where is the love for the los angeles lakers?

man is gonna top Chamberlin's single game within the next 2 years

Maybe Kobe's playing NBA Jam. Anyone check his flame trail?

You figure Shaq regularly calls Lamar Odom in the middle of the night, laughs into the receiver and hangs up?

http://www.hoophall.com/exhibits/chamberlain_boxscore.htm

The rest of the team had 52 shots (compared to Wilt's 63) and also 37 assists.

wow, things must have changed since I lived in NYC!

God damn me, I'm kinda liking the Lakers this year. 2 dudes on my fantasy team (Kobe & Kwame) + TV announcers that don't sound like Hawk Harrelson homers (CHICAGO BULLS I'm looking right @ you stupid asses) + WTF assistance from Farmar Superstar (copyright G. Cosloy) & SMUSH + the triangle in all its glory = FUN!

I watched this Lakers / Bulls game a few weeks ago, and it was the perfect example of what NOT to do. The announcers were actually telling Kobe to sit down after he fouled out! And when they weren't doing that, they were waxing Michael Jordan's pole, because IN NO WAY is Kobe one-fiftieth the player MJ was, so let's spend 6 straight possessions belaboring that point. (I want to say Stacey King was the one that couldn't shut up, because LOL @ Stacey King.)

The Celtics announcers are total homers (I mean, god, Tom Heinsohn is King Homer), but Tommy can also make a good point once in a while, and Mike Gorman's the perfect semi-impartial, totally-professional foil for him. Joel Meyers (sic?), the Lakers broadcaster, is totally pro-Lakers, but he doesn't turn every LA contest into a "GOOD GUYS WIN" sort of dick-off.

You can support the team you work for w/out painting your face and yelling DEFENSE into the microphone. Even disregarding that these formerly regional broadcasts are now available nationwide, it'd behoove these shitwits to maybe think of the local viewership audience that'd like to watch a basketball game & not a pep rally.

he can't touch ralph lawler's "bingo!" for a good three ball tho

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j314/backsliding/full.jpg

the lakers have been good, but not really as good as their record. if everyone is healthy and playing, i still like houston and denver better.

those mamba slippers have a sort of post-apocalyptic burger king vibe.

many xposts

Retirement?

Brown, averaging 8.7 points and 6.6 rebounds, has been sidelined since spraining his right ankle on Dec. 31. He is expected back in about two weeks.

they ranked the top 50 fifty lakers of all time in this espn la photo gallery:

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/gallery/?id=4752944

i love how the old photos look like the games were played in a dancehall w/rich folks just sitting around watching em play

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/1217/la_lal50baylor_800.jpg

Glen Rice @ 28 is baffling.

wow

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/1219/nba_g_ellis11_800.jpg

dope pic

where is the love for the los angeles lakers?

Love, I cannot say. Hate is present and accounted for.

(And not just any hate. Hatred that incinerates all in its path with the searing heat of 100 suns).

Glen Rice @ 28 is baffling.

Artest at 50 is even weirder. Guy's played, what, 25 games for them?

glen rice was still pretty deadly, he was just the decoy probably more than was warranted, phil didn't seem to like him for whatever reason. what sticks out to me is vlade + rick fox over sedale ("the thief!"), ceballos, ron harper and probably a shitload of the old old timers. some players are downgraded cos of the lean years they contributed to played in, including luke imo, which is fair enough i guess.

