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2006-08-21T11:06:00.000-07:00

LakersTalk :: View topic - Lakers News, Halloween Register A New Account. turnovers in league history, both letting him go and gift-wrapping the His name is Tierre Brown, and the Lakers are his fourth team in National Post The team has invited five free agents to camp: Tierre Brown, Robert Pack, Bryant Matthews Registered 6-day subscribers to the National Post newspaper or

"The Shot"

2006-08-11T12:01:00.000-07:00

I came across an article from the Laker's homepage on the NBA.com family of sites, telling the story of the reactions from various people inside the Staples Center when Kobe's shot went in at the buzzer. So named, "The Shot".Here's Lamar's:If you are looking for pure elation, check out Lamar's reaction. I've never seen a 6-10 man jump for pure joy the way No. 7 did. When the shot went in, Lamar leaped in the air like a 10-year-old boy taking his first steps into Disneyland: arms and legs flailing in the air in sheer disbelief. He is the first to catch Kobe and provides him with a two-arm hug around Bryant's head. Seemed like he would never let go as Sasha and the bench swarmed around them.And here are the others: http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/kobedvr_060501.html

Over/under three hours?

2006-07-24T13:10:00.000-07:00

Once again the under wins. If you'd bet the under every time I've played a World Series bracelet event you would be 3-0. Didn't get outplayed or make a boneheaded blunder. I just didn't catch any cards, yet again. Well, let me clarify. I did catch a couple hands, but at the wrong times...T-T and raise to 300 after a couple of limpers with 25-50 blinds and get mini-raised to 600 by a guy with 400 behind (tell me that's not a monster hand, so I lay down)...and the last hand I push all in 800 with J-J into the 50-100 blinds and guy goes over the top with kings...say goodnight Gracie.

Just never had any chips.

Meanwhile, John Phan is sucking out on everyone at the table behind me and builds a monster stack of about 10K in two hours. Must be nice to be lucky...

The poker playing celebrities were also in full force at the Rio Tuesday as James Woods and Jennifer Tilly were playing on tables near me.

I sat down to play a $275 satellite after my bust out. Apparently, Woods wasn’t far behind as I saw him go from satellite table to satellite table telling anyone who would listen that his aces were cracked by ace-king.

Meanwhile, Jerry Buss, the owner of the Lakers and probably the richest man in the room, wandered through the aisles in his standard poker gear of worn out blue jeans and untucked shirt waiting for a satellite to start.

Satellite director Margie Fasold tried to help this $660 buy in seven-card stud satellite begin by announcing, “If you want to play a well-known personality, Jerry Buss, owner of the Lakers, is sitting over here on table 106. If you want a lesson in stud, Jerry will give it to you.”

Both Kobe and Become Fathers Again

2006-07-20T20:43:00.000-07:00

I have been having some serious technical difficulties today!

Usually, it’s blogger fuckin up my ability to post, but today it’s my damn ISP as well. Comcast has been getting on my damn nerves. My internet service has been going in and out since last night and that shit is too damn expensive to EVER be out!

Then when I finally get my connection back. I get message from blogger when I attempted to post something that said some shit like this:

Blogger Problem

This server is currently experiencing a problem.

An engineer has been notified and will investigate.

Status code: 1-500-20

WTF?!?!?! Look Blogger, get yall shit together okay!

Shout out to my girl Chocolate Drop for hooking me up with this info!

Someone please tell me what it the likelihood of Shaquille O’Neal and his nemesis Kobe Bryant becoming the father of baby girls on the same day let alone within only a few minutes of one another?!?!?!

The former Lakers teammates became fathers again yesterday when their wives both gave birth to girls six minutes apart! Pretty coincidinky huh?

Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant was born at 2:03 a.m. PDT in Orange County, Calif. Kobe and Vanessa Bryant are already parents to 3-year-old Natalia.

And

Shaquille and Shaunie O'Neal became parents for the sixth time when Mearah Sanaa O'Neal was born at 4:57 a.m. EDT in a South Florida hospital.

Read All About It Below:

Daughter is sixth child for Shaq, wife

Kobe, wife welcome daughter No. 2

So far, May 1st appears to be a pretty popular day. What else happened yesterday? Tell me so I can add it to the May 1st current events ;-)

This is Superstar Nic

"N" Search of Ecstasy and I'm out!

"If you see someone without a smile today, give them one of yours!"

Home Sweet Home, Lakers Pick Farmar

2006-07-17T12:46:00.000-07:00

By Bruin Basketball Report

UCLA's Jordan Farmar was taken with the 26th overall pick in the first-round by the Los Angeles Lakers.

The former local standout from Taft High School was the Bruins' second-leading scorer (13.5) and led the Pac-10 in assists (5.1) last season.

