i am happy for the memphis grizzlies
i am happy for jerry west
i am happy for eddie jones
i like to see those guys win
they are good men

i always loved eddie jones
the last time i played a show in l.a. (a benefit for snoops's
footballleague)
i wore a full laker suit with eddie jones jersey
i like his gliding style
shaquille o'neal traded him twice but he still is great

jerry west is the greatest gm to ever walk
and the most passionate basketball man with the fullest heart
a lot of people thought he was wacky when he traded stromile swift and
bonzi wells and jason williams and earl watson
but he knows what makes a good team
he understands the intangibles
when he is at the helm
all coaches and players can relax and know that they are being overseen
by a great basketball mind
one that compares with the greatest basketball mind of all time
john wooden's mind

and bobby jackson is a winner (sacto misses him dearly)
i will never forget when that king fan kissed bobby jackson on his
sweaty bald head

and i like mike miller and pau gasol and jake slakadakalakalikalas too

i know damon stoudamire is great but he was a dreaded laker enemy for
too long for me to give him my heart

speaking of stromile swift
the other night when the rockets were playing the kings
my wife and i were laying in bed watching the game
with the sound off because our little baby was sleeping between us
whispering our comments about the game
when stromile did a dunk off a rebound that he caught in mid air and
slammed down
with a vengeance
my wife said 'that's the greatest put back i have ever seen'
i am so lucky to have a wife that loves basketball as much as me

it is also true that stromile should go the 'great basketball names'
list

i hate all teams except the lakers
but i like
gregg popovich

lakers win four in a row
back to backs on the road
they are starting to get it together
they are only gonna get better and better
watch out for laron profit
he is a smart basketball player
with a great feel for the game
kobe is really learning to be a great player this year
he is learning that all the skill in the world doesn't mean you are a
great player unless you make your teamates better
if he does that everytime he steps on the court then he can rank in
history as an all time great
outerspace is the limit
the only thing limiting him is his own psyche?
smush has heart
lamar is starting to feel it
and they are learning the triangle!
go phil!
go tex!

kwame brown still belongs to question mark and the mysterians
lordy knows what will manifest with that man
he certainly is a cool looking guy

speaking of looks
there seems to be an abundance of facial hair in the nba these days
pau gasol
tyson chandler
have beards
i noticed that the clean cut luke walton seems to be sprouting some
strange looking substance in his chin area too
personally, in the aesthetics department
i am waiting for some bold player to muster the gumption to just quit
fooling with the dated over size shorts look and bust out the wee
little shorts of yesteryear