Former Laker Adam Morrison working out for the Boston Celtics
After acquiring Shaquille O'Neal during the offseason, the Boston Celtics could also be signing another former Laker. Adam Morrison, let go by the Lakers in the offseason, has worked out this week for the Celtics' front office and coaching staff and plans to work out again Wednesday, reported Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports!.
The report, however, says the Celtics aren't close to assessing whether they'd offer Morrison a contract for training camp. Morrison has battled plenty of frustrations in the NBA after a storied career with Gonzaga that included being a finalist for the Naismith and Wooden awards and being considered one of the nation's top college basketball players, along with Duke's J.J. Redick.
After the Charlotte Bobcats selected him with the No. 3 pick in the 2006 NBA draft, Morrison displayed some defensive liabilities, suffered a season-ending anterior cruciate ligament injury in 2007 and became part of a trade package that sent him and Shannon Brown to the Lakers in exchange for Vladimir Radmanovic.
Morrison collected two championship rings while he was in L.A., but he experienced limited playing time and became the subject of jokes on late-night talk shows. Nonetheless, teammates credited him for his sense of humor, hard work in practice and positive attitude.
After the Lakers let him go this offseason, Morrison worked out for several NBA teams prior to the draft, but none offered him a deal.
-- Mark Medina
Twitter.com/latmedina
E-mail the Lakers blog at mgmedin@gmail.com
Photo: Former Laker Adam Morrison. Credit: Alex Gallardo/Los Angeles Times
If my memory serves me correctly, Adam won 2 rings with us. That plus a nice jumper should land him somewhere in the league. I wish him the best.
Posted by: Caliphilosopher | September 15, 2010 at 10:19 AM
Cleveland did the same thing with Coby Karl. It's the old "grab a minimal bench player and extract all the information you can from him about your enemy and then cut him" strategy that doesn't really work all that great.
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What's this about Zach Randolph going to the Meat?
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What do we play for? RINGS!!!
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Lakers Today... Lakers Tomorrow... Lakers Forever.
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GO LAKERS!!!
Posted by: Jon K. | September 15, 2010 at 10:46 AM
I'm pretty sure Slava Medvedenko is available - the kelts should go after him too. And Smush.
Taking our castoffs and unwanteds. That's a surefire recipe to a 2nd round fizzle.
Posted by: htj | September 15, 2010 at 10:49 AM
Jon K - How do you think the Celtics supposed interrogation on Morrison went down?
MM
Posted by: Mark Medina | September 15, 2010 at 10:49 AM
As a fellow WCC alum, I hope Ammo gets another shot somewhere. If it's with the greenies, so be it - he will have won his rings in purple and gold anyhow!
Cheers - PLG
Posted by: PsychedLakerGirl | September 15, 2010 at 10:54 AM
Hobbit,
I'm not a T.O fan either. Some of his antics are over the top & bad for the game(Dallas midfield), but some of them amusing & I like (felt pen). He lost me when he started criticizing Reid,McNabb & Philly.
He's definitely one of the most selfish athletes I've seen. However, I must give him props for coming back so fast to play in the Super Bowl (and perform well). Most people were saying he wouldn't make it back correct? (I'm not as big a football fan as hoops - thank you Matt Millen).
The media is partially to blame for the TO monster...it was crazy when they were going to his house everyday a few seasons ago...I don't even remember the details, but I remember thinking...WHY.
I wouldn't want him on my team, but he'll probably be in the HOF based on his numbers.
Posted by: LRob | September 15, 2010 at 11:02 AM
PLG - good take on Bynum
LakerTom - thanks for the reminder of what an athletic AB looks like.
Phred - I haven't checked my email in a few days...but count me in with the Fantasy league. I'm in 3 leagues...so I was going to drop this one since its the last one I joined, but - as the defending champ - that wouldn't be cool
Posted by: LRob | September 15, 2010 at 11:11 AM
MM - Don't apologize; it's not your fault that some people choose to abuse instant posting. There's no way that those bad apples can spoil our bunch.
