Wade Rehabs, Yi Reneges, Team USA Reloads
Summer league play is over and it will be a few days until Team USA opens up minicamp in Las Vegas, so there is no on court NBA action at the moment. via 20 Second Timeout
Archive for July, 2007
Have you guys seen this
“Kevin Garnett- Known accross the world, “The Big Ticket”, would be “The Big Draw”
Paul Pierce thinks he can win a championship if lakers trade odom to boston Green, theo ratliff, Exp. via Los Angeles Lakers News and Trade Rumors
Walton signs $30 million Laker contract
“Before we got hurt (last season), we were a team that was right in the hunt of things”
EL SEGUNDOIn an offseason when so much has been about whether Kobe Bryant wants to leave the Lakers, Luke Walton made it official Thursday that he wants to stay. via Orange Co. Register
U.S. basketball says Viva Las Vegas
NBA scoring champion Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers headlines the list of 17 players expected to report for the U.S. national team minicamp this weekend in Las Vegas. via KVBC-TV
Hey Kobe, shut up and start talking
“We’ve remained friends even when he was at Golden State. We continue to talk regularly.”
First you couldn’t get Kobe Bryant to shut up. Now you can’t get him to say a word about his future. via Daily News
Randolph shows Mets who’s in charge
“If you can’t get out of the box and run down the line or whatever, you’re gonna sit down. That’s all. It’s unacceptable”
Mets manager Willie Randolph has a habit of using the phrase, “My guys.” For him it’s a saying that means a lot of different things. via NYNewsday.com
Nike To Build, Refurbish Playgrounds Across LA
“We will work with our partners throughout the city of Los Angeles over the coming years to bring the foundation for a sporting life into community throughout our city.”
Nike officials announced plans Wednesday to build or refurbish playgrounds across the city as part of a national program designed to encourage young people to improve their health by taking part in sports. via KNBC
Commentary: Bryant still has growing up to do
“He changed his image by building libraries”
Call it the Endless Summer of Kobe Bryant. Or, as many have, call it something else, something much harsher. via Daily Breeze
In these stormy times, Lakers need Fisher’s calming influence
“Life for me outweighs the game of basketball”
Their star has ripped them, the trade winds have blown over them, the bulk of the Western Conference is muscling past them. via Los Angeles Times
Bertuzzi shouldn’t diminish Ducks feat
“Can you tell me why Luis Gonzalez’s home run ball sank in the ray pool in Tampa Bay but Barry Bonds’ home run ball floats in San Francisco Bay? Is there something different in the water … or in the ball?”
The readers always write when they’re upset : From Michael Paczowski, via e-mail: “I felt this Bertuzzi ‘thing’ coming ever since Mr. via The Orange County Register
Kobe Says He Apologized to Lakers GM
“I was frustrated, I was venting”
Although he didn’t rescind his trade request, Kobe Bryant softened his stance somewhat Thursday night, saying he had apologized to Los Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak in person for the way he handled his upset feelings five weeks ago.
‘I just felt like as a man, it was important for me to tell him, `I’m sorry it came out that way,'’ Bryant said at a lightly attended news conference at Loyola Marymount, where he spoke mainly about his camp for youngsters at the school this week. Read more
Elton Brand Becoming a Hollywood Player
“Why don’t we make a production company?”
The Lakers have always been the more Hollywood basketball team in town, the one that draws the celebrities to those pricey courtside seats to see and be seen. via Palm Beach Post