I really like the idea of Jerry's statue being the LOGO pose. I think that would say everything.

As long as the statue has a place for justa and me to get our pictures taken next to it (so we can send in our profiles - it's now ALL on Jerry).

And after all the hoopla about the loss last night, I'm going to put on my Fighting Trousers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iRTB-FTMdk

(If you don't know Professor Elemental, then you haven't lived yet.)

Does this remind you of anyone?

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRt_eRvXd72nHniUGvdU54MhRUH348GXwgTw0cH_5Rj7iid8xQu

Posted by: ChicNstu | November 12, 2010 at 08:56 AM

Chic - be nice, we all mourn in our own way.

63 - hey - don't bag on Madonna. She's got some great stuff and you know it.

(I was gonna guess what your fav song is by her, but when I got to Like a Virgin I stopped & decided I wasn't going to go there. You can thank me later. When I take your pic at the ASG in LA with MM. Make sure add a little blurb to your profile about how all of that wouldn't have been possible without me.)

:)

justa - it will be my finest Lakers moment (and I played in a charity game with Magic once).

For some reason, I felt like touching upon something epic and soaring, from a guitar player that sums up our Lakers, despite the loss, despite the adversity of trolls, we are in fact, Living in the Day of the Eagle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daXxPnnc2sQ

There's only two reason why the Lakers got their first loss of the season (to Denver of all the team to loss, who was beaten by the lowly Pacers by 30 points).
1. Lamar Odom becoming Lamar (that we all know) again the ever consistent "INCONSISTENT". and
2. Kobe Bryant reverting back to being Kobe the "ballhog" 12 for 31 38% shooting.

I love pau and I'll stand behind him but what kind of girly performance was that???!!!

Sometimes he just doesn't want to bang bodies inside and last nite he clearly wanted none of nene.. His knees were bucklin arms flailin and body language was pissy poor... Maybe he's havin hormonal issues and its that time of the month (sorry ladies).. cause he has shown he can bring it if he commits himself

Play of the game was when lakers were makin a run with about 5min left.. Kobe hit a big 3.. Next possession blake threw a nifty touch pass to pau in the post but instead of backin nene in he tries to go to the right with no intent to shoot and threw a turnover which led to a fastbreak.. That was the ballgame..

I hope nobody ever talks about pau being the next alpha male or go to guy on the team now or EVER after kobes time is up... He will never be that guy and we should appreciate him for what he really is.. A great complimentary 2nd scoring option to kobe...a great robin to batman.. Much like what pippen was to MJ.

The offense for most teams comes and goes. When the offense is clicking the Lakers will likely just outscore everyone. One thing that might possibly be a concern through the first 9 games, if it continues, is the defense.

Leave it to level headed Ron to keep things in the proper perspective.

"Artest seemed to know something was amiss before the game. He felt the Lakers hadn't made an impression despite their perfect record coming into Thursday.

"It's not like we've played the top eight teams in the league. And this is only our third away game," he said. "There's nothing to really be that excited about."

I hope nobody ever talks about pau being the next alpha male or go to guy on the team now or EVER after kobes time is up... He will never be that guy and we should appreciate him for what he really is.. A great complimentary 2nd scoring option to kobe...a great robin to batman.. Much like what pippen was to MJ.

Posted by: yellofever | November 12, 2010 at 09:20 AM

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I agree... Being on the squad makes him better; he never won anything in Memphis being "the man." I'm sure we won't hear him complaining about getting "touches" anymore; he'll get his fair share when Bynum returns but for now, he gets "gassed" on the defensive end and that's where the team might need him the most. He is our interior defender for now.