He helped the Bruins reach the Final Four last season for the first time since 1995, and was named to the NCAA Oakland Regional and Pac-10 Tournament teams. In addition, Farmar was selected to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament team.

"I'm very excited for Jordan's future in the NBA and the fact that's he's able to stay in Los Angeles and play for the Lakers," said Bruin head coach Ben Howland. "He's an outstanding point guard, who No. 1 is a winner.

Farmar helped improve his draft stock when he became the only projected first-round pick to participate in the NBA Pre-Draft camp in Orlando.

The Bruin point-guard surprised many scouts by recording the highest step vertical jump at 42" and bench-pressing 180 pounds eleven times at the NBA Pre-Draft camp.

"He's a very, very intelligent player who also has great athleticism and skill level. Howland said. The fact that he's only 19 (turns 20 on Nov. 30) and still developing physically - his best years in basketball are ahead of him and he's already had an outstanding career.

The Lakers (45-37) finished third place in the Pacific Division last season. They were eliminated by the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the playoffs after taking a 3-1 lead in the series.

The team rotated Smush Parker and Sasha Vujacic at point guard last season, but the duo struggled with inconsistent play, especially during the playoffs.

"We didn't think Jordan Farmar was going to be available at this point in the draft." said Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak. "We've watched him play at UCLA and know his coach and their system, he will help us at some point."

It's uncertain how much Farmar will contribute to the team next season considering Lakers' head coach Phil Jackson has a reputation of not playing rookies.

Yet, considering the Lakers' struggles last season, Farmar may have the opportunity to make an impact right away.

Farmar becomes the first Bruin selected in the first-round of the NBA draft since 2000 when Jerome Moiso was selected eleventh overall by the Boston Celtics. Baron Davis was selected third overall in the first-round in 1999 by the Charlotte Hornets.

(BruinBasketballReport.com)

Five Seconds.

2006-07-10T18:18:00.001-07:00

Not much went on this weekend. It was kind of a lost four days because I really didn't do too much. I think I kind of needed that because the last few weekends have been hectic. The only thing that's cool about this week is it's a three day week and I'm going to a Dodger's game on Friday. Who-hoo!

I bought Peeping Tom this last weekend, which is the new album from Mike Patton. He's the singer from Faith No More and like 900 other projects. This one is...interesting. The packaging is...kewl, I might make a video or an animated gif so you can see how it works. It's pretty interesting.

So, basketball. We're in the weird limbo part of the season where trades and free agent signings can't offically happen until seven days from now, but of course there are tons of both going on. So here's my comments on a few of them;

1. Ben Wallace signs with Chicago. Interesting. Now they've got two overpaid centers that can't score on a team that has problems scoring. Of course there are rumors that the Bulls are shopping Tyson Chandler and they're reporting that it could happen today. Preposed trade; Chandler to the Hornets (who all of the sudden look really good) for P.J. Brown and J.R. Smith and maybe Malik Allen (Bulls) and Arvydas Macijauskas (Hornets) thrown in the deal. Arvydas Macijauskas, by the way, has way too many consonants in his name. Another sidebar, if you can't decide on a name for your kid, just go with initials, because then there's a 24% chance they could end up in the NBA or the WNBA. Back to the signings, I like what the Hornets are doing, not so sure about the Bulls. They overpaid for Wallace and he's declining. I don't like his attitude, mainly because he's always whining about something and usually it's about not scoring. How about making a layup every once in awhile and then maybe we'll talk about running a play for you? Seriously, he's a 6.6 ppg career scorer and he averaged 7.3 ppg in Detroit's revamped offense. Not. Good. Also, he's going to be 32 in September, which will make him 36 when the contract is done. The Bulls are rumored to be making a run at Kevin Garrnet to pair him up with Wallace, but I just don't see that happening. I really see Garrnet leaving Minnesota via free agency when his monster contract is up and signing with the Lakers. The Bulls have a good team now, but I think they're going to regret the signing the first time Wallace pouts or slams Scott Skills or says something stupid about the team. He's not a team player. As for the Pistons, well, what do you do here? They signed a guy that isn't even half the player Wallace is, and that's not saying much. They're going to have to play small ball and that means getting firepower off the bench. That's not going to be easy, because the free agent pool is already dried up and they've got nobody to trade. It's no secret that I don't like the Pistons, and now they're in a giant hole. We'll see if they can climb out. I hope they don't and it's "DE-TROIT LOTERY-PICK!" for the next couple of years.

