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Thursday May 1 2008 the Force is hibernating until Round 2.
Laker Nation is standing tall and declares “FO”, “FO”, “FO”, “ - FO”
Good Morning Charles.!
Good Morning: JustAnotherMambaFan, Bozz, Toad, HmrHed, JohnnyP, AngryLaker
Good Morning: RDLee, VMan, JJ, CBuck, LakerTom, Fatty, Tha_Show, Faith, Bob
Good Morning: My Latina Queen EastCoastJessie
Good Morning Laker Nation!
Happy Birthday to my Dad Laker Fan Number 1. Love you Dad.
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Today we honor another Legend Exhelodrvr
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If you need a good belly laugh and are feeling in the dumps, then Fairweather Fatties
The man. If you want an excellent discussion of Laker basketball or basket ball
In general Laker Toms your man. If you need a mentor to guide you through the
Intricate nature of blogging and Laker lore and Legend then Edwin Gueco is your man.
If you want the unvarnished truth about the prospects of your team tha Show is the man
to see. If you want an enthusiastic discussion of Sports PsychedLakerGirll is the one
To see. If you just want to be cheered up and feel good all day CHARLES is the one.
If you want to talk sports with a beautiful Latina Queen EastCoastJessie is the one.
OK Mamba24 you say, this is all good but what does that have to do with todays honoree?
Good Question. Uh, Uh, Uh. Just kidding todays honoree is a jack of all trades a
veritable renaissance man. Basketball expert supreme, lover of the classics,
you name it our honoree is good at it. But there is one thing that he is without peer in
and that is sardonic quips and quotes. The man can zing you and have you feeling
like you have been awarded a prize. Then an hour later you say “EX you *&^&^%?” you
did it to me again.. Bu have no fear it’s all in fun. It is also one of the things that makes
this Blog so great. Speaking of great, todays honoree is yes, another of the great-ones
Exhelodrvr. Yes it’s good to talk in depth basketball on a sports blog, but there are times
when a post is just begging for a smart come-back. While you are sitting there trying to
think of a good come back EX. Has posted a zinger so good that you thank god you
never posted what you thought was a great come back. In this EX has no competition.
Take this priceless Post from yesterday when the subject of brown nosing came up.
”Always remember, the difference between a$$-kissing and brown nosing is depth perception.
Posted by: exhelodrvr | April 30, 2008 at 12:09 PM.
Short succinct and to the point and devastating. God the man is good! This one post
alone EX. grants you admission to the BLOGGERS HALL OF FAME. Between CHARLE’S
boundless joy and you there is no reason for one To ever feel down. Thank you EX.
You have brightened many a dull day at work…OH, OH did I say work? LOL! So I say
for the Laker Nation, the Blog and myself thank you Exhelodrvr your contributions to the
Blog helps the Force maintain it’s balance and me maintain my sanity at work. Yeah,
Yeah EX. I know that line is just begging for a zinger but please restrain yourself sir and
let me honor you properly d@mnit! LOL! This Blog, indeed the world is a better place for
your being. Therefore today, May 1 is declared EXHELODRVR DAY, EX THANK YOU FOR
ALL THAT YOU DO and enjoy your day sir.
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ALL TOGETHER NOW:
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LAKERS TODAY LAKERS TOMORROW LAKERS FOREVER

FOREVER

Man, I found this youtube video of Bynum's last game before his injury.

It's easy to forget how well he was playing before he got hurt.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sGywI2ijZ_c&feature=related

Does anyone even read TJ Simers' articles anymore?

I've banned him indefinitely, and I know that many readers swore they would do the same a while back.

AK/BK: do you guys know anything about the effect this has had on his "hits"?

I have a feeling that TA will be the X factor in round 2 and AB will be the X factor in WC Finals.

Got this story from over at TrueHoop:

On his website, Lamar Odom tells a funny little story about a Laker team dinner, just before the Denver series, at a high-end steakhouse.

Odom says the place can be "rather expensive," especially, you'd imagine, for a large group.

When the check came, Kobe Bryant reached out his hand for it. "As soon as he picked up the bill," says Odom, "we all started chanting 'MVP MVP MVP!'"

"I thought that was pretty funny."

Valet Parking:$10
Restaurant Bill: $900
Team Chemistry: Priceless

Just like Fatty, Mamba deserves his own award.

Fatty Mamba24...

Respect

I'd like to get Utah in the second round. I want their series to go seven, but I want the Jazz. Seeing Kobe make it personal in that last game of the year in Salt Lake City got me pumped. I'd love to see that intensity kicked up a few levels when you throw the playoffs into the picture.

There's something very amusing about the thought of Kyle Korver manning up on Kobe.

Thumbs up to AI.

Top story on the Grizzlies team page on CNNSI:

"Kobe Gets Help as Lakers Beat Nuggets"

http://tinyurl.com/5rh3p3

Man, it must be humiliating to team with no hope or history. You just latch onto the team to which you have traded your most valuable player. Nice.

