Tuesday, December 23, 2014
The Tennessean
Mike Thomas Gets Vandy Job
Mike Thomas Gets Vandy Job
The SEC is the premiere football conference in the nation. With powers like Alabama and Florida, the conference is always well represented in the postseason. But Vanderbilt does not have a powerful football program like it's SEC counterparts. The school has never one the SEC and plays in small bowl games. Mike Thomas is a former football star at Rutgers who has never coached in college before. Thomas says he's not worried about his lack of experience and is ready for the challenge. Only time will tell.
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Los Angeles Times
Rondo and Bass Sign with Lakers
Rondo and Bass Sign with Lakers
Rajon Rondo has signed a 4 year/67.25 Million Dollar Deal and Brandon Bass has signed a 4/17.38 Million Dollar Deal. After these deals and a good draft things are finally looking good for the Lakers.
Los Angeles Times
Lakers Have Huge Draft
Lakers Have Huge Draft
The Lakers traded many pick back an forth and ended the draft with 7 rookies! The Lakers traded Julius Randle to the Magic for there First Round Pick.
Rookie Profiles
Name: Christian Bradshaw
Overall: 80
Potential: B
Position:SG
Height: 6'6
Weight: 197
Age: 22
From: Creighton
Name: Carlton Skinner
Overall: 67
Potential: B-
Position: PG
Height: 5'11
Weight: 180
Age: 20
From: Alabama
Name: Cory Dunn
Overall: 66
Potential: C-
Position: C
Height: 7'2
Weight: 273
Age: 23
From: Minnesota
Name: Senso Salvaderi
Overall: 65
Potential: B+
Position: PG
Height: 5'9
Weight: 166
Age: 22
From: Italy
Name: Everett Wooden
Overall: 57
Potential: C-
Position: C
Height: 7'3
Weight: 288
Age: 20
From: Georgia Tech
Name: Taribo Afolabi
Overall: 56
Potential: C-
Position: SF
Height: 6'9,
Weight: 251
Age: 20
From: Nigeria
Name: Radu Bacu
Overall: 56
Potential: C
Position: PG
Height: 6'3
Weight: 204
Age: 22
From: Romania
Los Angeles Times
Draft Lottery
Draft Lottery
The Lakers Got the fourth overall pick in the draft with the pick they acquired from the Wizards in the Nick Young Deal. They also have the 19th pick from the Rockets. Stay tuned to the Los Angeles Times for more offseason updates.
Los Angeles Times
Nash Retires
Nash Retires
41-year old point guard Steve Nash has retired. Nash who dealt with injuries throughout his Lakers tenure has said it would be cool to one day coach for the team. Stay tuned to the Los Angles times for more Lakers offseason moves.
Los Angeles Times
Lakers Season Ends
Lakers Season Ends
The once proud Lakers finished with the worst record in the league at 15-67. "Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better" GM Larry Baldwin Said. "It's an embarrassment" said Kobe Bryant who was one of the lone bright spots on the horrible team. Bryant made all-nba second team. "We are gonna make a huge splash this offseason". The lakers own the Rockets first round pick and the Wizards first round Pick. The Rockets made the playoffs but the Wizards were a lowly 21-61 so there pick will be high. Stay tuned to the Los Angles Times for Lakers offseason and Draft updates.
Los Angles Times
Laker And Pacers Make Deal
Laker And Pacers Make Deal
So far things have been horrible for the lakers as they are 0-6 and last in the west. They have made a trade with the pacers to hopefully change things.
Pacers Receive :Jeremy Lin (77) Ed Davis (77)
Lakers Receive: Luis Scoula (76) Ian Mahinmi (75)
Los Angles Times
Lakers Roster
The Lakers Look to make the playoffs under a new GM and
| Lakers Roster | ||||||
| # | NAME | POS | AGE | HT | WT | SALARY |
| 24 | Kobe Bryant | SG | 36 | 6'6 | 205 | $23.5 Million |
| 27 | Jordan Hill | C | 27 | 6'10 | 235 | $9 Million |
| 30 | Julius Randle | PF | 19 | 6'9 | 250 | $2.8 Million |
| 17 | Jeremy Lin | PG | 26 | 6'3 | 200 | $8.38 Million |
| 21 | Ed Davis | C | 25 | 6'10 | 240 | $981 Thousand |
| 10 | Steve Nash | PG | 40 | 6'3 | 178 | $9.7 Million |
| 5 | Carlos Boozer | PF/C | 32 | 6'9 | 266 | $3.25 Million |
| 43 | Kris Humphries | PF | 29 | 6'9 | 235 | $4.25 Million |
| 11 | Wesley Johnson | SF | 27 | 6'7 | 215 | $981 Thousand |
| 4 | Ryan Kelly | PF | 23 | 6'11 | 230 | $1.65 Million |
| 7 | Xavier Henry | SF | 23 | 6'6 | 220 | $981 Thousand |
| 2 | Wayne Ellington | SG | 26 | 6'4 | 200 | $2.5 Million |
| 6 | Jordan Clarkson | PG | 22 | 6'5 | 186 | $474 Thousand |
| 9 | Ronnie Price | PG | 31 | 6'2 | 190 | $1.32 Million |
| 50 | Robert Sacre | C | 25 | 7'0 | 260 | $915 Thousand |
The Lakers can possibly contend for the 8th seed in the tough western conference if everything goes right for them. Despite there lack or a second superstar next to Kobe Bryant the Lakers have young players such as Julius Randle and veteran depth such as Kris Humphries that will help this team.
Los Angeles Times
Lakers Fire Scott, Hire Thompson
Lakers Fire Scott, Hire Thompson
The Lakers GM Larry Baldwin made a bold move firing coach Byron Scott right before the season. They hired Noah Thompson (A+ potential) on a 2 year deal. Former coach Scott said "I am disappointed but that's basketball"
Los Angeles Times
Big Trade Sends Nick Young Back To The Wizards
Big Trade Sends Nick Young Back To The Wizards
New Lakers GM Larry Baldwin has made his first move today. The Lakers made a trade with the Washington Wizards.
Wizards Receive: Nick Young (78)
Lakers Receive: Kris Humphries (74) Wizards 2015 1st Round Pick
Baldwin said "Humphries adds depth at the PF position and could potentially play some SF" Baldwin added "this trade benefits us in the present and in the future with the draft pick"
The Los Angeles Times
The Lakers Introduce New Gm
At 36, Larry Baldwin Could be a player still. Instead the former Harvard basketball standout who played in the NBA for 4 years has now taken over as the GM of the once proud lakers franchise. Superstar Kobe Bryant said "anything that can help us win is good". Nick Young AKA swaggyp said "He's very smart and can help this team out" . Baldwin himself said "this team he's great fans that deserve a contender and I wish to bring them a contender". Baldwin also added "being the GM of this team is pressure packed but i think I'm the man for the job.
Saturday, December 20, 2014
The Denver Post
Villa Gets Second 10-Day Deal
Villa Gets Second 10-Day Deal
19-year old big man Anthony Villa is getting another 10 day contracts. The young player has shown some legitimate potential coming off the bench for the nuggets in 6 games so far. The young player was signed by the Nuggets after being undrafted this year out of Manhattan. "I'm very grateful for this shot and I will make the most of it" Villa said of the new contract. Nuggets coach Brain Shaw said "he's a good young player and with some more coaching I belive he can do amazing things for this team."
| Anthony Villa's Stats Stats - | |||||||||
| Player | GP | MIN | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TPG | FPG |
| Anthony Villa | 6 | 13.5 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 1.2 |
Villa Grabbing one of 11 rebounds
Friday, December 19, 2014
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