jesus joey buss ought not book any public speaking gigs in the near future
― DUDE, I DON'T LOSE (call all destroyer), Monday, 15 June 2009 02:49 (fifteen years ago) link
omg fuck u phil with a X hat already made may the ghosts of red auerbach and malcolm x haunt u all summer
― schrödinger's googler (agent hibachi), Monday, 15 June 2009 02:51 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't think kobe can separate real and fake emotions at this point - he's been publicly living as a persona for two years now
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 June 2009 02:52 (fifteen years ago) link
man, i know they're not at home and the celtics were last year, but seriously, this celebration vs ANYTHHHINNNNNG IS POSSSSIBLLLLLLE
― narly dude lol (Clay), Monday, 15 June 2009 02:53 (fifteen years ago) link
lamar odom is thinking about candy
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 June 2009 02:54 (fifteen years ago) link
yah this felt more like kobe "i humbly would like to reclaim my birthright" while standing on a pile of bodies versus KG's inner five year old discovering ice cream, dinosaurs, campfires and boobies all at once
― schrödinger's googler (agent hibachi), Monday, 15 June 2009 02:55 (fifteen years ago) link
so businesslike and joyless. it's like they're not winning the championship, they're being commended for excellent community service.
― narly dude lol (Clay), Monday, 15 June 2009 02:56 (fifteen years ago) link
more sense of relief than actual joy
― DUDE, I DON'T LOSE (call all destroyer), Monday, 15 June 2009 03:09 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-06/47502627.jpg
― carne asada, Monday, 15 June 2009 03:30 (fifteen years ago) link
si.com's PURPLE REIGN headline is pretty dope
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 June 2009 03:33 (fifteen years ago) link
police having trouble containing rowdy lakers fans gathered at the staples center.
― narly dude lol (Clay), Monday, 15 June 2009 04:11 (fifteen years ago) link
KG's inner five year old discovering ice cream, dinosaurs, campfires and boobies all at once
^holy shit, nearly spit my cereal all over keyboard reading this, and it rings so true. MAMA PEANUT!!!!
― collardio gelatinous, Monday, 15 June 2009 04:13 (fifteen years ago) link
LAKERS WIN LAKERS WIN
looooooooooool jordan thank you thank you thank you most of all
― ~'-.,,.-'~'-. .-'~'-.,,.-'~ (tremendoid), Monday, 15 June 2009 04:48 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss51/tr_fudge/ChickHearn.jpg
ALL OIUR LOVE ALL OUR LIVES
― ~'-.,,.-'~'-. .-'~'-.,,.-'~ (tremendoid), Monday, 15 June 2009 04:49 (fifteen years ago) link
good job orl you did your thing la got love for you and that's all that counts
― ~'-.,,.-'~'-. .-'~'-.,,.-'~ (tremendoid), Monday, 15 June 2009 05:02 (fifteen years ago) link
@THE_REAL_SHAQ: O yea congrats to u to adam morrison
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Monday, 15 June 2009 05:04 (fifteen years ago) link
the best was "congrats to mbengaaaaaaaa"
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 June 2009 05:05 (fifteen years ago) link
wow kobe is just a destroyer man, an dhe's so goddamn happy as a human being when he was smiling and jumping it was nice to see, y'know just genuinely nice. just genuinely nice and i'm so glad for him and fisher, the hero and certified laker legend and pau smash!!! lamar odom is just acting a fool out there man its the nba finals ariza!!!!!!!!!!! what a wonderful guy get at me hedo sasha
― ~'-.,,.-'~'-. .-'~'-.,,.-'~ (tremendoid), Monday, 15 June 2009 05:15 (fifteen years ago) link
i wish mbenga got to do a patented turnaround
― ~'-.,,.-'~'-. .-'~'-.,,.-'~ (tremendoid), Monday, 15 June 2009 05:16 (fifteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBwIs2IggwA
― ~'-.,,.-'~'-. .-'~'-.,,.-'~ (tremendoid), Monday, 15 June 2009 05:42 (fifteen years ago) link
if you want to see what jordan was talking about
― ~'-.,,.-'~'-. .-'~'-.,,.-'~ (tremendoid), Monday, 15 June 2009 05:43 (fifteen years ago) link
this will be a subject of much controversy over the summer, your NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers have much to answer for
― ~'-.,,.-'~'-. .-'~'-.,,.-'~ (tremendoid), Monday, 15 June 2009 05:44 (fifteen years ago) link
0_o
― my god, it's full of straws! (k3vin k.), Monday, 15 June 2009 05:45 (fifteen years ago) link
sorry dude! i just don't buy the idea that the lakers are a loving cohesive team celebrating together after a slogging through war together - most everything that kobe says to me rings hollow. i'm sure they are all proud of each other and happy for each other and stuff but i just rolled my damn eyes at the celebration is all. not taking anything away from their winning it or something just that i don't buy them \(o_O)/
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 June 2009 06:01 (fifteen years ago) link
but kobe was SCOWLING ALL PLAYOFFS as stuart scott so helpfully pointed out 15 times tonight, so what do i know
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 June 2009 06:03 (fifteen years ago) link
surely thinking kobe is a huge phony is not an unusual opinion at this point in time
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 June 2009 06:06 (fifteen years ago) link
i dunno man here's to doing it wrong or something this isnot a night for arguing
― ~'-.,,.-'~'-. .-'~'-.,,.-'~ (tremendoid), Monday, 15 June 2009 06:43 (fifteen years ago) link
otm
― let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Monday, 15 June 2009 06:45 (fifteen years ago) link
i wonder if the celebration would have had more oomph had their Finals opponent been the cavs or celtics (in a non-injured kg universe that is). the cavs b/c it would have looked like kobe outdoing lebron, and the c's b/c it would have meant beating the champions, and wreaking revenge on a team that embarrassed them last year. the lakers deserved this win, they were the best team in these playoffs no doubt, but there's ways in which this victory might have tasted sweeter.