Luke walton will be on the Mike Terico show on ESPN sometine in the next half hour.

Mel-

I can't say I know for sure, but I would guess that as long as you don't click on his work, you won't boost his numbers. Hope that helps.

BK

I don't think I've ever seen a team get questioned more for a first round sweep.

Isn't that why you want the No. 1 seed? So you can beat the hell out of your first round opponent, right?

I've been out of the blog loop for a looooooonnng time. What is the latest on Bynum?

Last I heard he wasn't looking good for the playoffs, but I was hoping with the extra rest we get before this series that MAYBE he could come back for the WCF (assuming we make it, which we should).

Miss Daisy,

Because I was sitting adjacent to the media section on Monday night, I had on the back of one of my signs:
Laker Nation to
TJ Simers
You're Fired!

Well, the guy at the front door made me throw out the sign. :(

Needless to say, I don't care if he writes a pulitzer award winning article, I will not read it. He's been PERMANENTLY BANNED from my reading.

AK,

Yeah, I understand that. It's just that I never hear anyone say it like that. It's always that the Nuggets lacked heart. But why did they lose focus and heart? Because the Lakers were picking them apart.

HOLD THE PHONE!!

Karl Malone got a 13 YR. OLD GIRL pregnant!!??

From MSNBC:

"Retired NBA “good guy” Karl Malone is the apparent no-show dad to Buffalo Bills rookie offensive tackle Demetrius Bell, whose mother was reportedly 13 when she gave birth to him. Malone was a college sophomore at Louisiana Tech at the time. The family never pressed charges and Bell didn’t know of or meet Malone until he graduated high school when the Mailman told Bell that he would need to “earn his money on his own.” Thanks, Dad. (Buffalo News)"

Guys,

With the lack of any update regarding AB, I'm assuming they have told him to shut it down this year. I mean, the Kamenetskys and other reporters are out there in practice and no one has anything to report. I can only guess he's done.

I look at it this way -- it was a horrible injury for us. But, if he does not go down we don't get Pau. And since it's not career threatening. It will be disappointing if we lose to the Spurs or Ce- Ce ce ce celticsss (I can't get that out), but I LOVE this team long term.

And Adande shut your trap about trading AB, you're a hack.

Xodus,

Well, few analysts have my gift of phrasing. haha

All kidding aside, you're right that the Lakers shredding Denver played a big part in deflating them. But at the same time, this is the same crew that fell apart at the seams against the Clips two playoffs ago. Obviously giving up. Tempers getting in the way. So it becomes easier (and in many ways, accurate) to say their meltdown has as much to do with their own makeup as anything the Lakers did. Both aspects played an important role.

AK

Somehow I can't help thinking that EXHELO will be a little uneasy about celebrating "His day" on May 1.

Congratulations Comrade!

Xodus,

Yea Bynum was great...I have no doubt he would have been most improved player if he didn't get hurt.

Bynum is done for the season and the Lakers knew this months ago..It's a real shame..

the first round shows.......lakers need to be at full strength to be able to blow out the good teams and win the close games against them. If that means the bench is stronger because bynum and ariza are there, that is exactly what is needed.

From yesterday's leftovers:

MarkyTheArky:"Or, I am and ER and you are an ED when is come to the Brown nose."
I'm sorry Marky but ED does not even begin to describre
my Brown Nose affliction. The Docs. told me it's incurable.
OH MOTHER OF GOD CAN THIS BE THE END OF RICO?
Oh yeah I forgot again.... I'm African American.....NEVER MIND.

Posted by: Mamba24 | May 01, 2008 at 08:24 AM

There is something strange going on on the blog today. I think we've got a strange confluence of ideas that point to some hidden blog subject matter.

First: the Karl Malone child molestation story.
Second: Mamba's nose. It's brown and the Dr's told him he's stuck with it cause He's African American.

Let's see,
African American
Brown Nose that Dr's changed to different color
Child Molestation

Look at the first letter of each of those lines: ABC.

I'd say it's easy as you and me. Today is Michael Jackson day on the blog.

Oh, and another thing, the gangster wannabe posts from recent threads. Anybody see the BAD video. What a gangster!

On a lighter note, Mamba, I'm sure that you don't even have to have a nose if you don't want one. Check on line for bad plastic surgery photos.

Mark

Posted by: MarkkytheArky | May 01, 2008 at 11:04 AM

So does anyone when our next game is? Hopefully it's Utah, better challenge and will help keep the Laker players focused for the WCF.

exhelodrvr, Congrats!

I'd go on the waiting for the next game blog is hell, but I don't think I know what that means. I mean imagine what its like for a Suns fan? : ) Put me on the I'm soooo glad we have another game to wait for bandwagon.

NOW for the question of the day: What did the Denver sweep prove? The Denver sweep did not prove as much as the last game. The last game proved that when it comes to teams that are fighting for their lives in their home arena and the game is close, we will not fold, buckle or break. We are a tough team.

GO LAKERS!!!

AI has always been a man of the people.

I'm not a huge fan of practice either!