The Credits: "Tomorrow, When the War Began"

by bluexfalcon on Feb 8, 2012 8:01 AM PST in Credits

Paul: Psst, Derek, did they blow the whistle?
Derek: MY ARM ARGGHHHHH

The Los Angeles Lakers are in Boston and eager for a road win, at least we hope they are. With another off day before the big showdown tomorrow against the Celtics, the Lakers are surely running through some offensive sets and fine-tuning some plays. The short travel between Philly and Boston should benefit the Lakers, and they should be somewhat fresh and rested for tomorrow's TNT clash.

One Laker, well ex-Laker, player who probably didn't get much rest is Derrick Caracter. Caracter was waived yesterday by the Lakers, and it seems the reason was monetary. What's that, you're not buying that? We tracked down Caracter and asked him for his thoughts:

"Chaovalkhaohfeaa, Im aakdaGULP, lakers, fanx" - DC while struggling through syrup laden 'cakes.

After that, I was able to track down another source who said that contracts not waived by the 10th would have become fully guaranteed. Good move, Lakers. So that leaves the Lakers with 14 out of 15 roster spots filled. Where does that take us? Sessions? Arenas? J.R Smith? Nope, apparently the other big "story" was Rondo for Pau.

Things just keep getting better and better.

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LOL, so rude.

“Chaovalkhaohfeaa, Im aakdaGULP, lakers, fanx” – DC while struggling through syrup laden ’cakes.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein
Captain Obvious, er, MagicJohnson: Kobe, Bynum & Gasol all must step up big to beat the @76ers.
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by SoCalGal on Feb 8, 2012 8:53 AM PST reply actions

dammit I thought I updated the permalink smh

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by bluexfalcon on Feb 8, 2012 8:58 AM PST reply actions

Noob.

by SoCalGal on Feb 8, 2012 8:58 AM PST up reply actions

I really did tho.

Blaming this on SBN smh

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by bluexfalcon on Feb 8, 2012 8:59 AM PST up reply actions

It's totally acting up right now.

by SoCalGal on Feb 8, 2012 9:08 AM PST up reply actions

Oh, and you had a boo boo so I fixed it.

by SoCalGal on Feb 8, 2012 9:11 AM PST up reply actions

I leave them there on purpose sometimes

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by bluexfalcon on Feb 8, 2012 9:12 AM PST up reply actions

LOL, okay.

by SoCalGal on Feb 8, 2012 9:14 AM PST up reply actions

lol

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by bluexfalcon on Feb 8, 2012 9:17 AM PST up reply actions

LMAO

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by lakergirl on Feb 8, 2012 11:07 AM PST up reply actions

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THE BANDWAGON: Championship? lol you’ve gotta b kidding. - Emmceee /we aren't winning anything this year man - BlueXfalcon / We arent winning anything this year - Lakergirl / we aren’t winning anything this yurrrrr - Tkuang /I expect them to make it past the first round, but I will be very happy if they make it past the second.- Gil M. / We aren’t gonna win anything this year, dude - Aethereal / don't think we will win anything this year. Seriously-CLDPC / I’m not expecting something big from this Lakers team this season - Yoshifan

by Jelly Bean on Feb 8, 2012 9:11 AM PST reply actions

LOL did the bar overflow thread get removed?

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by cldpc on Feb 8, 2012 9:15 AM PST reply actions

No, you have to click on the fanposts link at the top. Something's wrong with the servers.

by SoCalGal on Feb 8, 2012 9:18 AM PST up reply actions

Something’s wrong with the servers.

Caracter mistook them for IHOP servers, placed an order, and they overloaded/ crashed. Issue was fixed the second Mitch waived him.

FUCK DAVID STERN for vetoing destiny.

by deadmuse on Feb 9, 2012 3:05 AM PST up reply actions

should be back up and running correctly now

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by bluexfalcon on Feb 8, 2012 9:19 AM PST up reply actions

So many good links Blue. I'm glad that although I couldn't comment I could still click

on the links. So many awesome stuff going on.

