I wouldn’t exactly call Robin Lopez an Allstar. He has the size to stay with Drew but he’s no where close to the talent level of a Pau Gasol. Actually he’s not even close to the talent level of his brother.

“Kobe Bryant won a title his way — by establishing a Kobe and the Kobettes dynamic that actually worked — becoming one of the ten best NBA players ever and proving he could prevail without Shaq. If that wasn’t jarring enough, Shaq’s exit from Phoenix marked the fourth time he left a team on bad terms, making everyone re-evaluate the whole “Was Kobe really the bad guy in the Shaqobe Divorce?” saga that had been buried years ago. Maybe Kobe wasn’t as much to blame as we thought. Maybe Shaq was the problem. Maybe the hotel clerk lied about him. Maybe he took a ton of flak for no reason. Maybe he’s … (gulp) … a good guy and a family man who works his butt off and never seems satisfied and kills himself to get better every summer and maybe … (gulp) … was greater than we thought. Damn it all”

Wow! I see he has grown up a bit

also see his post on the “dunk so devastating it destroyed the world”..

Let me ask you. Say you live in LA and have a business meeting starting at 7:30 PM and ends at 11:00. And say you have another business meeting in Denver the next day at 7:30 Denver time. You also have a prep meeting around noon to prepare for the evening meeting. Would you

1. Take a 1:00 AM flight that gets in 4:00 AM Denver time resulting in a sleep time if you are lucky (after commute and checking into the hotel) of 6:00 AM. Of course your body clock is fried and you can’t get any real sleep before the noon run-through. Maybe you catch a nap in the afternoon but basically you are zonked for your big evening meeting

or

2. Go home and get to sleep around midnight in your own bed. Get up around 7::00 AM to catch a flight to denver in time to make the prep meeting. Check in to the hotel (because your employer had one available) for a nice afternoon nap and go to your evening meeting fully energized.

I know which scenario appeals to me and probably all of you out there.

Now what if you had a private plane and didn’t have to fly commercial. So no security, no check-in, no waiting.

What would you do?

I think the league forces teams to travel the night before – probably a throw-back to the time when teams flew commercial or charter. Or maybe when they took buses! The Lakers had to get League approval to fly on game day the day after XMas. So therefore, all teams must not be allowed ordinarily to fly in on the day.

But what logic is that?

As for the Picasso comment, Al Michaels called Kobe “Mozart in sneakers”. That compliment cannot be beat.

Big enough ego there LeBron. Seriously does he not get enough media attention as it is, now he has to go and try to create some non-story about how no one should wear No. 23. I didn’t think it was possible but LeBrons ego might be bigger than Shaq’s.

Seriously Lebron…who are you?