Introducing: Silver Screen and Roll
by Josh Tucker on Apr 13, 2009 9:21 AM PDT
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Welcome to Silver Screen and Roll, a brand new blog devoted to the Los Angeles Lakers! As an introduction, I'm going to tell you a little about myself, my goals for this blog, and what you can do to help me make this the best Lakers blog on these internets.
About Me
At the end of the day, I'm just a guy, with a variety of interests and skills, like the rest of you. As you've already figured out, one of those interests is NBA basketball and, more specifically, the Los Angeles Lakers. As for skills, I happen to possess a penchant for the analytical and a love of writing, the combination of which is what has led me here.
I set out on the path towards becoming a blogger with RespectKobe.com, a website which may be familiar to some of you. While I don't actually consider Respect Kobe to be a blog, in the truest sense, it put me in contact with several other bloggers and introduced me to the wonderful world of sports blogging. Soon, my interests (as far as sports writing goes) expanded beyond those things which relate to Kobe Bryant, to all things concerning the Lakers, and many others concerning the Association at large.
I could go on all day about Kobe Bryant and the website I created to address the larger Kobe Bryant discussion, but that is neither here nor there. If you're not familiar with Respect Kobe, click here to find out what it is, why I created it, and why you might want to check it out from time to time.
At times, I have written Lakers-related articles for MVN.com and general NBA-related posts for the fantastic Hardwood Paroxysm. I have been linked on occasion by ESPN's TrueHoop, and even inspired a Kobe-related discussion that became front page material on ESPN.com's NBA page.
And now, I am joining the largest sports blogging network as their Lakers blogger.
Silver Screen and Roll
The Lakers... you know them well. But then, who doesn't? They are, and always have been, the team that brings the glitz and glamour of Hollywood to the hardwood floor of NBA basketball. They're as entertaining as Thursday evening television, as exciting as an action movie, as dramatic as a soap opera. They bring with them the history and tradition of former champions, the expectations of future champions, the largest fan base in the world, and more drama than a basketball fan's favorite cable channel, TNT.
And we love it.
Fans and bloggers of other teams will criticize the Lakers for their flashiness on the court, or their occasional prima donna attitudes off it. They will criticize Laker fans for showing up late and leaving early, accuse us of being fair weather fans, and even hate us simply because our team is so popular.
Here at Silver Screen and Roll, we don't apologize for any of that. As far as we're concerned, a flashy team can be a good team, we win because we expect to (not the other way around), "We want tacos!" is as much a cry for defense as it is an expression of hunger, and the fact that we're leaving a few minutes early to beat some of the worst traffic in the country doesn't mean we don't care about the outcome of every single Lakers game.
This is where Hollywood meets the hardwood — where the Silver Screen meets the Screen and Roll — and we love and embrace every minute and every aspect of it.
Vision
My goal for this blog is simple: To make it the best Lakers blog in the world — in fact, the best team sports blog, period. I intend to make this your one-stop shop for all things Lakers. At the same time, I want this to become a community for fans of the best team in the world to come together — a virtual sports bar, with the Lakers playing on every screen in the house and a thoughtful, informative commentator at every table and booth.
It's a simple enough vision, and SB Nation provides the network and technology to make it possible. The last ingredient is you: The level of insight and discussion you provide is what can really make this a great blog.
Along the way, I'm also hoping you'll share with me any ideas you have for making this blog everything that you, the readers, want in a Lakers blog — and that you'll be willing to participate, wherever possible, in turning those ideas into reality.
This is not a one-man show.
What I Ask of You
At this point, I only have a couple requests of you:
- Be respectful of others. Whether they be fans or haters, or even Celtics fans, every person on this board deserves common courtesy. Though they may not show us any respect, I expect Lakers fans to "be the bigger person" and "do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
- Tell me what you want to see. Is there a certain type of regular post you'd like me to incorporate? Let me know. Is there a topic you'd like Silver Screen and Roll to address? Let me know. Is there a feature you'd like to see added to the site — something really cool that somebody out there is doing, that you'd like to see happen here? Let me know! I'm no magician, but I do want to make this the greatest sports blog out there. If this isn't your favorite Lakers blog (or for that matter, the best team blog out there, period), let me know what I can do to change that. If you let me know what you want to see when you come here, I'll do my best to make it happen.
Now Hiring
Okay, "hiring" is the wrong word, because I can't pay you. But I do want to let you know that before too long, I want to bring on some volunteers to help make this a great blog. In my experience, some of the best blogs out there are those with multiple authors, or those with a lot of reader involvement. That's my goal.
