lol Mamba.

I actually like this "tweak." My greatest fear of course is if the opponent makes him go right. Oh no! lol.

I'm starting to think that LO at the 3 may not be the best for the team...simply because at the 3 he would show off his tendency to shoot unwise 3s. Added to the fact that he's a better rebounder at the 4 than the 3, well it's something to think about lol. But the other side of the coin...is a knock-out lineup. Not to mention seeing LO make the small 3s pay with his length (at the paint, back to the basket nice!), playing awesome (Tayshaun like defense if he so wants) at the 3. He's certainly got the length for it.

*______________________________*
• THE CHAMPIONSHIP PREDICTION*
• NBA CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLE
* DECKER BY SECTION BANDWAGON
•_____________________________*
***{00 IRAQ WARRIOR LAKER SUPPORTER SECTION}: *****

(01) NAJJA aka BONUS – *** LIVE FROM IRAQ*** , And glad to be back in the fold
Didnt think I would be able to chime, but technology is a beautiful thing. Basketball
is back, all is right with the world again. ***GOD PROTECT YOU BROTHER***

*{00 SIXTY WINS PLUS SECTION:}****

(02) FATTY – We're going to ride that Purple and Gold bus down Figueroa
and not stop till we get to Disneyland 60 + WIN BANDWAGONNER
(03) JUSTANOTHERMAMBAFAN – I know I'm about excited as I can get without
blowing out blood vessels in my eyes!! FINALLY - Laker season has arrived!!!!
I'm rolling on the 60+ win bandwagon this year - I'm feelin it! 60 + WIN
( (06) SAMLL – 60 + WIN The motto for this year should be NO COMPLACENCY
(08) LONGTIMELAKERLOVER - We're gonna ride it till we just can't ride it no more. 60+
(22) LALAKERLOVER - BYNUM IS DA BEAST !!! LO will have a great contract season !!
LAKERS 65-17 !!
(28) SBPIMP - I'm blowing the dust off the 65 win bandwagon from last season, revving
her up, putting the top down, and taking her for a spin down the Ventura Freeway
along the coast. Peace to all my brothers and sisters!
(30) MOB WAGONEER - last month I started calling this season at 65 wins.
Mihm with a breakout year, which is as important as a VP debate. Okay, more
important than that, but you get my point. – YES SIR I DO!!!
(33) THE OUTLAW - 67 wins, More importantly, home court advantage throughout
the entire playoffs. I am nearly leaping out of my skin with anticipation.
(36) WESJOENIXON – The only explanation, is Laker Magic (pardon the pun). 68 wins!!
(43) TP - just ignore the trolls. they'll go away as we roll up 65 wins & another championship.
(45) LAL FAN 65 WINS and who knows how many championships
(50) BADFINGER - I, for one, am tired of all this yellow talk. When do the games start? I'm ready
for the Lakers New Dynasy to slap these pretentious fools down. The Title is ours for the taking.
Like Pig, I want to ride bandwaggons. Let's see, 65 wins, Figeroa Parade, Mamba MVP II, and
Beast MIP, that should do it.
(59) RICK FRIEDMAN - Please add me to the 60+ band wagon. Can't wait till next week
when we get to see how all this really works.
(62) utzworld THE BANNER HOLDER - ...who is the NBA All Time Leading Scorer
has more NBA Championships than SHACK does. The night we play the Suns,
I've got a special prayer just for you, Butler. Watch for it1
P.S.: 62 wins. Playing it safe. After all..."Pride cometh before a fall..."