Posted by: Caliphilosopher | September 15, 2010 at 09:48 AM
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One bad apple can never spoil the bunch...yep loved this one too. We thought it was the J-5 when it came out back in the day!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96HqPpjI3UY
Posted by: LRob | September 15, 2010 at 11:15 AM
Mark Medina,
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The shakedown won't happen until he signs his non-guaranteed contract. Once he signs that, the shakedown begins. Once he spills his guts, the Septics will cut him.
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What do we play for? RINGS!!!
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Lakers Today... Lakers Tomorrow... Lakers Forever.
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GO LAKERS!!!
Posted by: Jon K. | September 15, 2010 at 11:23 AM
Jon K,
Where did you hear about Zach Randolph going to the Heat?
Posted by: LAKER TRUTH | September 15, 2010 at 11:25 AM
LRob -
TO is an arse, no doubt. But if the NFL wanted to keep that under control, they could've sided with him instead of the San Francisco 49ers ownership when TO's agent missed a deadline to opt out of his deal by a day and wound up losing him around 40million dollars. Philly could've kept the peace by renegotiating his deal to pay him in line with the top wide receivers in the game (most notable Randy Moss, another total head case).
Instead, they all told TO to sit down, shut up, and suck it up. It's their league and to play by their rules. I respect TO for standing up for himself, not the way he did it, but that he wouldn't take their BS. It ended up costing him another career's worth of earnings.
All the guy wanted was to be an unrestricted free agent in the prime of his career, but the NFL stole that from him. They created the monster that is TO more than anything. He's still a pretty good receiver at age 36 which is a real testament to his work ethic. He's also one of the all-time douchebags in sports and that's not likely to change either.
TO's plight is not all too unlike are very own Ron Ron. Both were vilified for standing up for themselves and paid for it in millions up front and drastically reducing their future earnings potential. The big difference is that Ron is pure of heart and TO is a lot more self-serving. Ron runs on instinct while TO has every move well thought out.
Since this is a basketball blog, TO's also a star in every celebrity game he plays. He probably could've made an outstanding NBA guard.
Posted by: htj | September 15, 2010 at 11:31 AM
Laker Tom -
Thanks for the video, Making of a Beast...
I was more impressed with his blocked shots...and I get pumped up when I see Kobe penetrate, then dish off to AB...
Is it training camp yet...
#17 Coming Up.....
Posted by: LEWSTRS | September 15, 2010 at 11:39 AM
LRob- Invites are going out to the first round (people from the league last year, the people who have contacted me about the league this year), in a couple of days. So watch your email. Then I figure we can give a week or so to give stragglers a chance to join up. If that is more people than we can have in one league, we create another league, fill that up, and if there are spots open I will put the league info out for the general blog.
Does that seem like it might work?
Posted by: phred | September 15, 2010 at 11:41 AM
Good evening (here it is) beloved Laker Fam.
About to follow Champions League (Go MILAN!!!) in a very funny environment (we're starting a End of the Summer beachwear party in... 20 minutes... indoor), I used all my pre-time to read the posts and you.
Beside having appreciated that the writing quarrel between the Bynum's parties has ended in the best way (doesn't mean we don't like the debate... means we get hurt when the debate crosses a thin line that keeps the Fam all focused and tied together), things that I never doubted about, because people involved are all great minds, I just enjoyed all that I have read (beside the Barnes thing. I avoid to read anything related until it's not solved cos it poisons my blood).
Talkin about poison, I LOVE Kobe's new shoes, and I adore the "venomenon" mark.
Absolute genius.
I'm happy he's ready to get back at what he does best, namely rise my spirit up till stratospehere and making the list of his "haters" (read = jalous people) add point to point in the reasons they hate him for (basically, because he defies gravity, logic, human limits and make us win, and make the rest lose...).
I love that Kobe and Pau rested.
They deserved.
And that is our greatest plus this season.
Having them not dried over.
