where is the love for the los angeles lakers?

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

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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.

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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!

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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

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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!