By the way, is it just me...

Yeah the NBA definitely didn't expect Dirk to not be in the playoffs anymore, so they're probably trying to figure out the best way to present it to him. Dirk will most likely sell it to Goodwill for $1.50

Ak you made a slight mistake!!

You said that, "He'll proceed to toss the hardware across the bar, throw up, and order another round for him and all his "friend."

What actually happened was he tossed the hardware across the bar, where it hit his drinking buddy Nash square on his nose. Nash said its ironic you can hit ex-teamate with a pass but could find a basket or teamate against the warriors.

Aaarrrhhhh!!

Angry_Laker

Lakers fans,
Someone needs to tell Amare that he is no longer playing Kwame.....lol Duncan scares the crap out of him. He was so cocky that last series against LA. No a word from him, no swagger laughing up and down the court like he was vs LA... Anyone else notices this?

Any MVP winner that loses in the first round should have the trophy presented to him by his first round opponent. I'd love to see Nellie presenting the MVP trophy to Dirk during a Golden State home game.

well at least we know it want be Kobe the ball hog holding any trophies.

Can you believe that Marion is guarding Parker? The Suns had Thomas on Duncan and Nash on Bowen. Man this series is classic.

mike

AK

I can really see Dirk, just like you pictured him, a washed up drunk.

Funny stuff, the blog is in rare form today.

Fatty, Still waiting and losing sleep over the MVP announcement.

AK,

You called it. Very awkward time for Dirk and Mr. Stern and everyone who voted for Dirk.

Had it been Nash, they would definitely be awarding it already - because it doesn't look like Nash is getting by the Spurs anytime (ever). So they'd really stick to the precedent from last season and give it to him now.

- Miguelinho

AK,

Alternatively...they could always pull a Karl Rove / G.W. Bush, and come out with a surprise. "Informal polls are nothing...this is official. And the Official MVP is Steve Nash."

- Miguelinho

Wait, I didn't know Kwame had a brother playing for the Spurs! His name is Francisco Elson and he's ALSO good at blowing wide-open dunks.

Haha! But at least Elson is not a starter.

- Miguelinho

AK,
it it just me or are there waaaaaaay too many blog entries?

Give us a day to fully integrate on a topic or two!

I like that i can get all the blog's discussion on one page versus having to switch back and forth.

maybe I'm just lazy.

I'm glad to see the Suns not so cocky anymore..they realize that SA is just as good as they are..especially on Defense..I saw the block duncan got on amare the other night..was indeed awesome..

Well ...
Referees are doing their thing.
Phoenix will win tonight not matter what.
Poppovich got a tecnical.
Nobody can even smell the uniform of the Suns or will be called a foul.
This is the only way Phoenix can compete with San Antonio,

In the other hand. This year the championship will be handed to Lebron.
Last year was Wayne. This is the lebron year.
So...watch out. Not matter what New Jersey do, Lebron will advance.
Watch out Detroit, referees are going to give you a easy way against the Bulls, but against Lebron they will make you look like dwarfs.
The plan most be obey.
Stern is the boss.

If the referees let Phoenix and San Antonio Play freely,
San Antonio can swept them easily.

But ain't going to happen.
NBA is smarter than that.

Instead of give to Kobe the MV{P, they preffer Duncan.
we will be watching!

Duncan is a making shots right now..they are slowly getting back into the game

Dirk Nowitzki may surprise the world and not accept the MVP award.

Tomjanovich saw the deficiencies and physical limitations of Luke Walton, to compete with all those athletic nba small forwards.

Nothing new.

Walton is a 15 or 20 minutes player that belong to the bench. The Laklers wants to overexpend in him?

Fine...

Sounds like a perfect scenario for DAve Chapelle to emcee!!

AK,
I see Dirk more as a appletini guy instead of a jager guy. Maybe the NBA is doing a recount hoping that they counted wrong.

Lakers will not return to championship prominence until the organization take key steps.

First step is to decimate the management team, comprising Kupcake, Little Jimmy Buss, and Ronny Lester, and replace them with the living legend himself Jerry West. With Jerry back in the GM post, we're certainly looking at a genius who'll apply his basketball acume to wheel and deal for key pieces, such as Gerald Wallace, KG, Jermaine O'Neal, or J-Kidd, to add to the existing Laker parts.

Second step, get rid of this monstrosity otherwise known as the Triangle Offense. This offense is very passive and predictable and is predicated on perimeter jump shots. It takes several years to master and require players with high I.Q. to grasp the essence of the offense. Find those type of players in today's world is a challenge, considering many players lack fundamentals after short stints of one or two years in college. My take is to keep the offense simple and diversified; most of all make it a physically attacking offense in such that it forces defenders to expend much energy playing defense. It does not incorporate other offensive plays such as the pick and roll, give and go, penetrating drive and dish, curls and slashing cut to the baskets.

By getting rid of the Triangle, we reach the third step, which is to replace the venerable Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson with Laker hero of yesteryear and ex-Morningside High Byron Scott. With B. Scott, we're talking about major savings in the payroll, going from $10M to about $5M. We'll also improve on defense under B's philosophy of team defense -- something that was non-existent under Phil's regime. If not Scott, then Larry Brown, a pedantic figure who'll instill discipline and the fundamental basketball and team work in his players.