I am glad we get to know about the early trainings thanx to the young twitterer (ehi, Jon!!! Bro, I am an avid reader and of course I read 1984, even though I am even born after that date... but Twitter is by no means the Devil. People using it can be. The medium is just a ... medium. It doesn't change the essence of those using it: it magnifies it, if any. And in the users if any stay that trouble, not in the chirping writing of tweets ;)), because it lets me get a glimpse of the "state of things" and about the way the new guys especially are melting in.
I also... erm...like PJ with a beard. But I would keep the looks as they were previous years as well (ehi... I'm Italian... we tend to believe in untangible things that look more like magic than logic. Well... sometimes. ;)).
I wish Adam Mo the best.Whomever helped us being great is still loved by me (this doesn't value for FatShaq. Sorry, I can't help...), and so I have no troubles wishing Farmar and Morrison the best.
Naturally, that "best" has as maximum limit the... runner up place in the end.
Because first one is ours.
Right?
I'm so dying for real basketball is insane at the moment.
Iìm already following Milan - Auxerre but I can't feel the same thrill... not yet.
I need a net, a basket, a jump in the air, and a scream that thrills me with "WIIIIINNNN" again.
Clock tic-tocs... it doesn't take much till I will have to wake up in the core of the night to support my babies.
It's gonna be a beautiful, beautiful ride.
And I'm happy I will share it again with you all.
Have a great day; my evening is gonna be...pretty gloriously insane ;)
Lotta Laker Love, Z. :)
Posted by: ZairaAmaterasu | September 15, 2010 at 11:51 AM
phred -
Will be on the look out for your email...
Team Lews Allstars getting ready for the draft...
Posted by: LEWSTRS | September 15, 2010 at 11:55 AM
I never really watched Ammo play in college but the few times I saw him play for the Lakers, it looked like he had cement blocks on his feet, some kind of arthritis in his neck which prevented him from looking up, and I'm not sure I saw him make a shot. Poor guy. Wish him the best, but not sure he has the athletic ability anymore to play in this league.
Posted by: LakerFanInCowTown | September 15, 2010 at 11:57 AM
LAKER TRUTH,
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Someone mentioned it on an earlier thread. I don't know if it's just a rumor or not.
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What do we play for? RINGS!!!
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Lakers Today... Lakers Tomorrow... Lakers Forever.
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GO LAKERS!!!
Posted by: Jon K. | September 15, 2010 at 11:59 AM
"Jon K - How do you think the Celtics supposed interrogation on Morrison went down?" MM
I'll Answer That. Two Possibilities:
1. Water Boarding
2. Whaquille sits on him until he talks
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GO LAKERS!!!!!! ONE, TWO, THREE-PEAT TO THE THIRD POWER!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: The Triangulator | September 15, 2010 at 11:59 AM
I see the question of DC's weight clause coming up after KobeMVP888 posted that DC had met the requirement via a twitter account.
Here is OC Register stating the same.
Caracter said his path to the NBA has made him stronger in his faith and resolve to steer clear of any and all issues. His weight is holding at 275 pounds, which adheres to a clause in his Lakers contract, and he is taking a more humble approach in the pros.
"I've learned not to worry about the extra stuff," he said.
"I enjoy the game of basketball and this is all I do now. I don't have school to worry about anymore so I'm concentrating on just doing my job and we'll see how it goes."
Posted by: JustaLakerFan | September 15, 2010 at 12:03 PM
On a personal level, that would suck for Morrison. I mean, here you are in "enemy" territory, being grilled for info. Not to mention the stomach turning reality of being in the white and green. It's almost blasphemous.
Wonder how the C's feel about two former Lakers on their team. Ha!
Watched game 7 (again) and saw the part where Doc was talking about a future reunion and says "when we see each other again, let's make sure our rings touch." Makes me gloat with pleasure every single time.
I LOVE MY LAKERS!!!!!
Posted by: longtimelakerlover | September 15, 2010 at 12:08 PM
@LEWSTERS & JLF… You’re welcome. I am making it a habit to start each work day off with a revered playing of the Making of a Beast. What impressed me most was Drew’s quickness off his feet and the fact that many times the ball was way above the rim and the defenders when he got ready to dunk. Bottom line, I am hoping enough time has gone by where Drew will get back 100% of the explosiveness that he used to have pre-injury.
