where is the love for the los angeles lakers?

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

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