Finally, improve the scouting system by going overseas and doing some major reconnaisance work on undiscovered talents that come at rock-bottom price a la Manu Ginobili or Tony Parker.

Dirk will get his MVP at the beginning of next season, because the person who takes care of counting the votes was fired, and Stu Jackson and David Stern are hiring someone new, but it takes time, it's a very hard job to count ALL the votes.

If they are not careful, Nash can win it after all, if say a person counts Nash's votes as double, so they have to be careful on how they handle this matter.

We found your award Gunner24!!!

We did not have to go far for your award. We found your 'Dummy' just by your cott!!!! Please don't hesitate to return to your mouth or better still we could do an 'Agent Smith' on you and seal your mouth!! But, that would not stop you because you can still talk out your Ass as usually do!!!

Aaarrrhhhh!!

Angry_Laker

Dirk, Dirk, Dirk....he should seriously consider not accepting the award....and wow Griffith Park is still on fire, that's unfortunate i really like that area

Dirk deserves the MVP that represents the season, not for the Finals which is a summary of culmination of the playoffs. As it has been mentioned here if you are only a season player like the band of bloggers here including me who dreamt of Seasons 55 wins but then collapsed in the playoffs, it's USELESS. Laker fans have high high standards, BECAUSE THEY PAY THE PRICE either you reach conference finals or The Finals itself anything below whether Seasons 67 wins and reached Rd 2 and beat the Suns, NO COUNT. Therefore when trading or drafting, don't get players who are good only up for Rd 1 and if the job of GM is too taxing give it to the qualified Laker guy.

Cyrus, I heard the so called SCOOP of Joe MacDonald, an old news which is an implied information for any poster in the Laker Blog. What can you expect from a family business, when the King dies, the Prince takes over. Lakers are really hot buttons wherever we go. Judging from our posters here, our season have been done, the anxieties and anger never mellowed, everything is still hot news as it can be. The media in their desire to chase ratings, they manipulate the news going back to what William Randolf Hearst said at the end of 19th century, "if there is no news why don't we create one in order to sell papers". I find the Scoop of Joe MacDonald fell in the shade of yellowish journalism, not exactly yellow but "news falling into his lap" becomes a yellowish tell tale.

Well, in his broadcast we got to know more about Jim Buss who used to bounce from different sports from indoor soccer to horses and his Laker longshot horse is Andrew Bynum. I believe that the Laker fans not only here in Southland but throughout the world that holds the keys to the Lakers today. They always recall the winning tradition built over the years from Mikan, Elgin, Jerry and Wilt then the Showtime era, followed by the Triangle years. It was these winning that attracted these fans. If the next generation of owners, front office managers as well as players go for their money and continue to lose in playoffs, as I have warned in the past there will be a FAN FLIGHT to the north. The swallows always come back to Capistrano but not the Laker fans when they sense that the team continue to be developmental and mediocre. The invinsible Celtics lost their aura, the Knicks never recovered even when they're playing at the mecca of stadiums, Madison Square Garden, the Bulls are having a hard time in rebuilding though they opened their wallets in acquiring marquee players.

Therefore, the news that the son will take over and Kupchak will have unlimited tenure is NO BIG DEAL to Laker fans. Just win you'll be OK but once you continue the trains of losses, better sell the team to AEG Enterprises, Anschutz and Magic Johnson while lthe stocks are high. Being a Laker owner is not a royalty in this hollywood town, in fact a pressure vessel. So Jim Buss, are you prepared for that kind of life? If I were you, I'd prefer the former hobby, raising horses cuz they don't talk back.

hallealkabar....

go lakers!!!

Angry_Laker,

Kobe still hitting it from behind huh?

You are still making that Aaaarrhhh!!!!

He'll make you into his apologist Biiaatch in no time!

Something tells me Angrylaker isnt taking the teams playoff exit too well.....

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ALL KWAME ALL THE TIME lineup that is being proposed by the Lakers.
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Rumour has it that the the reason for the delay in the MVP award is because it can’t be
decided which Kwame to give the award to.
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Remo,

I'm wondering how Lakers still in the business without your input? Besides, do you want to see latest of the great J West creations? If you think Lakers are bad look at the Memphis Grizzlies. 5 years in Memphis - worst team in NBA. Pretty good?

The following has no resemblance to real events.....

'THE COFFEE SHOP'

ACT 1

AK and BK are sitting with Gunner24 & Mike T in a upmarket Los Angeles cafe

AK: Gunner24...I dont know much about these things but I think you annoy the blogging faithful

BK: Yeah would you like to tone it down a bit...Ive just got married and I need a stable job I dont need you scaring off the readers with your Kobe bashing.

AK: You too mike T you gotta tone down the Kwame love these days.

(Mike T opens his mouth but is distracted by Kobe Bryant walking in with Jorema and Angrylaker...

KOBE: (smiling warmly) Team Kamenetzky whats up!

AK: not much 'Did you see the shield last night'? I'm not always right about these things but I pick you as a man of taste'

KOBE: Well actually Phil gave me a copy of 'Dont sweat the small stuff' Ive been kinda chewing my way through that'

JOREMA: Thankyou for extending invitation to your abode to play with passhin playstation 3...it's good becasue Stern and NBA cant cheat on playstation so winning you are...