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@PUDDLE… Congrats on the RCOTD. I’m with you on hoping neither guy plays in the next Olympics but knowing Kobe and Pau, I would bet that they both end up playing. Just pray nobody gets injured.
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@ZAIRA… So while we’re all stuck waiting helplessly for the season to start, you’re finding new ways to make us envious and jealous of all the fun you are having in Italy. You’re definitely one of the blog dream girls.
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Posted by: LakerTom | September 15, 2010 at 12:12 PM
LRob - thx for the acknowledgement.
I think the Zach rumor was a troll in the form of Edwin.
I would try the fantasy thing but it sounds like you have to be all involved all the time and do trades. I'm not ready for all that. But I will be interested in hearing about everyone's progress.
PLG
Posted by: PsychedLakerGirl | September 15, 2010 at 12:13 PM
Morning, Fam. I guess the Lakers' opponents still haven't learned that taking the Lakers' cast-offs will not really take them over the hump. Guess who's the best coach to devise a strategy of containing former Lakers? PJ, that's who! ;-D
Posted by: SamLL | September 15, 2010 at 12:39 PM
NBA veteran Shaquille O'Neal faces allegations that he hacked into a computer and destroyed email evidence in an attempt to frame a former employee, RadarOnline reported Wednesday.
FOX SPORTS POLL
Which is Shaquille O'Neal more likely to do? Hack an employee's voice mail Make two clutch free throws They both sound far-fetched
Shawn Darling, who worked as a personal IT guy for O'Neal from 2007-2009, filed suit against the NBA star for "intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and civil R.I.C.O. [a racketeering charge] on Aug. 3 in Miami-Dade County, Florida, the report said.
Darling claims that O'Neal hacked into his voicemails and those belonging to an alleged mistress, Vanessa Lopez.
Lopez has filed a separate lawsuit against O'Neal.
The suit also claims that O'Neal used law enforcement contacts to frame Darling for a criminal offense and destroy evidence he held relating to Shaq's alleged extramarital affairs.
Darling alleges that "O'Neal, along with his houseboy Joe Caballero, disposed of [Darling's] computer in the lake behind O'Neal's house and gave him cash to buy another replacement I-Mac."
Darling has an extensive criminal record, the report said.
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It was Hack-a-Shaq and now maybe should be Shaq-a-Hack. LOL
Posted by: JustaLakerFan | September 15, 2010 at 12:50 PM
Hey guys. Just a heads up. I have a post that's being edited right now. It should be up within the next hour or so.
I honestly don't think it's the Celtics strategy to think Morrison is a major piece to their puzzle. They're looking for a last part that's cheap to fill their roster. Just so happens AMMO is there waiting in the wings
MM
Posted by: Mark Medina | September 15, 2010 at 01:01 PM
Just another recon mission ala Coby Karl. Does anyone in LossTown have ANY class?
Posted by: utzworld - the BANNER HOLDER | September 15, 2010 at 01:05 PM
More fun from Snaquille O'Whale http://ow.ly/2EQ6J
Not even his IT guy is safe from his wrath.
Posted by: htj | September 15, 2010 at 01:08 PM
While we wait for my post to get edited, just wanted to pass along some news from Devin Ebanks' Twitter feed: "Just finished playing wit the other free agents. Steve Blake is NICE!! 4real. O and i didnt do that bad either!!!! NEWAY HITTIN DA SHOWER!!"
Posted by: Mark Medina | September 15, 2010 at 01:11 PM
Naw, MM. Septics would sign him for extensive interrogation of PJ's company's coaching schemes, Kobe & Pau's tendencies, etc.
They're pathetic.
Posted by: utzworld - the BANNER HOLDER | September 15, 2010 at 01:15 PM
LOL @ JustaLakerFan...hahah
Shaq a Hack...is this like the OJ Syndrome and breaking in a hotel room to get his memorabilia back...lol
Posted by: LEWSTRS | September 15, 2010 at 01:22 PM
Watched game 7 (again) and saw the part where Doc was talking about a future reunion and says "when we see each other again, let's make sure our rings touch." Makes me gloat with pleasure every single time.
