FILAM FINANCE

Mitch Kupchak and the rest of the Lakers front office deserve all the negative remarks and criticism for trading Shaq in 2004 and not drafting a lot of good players before 2005.
Now, they deserve most of the accolades for all the recent acquisitions from draft picks and trades. Drafting players like Andrew Bynum, Ronnie Turiaf […]

Tonight marks the opening night for most NBA (National Basketball Association) teams. The Los Angeles Lakers are playing the Houston Rockets at Staple Center. You might be wondering, what is an NBA got to do with a financial blog. Well, as you know, sports is a huge money making industry in the United States. With […]

When you are in a major city like Los Angeles, and you like all the major sports, how do you budget your entertainment expenses? As much as I want to watch my favorite sports team live, I just couldn’t go to any of them without putting a big dent in my budget. I love watching […]

It’s all about business! I’m sure that if you’re a Los Angeles Lakers fan, you’ll probably monitoring the drama that is going on right now. Jerry Buss talking to the media about the possibility of trading Kobe Bryant. A few years ago, the Lakers mentioned that they will never trade Kobe. But with the current […]

I don’t gamble as much as my friends do. And if I do, I would normally just join pools such as the March Madness, Super Bowl or a boxing fight but I don’t really bet big. I like playing the pool because the odds are better than playing the lottery and there is a sure winner […]