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LUKE WALTON IS PLAYING HORRIBLY CONSISTENTLY
& GOOD INCONSISTENTLY & EVER SINCE HE GOT HIS
CONTRACT HE HAS NOT PLAYED UP TO PAR
BANWAGON
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(01) KOREY – Owner, Driver and Luke Waltons Agent

BLOG POLICE aka (THE TROLL PATROL)
and/or those who feel the need to rip one a new a..h...

This list exists because these guys/gals are just a little to full of themselves.

Please feel free to add to this list as you see fit.

01) "Pig" Miller oink oink
02) Jon K
03) : (nameless blogger)
04) Long Time Laker Fan
05)
06)

I love you guys

BLOG POLICE aka (THE TROLL PATROL)
and/or those who feel the need to rip one a new a..h...

This list exists because these guys/gals are just a little to full of themselves. Please feel free to add to this list as you see fit.

01) "Pig" Miller oink oink
02) Jon K
03) : (nameless blogger)
04) Long Time Laker Fan
05) Mamba24
06)

Mamba24 is the hardest working man in LAKERSBLOG. He's our James Brown: I GOT YOU!
So, I FEEL GOOD!

Go Lakers
KOBE MVP

Mamba... Oooo Oooo Oooo Oooo

Good Morning Mamba24, Good Morning Charles, Good Morning Laker Nation!

GAME DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And, as someone else said earlier, we need to start the "tacos" chant in the first quarter. We need to see Coby play some minutes!

Focus, Intensity, Defense, Control the game from the start! 48 minutes, no less!

GO LAKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MarkytheHarky:" Mamba24 is the hardest working man in LAKERSBLOG. He's our James Brown: I GOT YOU!
So, I FEEL GOOD! Mamba... Oooo Oooo Oooo Oooo"

Marky, STOP IT! STOP IT NOW! YOU'RE GOING TO
MAKE ME BREAK OUT IN A COLD SWEAT. LOL!

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GET WELL SOON JON K. &
EDWIN GUECO BANDWAGON
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(01) ALL LAKER BLOGGERS – OWNERS
(02) LAL_FAN – Driver
(03) MAMBA24 – Their biggest fan
(04) CHARLES – Sending good vibes from the force
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WELCOME BACK JAY JAY BANDWAGON
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(01) CHARLES - Owner
(02) LAKERFAZE - Driver
(03) MAMBA24 – SECURITY
(04) KOREY – Riding Shotgun
(05) KEIFO – Director of Legends
(06) TIM-4-SHOW riding Shotgun
(07) LAKERLEGACY – Made Red Auerbach bow down to 9Rings
(08) LAKERFAZE – Taught KG how to Dunk
(09) FEARLESSWHACKJOB – Co/Driver
(10) THA SHOW - Just keeping us real
(11) 07 utzworld - THE BANNER HOLDER - Bearer of the Laker Flag
(12) LAKERTOM – From one Blog legend to another

Hobbitmage - spot on.
GO LAKERS!

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LEBRON IS TO KOBE AS MERCURY IS
TO MERCEDES - BANDWAGON
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(01) MAMBA24 – Owner & Driver

Mamba24,

We are totally ready for roll call. How you keep track of everything here makes you a Digital Monster! You are the best. Let's all say it together:

GO LAKERS!

Mamba24,

You don't have to thank me. Thank you for being on the blog.

Respect,

Mornin guys!

Charles:"Mamba24, You don't have to thank me. Thank you for being on the blog. Respect,"

Charles you are one classy brother. Thanks!

RICK FRIEDMAN:"We are totally ready for roll call. How you keep track of everything
here makes you a Digital Monster! You are the best. Let's all say it together:"

Rick when you love doing something it aint work.
I almost feel like I should be paying you all.
(I SAID ALMOST. LOL!)

WHATS UP PIG MILLER! GAMMME DAYYYYY!

Let me guess... Dirk makes it back b/4 Gasol...Is anybody sold on this medical staff and trainers?? It would seem impossible not to have the best of the best but why do I get up everyday and want to scream they SUCK!!!!!!!

Glad to get that out of my system..feel alot better..

Go Lakers!!!

BD

BLOG POLICE aka (THE TROLL PATROL)
and/or those who feel the need to rip one a new a..h...