"glen rice was still pretty deadly"

Uh not really. He was pretty much a waste in his year and a half there.

wtf
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss51/tr_fudge/800px-Rainbow-diagram-ROYGBIV.png

wasn't feeling the triangle but he spaced the floor all day and hit some huge shots

I don't know what dude you are remembering, but he was a mediocre shooter at best in his time with LA and he was a lousy defender per usual.

ok those two years he put up 17.5 and 16 ppg respectively in the regular season as 3rd option to fn shaq & kobe, in the first championship run (which saw more knee problems and yeah bad d newsflash) he averaged 41% on threes in the playoffs and was more key than YOUUUUU remember dude

per some article jerry west cited phil's misuse (iho) of rice as one of the reasons for leaving although come to think of it if i traded eddie jones away and wanted to play it off i'd say some bs like that too. or maybe prime eddie wouldn't make yr 12 man rotation either hmmmm

Yeah he was keyly averaging 12 pts a game on 40% shooting, getting no rebounds and basically getting torched by whatever small forward/big guard he was pretending to defend during that championship run. No surprise he wasn't back next year.

I thought Eddie Jones was great btw. He would have been great under Jackson too.

loved EJ! Ariza reminds me a lot of him.

heck yeah i mean i would have rather kept him obv. (also thought it was odd FINALLY getting rid of elden right as he started playing worth a dang, but i didn't complain, too many years of frustration there) but pure shooting helped that team like nobody's business. no minute rice wouldve meant a dynasty deferred. who knew fish wd shoot the fuck out the ball the next year

Where does Smush Parker fall on this top 50 Lakers list?

#1 in our <3's

why is luke walton on that list

man is gonna top Chamberlin's single game within the next 2 years --J. Lamphere (WatchMeJumpStart)

heh nope

Something in my gut tells me that if Kobe tried to outdo Chamberlain's 100 pt game, the refs would just foul him out of the game and look amused as he walked off the court.

The weirdness of that list (Artest at 50! Ariza at 20-ish!) makes me want to see a list for a less storied franchise - like, who is the 50th-greatest Charlotte Bobcat? Bernard Robinson?

i think that list is too long. it just ends up being kinda sad, mostly lol in the bottom 25.

why is luke walton on that list

― =皿= (dyao), Saturday, December 26, 2009 7:29 AM (16 hours ago) Bookmark

no one believes this artest business right?

That Wilt picture is fantastic, one of the best dunk photos I've ever seen.

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/1217/la_lal50chamberlain_800.jpg

luke is a shrewd passer, always knows where the ball needs to go, they seem to play their best offense when he's on the floor. still not someone i want shooting tho his 3pt % is impressive this year so who knows, that would take him to the next level. he was getting less tentative before the injury

artest has a concussion?

In 2OT against the Kings right now.

The Maloofs are so sleazy-looking.

where is the love for the sacramento LOLkings

kings have some juice def - lakers lookin like they did too much nog the past couple days

Clippers Kaman Says He’s An All Star, Not Gasol Or Bynum

Locals are...

* 60% laughing

* 20% thrilled

* 20% furious

* 0% sad

* 0% bored

* 0% intrigued

(he has a point, def. deserves it over bynum)

...who has no chance of making it anyway. hallway series is getting nice & bitter this year

gasonned:

In case the Lakers' startling lack of effort wasn't enough, the night took another turn when Jackson approached a handful of reporters who had been interviewing Gasol after the game.

"You guys done with Pau?" Jackson asked. He then turned to Gasol. "Pau, I want you to meet a friend of mine."

Jackson walked Gasol into an adjacent room and introduced him to Charles Oakley, a fierce power forward in his day and a player Jackson coached on the Chicago Bulls in the 1980s.

Oakley, his hair now flecked with gray, was later asked by a reporter if he gave Gasol some strong advice.

"Always," he said, smiling.

The Lakers are 0-2 on their three-game trip. They haven't lost three consecutive games since acquiring Gasol in February 2008.

Asked whether Garnett looked healthy, Gasol said, "I don't know exactly what's going on with him. He's struggling. I think he's physically limited. But that's all I see. All I heard. He competes. He's still a competitor, but I feel like he's limited; otherwise, he'd be contributing a lot more."

...one month later...

