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Gasol made it happen for the Lakers
Pau Gasol, a better fit in the triangle than probably even Mitch Kupchak ever imagined, will win a playoff series for the first time this spring. . . .
Tracy McGrady will not. . . .
If Gasol hadn't landed on the Lakers' doorstep, a gift from the Memphis Grizzlies after Andrew Bynum was sidelined, Kobe Bryant almost certainly wouldn't be the MVP front-runner and might not even be in the discussion. . . .
FOR THE RECORD:
This article reported that J.R. Smith and Bruce Springsteen are from Freehold, N.Y. Freehold is in New Jersey.
No wonder Bryant's opinion of Kupchak has changed. . . .
That must have been some kind of a first over the weekend, the wife of a well-known NBA player actually uttering during a network telecast of an NBA game, "If you ever want to bond with my boobs again ." . . .
The speaker was Eva Longoria, wife of San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker, shown in a clip from her ABC television series, "Desperate Housewives." . . .
What's French for crass? . . .
The first round of the NBA playoffs could stretch out over 16 days. . . .
The entire NCAA tournament, not counting the play-in game, took 19. . . .
Look-alikes: Ken Mauer, the veteran NBA official who ejected Allen Iverson on Sunday at Staples Center, and Arthur "Fonzie"Fonzarelli, who projected 1950s cool on "Happy Days" during the 1970s and early '80s. . . .
Speaking of Iverson, TV commentator and former NBA point guard Mark Jackson calls the 6-foot, 180-pound Denver Nuggets scoring machine "arguably the greatest player, pound for pound, that this league has ever seen." . . .
Does anyone believe that the slight but durable Iverson, seven times the NBA's leader in minutes played, actually weighs 180 pounds, as listed? . . .
Sixth man J.R. Smith of the Nuggets hails from Freehold, N.Y., which also produced a rocker named BruceSpringsteen. . . .
In 1984's "My Hometown," released a year before Smith was born, the Boss paints a bleak picture: "Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores/Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more." . . .
According to the Utah Jazz, Isiah Thomas' firing by the New York Knicks last week marked the 200th coaching change in the NBA since still-on-the-job Jerry Sloan was hired to coach the Jazz nearly 20 years ago. . . .
The Clippers have had 12 coaches in that time, the Lakers 10. . . .
Maybe Josh Beckett's pulling out of his scheduled start Tuesday night is a sign that the Angels' luck in Fenway Park is changing for the better. . . .
Or maybe not. . . .
Tracy McGrady will not. . . .
FOR THE RECORD:
This article reported that J.R. Smith and Bruce Springsteen are from Freehold, N.Y. Freehold is in New Jersey.
No wonder Bryant's opinion of Kupchak has changed. . . .
That must have been some kind of a first over the weekend, the wife of a well-known NBA player actually uttering during a network telecast of an NBA game, "If you ever want to bond with my boobs again ." . . .
The speaker was Eva Longoria, wife of San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker, shown in a clip from her ABC television series, "Desperate Housewives." . . .
What's French for crass? . . .
The first round of the NBA playoffs could stretch out over 16 days. . . .
The entire NCAA tournament, not counting the play-in game, took 19. . . .
Look-alikes: Ken Mauer, the veteran NBA official who ejected Allen Iverson on Sunday at Staples Center, and Arthur "Fonzie"Fonzarelli, who projected 1950s cool on "Happy Days" during the 1970s and early '80s. . . .
Speaking of Iverson, TV commentator and former NBA point guard Mark Jackson calls the 6-foot, 180-pound Denver Nuggets scoring machine "arguably the greatest player, pound for pound, that this league has ever seen." . . .
Does anyone believe that the slight but durable Iverson, seven times the NBA's leader in minutes played, actually weighs 180 pounds, as listed? . . .
Sixth man J.R. Smith of the Nuggets hails from Freehold, N.Y., which also produced a rocker named BruceSpringsteen. . . .
In 1984's "My Hometown," released a year before Smith was born, the Boss paints a bleak picture: "Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores/Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more." . . .
According to the Utah Jazz, Isiah Thomas' firing by the New York Knicks last week marked the 200th coaching change in the NBA since still-on-the-job Jerry Sloan was hired to coach the Jazz nearly 20 years ago. . . .
The Clippers have had 12 coaches in that time, the Lakers 10. . . .
Maybe Josh Beckett's pulling out of his scheduled start Tuesday night is a sign that the Angels' luck in Fenway Park is changing for the better. . . .
Or maybe not. . . .
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