This list exists because these guys/gals are ABSOLUTELY FREAKIN BRILLIANT LAKER FANS. Please feel free to add to this list as you see fit.

01) "Pig" Miller oink oink
02) Jon K
03) : (nameless blogger)
04) Long Time Laker Fan
05) Mamba24
06)

LOOK, I'M #3 ON THIS LIST!!!

Fair Weather Lakers Fan

Funny stuff man!

FAIR WEATHER LAKERS FAN:"Please be patient with Sasha as he is adjusting to his medication. Dr. Fatty

FATTY IS THAT YOU? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
BE FATTY.

Any word on Pau's return?

Mamba24,

Thank you so much for including me in your best wishes bandwagon. Actually, I have no to time to blog because I was a full time baby sitter of my granddaughter at the Valley who was under the weather, nothing really of great concern compared to Jon K. With the infusion of new energies from you and Charles and several morning greeters, our opinions are moot already riped with memories of the past Laker glories as often observed by sophisticated posters. At least in our appeal last weekend, we got back JayJay, Kiwi, Mr. Maguire, JJ. I'm sure someday Lolo, Stargazin' and Jorema will start posting in full force as well.

Undoubtedly, you are needed more to be here at all times. You are the Gatekeepper and the Father of Bandwagons of this blog. You cannot afford to go fishing especially in the coming days where the morale of everyone is back on a high gear. All I ask is that when engaged in frenzied debates, it is nice to read courteous and respectful combatants explaining the merits of their opinions than attacking the messenger in the tone of vociferous diatribes. (Even our scandalous politicians, they are respectful in tone when debating with their fellow unethical politician. lol!) Whatever opinions we have with one another, there is one common denominator - we are addressing these issues to fellow Laker fans, and at time like this when we are aspiring for a higher objective, as much as possible we should have one voice, ONE ASPIRATION. Passionate fans or the GHE fans as often described by LakerTom may point out some negative obsevations but they too, should aspire for the overall benefit of the team.

CORRECTION, with my LeBron post, I said "MODE" instead fit the "MOLD" .....

Anyone who wanted webber on the lakers was not paying attention to basketball outside of LA. Webbers knees were shot. He didn't do much of anything in detroit but cash his checks thats why they did not bring him back after one failed season.

He definately was a top 5 maybe even top 3 PF of his era and unfortunately injuries and not staying in tip top shape slightly shortened his career. But 15 yrs is not a bad run by any stretch. Don't worry he'll be a talking head for sombodies network soon enough

Korey,

>>>If we had 15 guns on the bench, there would have been
>>>15 holes in Sasha at the moment. Sasha can do that
>>>somewhere else but not here.

Sorry, my posts on the subject were really long, so you must
not have read the whole thing. I agree. Sasha shot poorly on
Sunday and got caught up in the shoot-as-fast-as-you-can
mentality along with most of the other Lakers. If I'd have
had a gun, my TV would have had 15 holes in it. And
not just for Sasha's stupidity. In that game almost everyone
had a handful of dumb moves that pissed me off.

But consider this. If Kobe had started the game shooting
0-for-5, nobody would have blinked, he would have kept
shooting, and by the end of the game he'd likely be over
40% and maybe over 45%. But if Sasha or Farmar or
(Heaven help him) Luke were to shoot 0-for-5, they probably
get a front row seat for most of the rest of the game, and
they get crucified on the blog the next day.

If you trace it back, you'll find that my initial post on this
round of Sasha-defense, was a response to Jay Jay,
who specifically said, "I HATE this guy." The capitalization
was his. And he said this the morning after Sasha had
contributed a lot to a Lakers win. Yet Jay Jay picks out
one or two little nits and wants to blame Sasha for almost
LOSING the game.

My response was because I felt it was unfair of someone
to criticize a player who did a LOT more positive than
negative in that game -- if they had lost the game, there
were several players who would have been more
culpable. But more importantly, why try to point fingers
of blame for a loss, when the Lakers WON!?!??! And worse
yet, to point that finger of blame at one of the players who
most helped them win? A role player who contributed
more than most of the starters for the night!

Like you, Jay Jay overemphasized Sasha's mistakes as
if they happen on every possession in every game. They
don't. This season, I'd say Sasha makes more positive
contributions than negative in 3 or 4 out of 5 games. Last
season, they were lucky to get positive contributions from
Sasha in ONE out of 5 games. He's a young player and
he's improving, and I think that he can still get better.