KOBE: 'no worries there young fan....I'm sorry I had to whup you but I dont like losing'

GUNNER24:(under his breath) 'Could of fooled me'

KOBE what was that?...hey I dont like losing...My wife and daughter beat me at Monopoly the other night and I was so p*ssed I had to get a new living room'

JOREMA:(intrigued) 'Becasue you upset your wife?

KOBE: (frowning menacingly)No becasue I destroyed the f**ken room.....

ANGRY LAKER: I know a thing or two about being p!$$ed...ARRRGH!!!'

MIKE T: Kobe are you with Kwame ? you seen Kwame lately...he around...how is he?'

KOBE: '...who?...Kwame?...(face goes red and eyes begin to bulge)Kwame I'm so p!$$ed at that guy...dont even get me started...

MIKE T: (bursts into tears)

KOBE:(disaproving expression) 'You are obviously a Kwame fan'

MIKE T:(between blubs) 'I'll show you my prison tattoo!'

'KOBE: 'Kid, I play in the NBA Ive seen a prison tattoo before, ok'?

BK: (changing subject) anyway Kobe these are some more of your fans Mike T and Gunner24

KOBE:...wait a minute Gunner 24? your that brat whos always raggin on me on the blog

GUNNER24 'you...you read ..the b b b blog'?

KOBE 'yeah...oh yeah!'

(Mike T's eyes light up eyes light up)

MIKE T 'What do you think of the Jackson journal'?

(KOBE ignores him and fixes his gaze on Gunner24)

(Gunner24 stands up to run,a small wet patch appears at the front of his pants)

KOBE:' Well anyone can be the man on the internet I guess'

JOREMA: Unlike you Kobe ...you are man in real life too...the cats pijammas.

KOBE: 'You got it'

END OF ACT 1

KOBE WILL GET MVP.

DIRK IS A CHICKEN'S MVP

They're actually waiting for the first Golden State home game so they can present Dirk with the MVP there. ;)

I noticed last night that there's still a player in the postseason who's playing like a true MVP.

AK,

It seems like the "big three" that everyone has their sights set on for helping out the Lakers are KG, Kidd, or Jermaine O'neal. Could you or BK put up a post with your thoughts on how each individual might impact the team, in terms of how the team might be better or worse with either player. I think most of us agree that it will take Bynum to get any of those guys, so it's probably better to talk about how we'll do in the next couple seasons, as opposed to in 4-5 years. I'm also curious how you guys think each individual (whoever is left) might benefit from any possible addition (e.g. can Kidd, one of the best point guards of this era, possibly make someone like Kwame better than he really is?). Also, who is best fit for Phil's (and Kobe's) offense? A lot to ask for, I know, but it's something fun to talk about before the playoffs end and people REALLY start speculating...

AK,

For some reason your description of Dirk made me think about Will Ferrell in Anchorman after he gets fired.

I can picture Nowitzki walking down the streets of Dallas, looking like crap, drinking milk.

You Laker fans are pathetic. Since the Suns beat you all, you'll root and cheer for anyone who may have a chance to eat the Suns. All of audden, San Antonio is your friends. Wow, talk about sore losers.

Mike says:

Someone needs to tell Amare that he is no longer playing Kwame.....lol Duncan scares the crap out of him. He was so cocky that last series against LA. No a word from him, no swagger laughing up and down the court like he was vs LA... Anyone else notices this?

Hey Mike, the Suns are also not playing the Lakers because the Lakers lost. Anyone else notice that?

Drew says:

I'm glad to see the Suns not so cocky anymore..they realize that SA is just as good as they are..especially on Defense..I saw the block duncan got on amare the other night..was indeed awesome..

Listen Drew, the Suns are still cocky, but the Lakers and Kobe aren't because they've gone fishing or wherever loers go for the summer. Continue to chher for San Antonio and hopefully it brings some consolation to your broken heart. Did you notice that the Suns won last night? I'm nopt a Suns fan but I'm sick of you guys whining. Get over it. I love reading this blog just to see you losers whine.

Jorema, the Hater is till talking about Phoenix not winning and how they can't beat an Antonio unless the refs halp them out. Stop crying dude, and get a life. Still hating white people?

Lakofan say that the Lakers must decimate the management team including Kupcake, Little Jimmy Buss, and Ronny Lester. Hey Lakofan you left out the real General Manager, Kobe.

Well gotta go for now. Tired of listening to you talk about San Antonio and whining about everything Phoenix. Ciao.

Well all the Kobe for MVp'ers shouldnt laught too hard at Dirk...it could have been Kobe who was the first MVP not to collect his trophy at a game!

Tony Parker's team lost by as much as 20 pts. as a result of dashing efforts of the Canadian reindeer, the painful red-nosed Nash. Here is a story on Eva Langoria's declaration to help the Spurs win by having no sex before the marital bliss:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4053657a5620.html

It was not mentioned that the merchandise was never tried at all in the past or else that is something unusual in this day and age. So if the Spurs advances in the Conference Finals, it's all because of Eva's frown to Tony's urge. What an NBA Story, only in the 21st Century!

"All of audden, San Antonio is your friends."

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

P.S. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

Michael Jordan won his last championship at the age of 35.

Kobe is 29 this August.

He has plenty of time for more awards and rings.

Some new developments on Kobe...

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1178682974105270.xml&coll=7&thispage=1

Is this an early Springtime of planting the seed on the Portland connections? Just wondering if Jim & Mitch are still in their wish-upon-a-star developmental ideas, the suggestions of the Kobe bashers may be in the offing.

