pau gasol

Phil Jackson loves taking shots at people… because being a "Zen Master" also includes taking little potshots at people (even members of his own staff).  Those people are usually upcoming opponents… and….  .. hey…. lookey here.  The Celtics are an upcoming opponent.   Jackson said Gasol understands what the Lakers expect from him. "He is [...]

This preview is provided by Accuscore and is not written by any members of RedsArmy.com.  Predictions are based on computer simulations The LA Lakers are slight 51.8 percent favorites over the Boston Celtics. The Celtics are shooting 44.9 percent from the field and the Lakers are forecasted to shoot 44.2 percent. The Celtics have the [...]

Our boy Rey Rey from TheNoLookPass.com had questions for me about tomorrow's game.  I had answers. Here's one of each. All right. Lakers are 33-14 and winners of 10 of their last 13. I'm sure this is where you expected them to be. Give me a few keys on how the Celtics can stop the [...]

The Sporting News got 76 current and former players, coaches and GM's to compile a list of the NBA's top 50 players.  The Celtics are the only team in the NBA to have its entire starting 5 on the list. Paul Pierce is the highest at No. 14. Rajon Rondo is 16, Kevin Garnett is 20, [...]

From ESPN.com Awards Watch Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. ESPN.com's Awards Watch is one of our favorite features, a weekly look at who might take home some hardware at season's end. Sure, it's virtually [...]

Oh what a wild summer it's been.  It started with LeBron James dunking all over a bunch of small children. It continued with Dwyane Wade violently rejecting the shots of small children (with a taunting assist from Chris Paul). And now, via Ball Don't Lie and You Been Blinded, comes this photo of Pau Gasol giving [...]

Some time after 9pm, with millions of people camped in front of televisions all over the world… with millions of people wearing either Green and White or Purple and Gold… a guy in that gray, NBA official's uniform will toss the ball in the air… … and the last game of this season will begin.  [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. Kendrick Perkins has sprained MCL and PCL ligaments, and source close to him says "looks like he's out," for Game 7. MRI on Wednesday. Yahoo's Adrian Wojnorowski [...]

If the Celtics are going to win this thing, they're going to have to do something improbable.  Hell… it's damn near impossible.  Or so it seems. They are either going to beat the Los Angeles Lakers in three straight games… or they'll beat Kobe, at home, in a Game 7. The Lakers have only lost [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. TrueHoop's Kevin Arnovitz did a fantastic job assembling this video chronicling the Game 4 war between Pau Gasol and Rasheed Wallace. They are relentless. Neither man gives [...]