here we are on the verge of another nba season
i anticipate the new season with great fervor
and gonna be sitting in my halloween costume (freddy mercury this
year) in cleveland watching laker tip off
after a long summer of baseball and golf
hooooooops!!!!!!!
sweet jump shots!
magic johnson style no look passes!
wild and fluid fast breaks!
burly rebounds!
smooth george gervin finger rolls!
bodacious chocolate thunder darryl dawkins style dunks!
laker victories!!!

speaking of laker victories
i am just really thinking alot about the lakers right now
and i am thinking some great thoughts
they begun to bring it together last season at the end of the season
and though they were beaten in the playoffs by the phoenix suns, who
were a better team, the lakers were really starting to gel
i have very high hopes for them this year
they are a better team now
they have more experience
and a season of the triangle and phil under their belts
kobe bryant is the best basketball player on earth right now
of that there is no question
if he can continue to deepen his leadership abilities and overall
spiritual world-view he can be one of the greatest to ever step on
the hardwood
he can do it this year
lamar odom is such a great player
who suffered a terrible loss this past summer
and my thoughts and prayers are just with him
and i pray for him to have peace in his heart
i hope that the basketball court is a place for him to express himself
and to be free
that it can bring him peace and purpose and love and camaraderie with
his basketball family
he has always seemed like a humble and loyal person to me
and from one father to another
i wish for him happiness and peace in this crazy world
and the strength to have faith.......
kwame
kwame kwame kwame
he really bought it together towards the end of the season last year
i am so excited him to see him continue to grow as a player
and to DOMINATE THE PAINT and know that the basketball is his friend
i dont know a lot about vladmir radmanovich besides what i read in
the paper
but without a doubt, great shooters have historically flourished in
the triangle
he is gonna be a great element for us.......but honestly i dont have
a feel for the guy yet
if smush can refain from getting down on himself when he makes a
mistake,
he can be one of the great guards in the league
if he can train his will to let go of the past when he misses a shot
or makes a turnover
if he can stay in the moment
and stay positive and let his true nature flow like the ole
mississip.........then we have a winner
if chris mihm can stay healthy he will be a huge asset
he needs to start doing yoga or something
i'm looking for luke walton to remain the solid all around player
that he is, when his confidence is good
he is awesome
andrew bynum is gonna end up with a lot more playing time early in
the season than anyone expected
so he needs to focus in hard with some intense discipline
now..........
he needs to show the world he is the next dominant center in the nba
ok.....i could blather on and on
i am excited about jordan farmar he looks great
most likely the laker point guard of the future
maurice evans is a great pick up, scored 27 the other night in pre
season
cant wait to see more of him
i know he will be a great factor in the lakers playoff run this year
i'm pullin for sasha to get hard nosed and play harder this year.....
also looking for ronny turiaf to come up big
go lakers go lakers go lakers go lakers go lakers fo lakers go lakers
go lakers

of course, my favorite player not on the lakers is adam morrisson
the guy is cooler than heck
intense
and self effacing
he cemented his image as coolest basketball player with his quiet
receiving of the whatever college player of the year award he got
last year
not to mention his all out controlled wildness on the basketball court
he is a guy who gets to the soul of things
he is all heart

so i was happy to see the u.s.a. lose in the world basketball
competition this summer
don't get me wrong i love america, even if our current president is ...
DON'T get me started ..
i love the country and i think basketball is one of its greatest exports
but i just like to see these small countries who have so much less of
everything, including gazillionaire basketball superheroes, beat a
bunch of superduper stars who assume they are better
they are not better
it came down to the nitty gritty on the hoop court against a bunch of
working class greeks and
teamwork wins.................a beautiful lesson!!!
no one should ever assume they are gonna win anything, it is arrogant
as all get out, not to mention unattractive and boorish
i mean, i assume that the lakers are gonna win everytime they step on
the court, but at least i know i am an idiot