Lords of the Ring: The Credits

by wondahbap on Oct 28, 2009 6:59 AM PDT in Credits Comment 19 comments

LAKERS: Get To Know the 2009 Championship Ring

(These are NOIIIICCCE!! [Stu!] They even put the faces on the rings. First time I've seen that. [We'll teach you how to stunt!] It's no wonder Ron wanted to come here. He's going to get a nicer one this season.

The Rings alone made up for Lawrence Tanter almost putting me to sleep with his monotone announcing during the Ceremony. First the Parade, then this. Would it kill him to sound like this? The crowd should be in a frenzy. Just my opinion.

Click the link above to read about these. )

Recaps:

Lakers Celebrate Ring Night with Victory at Lakers.com BasketBlog

Kobe Bryant leads Lakers in opener -- latimes.com

A RINGING DEBUT | points, rebounds, lakers, bryant, ninth - Sports - OCRegister.com

TLN’s Postgame Report: Lakers vs. Clippers | The Lakers Nation

Lakers Ring in the New Season | Lakers- EDGE

Game Rewind: Predictable - Lakers 99, Clippers 92 | Lakers of Fire

Lakers Pick Up Their Rings -- And a Win -- NBA FanHouse

Game Recap: LAL 99 LAC 92 | Lakers Nation

Click on through for MORE Lakers Links after the Jump...

Jason of Beverly Hills Designs The Lakers’ Championship Rings | Dime Magazine
Home court advantage: The Lakers’ rings mirror the shape of the exterior of the Staples Center. When viewed from the side, you can see the “roof” and “sides” of the Lakers’ home court.
Lakers' ceremony has a familiar ring to it -- latimes.com
Lakers put a ring on it | rings, lakers, three, magic, players - Sports - OCRegister.com
SHELBURNE: Lakers put focus on what lies ahead - LA Daily News
Lakers return with a certain ring - ESPN - J.A. Adande
Ron Artest Adjusting to Life as a Laker -- NBA FanHouse
Kobe, Lakers well aware of target on their backs - NBA News - FOX Sports on MSN
Storylines to watch for Lakers and Clippers this season - Arash Markazi - SI.com
Reggie Miller sees a 20-1 start by the Lakers - Lakers blog - OCRegister.com
Live from Staples: Lakers vs. Clippers. RING NIGHT!!! | Lakers Blog | Los Angeles Times
Live Tweet: Lakers vs. Clippers -- NBA FanHouse
Forum Blue And Gold " Clippers vs. Lakers Live Blog powered by nomuskles
(FB & G's nomuskles' Live Blogs are very entertaining. So, read it.)
Kenny Smith Would Gladly Leave TNT For The Lakers - Sean Deveney - The Baseline - Sporting News
(Me too. Years ago, I thought Kenny Smith was a moron. But I guess that's because I was fooled by his goofiness. Now? I think he's a pretty smart guy [at least about basketball], and the lone voice of reason on "Inside the NBA." I know that's not saying much, but he knows what he talking about, not blowing with the wind like the "Round Mound." It may be Charles Barkley throwing his name out there, but it's "The Jet" whom I feel will make a good GM one day, for some team. Not the Lakers though. Mitch is doing just fine.)

Audio/Video:

Lakers Championship Ring Ceremony Part 1 | Flash | JD2K Lakers Video Highlights

Lakers Championship Ring Ceremony Part 2 | Flash | JD2K Lakers Video Highlights

Clippers -at- Lakers - 10/27 - SD Highlights | Flash | JD2K Lakers Video Highlights

Clippers vs. Lakers - NBA Videos and Highlights

Top 5 of Inside - No. 5 - NBA Videos and Highlights
Top 5 of Inside - No. 5 - NBA Videos and Highlights. E.J., Charles, Kenny and Chris talk about the Lakers 2009-10 schedule. Charles believes the Lakers won't start the season 20-1.

Podcast: Voice of the Nation – Episode #63 w/ Kenny ‘The Jet’ Smith | The Lakers Nation

The Basketball Jones

Charles Barkley on The Dan Patrick Show

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A quote from Doc Rivers after the Celtics-Cavs game

suck on that!

The Celtics coach was late coming out of his lockerroom after the win. "We were in there watching the ring ceremony,‘’ he said of TNT’s coverage of the Lakers’ opening-night championship celebration in Los Angeles. But his players didn’t want to end a good night on such a bad memory. "They told me to turn it off,‘’ said Rivers. "No one wanted to watch it.’’

"When I walked into the locker room on my first day as a Laker and saw my gold uniform hanging there, I cried." - Magic Johnson (Best Laker Ever)

by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Oct 28, 2009 7:15 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Good I hope KG, Pierce and the rest of those green turds choked on it!

by lazNirv on Oct 28, 2009 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

On Kenny Smith running the Lakers. Funny but!

First off Kenny will be a million times better than Barkley at anything that involves thinking. But, anyone can run a team when they are winners. His job would be easy. Look at what Mitch has gone through when he was given a team that was rebuilding. He went through a period were everyone wanted his head. A true sign of the difficulty of being a GM was that Mitch was mentored by West and he still struggled in his first couple of years. How would Smith do with no experience? Running your motuh on tv doesn’t equal being able to run a team.

