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Lakerhead’s Top 6 Articles For Your Enjoyment

To kick off the season, Lakerhead is putting up it’s 6 greatest posts written while covering the Lakers’ Championship Year.

OK, so Maybe I Use a Laptop.

Since the Lakerhead himself is pulling into the final stretch of a novel he has been writing for quite a while (no, unfortunately it’s not about Luke Walton, or basketball [...]

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Survival Guide for Lakers Fans

I’ve always believed everyone can survive anything with lists.  After watching Zombieland, which is bar none the greatest comedy about surviving Zombies ever, it’s clear that Lakers fans need a list with them to survive summers.
But thankfully there is a huge advantage today - the internet no longer means a 28k modem and waiting 2 [...]

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Basketball Video Game Goodness

When I was a kid, Double Dribble for the Nintendo Entertainment System was the best basketball game known to man.  Featuring 4 teams that sounded suspiciously close to their NBA counterparts (Boston Frogs, Chicago Ox, New York Eagles, and Los Angeles Breakers…are you kidding me?), the game was all about finding secret hot-spots where you [...]

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Summer as a Laker Fan

The dog days of summer.  The only good new basketball you’ve seen is that one 6′2 guy from the YMCA that’s dunking on people and nailing 20-footers.

Summer in L.A. Means Wearing a T-Shirt on Warm Nights.

You wonder why he’s not in the NBA - until you go back and see footage of  mere bench players [...]

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The Puzzle Is Complete: Lamar Signs With Lakers

Picture this: Western Conference Finals.  The 67-win Lakers is facing the 64-win San Antonio Spurs.
The East is sporting the Orlando Magic against the Boston Senior Citizens.  The consensus around the league is that the championship rests on whoever wins the West.

Yes, Odom’s Arms Are Really That Long.

The Spurs and Lakers are exchanging baskets.  Artest [...]

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Odom Still a Free Agent? Laughable

Lamar Odom somehow said no a 3-year, $30 million dollar contract and a 4-year, $36 million dollar contract offered by the world champion Los Angeles Lakers.
Latrell Sprewell would have been proud.  It must be getting really difficult to feed families these days.
Odom loves L.A.  He just won a championship.  And it’s the most money he [...]

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Ron Artest is a Laker, Trevor Ariza is a Rocket

Let’s get one thing out of the way: There is no way Ron Artest is all there-mentally.  In the head.  Forget the calculated antics of Dennis Rodman: Ron Artest is the real deal, “Mike Tyson of basketball” insane.
Here is Ron Artest pacing in place, calling Brandon Roy the best player he’s ever played against, outside [...]

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Spurs Steal Jefferson, Shaq Joins LeBron, Vince Is A Magic - And Yeah, The NBA Draft

Sure, everyone wants to know how the #1 pick of the 2009 NBA draft Blake Griffin will do playing for Frankie Muniz’s…er…Donald Sterling’s Clippers.
I have one advice for the Clippers: Get rid of Zach Randolph.  Don’t let him near Blake.  I’m warning you now.
I honestly can’t believe Ricky Rubio drops to #5 in the draft.  [...]

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Sasha Vujacic on Sports Science & Waiting on the Draft

An interesting Sports Science episode, where Sasha Vujacic was brought in to look at his free-throw percentage in the face of visual distraction.
After that, the Sports Science team molds Sasha giant hands and gives him stilts to make him 7′1.  He’s FrankenShaq! The scary part is, they blindfold Sasha as well, and he still makes [...]

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The Parade

I’m not a huge fan of parade.  Yes, Mark Madsen dancing was hilarious over 7 years ago, but the only parade I’ve watched that really mattered to me was the series finale of The Wonder Years.
That’s where Kevin Arnold’s voice-over tells us his father dies of a heart-attack in a year, and the next time [...]