"I really don't like to talk about that aspect of a person's game ... other than the fact that he's been weak and sickly," coach Phil Jackson said before the Lakers played the Bobcats on Friday, setting up the delivery of the jab with a pregnant pause. When asked to clarify, Jackson said that Gasol has been feeling "under the weather" and he will have to monitor his 7-foot power forward's playing time.

phil jackson might be my fave laker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za08zWrZ-QE

lol

http://www.blogcdn.com/nba.fanhouse.com/media/2010/03/artest-hair.jpg

His hair is orange/yellow now, and carved into it is the word DEFENSE but in three different languages – Japanese, Hebrew and Hindu. He had it done in Orlando after a short workout Saturday.

During an interview before the game, he declined to say what the words meant, but he let it be known earlier on his Twitter account.

"It's like a school project for you,'' Artest said before the Magic-Lakers game at Amway Arena. "Take a picture and look it up. Ask your wife. Or just goggle it, and find out.''

did he really say goggle it??

never change artest

uh shoulda been a comma there after "change"

no, I like it more as an imperative: [World,] never change Artest.

We should celebrate Pau getting his braces removed

<3

Right. Because it was keeping him from getting hoop groupie love.

lovin right now

Why are the Lakers so atrocious?

I think they stopped giving a shit about the regular season about 2-3 weeks ago.

That's about when Phil Jackson started put Sasha on double-secret probation, right?

Jacson started put

Sasha is the worst. I was a fan of his when he was a recognizable nba player 2 years ago, but now all he does once he comes into a game is foul within 30 seconds and pouts like a bitch.

lakers sign kobels to an extension.

http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/100402_kobe_extension.html

want to see how much money is involved.

Did anyone ever post this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nusENs4ZrUE

http://www.snabulus.com/images/drphil.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNBsg43cdTc

haha whaaaat

inurface1526 Fake and Gay 5 minutes ago

Not gonna lie, I like a couple players on the lakers, but to me they are the same as the yankees. Look at their current roster and check out how much each player is making, every player is getting paid at least a million except for two who are at $972,000 then go look at the okc thunder salary and compare. a team with great players and make it into the playoffs and their star player doesn't even get paid $5 million a year. GO KOBE!!! F*** the lakers

where is the love

GO KOBE!!! F*** the lakers

progress but at wat price?????

CRAZY KOBE BRYANT FAN on the news is awesome

Apparently that guy is professional actor Jeremy Rowley. I wonder if that actually appeared on the news?

Haha nevermind it obv didn't. D'oh.

GO KOBE!!!

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the shittiest column written in the history of sports journalism:

BILL PLASCHKE
Kiss Cam moments at Staples Center tell you a lot about L.A.
Far more than just a promotional gimmick at Lakers home games, the Kiss Cam provides a two-minute glimpse into a city's soul.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-plaschke-20100523,0,7179085,print.column

He's right though. It's deeply touching.

the only "real" la people at laker games are the people sitting in the fucking nosebleeds. they dont get on kiss cam.

That tells you something, doesn't it?

tickets are prolly really expensive right?

Pretty sure the only affordable seats are the ones that are mandated by the NBA. I think that price is something like $35.

If they wanted to they could charge $100 for the cheapest seats and probably get it too.

Yeah, dude. You don't ever turn down Lakers tickets. Employers understand.

<3

Kobe may be the best player on the planet at the present time, but I am constitutionally unable to love the Lakers, collectively or individually. I can recognize their ability, but no love comes forth.

to answer the thread question, there is no love, only h8 4 bill plaschke, the worst sports columnist on the planet

A whole lot of us LA fans hate Plaschke with a fucking passion.