I'm looking for people who are interested in writing an occasional game preview or recap, hosting a liveblog every now and then, writing a supplemental commentary or analysis piece from time to time — or even coming up with your own idea for something interesting that will be of value to the Laker community. If that's you, this is your chance, and over the next few weeks, I'll be watching the comments, looking for thoughtful and insightful analysis and commentary from people who might want to become more involved in what we're doing here.
Show me what you got!
Go Lakers!
That's all from me for the moment, but check back often, as Silver Screen and Roll is about to become your Lakers Central. Here's to hoping for three more regular season wins, a Cleveland loss, and a playoff run that ends better than last year!
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Excited
As a Lakers fan who occasionally post on celticsblog (because incidentally, alot of Lakers discussion, good and bad goes on there), I am truly excited at having our own place to comment, discuss, analyze, rally, and cheer on our own blue and gold. I look forward to posting here for many years to come. Thanks for the opportunity Josh, if I may have the liberty of calling you that.
loving this
contrary to what some might think, I highly respect the Lakers and most of the Laker fans (there are bad apples in any bunch)
looking forward to seeing some great commentary about our biggest rivals
Welcome to SBN!!!
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Henry V
you're a fag
and an embarassment to blogging.
get lost, punk
by tandur on May 28, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Even though you bleed purple and gold...
welcome aboard SBN!
Looking forward to thoughts from the enemy side…
-sw
Manuel Aristides Ramirez is the greatest hitter I've ever seen.
Abounding hitters, no clue about the pitching staff: Beware the Bizarro Dodgers!
Hey Steve
I got banned from Celticsblog for posting a message after the Laker/Celtic game in Boston about all the whining about the officials and how it was unbecoming for a championship team. I’m sure they didn’t like the sentiment but it was certainly respectful.
I am a Lakers fan for life and call me a troll if you want but it always seemed kind of chicken(crap) to me. I have never had any problem at any of the other SBNation blogs.
I’m not sure if you run the thing but your name is kind of familiar, And while I’ll live without being able to post on a celticblog but like I said it is kind of chicken crap.
I have run into that a few times on some blogs.
It seems that every Laker fan is labeled a “troll” and the content of your message is lost. Whatever. It just makes it easier to be above them.
blame me if you like
I don’t see how coming on a Celtics site right after a big Celtics loss that has nothing to do with the Lakers and telling the fans that they are whiney is constructive in any way shape or form – it is merely a post to create a negative reaction and thus is seen as trollish
no worries though, it isn’t personal, I’m sure you have great thoughts to share and I’m glad you can share them here
best of luck in the playoffs
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Henry V
Sounds reasonable
Don’t know what happened… but while it may or may not become part of my approach, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to consider “salt in the wound” tactics trollish.
Let’s do our best to consider how we’d like it if it were us. Would you want Celtics fans stopping by here to taunt us after we’d just lost to them? I doubt it. Everyone deserves a day or two to nurse their wounds in relative peace.
Strength & Honor
by Josh Tucker on Apr 14, 2009 7:35 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I agree but..........
It does seem that any attempt to converse with other fans is seen as “trolling” when you’re a Laker fan. Not always, but more frequently than the average. JMO.
you know all about trolls
someone says “Celtics are done” on your poor excuse for a blog, and you ban them
Awesome
Just in time for the playoffs to begin. Please have mercy on our souls.
by Basketball John on Apr 13, 2009 11:46 AM PDT reply actions
Welcome aboard
Looking forward to the playoffs, and now I don’t have to do anymore Laker game chats on True Blue LA!!!
Go Lakers!
Thanks!
Thanks to everybody for the warm welcome.
To my fellow NBA bloggers here at SB Nation, I’m looking forward to interacting and collaborating with you guys, especially as the playoffs start. This platform looks pretty incredible; if you’ve got any tips, send them my way.
Eric — it’ll be my pleasure to take the torch. Major props to you for representing LA from a completely different league!
Strength & Honor
I would love to be your very first Celtics troll.
Lakers sucks, Celtics rule! :)
Hahaha. ;)
Get used to it. Celticsblog gets a lot of Lakers trolls as well.
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Just leave Heidi Androl alone!
by DodgerBlueBalls on Apr 13, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice... AlexC needs to learn that he can't curse on SBN
It’s L*kers, not that foul word that he wrote. :)
by Salem Stephen on Apr 13, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Finally Laker fans can let their voices be heard!
