http://my.lakers.com/blogs Stay up to day with the latest news, updates, and press conferences from your Los Angeles Lakers. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:38:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kobe Bryant had a quick response for reporters when asked what L.A. missed most about Pau Gasol early in the 2009-10 season: "He's one of the top players in the world." Top 15, yup. Top 10, maybe? Either way, he's really good at basketball. In an impressive 2008-09 campaign, Gasol earned ... http://my.lakers.com/blogs/2009/11/19/gasol-stars-against-bulls-in-return/ Legendary hoops scribe Sam Smith, who covered Phil Jackson and Michael Jordan's reign in Chicago while working for the Chicago Tribune, now writes exclusively for Bulls.com. He joined us before the Bulls took on the Lakers on Thursday evening to talk about the trade scenarios he's fond of igniting, his reflections ... http://my.lakers.com/blogs/2009/11/19/podcast-bullscoms-sam-smith/ Assistant coach Brian Shaw joined us to discuss Chicago's slow offensive start to the season, the health of Derrick Rose, integrating Pau Gasol back into the Lakers and more. http://my.lakers.com/blogs/2009/11/19/video-lakers-vs-bulls-pregame/ Luke Walton underwent a facet rhizotomy - a procedure designed to shut off pain signals that nerves send to the brain through a needle injection into the back - on Thursday morning performed by Dr. Michael Port. The procedure does not change the timing of Walton's recovery, as the Lakers forward ... http://my.lakers.com/blogs/2009/11/19/walton-undergoes-back-procedure/ Before the third quarter of L.A.'s win over Detroit on Tuesday, Lakers forward Luke Walton talked to beat reporters about his sore lower back, which is expected to keep him out of action for at least six weeks. On how it happened: Walton: It was similar to what happened in the preseason, ... http://my.lakers.com/blogs/2009/11/18/luke-walton-injury-interview/ Pau Gasol can make even the very tall look average, as he does here with 6-6 American tennis pro Sam Querrey. Querrey, a native of Thousand Oaks, California, currently lives in Santa Monica and was pictured with Pau (a friend of Rafael Nadal's) at Tuesday's Lakers - Pistons game. The third ranked ... http://my.lakers.com/blogs/2009/11/18/pau-gasol-tennis-pro-sam-querrey/ With Kobe Bryant's blistering scoring start to the 2009-10 season, he's now only 16 points away from passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for second on the Lakers all-time scoring list. Bryant, who has hit the 40-point mark four times already in his first 11 games to equal the four total times he hit ... http://my.lakers.com/blogs/2009/11/18/kobe-closing-in-on-kareem/ Since the acquisition of Pau Gasol on February 1, 2008, the Lakers had yet to lose three consecutive games. They'd lost two-straight on eight different occasions, but never thrice. That's a fact talked about throughout the week by reporters around L.A.'s practice facility ...but L.A. had actually already won the next ... http://my.lakers.com/blogs/2009/11/17/third-times-a-charm/ When the 2003-04 Pistons defeated the Lakers 4-1 in the NBA Finals, this was Detroit's starting lineup: PG - Chauncey Billups; SG - Richard Hamilton; SF - Tayshaun Prince; PF - Rasheed Wallace; C - Ben Wallace When the 2009-10 Pistons come to L.A., the lineup looks quite a bit different: ... http://my.lakers.com/blogs/2009/11/17/new-look-pistons-in-la/ Lakers forward Luke Walton, who did not play in last night's game against the Rockets, was today was diagnosed with a pinched nerve and is expected to miss a minimum of six weeks. Here's the release from the Lakers PR staff: Lakers forward Luke Walton was examined today by back specialist ... http://my.lakers.com/blogs/2009/11/16/luke-walton-injury-update-2/