By Jaime Quintanilla Other Audio - April 9th - Nuggets @ Lakers -Marv Albert and Reggie Miller (TNT) April 7th -Lakers @ Kings - Joel Myers and Stu Lantz (KCAL-9) Phil Jackson Audio (Lakers.com) Kurt Rambis Audio (Petros and Money Show – AM570) Nuggets @ Lakers - Kevin Harlan and Doug Collins (TNT)

By Jaime Quintanilla David and Greg come to you on this Monday to discuss that disgusting loss in Atlanta. G went all the way to the ATL for a loss, but there is more to talk about... is the MVP debate now over? Should the Lakers limit the minutes of their starters and rest there players since they have secured home court...

By kambrothers For a few minutes, that whole Ankle Insurance thing wasn't so funny. (Except for the horse. Players can get hurt, games can be lost. Hell, the seas could rise and swallow the entirety of the Lakers' season, but that horse will always be funny.) Kobe Bryant went into the locker room early after "j...

By kambrothers It's fresh 710 ESPN.com Lakers Podkast time. This week, we talk to Lakers radio play by play voice Spero Dedes about the process of stepping into Chick Hearn's monumentally legendary wake, the challenges of broadcasting basketball, and his thoughts on the Lakers and home court. Dedes is pr...

By kambrothers Some define this month's "madness" as the college roundball tourney being played as we speak. As I said during our recent 710 ESPN podkast, Smush Parker fancying himself a credible critic of the "Playing With Kobe Bryant Experience" brings new meaning to the phrase "madness." But here at L...

By Jaime Quintanilla Exclusive Lakers News and Information is our game and the guys welcome in KCAL-9’s Lakers sideline reporter, and host of The Mason and Ireland show on 710ESPN, JOHN IRELAND, joins the guys on the Voice of the Nation hotline and gives you insight you WILL NOT HEAR anywhere else! GURANTEED!

By Jaime Quintanilla On this edition the guys review the Lakers Diddy Boppin through Texas, possible playoff match-ups, and talk how Kobe Hating has single handily re-written the MVP criteria. Lakers Nation STAND UP! Lakers Post game audio 3/15/2009 Lakers vs. Mavericks Mission Impossible Theme

By Jaime Quintanilla Phil Jackson Thursday Practice (Lakers.com) The fellaz discuss the slow week in Laker land. Show you why Phil says the Celtics NEED help, discuss the listeners comments from last show, and Shaq gives David more of an argument why the Diesel needs to stay away from L.A.

By Jaime Quintanilla David and G end your work week with the recap of the Thunder, and Suns game, discuss how the Lakers are 12-1 without Andrew Bynum, and react to the user comments from last show. Plus, with all this Kobe and Shaq talk, David and G decide to countdown the TOP FIVE Lakers 1-2 combos of all time, and I...

By Fanster.com Raja Bell is a great NBA story.  He was a mid-season pick-up by the 2000/2001 Philadelphia 76ers that lost to the Lakers in the NBA Finals.  He was recommended to Larry Brown by his good friend Greg Popovich and Brown gave Bell his first chance on an NBA roster.  Bell ended up playing some signi...

By Jaime Quintanilla Download Link: Voice of the Nation - Episode #21 They told you they would be back in a flash. David and G discuss all that is going on in Laker land, including the latest on Andrew Bynum's knee injury, Kobe droppin 61 at the MSG, Shaq's current love affair with Kobe, and as always send you off wit...

By kambrothers Why would Mr. Walton, Mr. Mihm and Mr. Powell be miffed on the heels of a 118-108 L.A. victory over Sacto, one might ask? Well, because as I mentioned to a colleague of mine before the tip, this is the kind of game where anything less than healthy PT for the third string signals a less than stellar out...

By kambrothers The Rockets, with their formidable Big Three (T-Mac, Yao, Ron-Ron), and Fort Knox D, represent a legitimate threat in the Western Conference, and LA's best test of the early season. That said, despite a 4-2 start things haven't really coalesced in the early going for Houston, especially...

By kambrothers Perhaps that was the prevailing thought distracting the Lakers' collective minds, as they encountered one devil of a time hitting the requisite number of free throws needed to end practice. Only three players are allowed a brick before everyone gets punished with baseline sprints and "...

By kambrothers When the basketball overlords convened inside their pebbled leather-and-ivory tower this offseason and emerged to declare the Lakers as clear favorites in the Western Conference, they did so with some of the following in mind: That Kobe guy. Depth and balance. Length and scoring in the f...

By kambrothers And along those items, to get one issue quickly out of the way, I talked to someone from the Lakers organization and, contrary to this report from the Las Vegas Sun, Kobe's finger is not broken. It may be in need of a knife session, but it's still in one piece, so those losing sleep over that misi...

By kambrothers Thus, I'm at liberty to provide tidbits from today's practice before the Lakers head to Sin City for two days of roundball. The afternoon featured a lot of half court scrimmage court played with an increased physicality at the behest of Phil Jackson. Having sufficiently run his teams' legs...