Too long have Laker fans had to sit quietly by, shut out of every internet conversation just waiting for the day when they could make their presence known. I’m sure that now that Laker fans can let their voices be heard they will prove to be hands down the most respectful, most knowledgeable, least biased fans anywhere on the internet!
Now down to business: how bout delving into this whole Shannon Brown moving ahead of Farmar in the rotation thing, and how that might factor in with regards to defending Deron Williams should the Lakers face Utah in the first round.
OMG KOBE RULZ!!! :)
Is this THE Wild Yams of basketbawful fame?
"There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at." - Richard Pryor
Not only Basketbawful
Wild Yams, I’ve seen your comments on various blogs across these interwebs, and have often appreciated them as thoughtful and insightful. Glad to have you on board!
Got some extra time on your hands? ;-)
Strength & Honor
Shannon Brown
moving ahead of Farmar in the rotation does not surprise me. Farmar has not played well since coming back from knee surgery. Maybe he came back too quickly, I don’t know, but he has not been handling the ball well and his defense has been mediocre at best. Moreover, his shooting has been atrocious, as he is 39.3% from the field, 33.3% from three-point range and 58.4% from the free throw line. Brown, meanwhile, doesn’t make many mistakes and is extremely athletic, plus he’s been gaining more confidence as a shooter. With regards to his defense, he is certainly a much better candidate to defend Williams considering his size and ability. Farmar is just too small to handle him, and Fisher doesn’t have the speed. Brown is the Lakers best option to defend Williams if the two teams meet in the playoffs.
by BruinFanBaby on Apr 13, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Welcome
From a Blazer fan :)
Regarding BRoy:"Another day, another buzzer-beater. This man is so clutch he sets his body clock to go off one second before his alarm does every morning."
~Rob D from NBAmate
“I want this to become a community for fans of the best team in the world to come together .” Then name it BlazersEdge.
Good luck, though. The L*kers need a good blog. All the others are slow, annoying to read. It’s also cool that you’re unapologetic.
I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich
Awesome!
Hey Josh. Long time reader from the LA Times Laker blog and Forum Blue and Gold here. Also a big fan of your site Respect Kobe. Waiting with baited breath for some of your writing here. I remember visiting SBNation to read Golden State of Mind a few months back and wondering to myself: “how in the hell does this blogroll not have a Lakers blog??”. Luckily for us and SBNation that’s fixed now! I’d very much like to write something for the blog sometime so I’ll be sure to post in the comments plenty. Good luck!
8 in a row
http://saboner.mybrute.com
V Bedge My Brute Clan V
http://mybrute.com/team/926
by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 13, 2009 1:34 PM PDT reply actions 6 recs
Actually, it's 8.
Regarding BRoy:"Another day, another buzzer-beater. This man is so clutch he sets his body clock to go off one second before his alarm does every morning."
~Rob D from NBAmate
Wrong
The Lakers have only beaten the Blazers in five consecutive postseason series, not eight.
by WildYams on Apr 13, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
and that's why we Blazer fans should never taunt Laker fans
you guys have all the trump cards, sadly. shakes fist
twiggs I believe
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
Its a Laker thing
they gotta be the best at everything… 3 Laker recs are the equivalent of 5 Blazer recs.
My stubbling is perfect...
by In Walks Rudy on Apr 13, 2009 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
In Walks Rudy
You’ll have to forgive me for not being the SB Nation expert you clearly are. I’m new to this platform, so I’m experimenting a bit — with your permission, of course.
Of course, there’s always Blazer’s Edge, which (surprisingly, I’m sure) seems to have the correct number of reqs, per IWR.
Strength & Honor
woops
sorry Silver… please don’t take my sarcasm too serious. I’ll try to keep my comments to the non confrontational type. No insult intended!
My stubbling is perfect...
by In Walks Rudy on Apr 13, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Welcome......and you might want to
start preparing for a visitor or two from Blazers Edge right around the second round of the playoffs.
Just a couple
http://saboner.mybrute.com
V Bedge My Brute Clan V
http://mybrute.com/team/926
by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 13, 2009 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
if by a couple you mean a horde!
yeah and hello from another Bedger!
-murhpi
"the secret ingredient is LOVE damnit"
I wonder how long it will take for this site to have
more L*ker fans on it than Bedgers.
My stubbling is perfect...
In Walks Rudy, He Meets Trevor Ariza, Out Goes Rudy On A Stretcher
Rudy Fernandez: Where a stretcher and hospital stay b/c he got the wind knocked out of him happens.
by bob banchee on Apr 13, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
who won that game?
