Comments on: Thoughts From Vegas

By: MS

MS — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:29:43 +0000

I’m confused guys – the article names Fisher several times as the one involved in the Ariza accident. Did the info change, or did someone (me?) misunderstand?

20 – You may have been kidding, but that really just hit me – Kwame really has no place to go but up. I think that’s important because if we can get him to feel comfortable doing what he does by the time Bynum’s back, we can actually use him to exploit match ups like we know Phil loves. That said, I’d be happy to get 2 pts, 6 reb, 2 blk, and a steal on any given night from Kwame.

By: Lamar Odom is back!

Lamar Odom is back! — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:29:04 +0000

Let’s look at the bright side. Kwame’s play can only improve.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:35:38 +0000

9 weeks??!!?
me thinks we mean 9 games…

tomorrow night will be a good chance to see if Kwame has a warriors heart, I hope he does.

By: DMo

DMo — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:19:38 +0000

Ariza has become pretty important to the Lakers–particularly on defense. We better hope the injury is closer to 4 weeks than 8 (or longer).

Doug Collins made an interesting point about the Lakers upcoming (unusually long) road trip: if Kobe turns an ankle, the Lakers (one of the top 6 teams in the West at a minimum) could have their season all-but buried by one two week stretch. Hardly seems fair. 9-week road trips should not be allowed, and the Lakers recent stream of injuries is exactly why. Most teams will not face a stretch of the season anywhere near this grueling. Scheduling should be done in a manner that makes things as fair as possible.

By: anoni

anoni — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:04:56 +0000

Maybe Odom doesn’t recognize his surroundings because he’s too preoccupied about landing on that shoulder.

That’d be pretty ironic.

By: Lamar Odom is back!

Lamar Odom is back! — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:11:41 +0000

A lot of those comments were tongue-in-cheek, people. Lighten up………………….except for mine. I am dead serious about everything I’ve said.

By: Karl

Karl — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:10:30 +0000

Hey, at least Odom doesn’t do it purposely like Bruce Bowen.

By: Warren Wee Lim

Warren Wee Lim — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:51:13 +0000

Its funny to a point that Odom somehow “caused” the 2 injuries. But I don’t think its a fair thing to say that he deliberately did it. As for me, I laugh about it. But it hurts come game time.

Denver is up tomorrow and the Lakers are short-handed. Even at full, Denver is a pesky customer with all those slaps and nudges. I like Ronny at center since Camby is not much of an offensive player and I think we could use one forward coming back (the martian!) for this game… Is it just me or will Kobe see a lot of Melo tomorrow?

By: Kurt

Kurt — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:07:58 +0000

Just doing some checking on this and it looks like 4 to 8. Also, traditionally the fourth metatarsal is a stress fracture that comes over time, not from one incident, but this appears to be a different case. It is a pretty common soccer injury.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:04:38 +0000

Do, what with Odom, trade him for another 13-10 guy? Because those guys are just laying around?

Odom has unfortunately been at the center of the two injuries, but you can’t seriously blame him. If you’ve ever played basketball, you know feet get tangled and weird things happen. Sometimes bad things.