L.A. Times Misprint Causes Laker Fan Uproar

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss51/tr_fudge/The%20Los%20Angeles%20Lakers/meat47hands01.jpg

ch. 9 news gettin me all nostalgic

word to jerry dunphy

intentionally trying to make me cry is mean

mean that's me

“While this may not be the most lucrative contract I’ve been offered this offseason, it is the most valuable. I am confident I will continue to lead this team on and off the court. Let the hunt for six begin.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hiUuL5uTKc&fmt=35

the lakers about as hot as that song right now but pride is kicking in. Was genuinely worried about motivation to get the third from the non-kobe/fishes on the team, Gasol has climbed some of his personal mountains, Bynum got a taste of being valuable in the playoffs, didnt think Phil gave enough of a shit about another threepeat to even come back, and i wouldna blamed him. Lakers beating That Thing Over There is gonna be sweet tho

peace out bro!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFEupVdibjU&feature=related&fmt=18

still think he's underrated, even tho he maybe overrates himself. certain situations he was the only one besides kobes i counted on to throw himself at the defense to make things happen. his love for taking it to to the celtics didnt go unnoticed either, can't find it but he quietly made probably my favorite recent play against them, in boston, last year that swung the game imo. good luck, dont get murdered!

Farmar strikes me as an enthusiastic defender, without being outstanding at defense, an opportunistic scorer, without being outstanding at offense, and a player who often sees the wrinkles to exploit in the transition game. Iow, he hasn't developed the skills of a starter, but is a pretty good role player. We'll see if he can convert to a starter role.

Lakers beating That Thing Over There is gonna be sweet tho

― tremendoid, Monday, July 12, 2010 9:27 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

!!

xp thats a better way of putting it; he's still a very straight line player, ok while he has the luxury of speed but he's probably shirked the probing/hesitation etc. that players, esp. players his size usually need in their arsenal to make an impact beyond their first few years (and he has a point, despite himself, in that the triangle, esp. with the players he's played with, can hide a pg and allow one to underdevelop those skills in-game)

Message to Mitch Kupchak: Take a break, take a bow
- Silver Screen and Roll

caracter and ebanks are legit players
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJPup571iBY&fmt=34

dude damarcus cousins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBH3E5EmQyE&NR=1&fmt=34

lol :30

Had *no* idea Cousins could shoot like that!

Message to Mitch Kupchak: Take a break, take a bow
- Silver Screen and Roll

OTM

can you smell what coach rivers is cooking???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfATTHWQNK8

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9f32m0OFT1qzel1vo1_500.jpg

mama there goes that mamba

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWHfTXZ0DPo&fmt=34

Steve Blake is an asset for whatever team he plays for. He is a journeyman, but a consummate professional. He'll never be an all-star, but he'll always be rock solid. Once he's had half a season to play for LAL, he'll be snugged in and making good plays 98% of the time.

http://i52.tinypic.com/x29kky.gif

yeah that was dope. other than uh losing this trip bodes really with lamar showing consistent aggressiveness and blake seeming to fit in already, i've come to expect even really good players taking about 6 months to look like anything in this system. kobe sit your ass down imo

Fisher Explains Late Burst in Sacramento

Obviously, the stakes were just a bit different between Derek Fisher’s key seven-point scoring streak from Wednesday’s early-season road win in Sacramento and his absolutely critical 11-point scoring stretch in Game 3 of the NBA Finals last June.

But there were similarities worthy of comparison, born out of a combination of the defense overreacting to Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol, and Fisher’s confidence/experience/moxy in key situations.

Here’s the play-by-play from last night:

4:09 Fisher grabs a defensive rebound, pushes in transition and draws a foul, converting 1-of-2 free throws to put L.A. up 99-90.
3:35 Fisher drains an open three-pointer, L.A.’s first field goal make since the 7:43 mark, their offense stalled with Sacramento overplaying Gasol and Bryant.
3:17 Fisher strips Carl Landry at the other end and races down to convert an and-1 layup, essentially putting the game out of reach for good at 105-92.