**{00 SEVENTY WINS PLUS SECTION}:***

(04) DEREK – don't forget about the 70+ win bandwagon. i'm driving
that bus. there are many open seats, bandwagon should be filled up by seasons end.
Ooh, OOH it’s almost filled up. I’ll order a double decker!!
(07) JAMIE SWEET – 70 + WIN Cue the music: Ecstacy adicted clam!
That's fricking priceless!
(09) HAPPY GILMORE – 34+ game win streak, 73+ win season & 2009 NBA Championship?
(21) JON K – 70 WIN BANDWAGGONER – To quote Trevor Ariza "I don't understand
how people are going to be able to stop us." RIGHT THE FRICK ON
(29) FATSAM - 70 win bandwagon here, por favor. Kobe for his second MVP, and a
4-game sweep of the Celtics in the Finals.
(34) "PIG' MILLER - NO WAY NO HOW anyone keeps me off this Bandwagon.
6 Dynasties, 73 wins! Bynum also has a left hand waiting to be revealed this season, in
addition to the long-awaited “skyhook.”" I just got chills.
(49) HELLRAISER(: certified Mamba fan) - LET HELL BE RAISE LAKERS!!!!
THE FUTURE IS DECIDED!!!! 80-2 KOBE = MVP BYNUM = DOPY
LUKE = 6TH MAN OR MAYBE TREVOR ^^ ODOM – MIP