I LOVE MY LAKERS!!!!!
Posted by: longtimelakerlover
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ltll - EVERY SINGLE TIME I hear that I bust a gut laughing!! It's got to be the cheesiest thing EVER said to a bunch of pro-athletes - EVER!!! HAHAHAHAHHAA!!!!
Posted by: justanothermambafan | September 15, 2010 at 01:28 PM
All,
hoopshype shows Randolph still a knick
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Trades? Anthony Randolph has had enough of that sort of thing for one summer, having been dealt from the Warriors to the Knicks as the centerpiece of the deal that sent All-Star big man David Lee to the West. So when his name popped up in a rumor that would have sent him to Indiana for a first-round pick, or as part of a deal that would land disgruntled Portland guard Rudy Fernandez in New York, members of the Knicks brass quickly approached him. “From everything they told me, right off the bat, from talking to the coaches and talking to [Knicks president] Donnie Walsh, they told me I will be here for many years,” Randolph told SN. “I haven’t been paying any attention to it. But I have been in there every day with the coaches, and they made it clear they want me here. Obviously, anyone can get traded, but this is home right now.” Sporting News
Posted by: JustaLakerFan | September 15, 2010 at 01:29 PM
Hey guys we got a new post up
MM
Posted by: Mark Medina | September 15, 2010 at 01:35 PM
(The Other)Justa: It's Zach Randolph, not Anthony Randolph, who was rumored to be traded to the Miami Poseurs.
Posted by: utzworld - the BANNER HOLDER | September 15, 2010 at 02:22 PM
For those who didn't see Morrison in college, my take was that Gonzaga built a great deal of their offense around morrison, and he delivered. Screens and picks, inside out passing, etc. Morrison was extremely confident and cocky (to the point of being a jerk). He proved early in his rookie year that he had the offensive skills to compete, but late in his first season with Bobcats he seemed to lose his confidence. I don't know if it was the coach, the nba talent, long season or something else. He's kind of looked out of place on the court since then....
Posted by: Bruce | September 15, 2010 at 02:46 PM
@KOBEMVP… No, it can’t be true. You’re a Lakers, Yankees, and 49ers fan? Damn, I thought I was the only person in the world with those as my favorite team. Of course, considering how the Niners played on Sunday, doesn’t look promising for my Triple Championship chances. As Meatloaf said, two out of three ain’t bad.
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Like all such popularity contests, Hall of Fame voters have long included personality factors in whether to vote a player in or not. I would hope that TO’s antics and chemistry destroying personality would result in his being left off a lot of ballots. Regardless of the stats, I wouldn’t vote the guy in if I had a vote. And for the record, the guy dropped a lot of potential touchdowns when he played for the Niners. He’s a loser to me.
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Posted by: LakerTom | September 15, 2010 at 11:08 AM
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I've been in and out of the office all day. I never even finished my thought. Because he's 6th on the ALL-TIME receptions list and 3rd on the ALL-TIME receiving yardage list, TO's a superstar almost by definition. He WILL be a Hall of Famer because it's not like he gambled on his sport or got caught doing steroids; he's just a big jerk. If that was a factor, Ty Cobb would have never been inducted into Cooperstown.
Posted by: KobeMVP888 | September 15, 2010 at 03:06 PM
Sometimes fans have peculiar beliefs...
Morrison is one of the most under-rated players in the league (mostly because everyone thinks he sucks so bad when the guy is very serviceable)
Posted by: Tim-4-Show | September 15, 2010 at 03:24 PM
@KBMVP… LOL! I know you’re probably right but the guy sure wouldn’t get my vote even though he was once a 49er and thus fell into the classification of being a jerk but at least our jerk. The 49ers have never recovered from his last couple of seasons and I will forever hold him responsible for much of our demise.
