The great Bill Sharman is raffling off his 2010 NBA championship ring from the Lakers’ 4-3 finals win over the Boston Celtics. All proceeds from Bill’s Ring of Hope raffle will be going to charity. In addition to the ring, you will also receive a pair of tickets to a game (2013-2014 Season), up to $4,000 in travel expenses and $8,146.25 in cash to be paid to the Internal Revenue Service and Commonwealth of Massachusetts (to offset the...

This has been a tumultuous season, to say the least, for the Lakers. • Metta World Peace’s torn knee ligament. • Dwight Howard’s back and shoulder. • Steve Nash’s leg and back. • Kobe Bryant’s ankle and now bone spurt. • Pau Gasol’s foot, concussion and shin splints. • Steve Blake’s foot and abdomen. • Jordan Hill’s back. • Antawn Jamison’s wrist. It sounds more like an anatomy lesson than a basketball team....

Check out this video interview I did with Lakers Nation at the Time Warner Cable SportsNet launch party. I had a lot of fun at the party, including talking to Serena Winters about the Lakers’ chemistry. But of course, the best part was the assist from my old friend Magic Johnson, who photo bombed the whole thing. It got me thinking back to when we played and how sweet those assists from Magic were. What are some of your favorite assists...

The Lakers are finally starting to look like a cohesive team and it’s paying dividends as they are officially in the playoffs picture. Staying there isn’t going to be easy. It’s going to rely on the team’s ability to exercise mind over matter and win throughout a tough stretch of games. The Lakers now face a tough part of their schedule where they must play 10 of their last 18 games on the road, play four back-to-backs and have nine...

Check out this video interview I did with Chick Hearn. Chick was the best. He just knew so much about the game. What’s your best memory of Chick, Laker Nation? ‘Til next time, Big Game   Big Game James Worthy is an NCAA champ, 3-time NBA champ and an MVP with the Los Angeles Lakers, a hall of famer, philanthropist and an Analyst for Time Warner Cable SportsNet. For more information or to contact Big Game for an appearance...

After 17 years of being in the league, Kobe Bryant is doing something I have never seen as a player or a basketball analyst. Usually, when a star player accumulates as many miles as he has, you see him playing in a diminished role. The reason is that his body doesn’t allow him to play like he used to, hence fewer minutes. But that’s NOT the case with Kobe. Kobe seems to have taken a page from the greats: Michael, Magic and Bird, and taken...