"When I walked into the locker room on my first day as a Laker and saw my gold uniform hanging there, I cried." - Magic Johnson (Best Laker Ever)

by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Oct 28, 2009 7:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

There's apparently no blueprint.

There are good and bad GM’s from all different backgrounds or qualifications. Experience and knowledge could be related, but not always.

It was only a joke when asked and answered.

by wondahbap on Oct 28, 2009 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

100% right

I got that part of it being a joke. But i’m sure Kenny would jump at the chance if Buss was serious..lol I got to admit. I think Kenny is usually very good about his analysis. I liked how when TNT had a question and they each had to say of NBA’s original top 50 which current players would be added and which players would be taken off. Kenny jumped all over Barkley for not including Kobe on his list of players to add.

But whether he says a good or bad thing about the Lakers he is pretty accurate.

"When I walked into the locker room on my first day as a Laker and saw my gold uniform hanging there, I cried." - Magic Johnson (Best Laker Ever)

by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Oct 28, 2009 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I could never see the Chuckster being a GM.

He would be worse than Zeke or Rick Pitino ever could be. Although to Isaiah’s credit, he was a very good talent evaluator. He was was just terrible at contracts and long term thinking.

by wondahbap on Oct 28, 2009 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Favorite quote from 2nd L A Times article:

“I was super hyped up,” Bynum said. “I put a lot of work in the summer to get to the level I’m at physically. Barring injuries, I should be able to maintain this level of play.”

Liked what I saw last night but keep working on the defense & rebounding Drew. Plus, while they did have Kaman & Camby, it was only the Clippers. But so far so good.

by lazNirv on Oct 28, 2009 9:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

great quote

dam it! you used the championship ring as your SB Nation photo. that looks sweet! I wish I would have thought about it. wanna trade? lol j/k.

"When I walked into the locker room on my first day as a Laker and saw my gold uniform hanging there, I cried." - Magic Johnson (Best Laker Ever)

by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Oct 28, 2009 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tthere are more pics of the ring in the link about the rings.

Try the one with Kobe’s face.

by wondahbap on Oct 28, 2009 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

OH!

good idea. thnx.

"When I walked into the locker room on my first day as a Laker and saw my gold uniform hanging there, I cried." - Magic Johnson (Best Laker Ever)

by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Oct 28, 2009 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This one’s kind of cool from FoxSports.com

Link

by lazNirv on Oct 28, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks, I was looking for something new and was going to go with something like the Lamar cigar pic. But the ring, while a little overstated, just seemed more elegant.

Your current Kobe chest pop pic is cool though.

Lamar and cigar

by lazNirv on Oct 28, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Only the Clips

but Kaman is decent when healthy. Nothing to take away from Bynum. It will continue. I still remember him putting on TD.

What I really want to see is how he plays against the shorter tree stump types that just push in the back and prevent power back downs, like Kendrick Perkins and Chuck Hayes. That is where Bynum really needed to improve.

by wondahbap on Oct 28, 2009 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Perkins isn't exactly short

but I get what you mean

by C.A. Clark on Oct 28, 2009 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, Don’t mean to be negative on Drew at all. Just trying to contain my excitement because and remember it is only one game. And this season will have plenty of ups & downs for everybody.

I still remember him putting on TD.

Funny you mention that. My favorite regular season game last year was the January win against the Spurs. Here’s an enjoyable post-game interview with Drew after that game.

PS. By “favorite game” I mean besides the Christmas beat-down of the Celtics, or beating them in beantown without Drew, or the sweep of the Cavs, or. . . , or . . .

by lazNirv on Oct 28, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah.

Short-ER

by wondahbap on Oct 28, 2009 10:12 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

That ring is bananas

Ron-Ron wants one. The Lakers will work to get it for him, and another for all of them.

"This is not a game for boys. This is a game for men." - Phil Jackson

by Gils_Keloids on Oct 28, 2009 10:32 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

LAKESHOW IS BACK!!!

Thanks for the links, wondahbap!

The rings are gorgeous, infintely better than the 2002 rings. I’m still sad that Trevor wasn’t able to share in this happy occasion. Also felt bad for Ron having to see his teammates get one.

I liked Andrew’s stat, Kobe’s stat, LO’s stat, but dang …. the bench was …. ploop. Ron’s gonna have to get used taking and making those open 3s 1-5 from downtown will not cut it. Then again the team shot a godawful 3 pt percentage. Machine. Reboot. Please?

I’m still in England right now, so I missed the ring ceremony and the game :(
But its okay, I gots the recaps and replay on youtube and while I like the Clippers and all, I’m more interested in seeing how the Lakers play against Dallas. Unfortunately, I’ll probably miss that game too since England time is kinda sucky to watch Laker games.

When it’s 7:30pm, it’s like 3:00 am! A girl’s got to have her beauty sleep!

Lakers 2009 Road to Redemption: TREVOR, DEREK, LAMAR, PAU & KOBE.
Play the game of which Lakers reminds you of: TA - TI, Shannon Brown - Chris Brown, Pau Gasol - Jesus, Machine - Luis Scola/Russell Brand, PJ with mustache and beard - Colonel Sanders.

by PeanutButterSpread on Oct 28, 2009 8:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs