The Credits

by wondahbap on Nov 28, 2009 9:40 AM PST in Credits

The Los Angeles Times:
Lakers take a brief detour from home-heavy schedule
Another guard for the Lakers? As unlikely as a Vujacic trade
Lakers' small guys pummel big guys in scrimmage

The Orange County Register:
Lakers' Bynum still has lessons to learn

The LA Daily News:
Lakers coach Jackson knows Warriors will come out and play
Lakers coach Jackson remains critical of bench
Vujacic continues to see less playing time with Lakers

Others:
LAKERS NOTEBOOK: L.A. won't take Warriors lightly - San Bernardino County Sun
LAKERS: State of the Lakers: Dr. Jerry Buss and Jim Buss
(This story was covered a few days ago, but this is the full transcript)
Forum Blue And Gold " What the Stats Show Us
Artest Adds to Team Defense at Lakers.com BasketBlog
Vin Scully vs. Chick Hearn | Lakers Nation
KB24 — Blog — ESPN's player of the decade...

New York vs. Denver - Recap - 27, 2009 - Basketball - NBA - SI.com
Anthony's 50 points lead Nuggets past Knicks
(I threw this in because 'Melo went for 50. Since we're playing the Warriors, I think Kobe might look to have a big game. I'm convinced he wants his scoring title back.)

LAKERS: Where to Watch/Listen to the Lakers
The radio broadcast for the Lakers game on November 28th vs. the Golden State Warriors with be on 790 KABC instead of 710 ESPN Radio, including pregame and postgame shows. This change will only apply to this game and all other members of the Lakers Radio Network will broadcast the Lakers game as normal.

Audio/Video:
Phil Jackson After Practice (Audio) at Lakers.com BasketBlog
Podcast: Mbenga, Vujacic talk "Turkey Trot" at Lakers.com BasketBlog

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Hmm. Do I watch the Lakers v. Warriors – who we played 2 or 3 times in preseason and are basically irrelevant or do I watch the USC/UCLA which will likely be more competitive than it has for awhile (yes, I know UCLA won a couple of years ago but still)?

The Lakers "Too big, too strong, too long, too good."

by olf on Nov 28, 2009 11:52 AM PST reply actions

Thanks for posting the Buss interview transcript too

Best parts:

On losing to Boston in the 2007-08 NBA Finals and in the past:
Dr. Buss: That’s very painful. Actually I’ve been reading Magic (Johnson’s) book lately, and just revisiting the loss before many years ago. It doesn’t go away. The pain just sticks out. You think, ‘Why did we do this, why did we do that.’ … I don’t know how many people are left that went through the excruciating pain that Jerry West and everybody (did) being beat by the Celtics way back when, but if you were a Laker fan and to get to the Finals that many times … he has never forgotten it, and I never have. Probably the most delightful moment since I had the team was when we beat them in the sixth game on their own home floor*, that was probably the only cigar I ever smoked.
*To conclude the 1984-85 season.

And:

On why he did not go to the title-clinching game in Orlando:
Dr. Buss: I’m getting a little older, during something like that I become very animated and sometimes use questionable language. In this particular case, I thought it was going to be a very tough tussle, and I wanted to be free to jump up and down and scream and kick things. I talked Jimmy into staying with me and I had Jeanie (Buss) with me. It became quite a family affair in our room where we could all shout and holler without making a spectacle of ourselves.

That makes me laugh.

The Lakers "Too big, too strong, too long, too good."

by olf on Nov 28, 2009 12:08 PM PST reply actions