My moneys on a Tony Parker flagrant foul before the suns series is through...

If Nash and Dirk were TRUE MVPS, don't you think that together they would have at least sniffed the Finals? And yet, when they were together in Dallas, no such luck.

But if put together two players who really are MVPS, only one of whom actually won - ONCE, I can tell you the result - four championships. Kobe and Wade are legitimate MVPs. Matched with Shaq, it results in rings. Nash and Dirk? C'mon.

Falcon1

Here's one thing you forgot to mention: Lakers got what? 14 Championship banners hanging at staples center, the Suns got: Niete, nada, rien, nothing, zero... So the suns can't be cocky because they haven't prove nothing yet. So shut the f### up and come back to blog when your team win a championship. Beside what the hell are you doing here anyway? Is the suns blog that lonely?

Later

Mamba from the eastcoast

generic,

Have you been shining the grail-shaped beacon again?

"If Nash and Dirk were TRUE MVPS, don't you think that together they would have at least sniffed the Finals? And yet, when they were together in Dallas, no such luck.

But if put together two players who really are MVPS, only one of whom actually won - ONCE, I can tell you the result - four championships. Kobe and Wade are legitimate MVPs. Matched with Shaq, it results in rings. Nash and Dirk? C'mon."

That's a stupid argument. Obviously they've developed since they were together in Dallas. I mean, in LA we had two MVPs (Shaq and Malone) and Kobe and Payton all together in one season, and got smoked in the finals by a team without anyone who could remotely claim MVP canidacy. Just because someone didn't put it together at one point in their career does not mean they didn't play at an MVP level at another point.

btw - Dirk was in the Finals last year and almost won it, and Nash sniffed them last year before dirk closed it out (and is still alive this year). So to say they haven't sniffed the finals is pretty illegitimate. The MVP is a regular-season award. Dirk leading a 67-win team that didn't have any other all-stars is a pretty reasonable accomplishment in a season without many good canidates.

mamba24fan4life, "Falcon1... so shut the f###",
M24fL, Such language do you want to tarnish the good name of Mamba's? LOL!

ex: Come and see the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I'm being repressed!

detroit looks tough, they are easily the team to beat right now (nba).

i think phoenix & san antonio are gonna spend so much energy knocking each other out, that they won't have much left after the western conference finals.

all the while, the pistons have yet to drop a playoff game.

the cavs will simply be another possible sweep.

kinda funny how that chris webber acquisition invigorated their season.

just look at that freakin roster. to call them a deep team would be the understatement of the year. the QUALITY of their depth is unsurpassed - maybe the closest rival in terms of depth would be the phoenix suns.

joe dumars, NOW THAT'S A GM!

but i bet ZEN would say that dumars was just lucky.

one of my closest friends is a die hard pistons fan (born & raised), and since my squad won't win it - i wouldn't mind the pistons taking it.

Falcon1...If it irritates you so much and you are tired of lakers fans whining...then be proactive...stop reading the LAKER BLOG...its not brain surgery pal.

Or is their no decent suns blog?... I dont know I havent looked

Im sorry but I fail to understand your point.

KIWI, "I'm sorry but I fail to understand the point."
Kiwi, didn't your mother teach you not to argue with idiots?
The reason you fail to understand his point is because he
has none.

Andrew Z,

I wasn't thinking about "Anchorman," but I can see the connection. I just want to see a spectacular wipeout accompany the presentation, since it's so obvious everything has turned out so absurdly the opposite of what the NBA wanted. I have nothing against Dirk (although I've always thought he's a mentally soft player). I just find it all very amusing.

AK

The problem of Phoenix team and fans is the well known "syndrome of Alex Rodriguez", they panick when most matter. Or more than that, they underachieve when they get close to the real deal.

Phoenix Suns know by know, what Lakers knew against Phoenix. They are a inferior team against San Antonio. You can see that in the eyes of Amare.

Not matter how many grimmace face D'Antoni put in the court begging for all the calls.
Not matter how many hard fouls Raja Bell feel compelled to manouver.
Not matter how many dunks Stoudemire celebrate.
Not matter how many trofies Nash get away it in this politicized NBA corp press .
Not matter how many they publish against the legends like Phil calling him pinguin.

Is known by now, that this game was given to Phoenix. Poppovich is already sending a tape that recount the 23 times his team was called by unjustified fouls or bad judgment.

Is clear that with ratings of the game going south, NBA need at least to try to pu some atractive matchups (In apareance competitive) for weekend trasnmition.

Saturday SA will win and they will put Phoenix away form their own misery the next 2 games.

If Phoenix can provide a respectable tv-rating, the league can cooperate to extend the series a little bit more, but isn't neccesary. For most talks and publicity, for most super praising from commentators, adulators, etc... Rreality can't be obviated: Phoenix isn't the most loved team in the NBA. Even Golden State provide more ratings than Phoenix.

So. what you are is what you get.
The only way NASH can have a championship is if he plays with a Duncan, a Kobe, a Shaq. Three names that have dominated the championship rings in the NBA the past 10 years.

So far, Nash admitted it in na samrt way: We aren't players to win championship.
He know it. Matrix know it better. AMare is getting thear, too, seeing the cathedra of finese and power basketball putted in from of him for Duncan.,

Remo....

