The Credits: "Die Hard"

by wondahbap on Dec 23, 2009 8:20 AM PST in Credits

Whew! Kobe's not hurt. I was falling asleep and that sure woke me up for good. Appreciate his durability, folks.

MUCH MORE after the Jump...

Recaps, Post Games and Chats:

Upset Loss, Kobe Injury Apocalypse Narrowly Averted - Silver Screen and Roll

Road-weary Lakers get 40 from Kobe, topple Thunder - Game Recap - ESPN Los Angeles

Kobe Bryant gets 40 but gets hurt too in Lakers' narrow win -- latimes.com

Weary Lakers win | lakers, victory, play - Sports - The Orange County Register

Lakers get scare from Thunder and about Bryant's knee - LA Daily News

Forum Blue And Gold " Preview & Chat: The Oklahoma City Thunder

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

Game Rewind: Control the Tempo – Lakers 111, Thunder 108 | Lakers of Fire

Lakers, Kobe Survive Scare Vs Thunder | lakers-EDGE

LAKERS: Lakers Gameday | 12/22/09 | Thunder

Notebook: Lakers Escape Bryant Knee Scare - Basketball News & NBA Rumors - HoopsWorld

ESPN Los Angeles:

Lakers.com BasketBlog:

The Los Angeles Times:

The Orange County Register:

The LA Daily News:

Other Lakers Links:

Lakers Decade of Dominance – Here’s the friggin Proof! | Lakers Nation
Can The Lakers Compete With The NBA Elite? | Lake Show Life | A Los Angeles Lakers Blog
NBA: Can Anyone Catch the Lakers? - Yahoo! Sports
Best offseason signing, Dwyane Wade-Pat Riley feud, more NBA news - NBA - SI.com
Other writers are included in this post, but check this out:

"Chris Mannix: I'm going to declare co-winners in the "best" category: Artest and Trevor Ariza (Rockets). We have all dissected the Artest acquisition from every angle, but with the calendar about to turn to 2010, the Lakers have a solid offense, the top-ranked defense and, oh yeah, the best record in basketball. You can't argue with that."
Remember him saying this? Hilarious. Guess Ron made him come around. How are those Spurs looking?
Lakers prove dominance in NBA Power Rankings - Chris Mannix - SI.com
NBA Courtside Blog - Oklahoma City Thunder at Los Angeles Lakers, 12/22/2009

OKC Thunder Links:

Audio/Video:

Thunder -at- Lakers - 12/22 - HD Highlights | Flash | JD2K Lakers Video Highlights

LAKERS: Thunder vs. Lakers Highlights

LAKERS: Lakers Post Game Lock Talk

Video: Christmas Day Special – Two Worlds | The Lakers Nation

KB24 — Blog — MVPuppets are back..

710 ESPN Los Angeles Live

ESPN NBA Today

The Basketball Jones

The Dan Patrick Show
Kevin McHale compares Jordan and Kobe; talks about Bird

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Good Win

Closer that I would have liked but good win.

I’m a huge Bynum fan but I didn’t like his post game interview on FSN West. He was asked what his response was to people that say he needs more energy and to go after the rebounds more. His response was that his shots just weren’t falling and he missed a bunch of bunnies.

Either he wasn’t really paying attention to the question or he has no idea what is going on. Does Bynum not get that we don’t only care about offense? We want 10+ rebounds every night with a couple of blocks. We want him to go after the rebounds like Artest and Rodman. I was specifically watching Bynums rebounding last night and I’ve come to the conclusion that he doesn’t go after rebounds unless they fall into his hands.

Anyways, can’t wait for Friday’s game. I think its way over hyped and the Lakers smoke em but that’s just my opinion. It’ll be fun to watch Bynum and Shaq. Remember Bynums rookie year against Shaq? Still one of Bynums best plays ever.

Lamar = Laker for Life...Go Pads...Go Bolts

by mrbarneydangles on Dec 23, 2009 8:37 AM PST reply actions

More and more Laker fans are seeing this..

Does Bynum not get that we don’t only care about offense?

The number of fans speaking of this is growing. I feel exactly the same way. I have to say that feeling that way about Bynum’s game and his lack of passion on rebounding or defense in no way does it mean he shoulld be traded.

"Michael Jordan once said the quality Bryant possessed that reminded him most of himself was the desire to distance himself from contemporaries."

by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Dec 23, 2009 9:14 AM PST up reply actions

Thankfully, Kupchak doesn't listen to the fans

And doesn’t habitually do stupid things like trading Bynum.

To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

by Ben R on Dec 23, 2009 4:21 PM PST up reply actions

Well

He has had some pretty awfull trades and signed some really bad contracts. All without the help of the fans. But I don’t think trading Bynum is the answer. Of course in my dreams there other players I prefer but the main reason as to why I wouldn’t trade Bynum is because of the rarity there is in finding a big man like him and with Centers falling like flies he hasn’t done bad considering he was a huge part of the Lakers winning a title.

"Michael Jordan once said the quality Bryant possessed that reminded him most of himself was the desire to distance himself from contemporaries."

by PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE on Dec 23, 2009 5:20 PM PST up reply actions

yea, i'm more interested to see the shap/bynum-gasol matchup

than i am about the kobe-lebron matchup, esp. considering artest will be the one guarding lebron instead of kobe. not sure if lebron or parker will guard kobe though

by Nostance on Dec 23, 2009 3:32 PM PST up reply actions