Fisher offered some explanatory thoughts on Wednesday at the team’s practice facility:

I think it’s the recognition of how we’re being defended as well as stepping into those opportunities. From the beginning of the game to the end, if the other team has any smarts they’re going to overplay Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol. That’s just the reality of it. From my position and really anybody on our team, you just have to find that balance between playing your game and taking your shots and opportunities but also recognizing who we’re playing against. You play against a team like Sacramento who wants to score in transition, maybe you don’t take some of those shots that you normally take. You play against a team like Portland, who we’re going to play on Sunday, they play really good half court defense so maybe you want to take some good early transition shots. It’s that combination of things that takes place, and last night I was able to get couple that I guess were timely for us.

what the world (champs) need now...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri3aL8At44I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XINCyni22s&fmt=34

http://bostonist.com/attachments/JocelynCeleste/ihatelavintagetee.JPG

nooooooooooooo

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/more_sports/kobe_pain_3X1vmSkbZlQquPUGNwrPfK/0

this dude has played at a high level for years

I am looking ahead to the day when all former NBA players have knee replacement surgery by the age of 45.

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss51/tr_fudge/The%20Los%20Angeles%20Lakers/welcome_back_jerks.jpg

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss51/tr_fudge/The%20Los%20Angeles%20Lakers/wbkotter.jpg

sasha, ammo, jordan, and dj?

hard cause there's so many natural horshacks

oh my bad thats not epstein /racist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kPWGrkLbYY&NR=1&fmt=22

time warner to show both love and money to the los angeles lakers for broadcasting rights/new tv channel

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118032229

rich get richer

http://projects.latimes.com/lakers/

http://images.paraorkut.com/img/pics/glitters/i/im_so_sorry-2722.gif

http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/game-on/2011/02/18/paugasolx-inset-community.jpg

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=6134297

this will pass for good news, not that he would tell the truth if he is shopping guys but i think hes smarter than that. stomach-turning trade talk i lay at the feet of snot-nosed bandwagonners, go play in traffic kids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOSQHnKvypQ&fmt=18

these dudes are keyed up

classic material

joy surrounds ron artest atm

http://www.lakersmedia.com/Flash/hornets-at-lakers-327-hd-highlights.html

shit has gotten gritty and NO not picking on them but it was a nice breather. alot of flow and fastbreaking

http://blogs.thescore.com.s3.amazonaws.com/tbj/files/2011/04/matt-barnes-ron-artest-shir.jpg

http://www.dailynews.com/sports/ci_17779883

lakers getting rid of joel meyers, for spero dedes the radio guy :( terrible

stu seemed kind of territorial when joel started so it took a while for his charm to come through but i went from not noticing joel was there to really really liking his style, so easygoing, and stu calmed down and they really have a groove now. wtf. god knows we need calm on lakers telecasts. spero is passable, 'professional', all the humor and personality of a young mike tirico . dnw. and i notice he gets all negative and shook when the lakers are down. i hope he jumps ship to espn or something quick if hes such fucking hot shit. i think i have a problem with young announcers, never heard one worth a shit tbh.

lakers getting rid of joel meyers, for spero dedes the radio guy

yeah, this may look like a weak move, but the playoffs are all about matchups and Kupchak is looking ahead here.

why the spero hate? I kinda like the dude. normally I cant tell what the fuck is going on listening to basketball on the radio and I get that from spero..

always hated joel

haha i was rly bummmed last night i guess i went into a tailspin at the end i mean spero is alllright but the telecast had a specific vibe i enjoyed and spero is totally not about that vibe from what i've seen. like when chick died it was like "wtf is this?" black cloud for a couple of years, it was just basketball not lakers basketball. life goes on.

pretty sure the time warner deal has much to do with it anyway. maybe sterling and buss will have matching age discrimination suits soon

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AhonLZG9MWId4St0wdaILcK8vLYF?slug=mc-spears_kobe_endorses_shaw_as_lakers_coach_040811

inevitable but good to hear

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljh6o7NT5n1qancn8o1_500.gif

James passes Kobe for top-selling jersey

One stat that really matters in the nba. How do they match up head-to-head in Q score?