The triangle offense is a triple post offense, based on movement with the ball and balance. The balance is to re-enforce defensive transition and to allow for offense rebound oppurtunities. I would like to see Odom down in the paint more, and i would like to see Kobe go to the basket more often instead of settling for his jumper(however sweet it is). However, the offense is based on what players are able to do. Because of the spacing it allows a team to maximize its own potential, and perhaps superceed it. It is called triple post for a reason, when Shaq was around, we didn't run a different offense we just ran it through a different post player. Now it is kobe, and until we can get someone who can put kobe back into the initator role, or at least help on the strong side post, we aren't going to win the NBA championship.

The offense designed by should be hall of famer tex winter, is perhaps the most comprehensive and intricate offense their is. Based on a players ability to read what the defense gives him, ability to go from strong side to weak side in one pass, good Offensive rebounding abilities, and continuity to allow fast breaking teams like Phenoix or G-state to struggle in their game.

I Trust the offense, now the players on the other hand.......

KIWI:

The Coffee Shop was way TOO funny. Especially, Kobe's reponse to the Jackson Journal and Gunner24's "small wet patch." LMAO. Hilarious, kiwi.

Tom

Nik< "The Triangle Offense"
The most brilliant, yet simple explanation of the triangle I have read
Great Job!

Mamba 24

LOL man, LOl...

Mamba from the eastcoast

Mamba24,

There is no better example of the logical working of Falcons brain than the following sentence and a half...(no cut and pasting or editing of any kind on my part)

'I'm sick of you guys whining. Get over it. I love reading this blog just to see you losers whine.'

yup there it is folks...why is here? ...becasue most suns fans cant read or write so having a blog of their own is obviously out of the question.As the most intelligent of their species hes the representative.

Good Choice...Go Spurs!!!!

"Is clear that with ratings of the game going south, NBA need at least to try to pu some atractive matchups (In apareance competitive) for weekend trasnmition."

If this is what the NBA is really doing, then wouldn' the Lakers still be playing? Or maybe Miami wouldn't have been swept? Wouldn't they be giving Lebron a few more challenging games instead of having him sweep through the playoffs?

Hey Lakerville,

Let's start pressuring the new Laker honchos on the 2007 Free Agents, here is the list of future F/A's (a repost from the previous thread). "The early bird catches the worm." or rather the early contact catches David Stern's penalty. However, it doesn't hurt if the Laker Front Office will be designing the financial strategies how to get these players. Just in case the Buss family are lacking the MULLAH, the Lakers Blog could start passing the hat ($1m from Kamanetsky estate, Mike T can sell his TV and computer, Fatty can get a fat 2nd mortgage on his Flaggstaff villa, LakerTom and JayJay could withdraw from their 401K, mamba 24 will pass the envelopes on his usual roll call, we can start $ 10 campaign "Run for the Lakers' First Rd Performance" all over the world, as a contribution of each Laker fan to HELP Jerry Buss' empire all the way to Hollywood for them to get above averaged stars and not the usual high IQ Johnny-come-lately, the injured prone or the turnover specialist good only in making excuses "I messed up because of injuries." If we are not going to do this, they will continue to sign $1M underachievers like Tierre Brown & Smush Parker due to SHORT OF FUNDS. We will hear the same excuses at the end of 2008 ad infinitum lol!

Let's also give Mitch something to work on or else he has all the time going around the radios, TV, blogs for PR purposes without any tangible accomplishments yet. Like for example, yesterday, he started whining with excuses on K570. Laker fans should micromanage this sleeping-on the-work GM. We really don't need the talk, just MAKE IT HAPPEN and we'll be OK.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2654216

NIK

Good job on the way youdetailed the triagle. Best explanation yet...

Kiwi comment ca a la Nouvelle Zellande? Hope everything is well. To y'all fellow Bloggers what do you guys think about Brenda Haywood (DC). He's asking to be traded He can block shot,can make jumper and doesn't have a slippery hand. I don't know how cheap is he. AK/ BK/ Bloggers?

Toughts

Later

Mamba from the eastcoast

mamba24fan4life,
Just doing my part to represent the Mamba's of the world.

"yup there it is folks..."

LOL Kiwi. I couldn't say it any better

Mamba from the eastcoast

I want Amare Stoudemire to say:

Duncan, I got something prepared for you.

He won't say it. Not more theatrics for him.

With a subpar showing of Ginobili, still SA look dominant.

Yesterday Amare shined a little bit (oF COURSE WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM
THEIR FRIENDS -the referees)

The problem with Nash and Phoenix is this:

Nash is a talented player, but his body is too fragile . So, by the time they get to second round Nash is running out of fumes. The same with Dirk. Nash need to build up and solidify his phisycal strenths.

In the other hand, D'antoni isn't a good motivator. He ran out of tricks by the second round.

A key factor is the way they relegated Swam Marion to a third string impact. Wrong. Marion is the key for Phoenix. But D'antoni and Phoenix fans only give credit to Nash.
Nash also fails to give the proper credit to him.
Nash needs to come out with some statement like this to boost confidence:
"Marion is the silent MVP of our team". "He is the one who can turn the table around in our favor".

Guess, what...Nash is a dumb leader. he thing he is the real deal. He is starting to believe the bla bla bla of the press He things now that he is bigger than the team. He will regret calling out his teammates openly at the press.

