Well, the kid lived up to the hype - at least for tonight.  LeBron dropped 25 points, 9 assists, 6 boards, 4 steals, and several hi-light plays on Sacto.  He even kept them right in the game up until the last minute and a half when the Kings finally pulled away.  He looked good.  Got his teammates involved, picked his shots pretty well and didn't force anything.  I'm pretty impressed!  Not impressed at all with ESPN choosing to air the overtime of the Knicks/Magic game rather than LeBron's first 10 professional points scored though!  That was pathetic, and very poor choice on their part...  

On a better note - the Spurs got spanked by the happless... Nuggets?!?  

Good stuff!  Hell, even Kobe and Shaq have purportedly kissed and made up, and are all buddy-buddy again...  

A near triple-double by "King James" last night.  Although I'm sure he will have some rought games, he continues to exceed my expectations for him.  Too bad they can't win a game here or there though, although a three game west trip to Sacto, Phx, and Portland isn't the best way to start a season .

Scott?  61...?    

There sure seems to be a lot of parity in the league this year.  After just 3 or 4 games, there's only 2 undefeated teams left in the league.  One obvious one (Lakers) and one lucky one (Sonics, who have only played the hapless Clippers twice).  A lot of the better teams are taking some surprising losses too.

Not to mention a lot of topline all-star players are currently injured, like Ray Allen, Chris Webber, Elton Brand, Stackhouse, Tim Duncan, Mashburn, Szcerbiak, Pippen, etc.  Hope to see them all back in action soon, since the NBA is not as fun without them.

I just enjoy watching some of those great run-and-gun, excellent passing teams like the Kings, Mavs and Lakers.  Makes it seem like we're back in the 80's again with the higher scoring offenses.  Those were the days!  

Anyone see the story that's making the rounds that Phil Jackson orchestrated that whole feud between Shaq and Kobe a week or two ago?  Pretty interesting.  Makes you wonder.

I agree, this scoring (lack of) is ridiculous.  I really hope that the teams get things figured out, so that we can get back to the high scoring days!  I can understand some 80 point, even 70 point games, but 60's and 50's is a bit too low.  Hopefully it is just early, and things will improve....although scoring has been down in recent years too.  Do they need a little more shooting practice?

Eegads, that was a close one tonight!  No idea why the Lakers can't better handle the Spurs without their two best players - Duncan and Parker...  Pretty sad getting forced all the way to the last few seconds of double overtime by the likes of players named Jason Hart and Shane Heal.  Who the hell are those clowns?  Ginobli sure tore us a new one though, nearly going for a triple double.

That's 3 out of 5 victories where the Lakers dorked around and had to fight like hell in the last few minutes of the game to pull out the "W" - against the likes of the Suns, Bucks, and now Duncan-less Spurs.  But put them up against one of the best teams in the league, fully manned, in the Mavericks - and we kick their ass.  Makes no sense, but our play still has much room for improvement.  Granted these guys have only played a few games together, so they're probably still all getting used to eachother.

Oh well, we're still 6.1% of the way to the first undefeated season ever in the NBA!    At the very least, I think we'll surpass the Bulls record 72 win mark.  Most Laker fans will be pretty disappointed if we don't (assuming no major injuries).  Yeah, I'm probably getting over confident, but what the hell...  We've got four Hall of Famers, so we better be winning every game!    Tough one coming up at New Orleans tomorrow night though...

So where the hell's Brent, and his nonsensical Celtic babbling?!  B?!  You out there bud?  We miss you!  Please come play with us...  

Ahhh, the Lakers struggles with the Spurs absent Duncan has rekindled my interest now

Huh?  Wha?  Basket weaving?  

Whatchou talkin' 'bout, Willis?