I mentioned before that because its NY and Lin’s comments like he had on NBAtv mentioning his “lord and savior” comments that he was going to start being called the Tebow of the NBA. Sure enough, just seen The Basketball Jones video and they called him just that.

btw..that video of Larry Bird being interviewed by Bill Simmons is awesome, especially that type of praise he gives Kobe. Two Thumbs Up on that video.

by Jelly Bean on Feb 8, 2012 9:15 AM PST reply actions

Agreed on the Simmons video,

and the way he is in it is why I don’t like Simmons

by Aethereal on Feb 8, 2012 9:28 AM PST up reply actions

he has always been that way. If I was a sports writer, as a Lakers fan, I would

take shots at them the way he does but I would also give them their credit like he does with Kobe. But he can get annoying. When he said that he didn’t like it when Larry Bird said his favorite player to watch was Kobe, Bird just did like an “oooooookay” and didn’t even acknowledge it and just kept talking.

by Jelly Bean on Feb 8, 2012 9:34 AM PST up reply actions

Yeah, Bird handled it well,

what I mean is that, as a journalist, the point of the interview is the person you’re interviewing. You’re supposed to ask important questions, in order to get the person you’re interviewing to have the chance to speak his mind on important subjects. But Simmons, despite getting paid out the butt to be a journalist, takes jabs and takes attention away from what Bird’s saying by adding his opinion. It’s just bad interviewing, and that’s the way Simmons always is.

by Aethereal on Feb 8, 2012 10:06 AM PST up reply actions

ooooh I see. Great point. I guess its like going to class and the professor

is more concerned with getting his point of view heard rather than teach.

I guess, in that sense, he is being unprofessional. I would curious to find out how much Simmons actually does get paid.

by Jelly Bean on Feb 8, 2012 10:09 AM PST up reply actions

Yeah, exactly, really good analogy.

And I dunno. He’s got the whole grantland thing going on, and I’m sure ESPN pays pretty well. But more than that, he’s also famous because he’s a journalist, and he’s had a book be a bestseller. It’s just frustrating, but that’s how a lot of ESPN’s journalists are. Famous because they’re controversial/have an opinion, not because they’re good at what they do.

by Aethereal on Feb 8, 2012 10:16 AM PST up reply actions

Thnx

Yeah, I might be wrong, but I think he started by having his own blog. And when it comes to being paid or anytime money comes into play, the goal or purpose must have gone from being a sports journalist to being controversial because that equals page hits.

by Jelly Bean on Feb 8, 2012 11:59 AM PST up reply actions

He did the same thing in his interview with Phil Jackson, not in the asking, but in the writing. Totally self-absorbed.

by SoCalGal on Feb 8, 2012 10:12 AM PST up reply actions

Right?

I don’t even understand. Let’s say you spent time with one of the greatest to ever do something, something you love. Wouldn’t you, y’know, focus on them? Like, if I got time to seriously talk to Kobe, Jordan, Magic, Bird, Phil, or whoever, even if I wasn’t a journalist I’d probably just shut up and listen

by Aethereal on Feb 8, 2012 10:18 AM PST up reply actions

And when I wrote it up, it wouldn't be about me, it would be about what they said to me, what I learned from them.

by SoCalGal on Feb 8, 2012 10:19 AM PST up reply actions

Simmons doesn't NEED to learn from the greats, he writes for ESPN

Abbott Logic’d.

by Aethereal on Feb 8, 2012 10:21 AM PST up reply actions

Of course, that would only be after asking

~~fanboy~~ ridiculous questions like “TELL ME HOW YOURE SO GOOD” “IS IT COOL BEING THE BEST EVER?” and of course “You’re better than Lebron right? right? It’s okay to say it dude”

by Aethereal on Feb 8, 2012 10:20 AM PST up reply actions

LOL

by SoCalGal on Feb 8, 2012 10:32 AM PST up reply actions

lol forealz

by Jelly Bean on Feb 8, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions

I don't know if anyone follows bookmarks mlbtraderumors.com and know who Tim Dierkes is, but

he has created a website for NBA rumors called http://www.hoopsrumors.com/. Y’all should bookmark that website.

by E-ROC on Feb 8, 2012 9:15 AM PST reply actions

Oh shit. I always click on Hoopsworld and RealGM but this is awesome. Thanx.

by Jelly Bean on Feb 8, 2012 9:16 AM PST up reply actions

I like Real GM still. I don't follow Hoopsworld anymore.

