Lakers

[TripletDaddy]

Let Shannon Dunk Be an All Around Player

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/new-look-shannon-brown-has-a-shot-at-big-things-for-los-angeles-lakers-102710

Kobe makes phone calls

http://www.latimes.com/sports/basket...,4243830.story

Theo Ratliff is a punk

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=5735780

Return of Bench Mob

http://www.dailynews.com/sports/ci_16454327

Nobody Destroys Ron Artest

http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2010/10/ron-artest-launches-raffle-for-championship-ring-on-larry-king-live.html

Lamar Odom is Unisex

http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2010/10/lamar-odom-.html

[TripletDaddy]

Machine Downtime

http://www.latimes.com/sports/basket...,4309367.story

Jax: Journey to the Ring

http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2010/10/phil-jackson-discusses-journey-to-the-ring-1.html

This book looks pretty cool.



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Solar eclipse tonight in Phoenix

http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2010/10/five-things-to-watch-in-lakers-suns-matchup.html

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[TripletDaddy]

1...2.....3.....RING!

http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/10championshipring.html

http://toppayingideas.com/blog/2010/...p-ring-photos/

The Los Angeles Lakers are commemorating their 16th NBA Championship with a ring that has a few touches that have never before been seen in a sports ring.

Each and every ring is adorned with a piece of the actual ball used in game seven of the 2010 NBA Finals.

The two Larry O'Brien trophies representing the back to back titles are made from a custom batch of 16kt gold.

16 oversized round brillant white diamonds indicate the 16 championships the franchise has won.

Each player is immortalized with a three dimensional sculpture of their face on their respective rings.

The final score of the Lakers 83-79 game seven victory over the Boston Celtics is represented on the side of the ring in scoreboard fashion.

baby, baby, baby!

[Surfah]

This team is scary deep. I am really liking the additions of Barnes and Blake. I liked that lineup of Kobe, Blake, Barnes, Odom, and Pau that was out there for a bit.

[TripletDaddy]

Watching lakers on league pass is weird. Takes some getting used to.

[Surfah]

Watching lakers on league pass is weird. Takes some getting used to.

Definitely weird. What I hate is when there is a full slate of games and they're on the road. Then you usually only get the home team's broadcast. Sometimes though it's quite entertaining to hear other announcers rip on the Lakers. Tonight they're showing each team's broadcast though so you can choose. I also hate when the game isn't broadcast in HD.

[TripletDaddy]

Definitely weird. What I hate is when there is a full slate of games and they're on the road. Then you usually only get the home team's broadcast. Sometimes though it's quite entertaining to hear other announcers rip on the Lakers. Tonight they're showing each team's broadcast though so you can choose. I also hate when the game isn't broadcast in HD.

Is there a way to subscribe to fox sports west while in Utah? Or do I have to go through league pass? So you are saying that this NBA package won't give me the fsw broadcasts for every game? Weak.

This team is quite tasty. Is it premature to take a nap until June?

[Surfah]

Is there a way to subscribe to fox sports west while in Utah? Or do I have to go through league pass? So you are saying that this NBA package won't give me the fsw broadcasts for every game? Weak.

This team is quite tasty. Is it premature to take a nap until June?

Not that I know of. When there is a full slate of games you usually get the home team's broadcast. On the plus side, the Lakers are on nationally just about every week. But it's nice to see and hear Stu and Joel.

[TripletDaddy]

Not that I know of. When there is a full slate of games you usually get the home team's broadcast. On the plus side, the Lakers are on nationally just about every week. But it's nice to see and hear Stu and Joel.

Yes this is just like being at home even with the halftime show.

I don't know how you do it. When the lakers playedn the rockets, inside the NBA was on and it was almost 11 pm. The time change is a killer.

[Surfah]

Yes this is just like being at home even with the halftime show.

I don't know how you do it. When the lakers playedn the rockets, inside the NBA was on and it was almost 11 pm. The time change is a killer.

It's brutal. The late game starts are a killer. I admit that I tapped out in the 3rd quarter of the opener against Houston. But most nights I am up until 1-2am watching the Lakers. I try and take a nap in the evening for about 30 minutes for those games. I appreciate the east coast road trips now a lot.

[Surfah]

LO may be the best player on this team. He's been unreal. I was hoping his summer would have some carry over and I think it has.

I keep forgetting that Bynum is out. This team is going to roll to a 3 peat if they're all healthy.

[Surfah]

Tacos!

Anytime you get Taco's against GSW is a good game. But to hold them 25 points below their season average is awesome. Where is Norcal Cat?

I hope Kobe doesn't have to play many 4th quarters.

[TripletDaddy]

3 Peat

http://www.latimes.com/sports/basket...,6090280.story

For better or more likely worse, Lakers fans even began an impromptu version of the wave for the first time since … the '80s?

"Going way back for that," assistant coach Brian Shaw said. "The Showtime years or something."

Artest joined in as well from the bench.

"We decided we might as well get involved," Artest said before seemingly second-guessing his decision. "I didn't mean to do the wave on the Warriors like that. That seems wrong."

Zzzzzzz

http://www.latimes.com/sports/basket...,2532724.story

Assistant coach Brian Shaw, part of the franchise's last three-championship run, found plenty of ways for the Lakers to stay motivated.

"They have a lot of things: Kobe [Bryant] wanting to catch Michael [Jordan], trying to get a 17th championship to catch the [ Boston] Celtics, as well as everybody talking about Miami, and Boston loading up with Jermaine and Shaq [both O'Neals].

"Those things are enough of a motivation by themselves, and there's also that this might possibly be Phil [Jackson]'s last year coaching and wanting to put him out on top with a fourth three-peat, which has never been done. The motivation is built-in in every area."

The Killer B's lead the Renegades

http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakers...renegades.html

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[TripletDaddy]

Memphis v Lakers, Sponsored by GEICO

http://www.latimes.com/sports/basket...,3785071.story

The Lakers have received solid efforts from their reserves through three games, but Jackson isn't ready to call them the best he's ever coached.

Jackson said that honor belonged to the 1999-2000 Lakers, who had Robert Horry, Rick Fox and Brian Shaw, not to mention a young Derek Fisher, who started 22 games that season. Jackson said that reserve crew was "extremely deep."

"And we had a lot of veterans on that team," he said. "It was probably the deepest team I've had as a coach. But this [current] team is nice. They've got some depth."

Artest is political

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[RobinFinderson]

I clicked on this thread for no other reason than to be the 30,000th view.