Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

NBA

Tough Break For Julius Randle And The Luck Of The Lakers

Tough Break For Julius Randle And The Luck Of The Lakers
Tough Break For Julius Randle And The Luck Of The Lakers

Perhaps its the luck of the Irish.

The Celtic curse that’s been hanging over the Los Angeles Lakers for storied decades, like purple and gold celebratory balloons falling from the retired rafters to a Forum floor for nobody to see after everyone witnessed Boston sweep L.A. off their own home court.

Always in second place, the first loser and now living on the luck of the lottery. Then Kentucky big man Julius Randle was just the ticket to ride the California coast as the next giant great in a post Laker legacy. Last night in the grand STAPLE opening you’d think the Lakers only problems where their last future big man (all for one second of a season) Dwight Howard having the last cheesy grin as he and Kobe went Shaq back and forth like a little red corvette and a brick wall. As the Rockets routed their former player Jeremy Lin and Lakers 108-90, on what people see as the Clippers floor that was the smallest, humiliating problem of the night.

Where’s Steve Blake when you need him? The Lakers are clutching at straws at the guard position now Steve Nash is out for what may be the rest of his career and Nick Young thumbing through magazines on the sidelines for the best part of a month. Finding a Laker player not on Gary Vitti’s table is like that needle and haystack theory. Even top young gunners like Xavier Henry and Wes Johnson have health issues. Then when you thought it couldn’t get any worse it all seemed O.K…and then!

SNAP!

Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.

Julius Randle breaks his leg in the Rockets game, fracturing his right tibia which will leave him in a cast and out of the Lakers supporting roll for some time. It’s a Greg Oden, cruel draft wind of change that leaves him praying with Paul George and has everyone from California to Kentucky with their heads in their hands.

Maybe it is time for the Lakers to make that Nash amnesty play for a new player to help (I hear STAPLES regular, Chauncey Billups is free) because its all on would-be mentor Carlos Boozer now. At least the Lake Show had fun taunting Dwight Howard with Kobe and they can rest assured when it comes to Randle, this kid ‘aint soft.

Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

 

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Advertisement

BUZZING

NBA

The real rookie to watch in downtown Hollywood is not playing games.

NBA

The Joker's deck was cut short last season, but the Nuggets, Warriors and even the Lakers could still mine gold this year.

NBA

Purple, gold...and bronze. Mamba Mentality ran through 'The House That Kobe Built' and the threads of the Lakers throwback jerseys on 2.8.24.

NBA

LL Cool J rang in the New Year in NYC, followed by a Knick's win at MSG. With new star O.G Anunoby, the team...

NBA

There's been a lot of talk out of Hollywood this off-season. Script it however you like. Did they forget how the West (and the...

NBA

When it comes to this scorcher of a season, the stars of NBA Summer League stay shining like the sun in the early evening.

NBA

A three-finger to the head salute to one of the game's greatest who could score the ball with the best of them. Don't mellow...

NBA

Jamal Murray scored 23 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter to put the Denver Nuggets two games away from the first NBA...

BasketballBuzz - Canada's Basketball Magazine