Comments on: Game Preview & Chat: The New Orleans Hornets

By: The Guy Formerly Known As Lamar Odom

The Guy Formerly Known As Lamar Odom — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:15:49 +0000

so much for all the lamar kwame bashing. where’s the chris mihm bashing when we need it? he was out all of last season and again he’s injured? give me a bleeping break!!! why does he get a break from the bashing????!!! trade the fool!

By: nomuskles

nomuskles — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:47:23 +0000

i’ll look into it.

By: fanerman

fanerman — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:11:03 +0000

nomuskles,
The Basketball Jones is asking forstories about fan run-ins with the NBA players. Maybe you should write them an email or give them a call.

By: nomuskles

nomuskles — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:05:36 +0000

while shopping at south coast plaza on tuesday night, I ended up seeing Chris Mihm at Nordstroms with a woman (gf, sister, cousin, i dunno). I didn’t feel like intruding on his personal life to say hello, but the thing that got me was that he wasn’t home watching the game. To me it illustrated how different pro basketball is from youth league games. If i was injured, I still wanted to go and watch my team play. He’s injured and he’s out shopping during the game against memphis (although, in his defense, he didn’t exactly look thrilled to be there). I’m sure he put in his work during the day and did some rehab but it’s odd to think he’s not a fan of his own team as well. I understand he’s in a very different position than us fans (how many of us would watch our coworkers do their thing if we were out sick?), but it’s still weird.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:50:15 +0000

got a new nickname for Ronnie…with his new braids, doesn’t he look like…
PREDATOR

By: carl

carl — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:17:22 +0000

All in all, really happy with the Lakers victory last night. However, we have to take it one game at a time.

There have been three games that I think you guys can all agree we could AND SHOULD have won and they just slipped away. @MIL, @CLE, @ GS. I surely hope revenge will be on the Lakers mind tomorrow night against the Bucks.

By: the guy formerly known as lamar odom

the guy formerly known as lamar odom — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:14:14 +0000

Beautiful……….just plain………….beautiful!
We cracked the 108 mark on Hollinger’s rankings! I know many of you don’t pay too much attention to those rankings, but I think they’re a good measure of how good a team is. We’re creeping up on Boston and Detroit! PLUS……..we have had a tougher schedule than they have. Good times………….very good times to be a Laker fan.

By: 81 Witness

81 Witness — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:55:57 +0000

Kurt –

You need to shout at your friends at Daily Dime and True Hoop. No coverage of the Lakers going to NO and stomping a West force by 29?

That is some raw, disrespect.

By: Craig W.

Craig W. — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:35:42 +0000

We are still the 2nd youngest team in the NBA. That means there are going to be nights we pull out our hair. However, it looks like there will be far fewer nights like that (anyone remember the Celtics???) that I could have imagined at the start of the season.

Remember San Antonio drafted to get to the top and only added fringe players via trade to reach championship position. Their players developed within their system, not elsewhere. Since we drafted a big man out of high school instead of after 4yrs of college, it is not surprising that AB took longer to develop than TD. I really don’t understand the need to trade for “one more piece.” That may be like an artist adding one more brush stroke to the Mona Lisa and screwing up the entire painting. Part of the skill of personnel and team evaluation is to know when to stop meddling. Are we there yet???

By: Warren Wee Lim

Warren Wee Lim — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:45:34 +0000

Winning such games just spoils you to assume Milwaukee will be massacred on Friday at Staples.

The Lakers have found a groove with a balanced starting five that was supposed to be THE best starting 5 at the start of the season. With the exception of Drew, this was essentially the same team last year that went on a 26-13 record. The difference is, this year won’t be a fluke. That’s perhaps the difference of a consummate professional in Fish compared to the bum Smush.

The Lakers are looking more like a real team out there that does not need the bench to play like crazy just to win it for them. Remember there was a point in time where it was the bench pulling away and the starters giving away the lead. It could only last so long until Phil incorporated the vets to establish the team.

To those that thought Mitch COULD HAVE done better job in the Fish signing, extend your apologies now. 1-2m would be insulting.