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Posted by: LakerTom | September 15, 2010 at 03:36 PM
(The Other)Justa: It's Zach Randolph, not Anthony Randolph, who was rumored to be traded to the Miami Poseurs.
Posted by: utzworld - the BANNER HOLDER | September 15, 2010 at 02:22 PM
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My bad. Sorry
Posted by: JustaLakerFan | September 15, 2010 at 03:56 PM
I thought that guy on ABC late show who made fun of Morrisson was a jerk. He was probably jealous of Ammo. The coach decides how much PT a player has so it can't be pinned on AM. By all accounts, he was a great teammate in practice, and funny too, he was just not in PJ plan and that was not AM fault. That was mean spirited, how would the show's host feel if he was referred to as the fat guy on ABC late show?
Posted by: CTran | September 15, 2010 at 08:36 PM
Utzworld-"LossTown"...that's a good one...how about "Bean there, dumb that"
Jon K.- Coby Karl also made a stop in Denver, you can't blame him or the organization, after all, what's nepotism good for if you never use it.
As for former Laker Triangle players being looked upon as "fountains of information", I don't believe there's any worry. the players who have had exposure were never totally complete with their "Jedi" training before they started to hear the callings in their head about "come over to the dark side". I'm going to say, maybe it's like Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker"....a specialist in defusing bombs in the war in the middle-East (which would be Chicago in my mind, because I think the continued use of the term Mid-West is inappropriate and like other things in life, should be changed with the times. BTW, Minneapolis is in the Western Conference- Northwest Division, great, must not be far, I'll climb in my car and catch a few games....Back to "knowledge of the triangle offense"...let's hope, that it is something like defusing a bomb, an expert can tell you how to do various ones over and over and over again, but how will you feel the first day on the job??? The players who we have all pointed out as potential "grope"victim candidates (groped for their knowledge of the Laker system of the Triangle Offense...well I hope that their lack of playing time and experience left the with little to offer. Players such as Vlad Rad, no need to worry, he had other things on his mind....Perhaps it's something like a puzzle and not everyone gets all the pieces to assemble the puzzle, and develop the chemistry to effectively function in the system. Maybe it's doled out as their positions expand and roles expand...afterall, Phil is the king of "Mind Games".
Posted by: Humanomaly | September 15, 2010 at 09:17 PM
You Laker fans make me laugh. If Perkins didn't go down. You guys would still be crying. The Celtics will be the Heat this year and will beat your Lakers in 6 in the finals. So you can forget about a 3 peat. The Celts have the deepest team in the NBA and barring injuries you can engrave the rings now.
Posted by: Dee Man | September 15, 2010 at 09:45 PM
To Dee Man: You make me laugh. Injuries to Perkins,.....blah blah blah. Stop making excuses to why the Celtics lost to the Lakers. Celtics fans like you are pathetic. A SORE LOSER. Person like you give the other Celtic fans a bad name. Move on, there's always next year.
Here are other reasons why the Celtics lost:
1. Weak rebounding team effort
2. Brick shooting (also a team effort), credit Laker defense
3. Excessive and unnecessary fouls (don't blame the referees)
4. Home court advantage to the Lakers
5. Celtics CHOKE and lost games 6 and 7.
Posted by: Laker fan | September 16, 2010 at 12:54 AM
To Dee Man: You are being too generous. Celtics in 6 if the Fakers make it to the final.
Posted by: CPF | September 16, 2010 at 07:29 AM
Here are some more lakers the celts can have,Mike Penberthy,Clay Johnson,Smush Parker,Kwanie Brown,Maybe Brad Holland,Mark Landsberger,Jim Chones,Keith Erickson,Jim McMillan,How about Chuck Nevitt?
Posted by: Christopher Korman | September 16, 2010 at 08:42 AM
The Celtics Sucks always have and always will... I lol at we are the greatest organization ever. So what your glory days were against 8 teams. Big Deal... go jump in a green lake. I never remember Lakers fans showing up with bags on there heads. I wipe my nose with Leltic pride... blah
Posted by: Steve | September 16, 2010 at 01:46 PM