The Credits: "Double Impact"

by bluexfalcon on Jan 5, 2012 8:00 AM PST in Credits

Lakers look set to visit the 4-1 Blazers on the first night of a back-to-back.

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Nice article by Dave McMenamin

kobe’s competitive fire and desire for excellence maybe influencing Bynum.

"If at this stage of our careers we're the boring team, then we're the boring team. As long as we get results." - Kobe Bryant

"I like jewelry. ... I like winning," - Kobe Bryant

by markkk on Jan 5, 2012 8:27 AM PST reply actions

lol

"They’re a very special group of men. Cherish them, you will not see their like again."

by chaucer on Jan 5, 2012 8:35 AM PST via mobile up reply actions

I loved the quotes from Bynum in there.

When asked about his first career 20-20 game, Bynum did not boast, saying, “It was about time.”

As for those 22 rebounds, just one off his career high of 23.

“I think in the first quarter I had 10, so I guess I was kind of slacking the rest of the game,” Bynum said.

"What we want to remember—what we will remember—is the indelible vision of Kobe, his arms outstretched, delirious with joy and disbelief, running after and grabbing hold of Lamar Odom’s floating downcourt pass, while all the purple and gold streamers in the world are raining down on the hardwood." - Brian Tung

by LakersFoEva on Jan 5, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions

I’m glad we didn’t get Baron Davis. It would have looked like a desperate move. We don’t need a 250 pound point guard who hardly plays these days.

"They’re a very special group of men. Cherish them, you will not see their like again."

by chaucer on Jan 5, 2012 8:34 AM PST via mobile reply actions

Or who is hurt.

You’ll never see a cool quilt back away…

by cldpc on Jan 5, 2012 9:40 AM PST up reply actions

Crap. Well I guess I am not getting THAT job...

We don’t need a 250 pound point guard who hardly plays these days.

Billy Mac: "Lamar, can you see yourself actually getting in the (boxing) ring"?
Lamar Odom: "No. My face is too pretty."

by pslakerfan on Jan 5, 2012 12:20 PM PST up reply actions

Can’t believe how soon the all star ballots came out. After just five games players’ names are out too. Further evidence that the game is a joke.

"They’re a very special group of men. Cherish them, you will not see their like again."

by chaucer on Jan 5, 2012 8:38 AM PST via mobile reply actions

The all star game is in February. They couldn’t push it back because of scheduling… so why not have them up now?

If players emerge as AS-worthy later in the season… that is what coach and player votes are for, not to mention write-in voting.

You’ll never see a cool quilt back away…

by cldpc on Jan 5, 2012 9:41 AM PST up reply actions

LOL then why do you watch?

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein
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by SoCalGal on Jan 5, 2012 12:44 PM PST via Android app up reply actions

i rarely watch the game itself. i do like the dunk contest, though.

"They’re a very special group of men. Cherish them, you will not see their like again."

by chaucer on Jan 5, 2012 1:21 PM PST up reply actions

Why does playing time matter?

On the whole it’s a popularity contest anyway. At this point half of China texted “Yao” to the NBA voting number.
The few players who have risen up from the rank-and-file, and deserve it can score a coaches selection.

"Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character." - John Wooden

by Joshua S on Jan 5, 2012 3:35 PM PST via Android app up reply actions

LOL at the picture.

by BoneCruncher24 on Jan 5, 2012 8:51 AM PST reply actions

IKR

Pau looks like he just won the lottery, MWP looks like he is in 4th grade saying “here” during roll call.

Billy Mac: "Lamar, can you see yourself actually getting in the (boxing) ring"?
Lamar Odom: "No. My face is too pretty."

by pslakerfan on Jan 5, 2012 12:22 PM PST up reply actions

pretty sure thats the play...

where Pau got called for a charge after he thought he made an and-1. looks likeMWP thought the same thing too.

by LakersFoEva on Jan 5, 2012 3:05 PM PST up reply actions

Kobe on Bynum

"The thing that I like about him is that he has an engine inside of him and he wants to do well. He wants to dominate. He has ambition to be great. I think that’s the biggest positive about him aside from all of the physical attributes."

by BoneCruncher24 on Jan 5, 2012 8:53 AM PST reply actions

If ding uses this quote one more time...

“I really want to win for him in the worst way, because I see how much he works and I see how much he wants it,” Bryant said. “I hear the criticism he takes, and I believe it to be unwarranted. It makes me want to work even harder than I already am.”

we got it ok…we really do

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/bryant-334275-brown-wrist.html

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by lakergirl on Jan 5, 2012 9:34 AM PST reply actions