Archive for September, 2009

According to this People.com article, Lamar Odom is already planning his wedding with his girlfriend of a few weeks.  While this sounds completely and utterly like a silly tabloid rumor, it seems necessary to point out two things:  First, Lamar is flirting with the world of drama, reality shows, and… a Kardashian.  Second, if this has any sort of basis in truth (and I’m praying it doesn’t), Lamar is (and I’m putting this nicely, I believe) not that great of a decision maker. We all saw what happened to Reggie Bush after he started dating Kim Kardashian.  Sure, he also [...]

Chinese national team member and former Laker second round pick Sun Yue has signed with the New York Knicks after being released by the Lakers.  A crowd favorite in his only season in Los Angeles, Yue saw little playing time and found himself assigned to the development league for a portion of the season.  With a roster as stacked as the Lakers have for the upcoming season, there simply wasn’t room for him. [via nba.com] The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Pau Gasol’s injury was under control enough to allow him to play a major role in Spain’s shocking loss to Serbia.  While pulling down 7 rebounds, Gasol managed to miss his first 7 free throws. Gasol shot 4/9 from the field in 25 minutes of play and actually missed 8 free throws in a row if you count a missed free throw that he was able to retry after a lane violation. For those of you counting, Laker players in the Eurobasket tournament are not exactly showing why their NBA team won the World Championship.  I suppose we should be [...]

Lamar Odom didn’t just get a new contract this summer, he got a new girlfriend. The Los Angeles Lakers star is now dating reality TV star Kloe Kardashian. Word on the street is that he’s as into Khloe as he is fashion. Looks like the Kardashians traded one L.A. sports celeb, ex-USC Trojans star Reggie Bush, for another. According to Hollyscoop, Khloe met the Candyman at Ron Artest’s party in Hollywood on August 27. The two later left the nightclub together. Apparently, the couple has been inseparable ever since that night. They were also spotted together out in L.A. on [...]