**{00 HAVE NOT DECIDED HOW MANY WINS SECTION}**

(05) TOAD – WER’RE FAVORITES FOR A REASON
(10) LAKERGURL - My prayers for the good health of all especially the players till we get
the first of the coming championship trophies & the next one, & the next one & the next..........
(11) EDWIN GUECO – We have a sustaining force that will lead us to victory
(12) #4 - This year, the championship is ours for the taking; the Lakers WILL be ready to
snatch it from whomever the East brings (it won't be the Celtics this year!!!). The Machine
rolled his ankle? Replace it with a new one. C'mon, he's the Machine after all!!!
In anycase, count our blessings and count our forthcoming Laker championships
(13) JANAYA - My summer hibernation is over. I can't wait! Lets get this party started already!!
(14) PUDDLE - Great feeling about Drew this year. The boy is now a man & is hungry for a title.
(15) THEKOBEBRYANTBLITZ - "The real question is...........Do we have the right coach to put
The pieces together successfully?....That is a definite: YES!!!
(16) OTIS CAMPBELL - Where is the Bar? I'm going to be very thirsty this year.
Yes, I'm in - the bar will remain open all season long.
(17) FAITH - I'm encouraged about the desire to be better defensively. God knows we have
enough weapons to click offensively. But still, can't wait to see lol. They say a kiss makes
everything better. I'm willing to do all that I can for that Sasha ankle lol.
(18) BD - Phil you better be all over Lamar this year because if you can't win it this year
you will be gone just like Lamar.
(19) MRBARNEYDANGLES - I don't care where or when Odom plays as long as he
stays on the Lakers. Lamar = Laker for Life
(20) JG - Big year and years to come. I'm excited.
(23) TSLICKK - damn...it looks like bynum is ready for war! let's do this!
(24) SID - Being 36 years old and being a Laker fan since age 10, I'll be moving
back to CA to watch my boys win this years NBA title.
(25) DICE8UPCUP - MAN...THIS IS PRETTY EXCITING TIMES FOR LA LAKERS....
(26) BYNUMITE - WOW! Bynumite will be a BEAST!!!
(27) KSDAX - Hey all we need to do is keep everything in front of us and stay focus.
(31) BUTLER - Hi I'm Butler! I'm in 3rd grade. I can count to 6. That's how
many more Dynasties the Lakers will have.
(32) MAMBA - THE FREAKIN LA LAKERS - WHERE DYNASTIES HAPPEN
(35) SEAN714 - this training camp, someone’s going to “get” something – I call it
the “Aha!” moment when the hard work finally creates clarity – and I’ve got to shuffle the
deck to take full advantage whenever it occurs....."
(37) LAKERTOM - Dynasties upon dynasties! I love it,
(38) ROCKY - I can't wait to see this team whoop some @SS.
(39)LAKER_STH - This year is the beginning. NOW IS THE TIME! LO plays extraordinary
for the Lakers and becomes an essential piece to the championship puzzle.
(40) TRUELAKER FAN - man i can't wait the season is finally almost here.
(41) JOHNNYP - This is very exciting stuff!! GOOOooOOO LAKERS!!!!
(42) XANDOPRO - -We are gonna use a MONSTER lineup to finish games.
Nobody on the floor for the Lakers will be less than 6'7".
this could be the deadliest in the NBA.
(43) TP - just ignore the trolls. they'll go away as we roll up 65 wins & another championship.
(44) FROZIE - Goooo Lakers! Go Lamar! Go Beast! LAMAR THE 6TH SENSE
(46) FRANKIE – The Suns setting is in the shadow of The Lakers rising! Go Go Go Lakers!!!!
(47) VMAN - Training camp report: there's not a thing worry about. If you're a Laker fan,
that has to make you uneasy.
(48) EDWIN GUECO - There are no more day dreaming of the era of the beast b/c we are now
in the jungle and the Beast rules!!
(51) HTJ - How about a "Forget about the regular season, 16-0 in the Playoffs bandwagon?"
(52) CHARLES - I'm normally not one to be on Bandwagons unless it's "get well soon" or
"happy birthday" however."The Trees Tri-nasty is here!" Number (00) is possible...
(53) BAYWOOD – Back to basketball. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?
(54) BLAZE1BX - The most important part is knowing your opposition and utilizing the
players to best match up against them. GO LA! This is our year!!!
(55) JK - Big year and years to come. I'm excited.
(56) KAREEM4PREZ – Kobe is the greatest.
(57) CHUCK23 – Got an E-Ticket Gonna ride and ride and ride.
(58) HMRHED - Since I am the driver of the 4th Dynasty BW, it only makes sense that I
hitch a ride on the Championship Season Bandwagon –
(60) KEIFO – I am in and riding Shotgun. - GO LAKE SHOW!! LIGHTS OUT!!
(61) THE LAMAR SHOW - Times to play in the yearly YAHOO FANTASY BASKETBALL!!
(63) JOHNNY LAKER - Lakers are team to beat. There is not a single team in the NBA
that can matcup to the quartet of Kobe-Pau-Odom-Bynum + the Bench Mob
Let's get that championship.....Woooooooooooooooo
(64) JMAN449 - We know you'd kill for one of those. Tell you what, after we get #15 next
June, you can have the 08 WC banner. The rafters in PHX must be freezing with nothing on them.
(65) XODUS - There won't be an 08 Western Conference championship banner to give
away because we're the Lakers and don't lower ourselves to the likes of those who
celebrate conference titles.
(66) AADI24 - No one stop the lakers dynasty.
(67) BROWNMAMBA24 - Go Scottie Lamar :-)
(68) SIVA - AND SO IT BEGINS! - With Sheridan gone, You Siva, Yes You, shall lead THE FORCES
OF LIGHT – in this DYNESTY OF THE MAMBA/BEAST – CAMPAIGN
(69) LONGTIMELAKERFAN - If there's one player on the current Lakers who could
do what Magic did in the 1980 finals - jump center and play all 5 positions
in the game - it would be Lamar.
(70) ROBIN WILLIMANS -- Huge Lakerfan I'll be back but I'm comin' as oil THE CELTICS ARE GOIN DOWN!!!
GO LAKERS
(71) FEARLESS - I'm all in for the Championship Bandwagon. Forthwith
(72) DB - a 6'10" pg with two 7' options inside, dfish or sasha outside and kobe anywhere... short
of lamar pitching the ball into the stands every trip down, even he couldn't mess this up.
it's not a question of if itll work, it's if it'll work better than the myriad other ways we can dominate.

