Archive for April, 2009

Check out this pair of commemorative Kobe Zoom IVs, designed to celebrate the day the Hornets traded Kobe Bean Bryant to the Lakers for Vlade Divac. Here’s what The Basketball Jones had to say about the kicks: Nike has continued this “tribute” trend with their release of the Zoom Kobe IV in a Charlotte Hornets colorway with the 6.11.96 (the date they traded Kobe away) engraved on the back. I guess this is to pay tribute to the Charlotte Hornets making one of the biggest draft day bungles ever when they traded the draft rights to Kobe Bryant to the [...]

Bet Kobe Bryant’s kids loved this one. Dave Chapelle ruined Sesame Street for me. Oh well, that ish was hilarious. (hat tip: Josh Q. Public)

Haters beware: today is going to be Kobe Bryant day on LSL. Hell, it’s the last day of the season, and a perfect time to honor the game’s best player. He won’t win MVP. LeBron James can have that. Kobe has his eyes on Finals MVP. Anyway, check out these three clips for the Spike Lee documentary Kobe Doin’ Work, which will debut on ESPN on May 16. (hat tip: True Hoop

The Lakers got back on the right track on Sunday, taking out the Grizzlies with relative ease. Sasha Vujacic dunked again and Andrew Bynum lead the Lakers with 18. Plus, he ddn’t tear up his knee, like he always seems to do against the Grizz. Payback for the Pau Gasol trade, I suppose. Something. Thankfully, Diaper Drew is doing OK still. Make sure you check out that behind-the-back Luke Walton pass to Shannon Brown for the tomahawk jam, too. Luke had eight assists, and has been a passing machine in the Triangle and on the break as of late. He [...]

Here are three of my favorite “Where Amazing Happens” Lakers videos. The first one just takes my breath away. Unbelievable…

Since I don’t want to talk about last night’s game — I’m with you, Kobe, I’d effing love to see the Blazers in the playoffs, too — I’ll roll with this video I got e-mailed to me for now. Beware — it’s pretty weird. This guy is like the lovechild of Gilbert Godfried and Robin Leach. On crack.

Update: From the official Lakers Twitter — Bynum will play tonight! Here’s a Twitpic. Great news, Lakers fans — Andrew Bynum might come back tonight! From Shelly Smith, ESPN (via TrueHoop): Phil Jackson was non-committal at Lakers shoot-around as to whether center Andrew Bynum, back on the roster after missing more than two months with a knee injury, would see playing time Thursday night when the conference-leading Lakers play red-hot Denver at the Staples Center. “We’ll wait for it and discuss it tonight,” Jackson said of his young center’s chances of playing. Jackson added it was a matter of Bynum’s [...]

So, Andrew Bynum was kicking it with some Playboy Bunnies last weekend. What’s the big deal? Dude can’t rehab all the time. Give Diaper Drew a break — even injured people need to have some fun. What Lakers Nation really needs to get pissed off about is the way the Lake Show has been playing. Dropping two games in a row to the Bobcats and Hawks? Really? The Cav and Celtics would be acceptable on the road, but those two teams. You’re better than that, Purple and Gold. Anyway, here’s some video footage of Drew’s day with the Playboy Bunnies, [...]