I just can't help setting the record straight when someone
starts knocking my Lakers when they don't deserve to
be knocked. Most fans here would defend Kobe any day
of the week (Gunner excepted). For me, it extends to
all of the Lakers, even Luke (though my goodwill toward
Luke is starting to wear thin).

So if someone says, "Sasha shot poorly on Sunday. He
needs to show better judgement in his shooting selection.",
then I'd probably agree with them. But if someone says
"Sasha is terrible and constantly hurts the team with his
shooting." or "Sasha is constantly turning the ball over.",
then I feel compelled to disagree with them and to present
the facts about why I feel that way. Jay Jay at least is
honest about his bias - he admits that he hates Sasha.
Personally, I think if you took Sasha off this team at the
start of the season and gave his minutes to Critter or
Coby, then the Lakers have 5 to 7 more losses. Same
thing for Farmar. Don't underestimate the value of the
bench players to this squad.

FAIR WEATHER LAKERS FAN:"The 'Good Doctor' is in the house. Is ready and willing to do his part in restoring order to the Lakers Universe. Dr. Fatty PhD in Lakers Trivia and Nonsense PS. Mamba24. Good to see you."

D@@@@@@MMMMMMMMMMN! I KNEW IT!
THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF BLOGGING OF ALL TIME
FATTY, GENERIC_ONE JAY JAY. TALK ABOUT
YOUR SUPERHEROES D@MMMMMMMMMN!

Korey,

>>>What do great teams have in common? CONSISTENT
>>>ROLE PLAYERS.

They also have good luck in their stars staying healthy.
They also have 2 or 3 all-stars.

But more importantly, what defines "consistent" in your
statement.

Is it having good stats? If so, then Farmar and Sasha
pass with flying colors (though Luke doesn't). Though
each of them has had some stinker games this season,
they have enough good games, that overall their stats are
among the tops for reserves in the league.

Is it playing perfectly with no mistakes every single night?
If so, then no player on any team can live up to that. Robert
Horry has bad nights. Antonio McDyess has bad nights.
Leandro Barbosa has bad nights. James Posey has bad
nights. ALL role players have bad nights. And even starters
have bad nights.

>>>Until Farmar, Sasha, et. al get consistent in what they
>>>bring each night, the Lakers will struggle to be a great
>>> team.

Well, two points here. What they need to bring every night
for the Lakers to be successful is effort. Sasha may have
a bad shooting night or Farmar may turn the ball over several
times in one night, but if they're keeping up their effort on the
defensive end and keeping their head in the game, then they
can still contribute to a Laker win, even in the playoffs.
They don't have to make EVERY shot or get EVERY rebound
or whatever to be consistent - they just have to play hard
and play well more often than they play badly.

Getting back to my first two points though, "great" teams
tend to have several top-tier players and they tend to stay
healthy more often than not. If you park Garnett and Pierce
on the bench for an extended period of time, then their
record would look a lot closer to the Lakers' record.

The Lakers are close to having the top tier players - with the
improvement by Bynum, Odom playing up to his potential
and the addition of Gasol, but so far they haven't all been
on the floor at the same time. But think back to pre-Gasol
when Bynum was still healthy. The Lakers were not only
winning most games, they were DOMINATING teams like
the Hornets and the Suns. This Lakers squad with Bynum
healthy is capable of being a great team. But if you take
away Bynum (or Kobe or probably Lamar), then it's a lot
harder to be great, regardless of what the role players do.

While consistency of the role players is important to being
a great team, having your top players play is more important.
So if the Lakers don't reach the level of greatness you're
expecting of them, point the finger at Bynum's knee and
Gasol's ankle, not Sasha's shooting and Farmar's tiff with
Turiaf.

>>>That's bottom line. Argue that all you want, but that's
>>>the truth.

The truth is that Sasha and Farmar ARE consistent... for
backup players. If they were any more consistent, then
they'd be starters. And when they both grow up, I think they
both will get more consistent and be starters.

Mamba24
Please add me to the I Hate the Celtic's Bandwagon. Being an old guy, I emember Bill Russel, The Jones boys, John Havlicek and Red Auerbach's cigars. Hisatory since hasn't md them any better. Sorry I can't join the Laker Fans at the Beer Hunter as I have to go North on Monday.

GO LAKERS