Lamar, Kobe, 'Stache and AI
Posted by Flea on December 16, 2006, 7 p.m. ET

so flying somewhere over greenland in the middle of the night i get
the pilot to email in and check on the lakers score
sitting there staring into the indecipherable hi tech hodge podge of
airplane gadgetry it starts to flash...........lakers 102 houston 94
ahhhh i was so happy, i go back to my seat waiting for anthony and
chad to wake up so i can tell 'em the good news
when we arrive in l.a. around 3 morning i check the boxscore on my
little phone pager thing and i see lamar odom 1 rebound no points,
blocks, steals, or assists....
i think oh no i hope he is ok
then i figure out he injured his knee on a sports news thing and at
the exact second i page anthony to tell him lamar hurt his knee a
page comes in from him telling me...lamar sprained his knee out 6
weeks..............
what a sinking feeling
heart ache
our main man lamar out for 6 weeks?
our triple double trouble bubble burst by the cruel pin prick of
random injury????
well, selfishly, i am just bummed
lamar odom is having the best year of his career
he is lifting the lakers to great heights with consistent all around
play
he is a humble, intelligent, and loyal team player who can light it
up in every aspect of the game
he gives the lakers so much depth as a team and clearly is a crucial
part of our success this season
so, in terms of the lakers winning, we need him bad and are gonna
miss him
but more than that, i just hope lamar is ok with it
it has been a challenging year for him
and to the simple fan like myself, it would seem that the basketball
court has been a place of solace for him, a place to let go
so i hope he is able to use this time to not just heal up his knee
but to have some solid family love time
and that this disrupting setback doesn't get him down
i hope he knows that all of us fans are sending him love and support

anyways...lakers get smoked by the mavs............bummer

watching the lakers play the rockets at staples right now
yao ming is dominating, the lakes are down by 21 or so
yao the dominant center in the nba
and then POW! kobe 53 points ten rebounds 8 assists
the guy just refused to lose
he was incredible tonight when the pressure was on
hadnt been shooting great at the start of the night but when it came
down to the hard time he he drained 'em from all over the court
of course i prefer it when it is more of a team effort and the ball
movement is better
i just worry that kobe will take over too much and that the other
guys will get out of their flow
like a high school weight lifter that only develops his biceps and is
all out of proportion with himself
still kobe just would not lose
smush hit some key baskets down the stretch too, big baskets....
and a big 3 by b cook in ot
great to see the lakers getting along
a beautiful thing
come back soon lamar!!!

so the suns are on a 13 game winning streak
that's pretty incredible especially considering their slow start
but..........the most amazing thing about iit is shawn marion's hair
have you seen it?
it looks like it has been painted on with black shoe polish in a
beautiful geometric shape
like a swim cap designed by salvador dali
great!
shawn marion is just kind of a tripper i am figuring out
he's got that freaky set shot that he drains
and he can fly through the roof
he is definitely challenging adam morrisson for head tripper and bold
styler of the nba

speaking of adam morrisson he seems to be poking his head out of his
slump as if he is beginning to find the answer for a question of deep
significance

whoever gets allen iverson gets one of the greatest basketball
players to ever play the game
i love the answer
how lame for the sixers to announce they are gonna trade him them put
him on ice
i mean, just for their own selves..........they put themselves at
such a disadvantage trade wise doing that, everyone knows they gotta
trade him soon.....they are in a position of weakness, it's like
telling your chess opponent what you are thinking before you have
even developed your strategy
they should have continued to play him and gone about it quietly