By kambrothers The Lakers, as you may have heard, played the Finals at less than full strength. Trevor Ariza was limited coming back from foot problems, and Andrew Bynum was in a suit on the sidelines. Both are back, both are healthy and confident in the state of their once-injured body parts, and the expect...

By The Nugget Please be sure to leave your name (or TLN username) and location. The Voice of the Nation Podcast with Andrew Rafner (varsityoptimism) and David Brickley (DBricks) will guide you through the capillaries and ventricles of the Lakers Nation. D and Andrew meet up yet again and discuss Jordan...

By LD2k Joe Maloof was recently interviewed. Some very interesting stuff from the interview. I get the vibe he is very interested in dealing with Lakers and called Odom a “great” player while referring to Artest as a “good” player. “Odom is a great player, Artest is a good player. That’s, that’s as muc...

By kambrothers Call me wacky, but it feels somewhat appropriate for a blog hosted by the Brothers Kamenetzky to use a song title by the Brothers Gibb in reporting the Lakers' 103-98 win over the Celtics, a victory that secured the privilege of fighting another day while down 3-2 in the Finals. And to paraph...

Sam Panayotovich breaks down the heavily anticipated Celtics/Lakers NBA Finals matchup and the possibility of Dwyane Wade returning to Chicago. Plus, the White Sox selection of Gordon Beckham is analyzed with a little help from The Pitch’s Brandon Rosage.

By kambrothers Over the course of what has become an extremely successful season a whole lot of attention has been given to the Lakers offense. Makes sense. Between frontliners like Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, and then Pau Gasol (plus Andrew Bynum, when healthy), offensive minded supporting players- Sash...

By kambrothers According to Derek Fisher, the Lakers as a whole are pretty savvy when it comes to assessing via body language Kobe's ability to play through injury. Most of them have played with Kobe for at least a few seasons and have become familiar with certain physical tendencies. Thus, through carefu...

By kambrothers Which works out great, since the Lakers' 107-104 division snagging win certainly made things interesting. Some would say unnecessarily so, given that the Lakers had jacked their lead up to 30 with a little more less than four minutes remaining in the second quarter. Of course, that's righ...

By kambrothers When the Lakers kicked off this four-game roadie against a quartet of Western Conference playoff contenders, I said a 2-2 split would have been all good with me. A 106-95 win over the jazz created said split, so as one would suspect, I am indeed happy. More specifically, I was happy with how th...

By Ed Ziti The Lakers were out-coached and outplayed for three quarters, but still pulled out the win, due to the unstoppable Kobe Bryant.  Sacramento held a ten point lead, give or take, for most of the game.  In the end, their inability to contain Kobe was the difference in the game.

By kambrothers Truth be told, I've yet to such a figure representing either faith among the crowd. Nor can I confirm or deny whether Lakers Blog mainstay (and Kings rooter) Sonny Belfast is indeed on hand (although if a joyous "Go Testes!" is heard after a Ron Ron bucket, I'm leaning towards "yes.") But one t...

By kambrothers Arguably more than any franchise in sports, the Lakers have a gift and flair for drama. And this 108-104 OT win over the Mavs featured more drama than those chicks on "The Hills" after one too many appletinis. Seven lead changes. Fifteen times knotted up. A three ball from Dirk Nowitzki with two...

By Eric Williams Seattle only has 10 healthy bodies again tonight. Chris Wilcox and new arrival Donyell Marshall both have the flu and have been sent home, and Damien Wilkins has a sprained right wrist he injured when he fell hard after trying to dunk the ball against Portland on Friday. So Wilkins will be in s...

Scouting the Lakers: The Sonics face another hot team in the Lakers. Los Angeles has won 10 of its past 11 games and is on a six-game winning streak. However, the Lakers are playing in the second of back-to-back games after defeating Memphis, 100-99, at the Staples Center on Sunday night.

48 -- The Lakers’ Kobe Bryant scored a season-high 48 points, including the game winner as Seattle lost its seventh straight, this time a 123-121 overtime loss to the Lakers. 55-45 Seattle’s rebounding advantage over the Lakers, who were missing talented center Andrew Bynum (knee injur...

By Sam Rubenstein Someone asks about the Phoenix-Lakers game, and Mike Breen loves the Lakers “Good defensive team, they’re sharing the ball, Phil Jackson is very pleased.” Mark Jackson make an observation, “You go from starting Smush Parker to starting Derek Fisher…” point taken.

Kobe was so livid after reading that, he sent a text message to coach Phil Jackson Tuesday morning, asking him to call him immediately and tell him exactly what the club said when he left the team in 2004. Jackson told Kobe that the club had said it was letting him go because it had a long-term co...

By kambrothers The Lakers' second half swan dive didn't just cost them a crack at a higher playoff seed, but also a legitimate shot for Kobe Bryant to win the MVP. When the Lakers were 26-13, looking like a team that could hang with the Houstons and Utahs in the solid second tier of Western Conference squads,...

By Jonathan Feigen(jonathan.feigen@chron.com) This is Van Gundy's cue that if he really wants to bolt, he had done enough, and the media's cue that the locker room door is open and if it wants to get in there before players get out, it better get moving. In this case, he was concerned with Tracy McGrady having a late-night charter to Los Angel...