2. Peja Stojakovic signs with the Hornets. Bigtime shocker here. I'm being serious. Charlotte/New Orleans/Oklahoma (or whatever else they're calling themselves this week) comes out of nowhere and signs this guy. The rumors were he was going to Toronto, which would have made the Raps look really good on paper. Personally, I think the Hornets overpaid because Peja's declining, but then they go out and sign his former Kings runningmate Bobby Jackson. I really like this, even though BJAX is decling too. But now, they've got a good core, and they obviously want to run. Now they've got a guy that can come off the bench and score. They've also already got two really good borderline All-Stars in Chris Paul and David West. Throw in that Bulls trade and things look really, really interesting if Byron Scott can get Chandler to do something other than block shots. Something tells me they're not done dealing either. In other Hornets news, Speedy Claxton signs with Atlanta and all 17 Hawks fans are now really excited for some reason, mainly because he's a point guard and not a 6'8" wing player. You're still headed for a high lottery pick, Atlanta, don't fool yourselves.

3. Vladimir Radmanovic signs with the Lakers. I heard about this one and again, was pretty shocked. He seemed like a lock to resign with the Clippers. I hate the Lakers, but I really like this move. This is what his agent had to say, "...when Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson call your number at 6 o'clock on the morning of free agency, and you've got Vlade Divac, who's one of his idols, and Magic Johnson on standby, you tend to perk up and listen real hard and clear." Uh, yeah, I would too. Vlad gives them the shooter they need and now the Lakers can finally say to Devean George, "don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out". That was one of the worst signings they ever made and one of the reasons they couldn't move anyone or sign anyone in the last couple of years; nobody wanted him and his contract was an albatross. Anyways, the Clips really need to resign ~~Enemy Mine~~ Sam Cassell. Then they need to deal Cory Maggette because he's a problem on that team. He thinks it's his team, when it's really Elton Brand and Sam Cassell's team. And soon it's going to be Elton Brand and Shaun Livingston's team when Livingston's ready. I really think Maggette is out of there before the season starts.

4. T.J. Ford to the Raptors for Charlie Villanueva and cash. Sorry T.J., but you've now been banished to NBA purgatory. The guy fights back from a spinal cord injury, has a good season and then gets dealt. Kinda sucky in my book. On the other hand, Mo Williams was being held back and needed playing time. He can handle the point fulltime. But now, Milwaukee's frontcourt of the future is really, really young and really, really inexperienced. I see them stuck spinning their wheels for the next couple of years and staying in the same spot (7th-10th in the East) for awhile, effectively wasting Micheal Redd's prime until Villanueva and Andrew Bogut figure it all out. By that time they'll be on other teams. I know Toronto is spinning this as "insurance" in case Mike James doesn't resign, but let's face it, he's not resigning with the Raps. No way, no how. Guy's got everyone's interest and now he's the #1 free agent with all these other guys taking themselves off the board. He's signing elsewhere.

5. Joel Przybilla resigns with the Blazers. Okay, okay, enough with the crazy names already, my keyboard's Y, L amd Z keys don't work anymore after typing in all these names in. The only thing that could make it any worse is if Eric Piatkowski got traded or signed somewhere. Wait a minute, he signed with Phoenix? Gawdamit. Anyway, back to Przybilla, I'm totally disappointed in you Joel. I know you said it was about loyalty, but this is the Blazers we're talking about here. They have no idea what they're doing right now. And you blasted the players at the end of the season because you didn't think they were playing hard or wanted to win (which was true). They've traded away a ton of guys that were "problems", but seriously, most of the problem guys are still there. The situation will not change. And you could have gone to San Antonio or Cleaveland and won a championship for the same amount of money. Totally dissapointed. And I really don't know what the Spurs are going to do because they traded Rasho Nesterovic and Nazr Mohammed is going to sign with the pistons. Ok, that's it, my keyboard has offically stopped working...

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Lakers Remember Chick Hearn

2006-05-08T17:52:00.000-07:00

The Lakers celebrated "Chick Hearn Night" on Sunday, November 27th, which would have been the legendary Hall of Fame sports broadcaster's 89th birthday. All fans attending the game received an I Love Chick bear and Mark Haas, winner of the 2005 Chick Hearn Memorial Scholarship, was recognized at halftime.

Los Angeles Lakers

2006-02-17T19:52:00.000-08:00

The Lakers began in 1947 when Ben Berger and Morris Chalfen bought the Detroit Gems of the National Basketball League for $15,000 and relocated it to Minneapolis. As the Gems had by far the worst record in the NBL, the Lakers had the first pick in the 1947 dispersal draft, which they used to select George Mikan, later to become, arguably, the greatest center of his time. With Mikan, new coach John Kundla and an infusion of former University of Minnesota players, the Lakers won the NBL championship in that 1947-48 season and joined four other NBL teams in jumping to the Basketball Association of America, where they promptly won the 1948-49 BBA championship. The NBL and BBA merged to become the NBA in 1949.