i didn't watch any other games only lakers lately because i have been
changing lots of dirty diapers



some of the absurd things i have done out of my basketball/laker
passion:

1. gone on vacation to costa rica and sat on the phone all night while
my friend on the other end in l.a put the phone by the t.v while i
listened to chick for the whole game
2. did the same thing while on tour in europe til 6 or 7 in the morning
when i had to travel and do a gig for thousands of people the next day
3. since i have been able to listen to the game on the internet, i stay
up til the wee hours of the morning when on tour in europe, even for
regular season games
4. during the 2004 finals was in europe on tour and found a bar to
watch the game every night in the wee hours in the morning in the
middle of a big stadium tour and walked home at 7 am each morning a
little more heart broken
5. have repeatedly thrown all my maturity and rational thought process
out the window and resorted to rude and hysterical offensive behavior
at the forum and staples center, i even yelled at a little kid once

the lakers had a tough loss on the road tonight to the t wolves
once again they fail to keep their focus on back to back road games
their fatigue causes mental breakdowns
they did not hustle back on defense
they did not get the ball inside and therefore shot nary a foul shot in
the second half
they started off playing aggressive basketball, but once they got
behind the 8 ball and the twolves went on a run they could never
regather their momentum
this is a bad thing and it causes me to sink deep into my couch in
despair
it causes weltschmerz

basketball, beyond x's and o's and triangles
is a game of energy
and chemistry
and faith
and diligence
and togetherness
for these things to function at their best the players must do whatever
it takes in their daily lives to keep the minds clear and their focus
intent on the the big picture as well as the workmanlike details
i hope the lakers are spending their days always gearing themselves to
be at their optimum when they step on the court
fatigue should not be an excuse

they should sleep at night with tex winter's triangle book under their
pillows

laker fans need to have faith in kwame brown
if we have faith that he can be a great laker
then he will be a great laker

another miserable loss tonight in philly
all i can do is pray.........
dear god,
please give the lakers the physical strength to not fatigued in the 4th
quarter
please give them the mental fortitude to retain their focus for 48
minutes of play
please give them the emotional depth to give the best to each other to
create an enviroment that is mutually supportive and so that they may
all think team first
please give lamar the courage to be more aggressive offensively
please give kwame the wherewithal to learn the triangle and to get the
big picture on the court
please let him fulfill his potential as a great basketball player
please god, when the lakers win it brings our overcrowded dirty city
together and helps us all to get along and you know we need it
please let them all have the chemistry that kobe and smush have begun
to show between them
please let chris mihm stay out of foul trouble
please let andrew bynum be a great center like kareem
please show them the way to greatness
thank you for listening to me god
yours in total faith,
flea