Can you teach a looser to not to be a looser.?
No. Dirk and Nash are example of that.

Ooops! Brandon, I meant Brandon

Kiwi, "here is no better example of the logical working of Falcons brain"
Just remember Kiwi, even idiots have a right to blog.

Mamba 24,

You know what brother? With you in the pack we got nothing to worry about.

Mamba from the eastcoast

When I stated in this blog that Larry Bird was robbed by Golden State in the harrington-Jackson trade...

Every body called me ingenuous.

Really?

Talent and heart is everything.

If you don't believe me, ask Phil Jackson.
Steven Jackson,. not Baron Davis is the real engine of this GState team.
Jackson is a Rodman transfiguration.
The guy is fearless and relentless in both side of the court.
Harrington, Davis, jason are second bananas

mamba24fan4life,
With you riding shotgun it's all good Bro.

Jorema, GS team has the heart, athleticism, tho' they lacked stability to finish the 4th Q with a guaranteed W. Perhaps, that has something to do with lacking of experience except for Stephen Jackson who was with Spurs Championship games.

Generic: Stop That Singing!

Falcon1 - I wouldn't know what "losers" do during the summer. What were you guys doing June of 2000, 2001 and 2002 while we were having our championship parades? From what I understand, Kobe spends his time during the summer working on his game and getting better. How about your dudes?

Getting rid of Phil? Does anyone else remember the season we tried that before? It's obvious that Phil brings wins to this game (The Jackson Journal notwithstanding). Let's ditch the dudes who make it harder on Phil to do his job, get him some talent, and let him lead us back to the promised land.

Damn, that Anchorman reference was awesome. Now I'm picturing Ginobili showing up for the game going, "Hola, bitches! Spanish language news has a headline: the streets run red - with Nash's blood!

Honestly, is there anything that tops that Anchorman brawl scene, in any movie ever made? Possibly the scene in the pool where Neve Campbell and Denise Richards make out in "Wild Things", but that's about it.

What up Mamba? Great post...very funny!

I say we give the MVP award to Kobe... He made a greater impact on the NBA this year by shattering every damn record there is to break. Not only that, he's much better to look at than Dirk Niwitzky and NBA fans pay to watch an amazink player like Kobe kill these mo'fo's on the court. Dirk is just Dirk... a big player with the most awkward feet in the game... anybody ever notice that?

You can make the argument that the Mavs had a better record but why would you? What good does it do to win 80 (exagerating, obviously) game in the regular season if you can't get past the 1st round of the playoffs???

Ok, now that I've gotten that out... here are my end of season awards!

UGGLIEST SHOT......Shawn Marion (unanimous...what the f*5$k is that?)

UGGLIEST PLAYER.....Sam Cassell (13th consecutive wins...and no challenger in sight yet...except maybe Greg Oden but he doesn't count yet)

MOST BORING PLAYER....Tim Duncan (fundamentalist my a**...no expressions, no emotions...actually kind of disturbing)

BEST KICKER IN FOOTBALL...WAIT, I MEAN BASKETBALL...Bruce Bowen (Man, does he take karate on his off days?)

YOU LOOKIN' AT ME???? AWARD... Tracy McGrady (love him to death but kind of awkward)

USELESS SIZE AWARD....Yao Ming (he's got to be the slowest and clumsiest center in the league... at least Kwame is fast...maybe not, never mind!)

KOBE WANNABE AWARD...Gilbert Arenas (nice game but can you spell N.E.V.E.R.)

BIGGEST TEETH IN THE LEAGUE...Avery Johnson (man, it looks so hard on his face when he opens his mouth)

GLAD MY HAIR GREW AWARD...Steve Nash (what the hell was he thinking...he looked like a crackhead)

USELESS WITHOUT A SIDEKICK AWARD...Shaquille O'Neal (nothing to be said here...the results speak for themselves)

DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS LOOK AWARD...Dirk Nowitsky (what is wrong with tis dude? does he get star struck in the playoffs)

CONTRACT YEAR - GOTTA PLAY AWARD... Luke Walton (I've traded this guy in my mind every summer for the past 5 or 6 years... this year, I'd like to keep him)

WIFE BEATER AWARD...Ron Artest (literally!!!)

HOPELESS IN SEATTLE (replace with Minnesotta)...Kevin Garnett (poor dude...come to L.A. baby...come to L.A.)

DESPERATE BILLIONAIRE AWARD...Mark Cuban (sorry buddy...not this year..AGAIN!!!)

Ok, that's it for now...more to come when ballots are in...

SBPimp,
You said it all brother.

Mamba24fan4life

J'habite en Angleterre en ce moment...tout va bien merci.J'espere que tu vas bien aussi.Je suis decu que les Lakers ont perdu.

content de te voir Mamba24!

Any taker on the Brandon Haywood (washington) offer. With respect to Mike T.: He will do a way better job than Kwame. No offense Mike.

Mamba from the eastcoast.

PS I got to run, but I'll be back later to check out your takes.

LA Guy,

Thats a weak case about about Detroit beating the Lakers. Most will remember that was an injury filled team. The only starter on that team that was healthy was Payton and he really didn't do much for that team at all when he was with the Lakers. Tony Parker was making him look so bad that year its not even funny. Malone barely played in the playoffs that year. But most chose not to remember or acknowledge those injuries.

