Hollywood Blvd. News – Los Angeles Lakers Edition
- Updated: November 8, 2014
Lakers guard Kobe Bryant adjusts his jersey during a tough opening-night loss to the Rockets.
(Photo: Richard Mackson, USA TODAY Sports)
We like to start our day searching the web and reading articles about our beloved LA sports teams. It’s easy to get lost in the depth of the inter web, but luckily for you we have compiled a list of the most interesting and pertinent news stories for your morning reading pleasure. For this edition, let’s dive into the news surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers
After an 0-5 start to the 2014 NBA season a lot of Los Angeles Lakers fans are asking, “why should I continue to watch this years team?”
“The defense is horrible, there’s no ball movement on offense, Kobe shoots too much, Jeremy Lin is playing awful, and Carlos Boozer is old and washed up. I’m here to tell Los Angeles Lakers fans to hold on. Here are 5 reasons to continue to watch and enjoy the Lakers.
1. Kobe Bean Bryant,
Yep, the ageless wonder! At 36 years old and coming off 2 major injuries Kobe continues to impress us. Through 5 games this season, Kobe is averaging 27.6 points per game and he just dropped 39 points against the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night. Kobe is only shooting 40.2% from the field so far this year, but for his career he shoots 45.3%, so I completely expect that to even out through the season. Most Lakers fans know how much pressure Kobe puts on his teammates to succeed.
Kobe has a win-at-all costs attitude and it shows in his play. Hopefully he can start to trust his teammates it will help take some of the pressure off his 36-year-old body.
2.Kobe Bryant passing his idol Michael Jordan on the all time scoring list.
Currently Kobe is at 31,838 career points only 454 points behind Jordans 32,292 career points. At Kobe’s current 27.6 pts per game he should pass Jordan in about 16 games, possibly against the New Orleans Pelicans on December 7th or against the Sacramento Kings on December 9th. Kobe has mastered a lot of Jordans moves through out his career including the fade away jumper, the pump fake up and under and continues to chase that 6th ring. Whether or not Kobe would ever admit it, it would be a huge accomplishment and honor to pass His Airness.”
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After talks surfacing, it is seeming more and more feasible for Rondo to make a move to the Los Angeles Lakers
“It is early in the 2014 NBA season but many Los Angeles Laker fans are already looking forward to next year. Specifically, the off season where the Lakers are expected to attempt several different moves in order to rebuild the Lakers back into a playoff team.
To return back to the traditional Lakers of being in title contention every single season, it will take much more than just one transaction to turn it all around. Still, there are now reports, this early in the season, that the Lakers will make a strong push for Boston Celtics‘ point guard, Rajon Rondo, in free agency in the summer.
The report is valid except it is solely based around the opinions of other NBA executives, meaning, this is not coming from the Laker organization declaring they will go after Rondo. Instead, its just other NBA executives strongly believing the Lakers will do such a move. This does come with very good reason to believe, though.
The Lakers have had a liking for Rondo ever since the Dwight Howard fiasco where there were trade talks involving moving Howard in a 3-team deal involving getting Rondo back in return from the Celtics. Obviously, nothing ever came about that but it is still another clue into the Lakers’ interest for Rondo.”
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