If there can be a higher honor then a statue for Jerry West, he should get it. Maybe keys to the city, a city and state proclamation making it Jerry West week (he deserves more then just one day). What he has done for the Lakers and indirectly, for the city is beyond words.

more from rambis aka phil wannabe mindgames

so after kevin loves 24 rebound explosion against lakers next game on second leg of b2b rambis benches love for a stretch of 12 minutes in the 2nd half... its gettin so bad for love now beasley is giving him advice. LOL.. only in a rambis run team.

this from rotoworld;

Kevin Love is working to improve his focus when things aren't going his way -- on Wednesday he struggled before scoring all eight of his points in the fourth quarter.
Part of Love's frustration undoubtedly stems from his sporadic playing time, and even teammate Michael Beasley is dispensing advice ("If a call don't go his way, you've got to stay in the game. He's getting better at that"). Love is shooting sub-40% from the field but is averaging career-highs in rebounds (12.8) and points (16.6) in just 28 minutes per game.
Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune

@63
Wow, that "Professor Elemental" is just great! I have to come back with this genious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcJjMnHoIBI

@All
Jerry's statue for sure can only be the logo pose

As for the next statue, it has to be the Captain. It would just be too strange to have Kobe's statue out there while he's still in the League and breaking reacords.

The game last night? Why does Kobe feel still feel the need to jack up long bombs while Artest is dominating down low? It's not bad enough that he's shooting 33% for the night? I mean, what the hell? It's a rarity to see Ron-ron dominate like he was last nights so the rest of the team should have acknowledged that and fed him the ball more down low.

Pau is allowed to have a bad game once in awhile. I just sucks when it coincides whith a bad shooting night by Kobe and a complete collapse on the defensive end in the fourth.

Just when I thought that the Birdman couldn't make himself look any more ridiculous, he had to go and tat up his entire neck in a very colorful and pretty manner. The dude looks like he's wearing a scarf designed by the blind man who dressed Bill Cosby in those nasty sweaters on the Cosby Show.

On a positive note, congrats to Kobe for becoming the youngest player ever to reach the 26k mark for points.

63 Footer,

The Heat look like the Cavs of last year...when trailing, LBJ plays 1-against-5 and ignores his teammates. Leopards cannot change their stripes, only their uniforms!

Also, Miami is simply too small.

No talented "Bigs" over 6`9"...Bosh is too soft and too overrated, "Z" is 35 and shoots 20 footers, Juwan Howard is a 37 has been, Magloire is a 32 year old journeyman, and Joel Anthony???

Where's Ricky when I need him?

@frmkt, I don't think him not being able to accomplish much (besides leading his team to the playoffs for 3 years and getting an all star nod) while on the Grizzlies has much of a bearing on whether he's be able to anchor the triangle offense. Throwing this last game out (hey, even Kobe has bad games) it seemed like the first couple games into the season when gasol was averaging 17-18 shots/game, our offense was really clicking. Last few games, he's back down to 13 shots and we kind of sputtered against MN then lost last night (had 17 attempts but only made as many as he would if he got 12-13 attempts). Small sample size I know and his defense leaves someting to be desired, but so does the entire team defense.

All I am saying is that I saw something the first few games of the season that gave me hope for a Kobe-free or Kobe-lite future if in fact we are still running the triangle. If not, then, yes, he'll be a great second option to Kevin Durant when he decides to join the Lakers.

@Red's Love Child
Excellent take on LeQuitter and the Meat.

I think Wade needs to be the man to verbally smack LeQuitter, tell him to get the rest of his teammates the ball, and SHOW him who the real leader of the team is.

Sasha would have made a difference. Shannon is okay, but he misses many shots and he's undisciplined.

RED`S LOVE CHILD,
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The hated Celtics at least has players who are assassins. Serious competitors.
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The Hype are composed of has-beens and show-off narcissists. No real winners on that team.
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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!!!!

@troy - doubtful. I thought shannon was one of the bright spots last night. He had that put back and that dunk in traffic on the fast break that were momentum changers (which we couldn't capitalize on). He and artest were the only two who shot 50% or better last night (other than caracter's 1 for 1). True, he probably took too many 3's but do you really think Sasha would have done better?

mclyne - don't sweat it, man. Maria and Khloe have banded together under anonymous handles to blog for their men. I think it's kinda cute.

Will anyone tell me how 37 year-old, no "D", no offense, no more diving to the
floor Derek Fisher continues to stifle the developement and playing time of Steve
Blake(who we paid $4 mil./yr for); Sasha(who we paid $5 mil a year to, I guess,
sit on bench; and Shannon Brown, WHO SHOULD BE STARTING?

Really, this guy is so bad, defensively, it contaminates entire team. Give Steve Blake or Shannon 31 minutes a game, not this selfish, 37 yr. old mascot.