Here's a look at the top 10 jersey-selling teams in 2010-11:

1. Los Angeles Lakers
2. Boston Celtics
3. Miami Heat
4. New York Knicks
5. Chicago Bulls
6. Oklahoma City Thunder
7. Orlando Magic
8. San Antonio Spurs
9. Denver Nuggets
10. Phoenix Suns

theres no i in q

okay FUCK these guys for losing to the kings after having a 20 pt lead and sliding to the 3rd spot to play portland. i am FURIOUS WITH THE LAKERS.

BOOOOOOO.

KOBE I LOVE YOU

(just kidding i hate kobe)

whoa i wandered away at the beginning of the 4th wtf

cant do nothing but chuckle

GO LAKERS

crisis averted? clay i think u were the difference tonight i owe u a COLD ONE

enjoy homecourt advantage in the second round all because of yrs truly!

see you there!

like to see sacramento go out with a bang, just *knew* they were gonna win this. long live the royals???!!!! fare thee well Capitol City u da man

brb going 7 games with the hornets. i hope!

it feels good baby! 'the streak'

gotta love the laker fans yankee-ish approach to their problems - all we need to do is trade for chris paul and dwight and everything is smooth sailing from here on out!

Man, the WAY they went out = Lakers brand badly tarnished for a good while. Seriously I'll bet the Bynum and Odom fouls cost them some serious trading leverage.

http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2le56wj.gif

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2011/0508/dal_a_barea01_288v.jpg

gotta love the laker fans yankee-ish approach to their problems - all we need to do is trade for chris paul and dwight and everything is smooth sailing from here on out!

well that is some pretty smooth sailing tbf but yeah i hate that shit. the bandwagon has been due for a cull

Super sad story about brian shaw's past
http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/columns/story?id=6516923

yeah there was a short doc on nbatv a couple months ago

enjoy homecourt advantage in the second round all because of yrs truly!

dam clay hit us with the okeydoke

lol!

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/227453_10150188718763463_8245623462_6998080_3330974_n.jpg

lol kareem is such a douche:

There are five statues outside the arena recognizing Magic Johnson, Jerry West, Chick Hearn, Wayne Gretzky and Oscar De La Hoya. Abdul-Jabbar believes it's high time the Lakers do the right thing and make him the sixth athlete so honored.

"I don't understand (it). It's either an oversight or they're taking me for granted," Abdul-Jabbar told The Sporting News in a recent interview. "I'm not going to try to read people's minds, but it doesn't make me happy. It's definitely a slight. I feel slighted."

The six-time NBA MVP sounded even more offended in a statement released subsequently by his business manager.

"I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success," Abdul-Jabbar was quoted as saying. "I guess being the lynchpin for five world championships is not considered significant enough in terms of being part of Laker history."

He's got a legitimate point, sure, but being "highly offended" is just a sign of not having enough to keep him busy.

well, yeah, he should get a statue, but who in the world bitches to the media about not having their own statue??

the de la hoya statue is a total joke. also: ugly.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TQVNeOAVL.jpg

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

it is pretty comical that de la hoya has one and not kareem

http://www.bet.com/news/celebrities/2011/05/16/rumor-control-shannon-brown-i-did-not-sleep-with-pau-gasol-s-woman-.html

lol, did not know that shannon brown was married to monica

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=6570707

looooooooooool

http://i.cnn.net/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0706/gallerycaughtintheact.0615/images/6.jpg

is he trying to mirror that cartoon face? if so, huge respect, that's a shot from a really tough angle

mike brown has shown he has the ability to handle diva players

Lakers 'very close' to hiring Brown

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070114035915/uncyclopedia/images/archive/b/b5/20070117185243!Exploding-head.gif

http://i.imgur.com/xaoaZ.jpg

why does anybody think mike brown is a good coach?

so excited for when Kobe breaks radio silence on this

hope somebody catches him in a parking lot

Interesting factoid: Both Mike Brown and Eric Spoelstra started their coaching careers as video coordinators

yay interesting!

