Credits 6/16/2009

Nothin' but Links!

• dEDGE
• Lakers coach Phil Jackson is the NBA's greatest coach ever - ESPN
• Finals analysis: Why the Lakers won - FOX Sports on MSN (Charley Rosen)
• Sports of The Times - Kobe Bryant Can Finally Enjoy His Own N.B.A. Championship - NYTimes.com
• SportingNews.com - The Baseline (Bethlehem Shoals)
• Nation Desperately Seeks Sportswriters' Opinions On Kobe Bryant | The Onion - America's Finest News Source (Hat tip Hardwood Paroxysm)

More Links After Jump!

• Los Angeles Lakers With More Rings Than Your Local Deserving Star
• KD's NBA Finals roundup - Ball Don't Lie - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
• Expert Failure - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
• SLAM ONLINE | " Source: T-Mac Being Shopped
• Lessons from the Title: Trust and Work - TrueHoop By Henry Abbott - ESPN
• This marketing scheme has a nice ring to it - Lakers blog - OCRegister.com
• Video: Lakers arrive home - Inside the Lakers
• And the winner of the first Shaq trade is... - BostonHerald.com
• Could Artest be piece that gets Blazers by Lakers? – OregonLive.com
• And finally, it's not there yet, but keep your eyes out for the inevitable "Kobe Bryant was not the Most Productive Player in the NBA Finals" post over at the always amusing Wages of Wins Journal

• NBA.com: Photos - Kobe Bryant: 2009 NBA Finals MVP
  Added 9:30AM

• NBA.com Blog Squad: Luke Walton Fan Voice
  Added 9:32AM

• LAPD Used New Strategy in Lakers Celebration Tomfoolery - LAist
  Added 9:34AM

• Kobe 24/8
  Added 9:42AM

• Bill Simmons: Did Kobe Bryant really change for 2009 Los Angeles Lakers - ESPN
  Added 9:42 AM (Hat tip to hertagnism, and anyone else who may have linked it)

• Twitpic - Share photos on Twitter
  Added 10:30AM Kobe Billiboard in Shanghai: Determination Never Stops.

• 102.7 KIIS-FM - L.A.'s #1 Hit Music Station!
  Added 11:01AM Fluffy interview with Kobe, but they do say that Jeanie says Phil is coming back!

• Kobe Bryant SI Cover - Dan Patrick.com
  Added 11:04AM

• YouTube - I love the Lakers ( I Love College Asher Roth Cover) - J. Ruckus (2009 NBA Champs new anthem)
  Added 11:20AM (Hat Tip SI.com Hot Clicks)

• Is Kobe Bryant Now The Best Ever? - Basketball News & NBA Rumors -
  Added 11:27AM

• Orlando Sentinel - Q&A with Mickael Pietrus and Courtney Lee by
  Added 11:27AM

• The Lakers Are the Team of the Decade | NBC Los Angeles
  Added 11:30AM

• YouTube - MVPs - Kobe & LeBron (Celebration)
  Added 1:42PM

• TV Sports - ABC’s Van Gundy Remained Mum About His Brother - NYTimes.com
  Added 1:45PM Hat tip to Slamonline

• Private donors to foot entire $1M Lakers parade bill - FOX Sports on MSN
  Added 1:59PM

• Parade costs covered privately - Inside the Lakers
  Added 3:50PM

• Nike Puppets 4 Rings and Carpe Diem T-Shirts Giveaway | Dime Magazine (www.dimemag.com) : Daily NBA News, NBA Trades, NBA Rumors, Basketball Videos, Sneakers
  Added 4:07PM Daily Dime is having a contest later this week for these shirts (hat tip to intuitive)

• NBA.com: After winning title, Kobe to visit the 'Tonight Show'
  Added 4:51PM