My stubbling is perfect...
by In Walks Rudy on Apr 13, 2009 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
A home streak is great...
…but how much is it worth when your opponents have home court advantage? Remind me: What is Portland’s road record against playoff teams this year?
Strength & Honor
i dont know the numbers
but i’m sure its not all that good. :(
My stubbling is perfect...
by In Walks Rudy on Apr 13, 2009 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
See, that's just mean.
And unnecessary.
Regarding BRoy:"Another day, another buzzer-beater. This man is so clutch he sets his body clock to go off one second before his alarm does every morning."
~Rob D from NBAmate
Would have had more sympathy...
…before Ariza was crucified and the Lakers vilified for a play the likes of which happens on a somewhat regular basis in the NBA.
In fact, I’ve seen Ariza hit just as dangerously, in incredibly similar ways, with potentially identical outcomes, earlier in the season… and he was alright, but for a moment, you’re going, “Oh crap!” Of course, no one cared when it was a Laker.
Hmmmm… where’d my sympathy go? I seem to have misplaced it. Ah well, I’ll find it sooner or later…
Strength & Honor
funny you should mention that.......
I just finished watching this weeks FSW Classic Laker game. It was Game 6 of the 1980 finals. Of course Laker fans know this game as simply 42/15/7. Late in the game Michael Cooper (called Mike on telecast, odd) gets totally clotheslined on the way to the hoop and needs smelling salts to revive him. There was no altercation, no flagrant foul, no whining and crying, just wake up and take your free throws.
Man times have changed.
Boom.
This kid gets brighter every time I see him.
Strength & Honor
by Josh Tucker on Apr 14, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Pau Gasol is ugly
Just thought I’d provide some welcome-trolling!
Good luck with the web-site.
—disaffected Jazz fan
AK47 must start NOW!
Welcome
Dear Josh,
Please tell your boys to kick the living crap out of the Jazz.
Thanks.
"I think girls are probably just better shooters." - Steve Novak
Finally!!
It’s great to see a Lakers blog on SBNation finally surface. Can’t wait to see what this turns into. :) GO LAKERS!!!!
by uclaisthebest123 on Apr 13, 2009 2:49 PM PDT reply actions
howdy.
"I don't know Twitter" - Rudy Fernandez
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Apr 13, 2009 2:55 PM PDT reply actions
Welcome to SBN!!
Nice to see you guys get your own SBN blog site. Welcome and please no trolling on other SBN blog sites. No one likes a troll.
Go Blazers!!!
"I don't play for what they write about me...I play for my teammates, my coaches, the city of Portland." - Steve Blake
Congrats on the jump to SBNation
Everyday I become more and more impressed with SBN and laugh at how I was unsure about making the jump myself. Its been awesome to say the least. You’ll enjoy it for sure.
-This comment brought to you by Mr Pappagiorgio aka Mister P
Welcome to Loud City [BRING THE THUNDER] | WTLC on Twitter | WTLC on Facebook | SBNation
by Mr Pappagiorgio on Apr 13, 2009 3:09 PM PDT reply actions
Welcome!
That said, you have just created the Armageddon of the sports interwebs. Should be fun!
I'd say good luck, but
I don’t think I need to. I hate the Lakers just enough that i’ll be coming to this site all the time. I’m sure there will be more like me. Love em or hate em, this team is easy and fun to talk about.
My stubbling is perfect...
Welcome to the SB Nation
Now we can get some quality previews from the La*ers perspective.
#10 Pryzbilla the Vanilla Gorilla
Welcome Josh
As a die-hard Lakers fan, I’ve been waiting for quite some time for SB Nation to get a Lakers blog. Can’t wait to talk about the greatest franchise in all of basketball and read your opinions. GO Lakers!
From a Jazz fan
welcome to SBNation.
Great to have a Lakers blog on here. That said, I hope your team loses every game they play before the end of the world (sorry, lets just say I’m not a fan of the Kobes). And, a bit more seriously, I hope they don’t kill the Jazz in the playoffs.
If not that, can you guys at least let us have a shot at winning a game in LA or something (in the playoffs, of course… not the season finale)? The season has been horrible, a win in LA in the playoffs would almost make up for things… at least until the Jazz get knocked out.
True Blue Jazz
RIP Nick Adenhart. 4/9/09
Should be a tough series.
It’s fair to say many of us would have preferred avoiding the Jazz in the first round, even with their current slump. The Mavs, Blazers, Hornets would be a sweep….I see this series going 6 or 7.