http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/110527trainerstake_garyvitti.html

looks like kobe's knee is permafucked

lmao espn headline 'Lakers regret not talking Brown hire with Kobe'

^_^

uh oh kobels too old for microfracture, thats like saying 'hes too fat for gastric bypass but no worries everythings cool'

Laker trainer Gary Vitti tells Lakers.com's Mike Trudell about Kobe Bryant's right knee, which sounds like it's due for a busy offseason: "His is an articulating cartilage problem. The way I describe that to people is that if you look at the end of chicken bone where it’s nice and white, well, that’s not bone, it’s cartilage. Sort of like a Teflon surface that when two bones come together, that cartilage is there so that bones don’t rub on each other. Now, the fact that it’s nice and white tells you it doesn’t have a good blood flow to it, and that means it cannot heal or regenerate. So, over time, as that cartilage wears away, you end up with osteoarthritis. Kobe doesn’t have an arthritic knee, but he has a knee that has some joint degeneration to it. His issues and his age are such that it eliminates some procedures, like microfracture and that type of things. But he is a candidate for certain other things, and we know all the procedures all around the world that are available to him, and the appropriate decisions will be made, he’ll have the best care."

http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/110527trainerstake_garyvitti.html

look a few posts above you ^_^

ha!

i provided a v important analogy tho

true true

gonna make a 'is kobe cooked' poll for the offseason, can't wait

is kobels cooked?

yes
yes
i am a lakers fan

i don't really think he's cooked, but it seems silly to think that he's going to do something this offseason that's going to make his hops magically return.

COOKED!

declaring someone cooked is one of the most satisfying experiences in sports fandom

? degenerative condition is degenerative he'll give us what he can, anyway get happy its looking more like he'll be pushed out before he's genuine antique. jim buss is a hausa at least we know upfront

anyone post this simmons jackson piece p dece http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/110513&sportCat=nba

this jordan caricaturization is p whoa - We talked about Michael's controversial Hall of Fame speech, which Jackson loved because, as he put it (while laughing), "that was Michael," the guy who became the greatest player ever by fueling himself with so many petty slights and grudges.

i love the phrase "candidate" as it pertains to a surgery as if kobles is applying to colleges or something -- "this is my safety procedure"

http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/global/swapper/201106/110620.20.jpg

"He just seems like the type of coach that buttons everything up, so I think as players we’ll all be happy," Bryant told ESPN's George Hill in SportsCenter's "Sunday Conversation" segment, as first detailed by Lakers Nation's David Brickley.

gj inspiring confidence

http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/visual/whatshot/kobe-bryant-leg-tattoo.jpg

The Lakers season has been so brutal that we’re at a point where LeBron, Ariza and Russ are now arguing with fans lol

(c) Michael Morales/Instagram pic.twitter.com/yuViF4dZPw

— Nicole Ganglani (@nicoleganglani) February 28, 2022

well, it's not like they want their play on the court to do their talking for them

Lakers basketball (1991) pic.twitter.com/t224A9UntF

— 90s NBA (@NBA90s) March 4, 2022

ok it looks pretty good

They're doing Jerry West DIRTY in the new HBO series #WinningTime pic.twitter.com/BjB3PI5HK7

— Piñata Farms 🪅 (@pinatafarms) March 7, 2022

lol I was comin to bump this thread to say I watched the first episode and man I would hate this shit if it weren’t about nba stuff, turns out my limit for Adam McKay 4th wall haha trash has no upper end if the subjects are basketball guys I know, otherwise there’s no way I would’ve made it through this, but also I’m an asshole

yeah its kind of cheap but he also knows how to keep it amusing, of course i have not and will not watch dont look up

haven't watched it yet and i am expecting to like it, but i am irrationally annoyed that it is called "Winning Time" and not "Showtime," despite the obvious reason why they were always gonna do something like that

shouldve called it showing time

it helps you kill some time