Kobe (?) on Lamar: Monday's the Day (Updated)

by DexterFishmore on Jul 19, 2009 1:49 PM PDT in Editorial

So says the Laker big cheese, MAYBE, in a Tweet posted about an hour ago. (His exact words: "You'll find out tomorrow about lamar decision...") More tea leaves for people to read can be found in another Kobe Tweet of earlier this morning:

We have come a long ways, its amazing to see the team come together to help keep a member of the fam part of the fam.

OMG is he saying Lamar's about to re-sign?!? Umm... sure? No idea, actually. That last one could have been about Josh Powell, for all I know.

Update (3:30 p.m.): As commenter LakerUNLTD points out, this might not be Kobe's real Twitter feed. Fair point. It looks legit to me, but I'm easily confused and deceived. So... yeah. Make of it what you will. It's Sunday.

Moving on, here's some crap I read so you don't have to:

Broderick Turner of the Times continues his dogged pursuit to figure out the dollaz the Lakers offered to Lamar before the current snit erupted. Sounds like Lamar was given a choice. Behind Door Number One was $30 million over three years. Behind Door Number Two was $27 million over three, plus a fourth-year team option at $9 million that would pay Lamar a cool $3 million if unexercised. Behind Door Number Three was have fun winning 44 games in Miami.

Marc Stein reports that Lamar is taking the weekend to think things over. (Is he doing so while taking in the new Harry Potter movie? Maybe!) According to Stein, "[t]he expectation among rival teams is that the sides will eventually come to terms."

"I hope Portland or Miami gets Odom. Anything to get him out of LA." That's what an unnamed Western Conference GM told HoopsWorld. I assume that GM was not Mitch Kupchak.

Good news! Kobe heads to Asia this week on a six-city tour to help Nike move units and teach hoopage to some deserving youngsters. Better news! None of those six cities is Jakarta.

The New York Daily News tells of Ron Artest playing the NYC card in his recruitment of Lamar. Ron's apparently keeping his game sharp on an informal tour of the city's playground hoops meccas....

Saturday, Artest continued his tear on New York City's streetball circuit, playing the second half with the Queensbridge team. . . . Artest appeared in many of the city's streetball hotbeds earlier in the week and told Hoops in the Sun organizers that he'll return for their all-star game at Orchard Beach today.

Yeah, well - Ron and Kobe aren't the only ones doing exciting things this summer. For instance, I'm about to have a bowl of cereal... for lunch. I play by my own rules, baby!

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Thanks Dexter for the reading the Sunday crap so we don’t have to. I wonder if Artest threatened to kick Lamar’s ass if he didn’t resign with the Lakers. :)

by lazNirv on Jul 19, 2009 2:29 PM PDT reply actions

Dexter is my boy

i have been searching the entire world not just the internet for information on Odom and his situation im so glad that the drama will stop from what im seeing he will be wearing purple and gold very soon! now if we can only get rid of sasha and sign a quality role player i will be happy.

LETS GO LAKERS ODOM MAKE THE RIGHT MOVE

btw Phil Jacksons championships come in 3s

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by Czheck on Jul 19, 2009 2:44 PM PDT reply actions

I don't think that's Kobe's twitter page.

His jersey is the highest selling jersey in the NBA. How can he only have about 8,000 twitter followers when other players that are not as popular have a lot more?

by LakerUNLTD on Jul 19, 2009 2:58 PM PDT reply actions

I thought about that too.

Not the jersey thing, but the #‘s. Kobe’s followers would be unreal. I didn’t know he had a twitter account. Plus, I doubt the real Kobe follows fake Kobes. Check out the people followed. Or better yet. See if the real people are following him.

by wondahbap on Jul 19, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions

i think your right

http://www.athletestweeting.com/
i think that site has all the real twitter feeds, and kobe isnt on it. and i thought i saw an interview with him saying he wasnt a twitterer?

Bills make me wanna SHOUT!

by silverstreak3k on Jul 19, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Bowl of cereal...

Can’t beat Kellogg’s Corn Pops

by Jello Is Jiggling on Jul 19, 2009 4:02 PM PDT reply actions

Cracklin' Oat Bran

by wondahbap on Jul 19, 2009 4:23 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Is that Kobe’s real Twitter?

I hope the Lamar situation gets figured out soon.

by intuitive on Jul 19, 2009 5:05 PM PDT reply actions

"kobe"

for some reason i think its his real twitter the only thing that threw me off is the tweet about sunday and people going to church kobe doesnt seem very religious and i havent ever heard him say something like that but everything else about his page is pretty decent. regardless i still think LO is coming back to purple and gold. but yeah could be a fake twitter page i guess we will know in 24 hrs lol

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by Czheck on Jul 19, 2009 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions

http://ballhype.com/video/kobe_bryant_won_t_be_doing_twitter_anytime_soon/

I think it’s a fake.

by brianfbb on Jul 19, 2009 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions

lol "bowl of cereal for lunch"

thats all i have for a comment and i 2 don’t believe that is kobe’s page.

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by BrittneyM on Jul 19, 2009 5:55 PM PDT reply actions

It's already been confirmed by kb24.com it's a fake twitter page

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by PeanutButterSpread on Jul 19, 2009 9:06 PM PDT reply actions

Twitter or no Twitter, it's ridiculous that Monday is almost gone and this deal isn't done yet.

It’s hard to believe that we’re almost done with Monday and there is no resolution. If the Heat can’t do anything else and Portland isn’t interested, whatever took place in that call to Buss should have paved the way for an announcement today — one way or the other.

If Buss lowered his offer (unlikely) as the team spokesman suggested he might, then Lamar should just take the Miami gig and be gone.

If the offer is the same one the Lakers made before, Odom should take that as it’s obviously better than the Heat’s deal.

The Lakers likely aren’t going to go higher or give a longer guarantee, so the numbers right now are the only numbers to be concerned with.

Unless there’s more information that nobody has been able to root out, this decision isn’t that hard.

Either you want a few more bucks to play on a championship team, or you’ll take less to play for a second-tier team. You like both cities, so it’s really about how much you hunger for another ring (or rings).

Lamar, if you’re waiting for the Lakers to make an 11th hour lunge to keep you from walking out the door, I think you’ll be disappointed. I now believe that Jerry Buss’ ego and pride is more important to him than having the best shot — right now — at possibly eclipsing Boston as the franchise with the most titles.

And to you, Dr. Buss, you’re 75 and this train is leaving the station. If you want to be the winningest team in NBA history — during your lifetime — then you can’t let Odom go. The window with Kobe at the top of his game is 2-3 years, and maybe two more as a very good contributor, but with lesser effectiveness. Gasol is in his prime. Bynum is a question mark. Artest will help. But you need Odom to win the title.

In June, you’ll either be within one trophy of Boston, or we’ll all know the exact dollar figure that kept you from it.

by LakersForDeuce on Jul 20, 2009 3:52 PM PDT reply actions