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Luka Doncic is the new star in L.A. What history tells us about blockbuster Laker deals.

February 3, 2025 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

Los Angeles is the entertainment capital of the world. In order to compete in a city full of celebrities, you need a star. The Lakers franchise have been lucky enough to land some of the best players in basketball throughout their storied history. From Wilt Chamberlain to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to Magic Johnson to Shaquille O’Neal … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, NBA Tagged: Anthony Davis, Dallas Mavericks, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers, Luka Doncic, Pau Gasol, Shaquille O'Neal, Wilt Chamberlain

L.A. Lakers win NBA’s inaugural in-season tournament: ‘It absolutely means something’

December 10, 2023 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

A big shout-out to NBA commissioner Adam Silver for gifting basketball fans the in-season tournament. It was a smashing success. It created a ton of buzz right around a time when football usually dominates the headlines. The championship game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Indiana Pacers on Dec. 9 was the most-watched regular-season … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, NBA Tagged: Anthony Davis, Indiana Pacers, Las Vegas, LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA In-Season Tournament, Tyrese Haliburton

Bucks, Celtics, Suns may have made loudest noise but Lakers quietly had best offseason

October 3, 2023 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

The Damian Lillard saga was the dominant storyline of the 2023 NBA offseason. It took three months of back-and-forth drama before the Portland Trail Blazers struck blockbuster deal that sent Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks as part of a three-team trade. A few days after the Lillard trade, the Boston Celtics took away some of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, NBA Tagged: Anthony Davis, Darvin Ham, Los Angeles Lakers

NBA playoffs: Anthony Davis dominant as Lakers knock out Steph Curry’s Warriors

May 13, 2023 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

For the past eight seasons, no one has been able to solve the Golden State Warriors’ perplexing puzzle. Until now. The four-time NBA champions were finally dethroned as the Los Angeles Lakers eliminated the Warriors in six games in the 2023 Western Conference semifinals. The Lakers became the first Western Conference team to beat the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, NBA Tagged: Anthony Davis, Darvin Ham, golden state warriors, Lakers, NBA playoffs, Steph Curry, Steve Kerr

L.A. Lakers have 2 big problems — and they don’t involve Russell Westbrook

November 17, 2022 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

The Los Angeles Lakers lost 10 of their first 12 games in the 2022-23 NBA season and the vast majority of Lakers fans and some members of the basketball media are losing it. It’s a rough time for the Purple and Gold. The team is struggling on the court, the value of crypto (team plays … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, NBA Tagged: Anthony Davis, Darvin Ham, LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers, Rob Pelinka, Russell Westbrook

New Lakers head coach Darvin Ham tells how he plans to fix L.A.’s biggest problems

June 8, 2022 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

First impression is the best impression. For his first press conference as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, Darvin Ham hit it out of the park. Now, all he has to do is execute the plan. Ham was introduced as the 28th head coach of the Lakers on June 6. The 48-year-old former NBA … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, NBA Tagged: Anthony Davis, Darvin Ham, Los Angeles Lakers, Russell Westbrook

There’s plenty of blame to go around in the most disappointing season in L.A. Lakers history

April 7, 2022 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

As the losses kept piling up, Russell Westbrook kept saying the Los Angeles Lakers needed to figure things out in order to right the ship. The hope was the Lakers would eventually figure it out and straighten out a disjointed 2021-22 season. Well, any hopes of competing for an 18th championship banner have evaporated. After … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, NBA Tagged: Anthony Davis, Frank Vogel, LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers, Russell Westbrook

L.A. Lakers have bigger issues than just having the oldest roster in the NBA

December 4, 2021 by Joel Huerto 2 Comments

Russell Westbrook, LeBron James, and Anthony Davis are tired of hearing the same old question that keeps coming up after every Laker loss. When is this team going to finally find its groove? Westbrook warned everyone who was listening at the beginning of the season that this version of the Purple and Gold is going … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, NBA Tagged: Anthony Davis, Frank Vogel, LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers, Russell Westbrook

NBA playoffs: Clear frontrunner emerges after L.A. Lakers get bounced in the first round

June 7, 2021 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

When Anthony Davis limped off the court with 6:35 left in the first quarter of Game 6 in the L.A.-Phoenix playoff series, the Lakers’ reign as NBA champions came to an end. Without Davis, the Lakers were unable to generate enough offense to keep up with the Suns and eventually ran out of gas. It … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, NBA Tagged: Anthony Davis, Brooklyn Nets, Dennis Schroder, LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers

Furious Five 2021: OMFB ranks the world’s 5 best basketball players

February 27, 2021 by Joel Huerto Leave a Comment

Each year OneManFastBreak.net ranks the five best players in the NBA. Let’s call it the “OMFB Furious Five.” It’s paying homage to the five styles of Chinese martial arts: snake, crane, monkey, praying mantis, and tiger. The ranking system is based on one man’s opinion and does not follow or conform to any standard format, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Featured, NBA Tagged: Anthony Davis, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kawhi Leonard, LeBron James, Luka Doncic
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