Good Morning, London
Posted by Flea on November 23, 2006, 2:30 p.m. ET

i gotta tell ya
there is no better thing than waking up in london after a very late night
and whenever i wake up on tour
i am never quite sure where i am
kinda delirious, then, the dawning thought, oh yeah i'm in london..
then a moment of laying there
then the thought........the lakers....i went to sleep at 530 am and
it was halftime they were up by 3!
oh lord...whats the score??????
the walk to the computer......the booting up of the computer
the fear the anticipation, it's like it was building up the nerve to ask my wife to marry me
and then............ahh that sweet satisfying feeling......lakers 105....clippers 101
ahhhhhhh
back in bed to lay around with a contented good feeling
all is right with the world
kobe drops 40
kwame steps up and has a great game
the lakers are a team
a real team
and have the 3rd best record in the nba
in the tough western conference
and have a better record than any team in the eastern conference
ahhhhh
god is good
life is a rich and deep and beautiful thing
ahhh, im gonna rock my brains out tonight in london

and elton brand better stop talking about how much better they are than the lakers
'we were already better than them last year' and how he's got more important teams to worry about.....
lemme tell ya something elton, you got something to worry about right here
..the lakers are deep, real deep
tradition, legacy, pride from top to bottom is what the lakers have
9 championships
and we have andrew bynum
learning from one of the greatest parts of the lakers legacy.................
kareem abdul jabbaar
the legacy continues
we had jerry west, who was smart enough to get kobe bryant in the draft
we are the lakers
so elton, i respect you, you are a great player and seem like a stand up dude
but you need to watch your p's and q's
9
9
9
you guys made it past the first round twice in the teams l.a. history
the clippers must bow down humbly to the lakers

in london england they could really care less about basketball
nothing on tv
nothing in the newpaper
nothing on their english lips
has there ever been a british basketball player of remote consequence?
no
maybe a little english bloke who skinned his knee once and really had heart
there are so many countries becoming great at basketball, germany, slovenia, france, italy, russia, several african countries....
but i have to content myself to reading scores and recaps on the computer
and picking up the occasional piece of valuable information from my friends at home
yesterday my wife told me that kwame looked unhappy during the bulls game
sending him my best thoughts
i am excited about kobe bryant
he is a complex man
and whenever i try to talk about him or write about him
i dont feel like i ever get it right
i dont even know the guy
he is such an awesomely transcendent basketball player
and my criticisms always sound petty or silly when i see them in print
and my praise sounds normal
i have described him as a basketball robot, meaning that he is just a basketball playing machine, built to hoop
but that sounds like an insult and that is not what i mean
it sounds like i am accusing him of not being a sensitive human being
and that is not what i mean at all
its just that, he has become an amazing artist and used his imagination and will to a very high purpose
and pulled himself to be all that he can
and that is enough
and that takes complete commitment
people always put him down, saying he is for being full of himself
and i dont think he is more full of himself than any other players
he just believes in his abilities 100 percent
and he does not pretend to be otherwise
its not his job to present himself as this perfect humble human being in the media
it takes all heart to do what he does
and he just keeps adding dimension to his game
so my point is, i guess, that he is the real deal
and has his eccentricities like all of us
and especially those who dedicate themselves so fully to their craft
the guy deserves a break
deserves love and respect
especially from us angelenos....(to all my traitor friends)