Can the Jazz steal a game in LA?
Lakers and Jazz will play each other 3 straight times in LA.(1 reg. season Tuesday) Very hard for anyone to win three in a row. If they get one?…………
Lakers are in trouble. Winning on the Utes reservation will be tough. Although the bruises won’t show up on many of these players, trust me, they are there.
If the Lakers aren't going to win 3 straight in LA
hopefully the loss is in the playoffs, and not to end the season. Though if you’ll give them 2, they’ll take that too.
True Blue Jazz
RIP Nick Adenhart. 4/9/09
All I have to say is ...
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No more being accused of being a troll for posting on other team’s sites.
Now we Laker fans will have to deal with the idiots that post here the 17 times the Lakers lose a game!
Let me reply to my own comment in celebration
And say this about the MVP race that everyone has already conceded to Lebron James: Karl Malone won the MVP once over Michael Jordan, too!
by Gils_Keloids on Apr 13, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Lol…
and?
Lebron is about to get as many MVPS as kobe has, and will retire with many more
Karl Malone/ MJ = comletly irrelevant, but thanks for the laugh
by TheAncientRivalry on Apr 14, 2009 5:30 AM PDT up reply actions
Im not going to lie
you aren’t welcome here. I have no clue why there are like 40 bedgers posting on here
while simultaneously raising the screen hits. Last time i’ll visit you.
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
what is with this one..........
Couple of days ago she complains to the Blazers Edge people that I am a sexist and that I should be banned. I still don’t know what I said and no one else there did either, but that didn’t stop her from attacking me. I swear she was mugged by a Laker fan in the past. Anyway Sophia, take a pill, relax, and remember it’s just a game. Seriously.
Sophia is our favorite firey Italian hottie
we like her
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Apr 14, 2009 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes she can get snarky
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Apr 14, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions
In a word, Welcome
Blogging at RidiculousUpside
by Scott Schroeder on Apr 13, 2009 6:04 PM PDT reply actions
Thanks for starting this
I look forward to all the awesomeness that I’m sure is to come!
I'm not in denial, I'm just selective about the reality I choose to accept.
Congrats dude.
I’m glad to finally have a L*kers blog on SBN. <——— Sorry, I support Blazer’s Edge.
Welcome to the family! And what better way to welcome you than with gifts.
So, here ya go.
Enjoy!
I think you will like this better.
Have a look.
by BruinFanBaby on Apr 13, 2009 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Geez
I’m so fired up about finally having a Lakers blog on SBN that I posted the wrong link in my first comment. Once again, thanks for creating this Josh!
by BruinFanBaby on Apr 13, 2009 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Yessss!
I am pumped to finally have a Lakers Blog on SBN. I am a long time Lakers fan, born in Cali and live in Missouri. I know it will be great! Can’t wait to get some good conversation going on here about our team.
Go Lakers!
Welcome
Greetings!
Good luck on your site!
Fatty
Coolio
Well, thanks for dedicating time and effort to creating another (what I’m sure will be an) excellent Lakers blog.
I hope this blog is fun for you (no question that it’ll be fun for us fans), and I look forward to your work. With the playoffs coming around the corner, you’ll have plenty to write about.
Also, I recommend getting a twitter account if you don’t already have one. It’s a great way of reaching out to other Laker fans, and also keeping up with the news. If you do have one, please let me know so I can follow you pronto.
Thanks again and best of luck!
Thank
You for finally giving us one of these….
Nice
A Lakers blog on SBN. I’ll approach this site with cautious optimism – just hope the trolls don’t ruin what could be a great thing.
Be an optimist
Trolls are just an opportunity for Lakers fans to show class and respect, to be the bigger person. Rather than being frustrated by them, thank them for painting themselves into a box, and for giving you the opportunity to represent your team as a true fan should.
Strength & Honor
I try
It’s hard though because the trolls tend to be louder and more numerous than the true fans. I wouldn’t mind a liberal use of the banhammer at first just to discourage any would be wandering trolls, whether they support the Lakers or not. It frustrates me just as much seeing the seemingly millions of posters on ESPN and Yahoo writing LEBRONSUCKSKOBE4MVP!!!!!! everywhere.
Enough of my ranting, good luck with the blog, I’ll be visiting daily in the beginning at the very least.
if they do, do as they do in the Celtics blog
drop the ban hammer with extreme prejudice
Magneto was right
MEMO TO KP-GET BIRDZILLA!
by WhiteRabbit on Apr 13, 2009 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep. They essentially ban you for being a Laker fan. Which is fair enough but kind of lame (but not completely unexpected).