Hoopsworld is just too inconsistent and not really credible to me.

by E-ROC on Feb 8, 2012 9:27 AM PST up reply actions

Yeah..its becoming that way.

by Jelly Bean on Feb 8, 2012 9:29 AM PST up reply actions

nice, good look

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by bluexfalcon on Feb 8, 2012 9:17 AM PST up reply actions

if the sonics come back

im moving to seattle! i want to see EVERY GAME

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by Czheck on Feb 8, 2012 9:27 AM PST reply actions

I read that to. Very interesting. The city deserves it.

by Jelly Bean on Feb 8, 2012 9:28 AM PST up reply actions

Can you imagine how crazy the first game and first win would be in the arena?

by Aethereal on Feb 8, 2012 9:29 AM PST up reply actions

So Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan

all say the Kobe is better than Lebron. What more proof do we need that Kobe is the man and pretty much have been cheating out of a whole lot of MVP trophies(although none of them have really said that)?

by Ballinsohard on Feb 8, 2012 10:42 AM PST reply actions

Actually Bird did say if he could he would give Kobe his MVP trophies...

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by Hensi24 on Feb 8, 2012 11:17 AM PST up reply actions

Who are you to argue against writer's and journalist who never played a professional game?

(sarcastic tone)

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"Chris was simply the best I have ever seen. He would stay in the gym for hours, launching threes from everywhere inside halfcourt, in repetitions that spoke more of obsession than dedication. Chris practiced with fear, with a sort of cold sweated abandon, like he had been let out of hell to play ball one last time." -MATTHEW PIERCE

by Ray DLC on Feb 8, 2012 11:55 AM PST up reply actions

I think everyone that matters pretty much knows the argument has been settled.

by Jelly Bean on Feb 8, 2012 12:01 PM PST up reply actions

I'd first say that they were probably comparing career achievement.

Not that the Kobe of now is better than LeBron, which is a tough sell to the most diehard Laker fan. Next, it’s pretty damn hard to say that LeBron’s MVPs were undeserved. You could also argue that he had a better case than Rose last year (and Howard over him).

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by Ben R on Feb 8, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions

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Lakers got good news: Steve Blake practiced today and is a game-time decision for tomorrow at Boston.

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

by Ben R on Feb 8, 2012 12:20 PM PST reply actions

yes sir!

anything added to the bench right now is a plus,

by LakeredXII on Feb 8, 2012 12:58 PM PST up reply actions

awesome!!

When Kobe is on the bench, what do you think of Glock and Blake being in the game at the same time? I would love to see that combo.

by Jelly Bean on Feb 8, 2012 1:47 PM PST up reply actions

They have done that pairing a couple of times this season.

It works depending on the match up.

by E-ROC on Feb 8, 2012 1:49 PM PST up reply actions

Great!

Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak is awaiting word on details of a workout Gilbert Arenas is planning in Los Angeles later this week and is open-minded about attending, two people with knowledge of the situation told CBSSports.com Wednesday.

Although the Lakers have publicly been noncommittal about whether to pursue the three-time All-Star, Kupchak has nothing to lose by evaluating Arenas as a potential solution to the team’s point guard woes. The workout date has not yet been set, but Kupchak is said to be willing to attend depending on timing and logistics.

“The Lakers are going to take a look at him,” one of the people familiar with the matter said.

http://ken-berger.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/11838893/34757947

by E-ROC on Feb 8, 2012 1:48 PM PST reply actions

Might just be due diligence, but who knows.

If he has even a fraction of his former level of play, it’s more or less a no-brainer.

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

by Ben R on Feb 8, 2012 2:48 PM PST up reply actions

He's not a two or a three. Just makes no sense to me.

Goudelock is producing while running the back-up point. Blake is returning so the point guard spot should adequately produce. Fill the wings with something productive because there isn’t anything passed Kobe.

by E-ROC on Feb 8, 2012 6:25 PM PST up reply actions

One thing I do want to point out is on the defensive end. I'm not worried about them getting someone

who is a liability on defense. With Fisher on the perimeter defending and Kobe’s gambling, the perimeter defense wont be that much worst because Pau and Bynum are great to make up for the lack of speed on the perimeter. I am only saying this because of Gilbert Arena’s health and age. I just want someone that I can feel really confident when he shoots a wide open three. That will be HUGE. I just keep thinking of how easy it is for other teams to pack the paint and leave Fisher all by his lonesome to help and double on Bynum. It is always his man that helps on Bynum or Gasol. I’m tired of seeing that.

by Jelly Bean on Feb 8, 2012 3:19 PM PST up reply actions

At this point,

im only confident when Glock and Murphy are shotting…..

thats really pathetic. a rookie and a former all star trying to find his swag again.

"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 Feb 8, 2012 3:23 PM PST up reply actions