Posted by: | October 02, 2008 at 10:09 AM

"Again let me repost the Lamar Odum Personal Anthem
"IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN"

I COULD BE A BETTER BALLER
IF MY HEAD WAS ONLY SMALLER
IT JUST GETS IN THE WAY

I WOULD FLY THROUGH THE AIR WITH EASE
AND DUNK IT WITH AUTHORITY
IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN

I COULD BE A BETTER SHOOTER
BUT I'D RATHER BE AT HOOTERS
DRINKING BEFORE A GAME

I WOULD MAKE ALL MY 3 POINT SHOTS
BUT HANGOVERS BLUR MY VISION LOTS
IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN

THEY SAY I COULD BE MAGIC
BUT THAT WOULD BE JUST TRAGIC
TO DRIBBLE MY LIFE AWAY

SO I'LL TOKE AND TOKE THE CHRONIC
WHO CARES IF IT MAKES ME MORONIC
IT'S ONLY JUST A GAME"

I LOL'd IRL.

Charles-

Remember, PJ's plan isn't to make LO the sixth man, it's to start him. Plan B is LO coming off the bench, as it was expressed to us on Friday.

BK

BK you said

"As it is today, I see the current "LO as sixth man" thing, whether he'll accept it or not, etc. to be putting the cart ahead of the horse, and something of an early training camp media story for a team without much else to talk about. PJ already said they'll only go that direction if what they want to do with him as a starter doesn't work. Cross that bridge when they get there".

I agree with this statement wholeheartedly...........but the question is .........Who created ths story? Who created this story on Day 1 about bringing L.O. off the bench?

Who began the "decreasing Kobe's minutes because he's "old" question?

I agree with you that all of these things are putting the cart before the horse.......these bridges should not be talked about but crossed when and if we get to them.

So my question to you is........what has been the SOURCE of all these stories thus far?

As a matter of fact who has been the source of MOST of the banter in years past?

Whether it is like last years statement of " I walked by Kobe's locker and all his stuff was cleaned out"...........or this years statement that "Vlad Rad didn't want to get hurt during pick up games"

All of these "issues" come right back to some statement by the one and only Phil Jackson

This MOFO is like a seasoned politician that makes statements to create diversions from what the real issues are..........like

What adjustments will you make in your practice schedule to include........I don't know...........DEFENSE?

What adjustments if any can you make within the triangle to exploit matchups..........since you are not accustomed to calling plays or isos from the bench?

What can you do to improve as a coach?

Why is Luke Walton on this team?

...........you know.......stuff like that!

BK,

I pretty much agree with what you are saying. As you said, the root of all issues surrounding LO is whether or not he can play with the KGB (Kobe, Gasol, and Bynum), regardless of whether he is a starter or not.

Compounding that is the abundance of small forwards with unique and almost mutually exclusive talent sets. With the 4 other positions set, are Lamar's talents the best for the game or situation at hand? Or will Ariza's defense and slashing, Vlad's shooting, or Luke's passing be more important at that point?

Like you said, cross that bridge when we get to it, but it'll be an interesting road too it.

#4

Brian Kamenetzky,

Thanks for the reply. I post on food and music blogs and the moderators never if not hardly reply back. I most definitely appreciate the time you take.

"With that said, I believe they should try the Tree's line up and let Lamar prove he can play the SF. If it doesn't work, then be a part of the bench mob playing closer minutes."

Posted by: Charles | October 02, 2008 at 10:15 AM

pfunk-

To answer the parts of your post that were questions (or at least quasi-questions), regarding the LO situation, it was the media who asked PJ, and PJ who answered, and his answer was pretty clear. We're going to work with Lamar as a starter, and if that doesn't work, there are possibilities to do other things.

While I think there are many times (and here we likely agree) that PJ intentionally stirs up the pot via the media, sometimes unnecessarily, this is one where I think the scribes are doing most of the early stirring, looking for subplots on a team without a whole lot of big stuff to discuss.

The point he was trying to emphasize is that everyone is going to have to make some sacrifices on a team with this much talent, whether in minutes, role, or whatever. I don't see that as a bad message.

As for Kobe, I think you're totally overreacting to what he said. It's not like they're planning on sitting Kobe for long stretches. Paying attention to his practice time and in-game minutes and shortening them where possible is exactly what they did last season. It worked out fine, I'd say.