SBPimp: I love lamp.

TOP TEN MOVIE MOMENTS EVER (for guys [in no real particular order])

1) "Say hello to my little friend" Scarface scene
2) Neve Campbell/Denise Richards pool scene in Wild Things
3) Michael shooting the cop scene in Godfather
4) Anchorman brawl scene
5) Shootout on the street in Heat
6) Tank/car chase scene in Goldeneye
7) Terminator bike riding/shotgun shooting in T2
8) Demi Moore striptease in... well, Striptease
9) Coffee cup falling/Keyser Soze realization scene in Usual Suspects
10) Gina Gershon/Jennifer Tilly scene (any of them) in Bound

I would just like to say that the bonding of the two mamba's sums up the maturity level on this blog...I mean these dudes coud be arguing about who was here first and things of a petty nature...instead we got more chemicals than a Los vegas wedding night featuring Pete Doherty and Kate Moss...great job fellas!

fan of the mamba's, "he bonding of the two mamba's sums up the maturity level on this blog"
Of which two Mamba's do you speak. There is a Mamba24, Mamba24fan4Life,
Black Mamba24, Fan of Mamba24 & fan of the mamba's I'm confused LOL!!!

Ditto Mamba 24,
But you know what if it's a compliment we'll take it. LOL

Mamba from the eastcoast

Generic_one, "TOP TEN MOVIE MOMENTS EVER"
You misssed one
10b "It's time to go", in THE WILD BUNCH

Kiwi merci pour la reponse,
Je ne savais que tu vivais en Angleterre. Je n'ai pas encore ete la-bas, en France oui. Comment c'est la vie en Angleterre...
It is kind of disappointing like you said, but you know what we have the best player in the game, and I'm confident that we will get some GOOD help this summer.

Lakers for life, Kobe fan for life

Go LA

Mamba from the eastcoast

mamba24...on this occasion I was thinking about yourself and mamba24fan for life!

generic one..with you on the wild things scene...although i was quite partial to the carwash one...ever seen a french movie called 'swimming pool'... daaaamn..

"UGGLIEST PLAYER.....Sam Cassell (13th consecutive wins...and no challenger in sight yet...except maybe Greg Oden but he doesn't count yet)"

How about Mikki Moore?? That guy is scary!!

generic _ one

maybe growing up in LA has had a bad influenced on me but one of my all time favorite scenes is from the Untouchables.. "One player on the team can make the whole team look bad...."Team work" and then Capone takes the bat and begins to cause havoc on a dudes head. that's a top guy-flick!

Mamba24: Ooooh, good one. Of course, I also left out:
10b: Train scene in Risky Business
10c: Car chase from Bullitt
10d: Bill Murray/Chevy Chase conversation in Caddyshack
10e: Killing the shark in Jaws
10f: Motorcycle chase in Great Escape
10g: Yippee-kay-yay scene in Die Hard
10h: Rocky knocking Apollo Creed out
10i: Final shootout in Young Guns
10j: Dennis Hopper/Chris Walken scene in True Romance

Kiwi: Yep... that's definitely another good one.

Obel: Sam definitely takes the cake, but I think it should be split into subcategories.

Villain from a Silent Movie Moustache Award: Adam Morrison
Worst Spelling Mistake in a Haircut Award: Ron Artest ("Tru Warier")
Should have been in Deliverance Award: Brad Miller
Lazy Eye "HEY WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING" Award: Tracy McGrady

etc.

lakerfaze: That's another good one, though the scene at the Canadian border is hard to beat.

Richtown - I'm not ignoring them, I'm pointing out that you can have unsuccessful years and that doesn't mean you'll never be good. If Kobe or Shaq had left before the 2000 playoffs, we'd say "Three years together and they couldn't win a championship". (not to mention what would have happened if Phil had never come, or if Portland hadn't gone cold in that 4th quarter in 2000). So to say "Dirk and Nash didn't win when they were together for a few years - so they should never be considered for MVP at any point in their career" is just stupid.

Nickname for Kwame B.: "NeverReady"!! The reason why should be obvious to anyone that has watched this young man fumblin', bumblin', and stumblin' (thanks Chris Berman) his way through the past what is it; two, three seasons!! I'm sorry, but one 19 point game in the playoffs does not the answer for the Laker big man woes make you! As a matter of fact, when Kwame had the 19 point game, I thought to myself, "Awwww s---! Here comes another invisible man imitation, 'cause I firmly believe Mr. Brown is incapable of two good games in a row!" Was I right y'all?

Yes, at this point I'm down with the Spurs over the Suns; in fact, I'm down with whatever team is playin' against the Suns! Someone else already echoed my thoughts exactly, and stated a well known fact: " the enemy of my ememy is my friend". True Dat!!

Another top ten movie scene: the fight between "The Bride" and the "Crazy 88's" in "Kill Bill -Part 1"

"I say we give the MVP award to Kobe... He made a greater impact on the NBA this year by shattering every damn record there is to break."

Really? Not only did he not break any major scoring records (points in a game, half, quarter, or season), but he didn't break a single record that didn't involve scoring.

"You can make the argument that the Mavs had a better record but why would you? What good does it do to win 80 (exagerating, obviously) game in the regular season if you can't get past the 1st round of the playoffs???"

