Less than an hour before tipoff in Game One of the National Basketball Association Finals, and I still don’t know if I’ll be able to root for the Lakers.  The reason?  I hate Kobe Bryant … possibly more than I hate the Boston Celtics. That’s hate.  I want to stop. I want to forgive. If you have, [...]

One good thing about the start of another interminable NBA season–have you got your tickets for the league finals? In June?–is that we get to read the LA Times Mark Heisler write on basketball. Heisler is simply one of the best, and he is always great when giving advice to hapless NBA franchises. Until recently, [...]