― collardio gelatinous, Monday, 15 June 2009 06:52 (fifteen years ago) link
after all part of the thrill of last year's championship for the c's was that they had to go through lebron and the arch-rival lakers
there were a couple other reasons too...
― collardio gelatinous, Monday, 15 June 2009 06:56 (fifteen years ago) link
pfft your team would have got handled. it would be more likely a hard 6 games
― ~'-.,,.-'~'-. .-'~'-.,,.-'~ (tremendoid), Monday, 15 June 2009 07:16 (fifteen years ago) link
orl was no patsy but they were def. starstruck or something
― ~'-.,,.-'~'-. .-'~'-.,,.-'~ (tremendoid), Monday, 15 June 2009 07:18 (fifteen years ago) link
hollinger put the lakers on the top of his list of franchises. trapped in his own web of stats
― ~'-.,,.-'~'-. .-'~'-.,,.-'~ (tremendoid), Monday, 15 June 2009 07:22 (fifteen years ago) link
lol
― ~'-.,,.-'~'-. .-'~'-.,,.-'~ (tremendoid), Monday, 15 June 2009 07:23 (fifteen years ago) link
i wonder if the celebration would have had more oomph had their Finals opponent been the cavs or celtics
simple fact that it was an away game takes any celebration down a notch
congrats adam morrison
― am0n, Monday, 15 June 2009 14:22 (fifteen years ago) link
didn't stop these guyshttp://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef01157112e870970b-pi
― carne asada, Monday, 15 June 2009 15:12 (fifteen years ago) link
The 2000 lakers riot makes this shit look like romper room.
― mayor jingleberries, Monday, 15 June 2009 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha,yeah! I remember walking out of staples after that game and it was crazy!they were showing the game on the jumbotron outside to a few million people.
― carne asada, Monday, 15 June 2009 16:53 (fifteen years ago) link
pfft your team would have got handled.
i don't completely disagree with this, esp. if you're referring to the actual, kg-less version of the celtics. even with a healthy kg and powe, i didn't see the c's beating this year's lakers (would have been a gnarly series though). but to me that's kind of beside the point. all i'm saying is that regardless of the fact that neither the c's nor the cavs turned out to be a playoff threat to the lakers, the fact is that the presence of at least one of these teams in the finals would have made the win more satisfying to LA. that's all.
― collardio gelatinous, Monday, 15 June 2009 18:24 (fifteen years ago) link
just for the sake of the way this board would have been blowing up if the lakerss played the c's. i can agree with that.
― carne asada, Monday, 15 June 2009 18:30 (fifteen years ago) link
it's all been downhill since bos/chi imo
― gangsta hug (omar little), Monday, 15 June 2009 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
^yeah but that's like top 5 sports series i've ever seen tho, tough act to follow
― my god, it's full of straws! (k3vin k.), Monday, 15 June 2009 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
also feels like a century ago. so long ago one could wax nostalgic. "yeah, and remember when that kid rondo pretended he was a fishing lure dangling from that big white dude's mouth? whatta series!!"
― collardio gelatinous, Monday, 15 June 2009 22:01 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't completely disagree with this, esp. if you're referring to the actual, kg-less version of the celtics. even with a healthy kg and powe, i didn't see the c's beating this year's lakers (would have been a gnarly series though). but to me that's kind of beside the point.
in lieu of revenge ^ this is my point and i'm sticking to it :)yeah obv. before the injury we wanted the c's then the cavs distant 2nd, then i would have still wanted the kgless c's if they were good enough to have scraped through to the finals but i thought orl made an ok plucky upstart foil, better than any of the early 00's ecc's anyway. got some close games out of it but people might just remember 4-1 and the bookend games, its all good
― ~'-.,,.-'~'-. .-'~'-.,,.-'~ (tremendoid), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 01:47 (fifteen years ago) link
so frustrating, cuz it could just has easily have been 3-1 orlando but for an awesome inbound pass play that didn't finish and a total meltdown in the last 30 seconds of game threecould shoulda woulda
― (pronounced /ˈfɑrv/sklOf/tO/fewˈ/) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 01:53 (fifteen years ago) link
What the hell am I supposed to do with no basketball, no hockey, no Lost, and with the Padres out of contention in June?
Maybe I should take up knitting.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 02:22 (fifteen years ago) link
http://media.nbcaugusta.com/images/wagt_wnba.jpg
― am0n, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 05:07 (fifteen years ago) link
― Thanks, Casey Westcott Fleet Foxes (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 05:38 (fifteen years ago) link
simmons' column otm imo
― swag serf (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 05:38 (fifteen years ago) link
better counterfactual than kg: would yao have beat LA? I kinda think yes
― "Bytchass of Juxberry" rules (hmmmm), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 06:04 (fifteen years ago) link