No, they actually dont…they ban lakers fans who troll, not lakers fans who want to talk basketball respectively, theres also no cussing allowed over there
by TheAncientRivalry on Apr 14, 2009 5:32 AM PDT up reply actions
most excellent
it’s about time.
"I've hacked into your brain. You're throwing a party and no one's showing up."
Welcome..
From another Bedger. Living in Anaheim, you’d think i would get enough L*ker talk as it is. I am however, always up for intelligent banter between fans. As long as the L*kers lose :)
Welcome to SB Nation -
Now go home :)
Seriously, though, even though it probably means a greater number of L*ker trolls to BEdge, it’s great for you to have a blog on this network. These blogs are unparalleled in the sports blogging world. Jump around, register to other blogs, see what’s going on with those teams. SB Nation is a great place to do it.
Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.
"I want to put points on your face."
-Rudy to Pau Gasol
PUT BATUM IN NOW
Bravo
This has been a long time coming. I look forward to watching this blog grow as well as contributing to it.
P.S. I’m going tot the game tomorrow night (5th one ever) and I can’t wait to send Kobe and crew off to the playoffs
Finally. Finally. Finally
I have been waiting for a SB Nation Laker Blog forever. I even thought of trying to start one myself. No idea how of course, I guess that’s why it stopped with one thought. I am really excited to see how this grows. The format is great for conversation and even better for live game blogs.
One word of advice though. I find that the quality of a sports blog is related to the way the rules are enforced. Too strict and it’s not fun and no one wants to be here. Too loose and you get a bunch of yahoo’s cussing each other out. Keep it in the middle and I think this place will be great.
P.S. I may be interested in volunteering on occasion as I love the Lakers (season ticket holder) and I have a fair bit of free time. I have never thought of myself as much of a writer but others think I can hold my own. I suppose you can decide.
Thanks for bringing this site out into the world.
Based on this comment...
Your command of the English language, in written form, is certainly well above average. If your comments are equally insightful, I’ll be inclined to agree with those who think you can hold your own.
Strength & Honor
two comments
1. an easy way to “audition” for a blog is to write high quality FanPosts. They can then be added to the front page blog at the discretion of the lead blogger (if he/she likes them enough).
2. good point about the strict vs. loose rules. I’ve erred (heavily) on the side of too strict for a long time and it has served me very well. A few people don’t like it and go elsewhere. A lot more people appreciate the “safe” environment and heartily appreciate the atmosphere created by it. Of course it is also hard work to moderate tightly so it is to each blogger’s taste how they do so.
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" Henry V
I agree with the strict idea.........
however I have had issues with SB Nation blogs in the past (not Celtics Blog) where I am having a fun, lively discussion with opposing fans when someone new arrives, doesn’t like the fact that a Laker fan is on “his” site, complains about something ridiculous, and suddenly I am persona non-grata and gone. I never swear or make insults, but I call a spade a spade and sometimes that is enough to get the boot.
Basically that is what I mean by too strict. Panicking and making a rash decision instead of the right one simply to pacify the masses.
Hope we can avoid that here, seems like we are off to a good start.
It's nice to get in on the ground floor.
I have been on other Laker blogs where I feel like I am late to the party. If you’re not OB (original blogger) you’re not welcome.
Nice to get in early. Keep up the good work.
Welcome from a Spurs fan!
Nice to see y’all finally have your own blog….here’s to hopefully renewing the SA-l.a. rivalry this postseason. Good luck to y’all!
GO SPURS GO!
"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas." -Davy Crockett
"Give me an army of West Point graduates, and I'll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies, and I'll win a war." -Gen. George S. Patton
Welcome
Good to see thoughtful Lakers talk, even if Kings fans (in general) despise the Lakers.
Evil Cowtown Inc: Screwin' Suckaz over since Nineteen Eighty-Five.....
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
YES!!!!!!!!
THANK GOODNESS!!! i’ve been wishing for out own sb nation blog for a LONG time. you will see me here a lot. LET’S GO LAKERS!!!
Welcome to SB Nation. It should be fun to have a Lakers blog to visit. Congratulations on the strong start.
Straight from the No-Stat Zone to your computer!
Dunkin' Cheerleaders
Glad to see the purple and gold finally here
I have been waiting for quite some time for the Lakers to come to SBN. SBN has a lot of great blogs over here and now I have a place to get all my Lakers news on one site.
The real season is about to begin.
GO BRONCOS IN 2009 AND BEYOND!!
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