Ummm...you may have noticed that voting takes place before the playoffs. So taking the playoffs into consideration is kind of hard - unless you take in last year, where Dirk was one game away from winning it all. But we won't do that, because this is the REGULAR SEASON MVP. Idiot.

"USELESS SIZE AWARD....Yao Ming (he's got to be the slowest and clumsiest center in the league... at least Kwame is fast...maybe not, never mind!)"

Useless? Because 25 points, 10 boards, 2 assists and 2 blocks is useless in what league? And you actually think that Ming is clumsy???

"USELESS WITHOUT A SIDEKICK AWARD...Shaquille O'Neal (nothing to be said here...the results speak for themselves)"

Heh - this is hilarious considering how bad you guys are begging for someone to get a sidekick with Kobe. You might remember Shaq getting to the Finals when his best "sidekick" was the immortal Penny Hardaway. Or you might remember Shaq almost winning back-to-back championships with a team that couldn't make it past the 1st round without him. You will not, however, ever remember him missing the playoffs...unlike the current Lakers star. Why don't Garnett or Kobe get the "useless without a sidekick awards?"

"DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS LOOK AWARD...Dirk Nowitsky (what is wrong with tis dude? does he get star struck in the playoffs)"

Soooo...you forget the showdowns against Duncan last year? Or the trip to the NBA Finals and the near-championship?

As far as I can tell, you've watched approximately one season of NBA basketball.

generic_one: Do you really love the lamp, or are you just saying that because you saw it?

Dude, you have amazing taste in movies. I have to agree with you about the shooting scene in the Godfather - when the old cop gets it in the throat I get chills every single time.

Let's not forget about half a dozen scenes from Tombstone, the ultimate guy movie of all time - "I'm here, Huckleberry", the drunken cup flipping scene, Billy Bob Thornton wussing out twice in ten minutes ("skin them smokewagons and go to WORK, son!"), Johnny Ringo's final scene, the beginning where they kill the groom and the priest and drag the bride off to rape and kill her... just an amazing movie, all the way around.

I'm also a huge "Old School" fan - heck, I'll watch anything with Will Farrell in it. "We're streaking!"

Love how the blog is still rolling even after the team is done for the year. Keep the ideas and the banter flowing, my brothers and sisters! Positive vibes all around!

SBPimp: Tombstone was definitely Val Kilmer's best acting job. He totally made that movie. And yeah, agreed about the movie being chock-full of classic moments.

Hah, yeah... I'm a Will Ferrell fan, too. His Alex Trebek and James Lipton impressions were hilarious on SNL. Well, arguably Sean Connery, Burt Reynolds and the other actors were what made Celebrity Jeopardy really funny, but Ferrell's dead-pan reactions were classic.

they will probably present it similar to how they present the college player of they year awards. no fanfare. stern will make a comment, dirk will make a comment and that will be it

Shaq has feel really embarrassed , having gone out and being swept.
First time Wade (Miami's Kobe verson) is hampered with an injury , he shows an inability of carrying his team to second round.

Generic!

I was just about to say the Hopper /Walken scene in true romance..when I came back and youd added it...

I think the opening samuel L Jackson and John travolta scene in Pulp fiction was great too..

The final scene of Mullholland drive...you are completely psyched then it just ends...

The scene in gladiator where the slaves win the battle of carthage and maximus takes off his helmet...

The jesus scene in the big Lebowski...'jesus'...'you said it man' haha

The scene in 'A clockwork orange' when Alex is just out of prison and he bumps into the tramp and then his old droogs and you realise he's now in deep crap and the final phase of the movie has begun...

The final scene from titanic where Rose says 'i'll never let go I...na just messin haha

kiwi,

I like your act 1 it's funny.

EASTCOASTJESSIE YOU'RE AN IDIOT!

"USELESS WITHOUT A SIDEKICK AWARD...Shaquille O'Neal (nothing to be said here...the results speak for themselves)"

HMMMMMM...........ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE NOT TAKING ABOUT BALL HOG KOBE?

YOU SHOULD GET IT STRAIGHT. THE REAL AWARDS FOR KOBE.

"THE APOLOGIST AWARD FOR HELPKOBE.COM"......Ball hog Kobe

"THROW ANYBODY BUT MYSELF UNDER THE BUS AWARD"....Ball hog Kobe

"MOST SHOT ATTEMPTS IN ONE SHOT CLOCK, ONE GAME, ONE SEASON, ONE CAREER" ....Ball hog Kobe

"THE WORST SHOOTING PERCENTAGE PER SHOT ATTEMPTS"....Ball Hog Kobe

"THE BEST PERSON TO PICK WHEN YOU WANT TO SHOOT YOUR TEAM OUT OF A WIN" ...WHO? ....YOU GUESS IT! BALL HOG KOBE.

gunner24...glad you enjoyed it...ironically I think you are the only person whos replied to that...but why do you keep calling me out as a Kobe apologist when Im clearly not?

Kiwi,
All time greatest scene of any movie:

The end of "Planet of the Apes" (the original, of course, not the crappy remake) where Charlton Heston rides around the rock and sees the Statue of Liberty.

No debate is allowed!!

By the way, great skit!

thanks ex (and lakertom)

no argument from me...thats a great scene...and I agree the remake was very disapointing.

Im bound to be seeing some choice words from you now the kwame interview is up haha

Musings...

Kwame...

Ah, forget it.

--Fearless