The Tutelage of Phil Jackson

Lol. Awesome

adjectives to describe the awesomeness of this piece. Wow. Love “The German” part, too.

Fabulous read.

He’s just not about to lay down and die. He’ll fight to the bitter end, taking violent bite after violent bite.

All I want to see is the same performance that the Lakers pulled off on March 6th against the Spurs: a statement game. The Lakers will have to make a statement to the Mavs that they are not willing to go down without a fight and that their opponents have a long way to go before they have the chance to knock the champs out.

Though I’m unsure whether the Lakers deserve to win their third championship title with a lackluster performance in the past few games, I hope they avoid a sweep and extend the series.

(And it’s been four days and counting since I haven’t visited the Yahoo Boards and lost my mind there.)

(cue synthesizer)

The Black Mamba lies in darkness. He is bruised, beaten, bloodied. His body has been pumped full of buckshot. Hands tied, he watches as what little light remains in his world is extinguished. The German and his friends are nailing The Mamba’s coffin shut. The coffin is placed in the ground, and The Mamba can only listen as piles and piles of dirt are heaped on top of him. This is to be his grave.

bust outta that coffin kobe you assassin you.

I think not.

We’re fuckedddd

I have not slept a wink since the last game and the only thing on the mind is this game, right here. Whatever happens, I completely refuse to believe we lose this one. Despite everything our team has done wrong, despite displaying poor effort all around, whether it’s defense, the 3 pt shooting, Pau Gasol or the bench, I know there’s something special left. If there’s anything I believe it’s Kobe Bryant. The man won’t be denied and there is no way in hell he’ll let this one go. No fucking way. He’s not going to sit at home next season during the looming lockout letting the demons of this run circles in his head. Anyone else can accept it but not him. He may be diplomatic in his answers to the press, but his eyes said everything in the last post-game conference. There was a sparkle of mischief in the eyes and one last gambit yet to be played. A team this talented in depth and knowledge and under the tutelage of the sage we know as the Zen Master (thoroughly expounded by C.A. above) is enough to keep them from falling over the edge. Phil is as lethal as they come, a man of his stature won’t just quietly walk away from the immense legacy he’s erected through all these years. No way. Like Clint Eastwood snarling away into the sunset on his horse, Phil will have the last say as he roars away on his custom-made Harley. So if he’s already done everything a coach can dream of, then the only thing I can think of missing on his resumé is a comeback from 0-3. That would forever carve him atop not only the basketball sierra, but the everest of all sports as well. Call me crazy, call me a lunatic, but shit, I believe it will be done. There’s no one out there that can overcome this other than this team right here. We have two of the hungriest beasts in human form on the same team in the Zen and Mamba, so there’s absolutely no fucking way this ends today. Like Juba said in Gladiator, “Not yet, not yet.” Sure this is all absurd and yea no doubt many will mock this, but I’m proud to stand by it. This team sets trends, in their own maniacal ways. I wrote an article before that this team WANTS to be pushed to the brink before they unleash hell. Well here’s the brink, now I predict the rebellion from this squad. And in the wake we will leave the Mavs in the dust, with the harrowing realization that not only were the knocked down from 2-0, but now 3-0. So let’s show them Lakers. Somehow our fates are wrapped with this team, after all that’s why most of us reside in the 2nd home we call SS&R. So we live and die with our team. Whatever your thoughts going into this game, logic or insanity, I only request that no one stops believing for any second of the contest; and putting everything into perspective I want to thank such an amazing community where all our desire and dreams can be put lodged into words and displayed in the sky through this. With that said, Let’s fucking rock!