And, do you realize BOTH CENTERS ARE INJURED. The "wait for Bynum to heal" is getting old. Get center at Feb. deadline or die!

Posted by: roger lehman

Kobe loves Fisher because Fisher will give him the ball to jack up crazy shots !!!!

@S Perkins
Because Phil loves Fish and is going to start him until he retires.

By the way, Sleepy Sam Perkins was one of my favorite Lakers back in the day.

utz - it's only supposition, but I see an awful lot of unwarranted Sasha love goin' on, and the occasional LO extremism. But it seems logical... like Rome, all roads lead to the LA Times Lakers Blog.

Goooood Morning Lakerland! We had a bump in the road last night. Nothing to get crazy about. I don't expect our guys to go undefeated this year. I only expect them to be playoff ready and in synch. We have MILES to go to get everyone on the same page with the triangle and our defense.

Kudo's to the Celts. They look like the team to beat in the East. From my seat, it doesn't look like the Heat will get their chance to play us in the finals. I am thinking it will be yet ANOTHER chapter in the Lakers/Celtics finals saga. What a nice opportunity for us it is that the Celts are having a good year. Who better to face for number #17 than "THEM". Relegating the Heat to second class has it's own allure. But nothing will compare to meeting and beating the Celts. NOTHING.

Let's bide our time, pace ourselves and get our game down. Then we can go screaming into the playoffs with HCA. Enjoy the ride Lakerland. This year of Coronation will establish the reigning and future kings as the Royalty of the NBA.

jerry's statue has to be the logo

lot's of greats through the years...set the statues up like a game, the 70-s team on the floor against magics troop, with kobe and the boys waiting for next game...

who would be in the next game, against kobes

I think Jerry and Wilt would hold the floor, especially with the rules of the 70's

we had to lose eventually, with andrew back, we never loose a game like last night...

If Miami could trade Wade for a big....they'd look like cleveland

Have a quick couple minutes, so here goes:

This was a good loss for the Lakers, they shouldn't be rewarded for playing bad with W's. They now see that playing half-hearted, going-through-the-motions, disinterested ball is not enough. It brings them back down to earth and reality. Two poor efforts in a row, but it took a better team like Denver to illustrate their ills.

Where was the ball-movement in the 2nd half? Where was Pau asserting himself, setting post positions and looking for passes? Where was the offense? Started well enough, but soon the game degraded into another poor performance like it had against the T'Wolves.

Now Phil will REALLY have something to get on them with.

BTW, no, the sky isn't falling. More like a wake-up call that 50% effort is not enough to win against most teams.

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Don't say LakerTom and I didn't tell ya all what would happen to the meat, don't say we didn't illustrate they have more holes in their lineup than swiss cheese, and didn't explain how Wade+mr. chose2b2ndfiddle (along with the 1/2 man Bosh in the 'scared 2 1/2') were nothing more than overlapping skills guys that are fine for an all-star game appearance, but who's talents are less complimentary and more detrimental than people who were blinded by the hype thought.

We said they'd be vulnerable at the 1, at the 5. Some resisted the idea saying their bigs were good (ha!) and that princess jimmy could cover PG's (LMAO at that one....).

Just don't say we didn't tell ya so's...

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Justa: If you have any delicious humble pie recipe's, please pass them along. I imagine I'll be eating the crow and humble pie served cold... lol =P

Send me an email for roster tips, but really how bout I ask you on moves since you're team is smokin' me right now! lol. Since the HD screen is set up as TV/computer monitor I've never been able to get in on a blog chat since the Laker game is goin' on at the same time as the chat (that and I don't know if I could concentrate on both chatting and the game, plus I always start the game about 45mins late on the DVR so that I could fast-forward through the commercials and get to the end at right about the same time that it is IRL) I'm gonna be switching around our setup here in the living room so that I could have another computer available while the game is on when I get some time to do that, sometime soon.

BTW a poor record is what I get for picking a couple of Clipp's, Baron Davis and Chris Kaman. They've dragged my team down like two anchors. I really think they should be the ones eating the humble pie and crow! I really got what I deserved in picking those guys, lol...