They'll look to buy him time during games, in practice (Kobe is often off the court during late practice scrimmages and running) and wherever they can with the idea of keeping him strong and healthy through the season. Last year, Kobe averaged nearly 39 minutes a game. With more depth this year, if they could get that figure down to 37 or so, that could make a big difference late in the year, and help keep him healthy and strong. But it's not like they're going to tank games just to hold Kobe to 25 minutes a night. I really don't see the downside. Kobe said himself that he doesn't either, calling finding ways to reduce his minutes "a goal every year."

BK

It's training camp.

So what?

Lunch time....roasted pork tenderloin with a chipotle cream sauce, over rice. Cherry coke as a beverage.

As much as I like this, I'd rather be having a French Dip at Phillipe's.

>>>As much as I like this, I'd rather be having a
>>>French Dip at Phillipe's.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Phillipe's.

Meatwiches.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I feel like I'm binging with all this laker news.

Slow down AK/BK lol.

Edwin:

>>>>>That was a nice quote "unrest in the forest". Maybe they can hear the footsteps of
>>>>>the beast or the keeping up with the optimism of LakerTom. If the maples are troubled
>>>>>due to lack of sunlight, it is about time to grow and follow the sun.

Drew is a redwood. He towers over other trees and plays where the sun always shines. Other teams unfortunately are the ones with the struggling maples and oaks, like fat Shaq.

Tom

LakerTom,

Wow. Designing his own knee brace?

Skyhook?

Left-handed shot?

Wow.

Ummm... we're going to devastate other teams this year. Man, I'd hate to have to be the Oklahoma City Thunder and play us. Their coach is probably nervously eyed the date we play them already and thinking, "What the hell am I supposed to do? I wonder if our fans would be angry if we forfeited."

GO LAKERS!

Badfinger....

"I think the reason butler spends so much time here is because there is NO HOPE in funs land, with The Next Lakers Dynasty hanging over them like the Sword of Damocles."

oooops, I'm back, went to Timberline Lodge in Mt Hood to show friend where Jack started at,.."the shining"...star...

...Butler, back to capping his name outa respect, no he has what i call classic "brain burn"...where people who live in extremely hot and normally intolerable places, actually believe they are normal....but when they come at you with a buncha delusional or grandiose thought patterns, well, dumpem in the bucket as classic "brain burn syndrome"....seen it alot, funny they don't to die as fast as they should, but they tend to live a longtime(LF)...& I guess I happen to catch them at their "best"....just as this blog didth,....

...uh how many wins, well it's gonna be 69, and you know, the calif. DMV won't issue any personalized plates with 69 because of some gibberish about the year 69, maybe they will if it's for a 1969 car, and like albino unicorns...there ain't many of those left, needing a personalized plate...8 losses to decent teams, 5 losses they want back cuz they shoulda wun, but didn't tuck the pastrami into the bun, or french roll,... does anyone rember the 24 hour place near Culver City P.D., that was opened 24 hrs, I think it was called Mago's or something lidat... everytime you craved teriaki avocad tacos, you had a place to go, late 70's till..I don't know what becama dem, & the feeling wuz probably mutual...

Hithman...

hobbitimage said...

"but I don't know
what the "place where dead people go" I'm talking about.."

...uh, let me check,...Ladeedah...la deeh dah....de la deeee daahhhhh.....

I'M BACK..I asked God,....oh he said it's called....hell-o, good morning..I mean good evening......& everyone ends up there, because no matter what religion you enroll in, the other ones will send you there, because you did not join them...

oooh....I knew I goofed as i wuz closin computer....not huey lewis, so had to look it up, timbuk 3.....sorry....

and by th3 sound of it, it sounds as if PJ is pullin everyone's chain, he's knocked on LO, he's knocked on vlad rad in past, he's knocked on many more players, that's his MO, some it may help, some it may not, at least he'll find out.....I think if he didn't care he wouldn't bother with you, look he pushed over the edge, for some reason I'm thinking the guy threw the towel at PJ, and hecame trade for Ariza.....hmmm...was Mo Evans involved in that trade???...can't dismember at this pointe....