where is the love for the los angeles lakers?

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