If 63 Footer and my calculated reversal/transversal bizarro theory holds true, that the Clipp's are the wacked-out inverse of the Lakers, then the Clipps will be getting a win in their next game based on the Lakers loss - and I just know that as soon as I drop Baron from the roster he'll rack up a triple double!

GO LAKERS!!!!!

CyberCosmiX - my physicists at the Large Hadron Collider are on standby, ready to test the reversal/transversal bizarro theory as soon as the Clippers begin playing. They are hoping to discover the GOAT Particle in the process as well.

statues could be spread too thin,

but when you are the greatest sports franchise in the history of sports, you might have as many worthy players..no pun intended...as the remainder of the league.

Should Dr. Buss, and Jack Kent Cook be shrined too?...Phil?

Should they statue up a fan section? Jack, Dyan, Andy, 20,000 woman in Wilt's fan section...

a blog statue, with MM , reading the morning shout from mamba24

63 Footer: "my physicists at the Large Hadron Collider are on standby, ready to test the reversal/transversal bizarro theory as soon as the Clippers begin playing. They are hoping to discover the GOAT Particle in the process as well."
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That is great, even if we were to find the inverse GOAT particle, the ANTI-GOAT particle, as I think it may indeed rest somewhere in the vicinity of Baron Davis. I will do my part by sensing the 'aura' emitted from the screen and have my hand ready for counting on one-hand the number of times the Clipp bench shows any emotion whatsoever.

Perhaps, we may also be able to disprove the theory that Donald Sterling is the elusive black-hole that started the big-bang, continually sucking Clipper players into deep-space paralysis by his mere glances their way.

GO LAKERS!!!!!

83-79: THE LAST SCORE THAT MATTERS!

Posted by: utzworld - THE BANNER HOLDER | November 12, 2010 at 11:41 AM

I beg to differ!

131-92 - don't beg. Stand proud.

Posted by: 63 Footer | November 12, 2010 at 12:06 PM

I have to beg with him or else he gets upset that Im not nice. Or as Noah would say "Ugly,mean and not sweet"

63 Footer: Perhaps, true enlightenment lies just beyond our grasp. We will need to use stronger methods to crack the elusive Sternium Principle, I suggest we redouble our efforts, and also double the dosage amounts, in order to increase comprehension.

GO LAKERS!!!!

131: perhaps you should be more concerned about another number:

35

the average age of C's starters who don't play the point...

GO LAKERS!!!!!

Posted by: CyberCosmiX | November 12, 2010 at 12:26 PM

LOL .. Thats like saying we won game 7 if you dont count the 4th quarter.

Spin away!

@ S Perkins:
Derek Fisher may not be the best defensively but without him we wouldn't have some of the championships. Plus his steal last night was awesome. when he knew he couldn't outrun his opponent (sorry can't remember who he was guarding at this particular moment) but he sensed they would throw the ball back and he intercepted that pass. Moments like these is what makes Fisher an amazing player. The fact that he hasn't been injured recently despite his age? His execution of clutch plays over the years. Sure he's made some shots where I yell at my tv and wonder what he was thinking. But then I am reminded of:
0.4 shot
two huge threes against orlando
game 3 of 2009-2010 champions against boston
game 7 of the same series that big 3.

There is a reason Fisher stills starts, and there is a reason that he has 5 rings alongside Kobe.

@ I bleed purple and gold:
Trading Sasha for a big man would be an awesome thing to do, except it wont happen. Although I wouldn't mind seeing a walton + sasha trade in order for a big man bringing our roster down to 13 which would only leave 1 person in active so that we could play our rookies more. (okay this sentence made no sense but I hope youget the gist of it!)

I see a lot of potential out of ebanksm caracter too but he is more of a power forward than a center... no?

I am on the bandwagon to demolish all player statues, except Magic's and the one that should be made out solid Gold for Kobe(Bean)Bryant!

Gary Vitti with implements in hand, bent down, attending to to some giant anonymous legs ...

Jerry West, like Magic Johnson, has brought glory to the Lakers' uniform as a player and as a civilian. His statue deserves to stand at Staples Center alongside that of Magic.

Kareem's sky hook please -- "he's going to swing left shoot right...and he does"