Do we all owe Mike Brown an apology?
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Do we all owe Mike Brown an apology?
Stat Of The Night: Clippers have won more games (16) on their current streak than the Lakers have won all year (15).
(Source: nbaoffseason.com)
“Coach D’antoni we were wondering if you would —”
I’LL TAKE IT!
“…find some where more appropriate to sleep tonight, sir. You can’t lay down in the middle of Mr. Buss’s driveway.”
The Lakers season in one GIF.
This is probably the best thing for Mike considering Kobe was planning his murder.
(Source: NBAoffseason.com)
Kobe Bryant eats Mike Brown’s soul with his eyes.
It’s no secret that the Lakers are struggling and Mike Brown’s seat has been red hot since before he even started the job so I’m sure Kobe’s death-stare isn’t helping wipe any sweat off Mike Brown’s brow.
What’s more embarrassing - the Lakers’ 0-3 start, or Dwight Howard’s purple dumb purple arm sleeves? Trick question, the truly embarrassing sleeves will come later, once Dwight debuts his Christian Audigier-designed skull-print sleeves at the All-Star break.
Dwight played his first (preseason) game in a Lakers uniform. This is just a reminder of the impetus for what transpired in Los Angeles this summer.
Now is the appropriate time to shiver and hug yourself while rocking silently in anticipation of tomorrow’s melancholy.
Will “Kobe to Dwight for the dunk” actually become a thing?
How many games into the season will Lakers fans, of the non-Kobe-fan-boy variety, start complaining that “Kobe doesn’t pass the ball to Howard enough”?
Kobe Bryant (via nbaquotes)
Many people give Kobe a pass for being abusive towards his teammates during those years, both on the court and in the media. I get why. His best years were wasted. But was it really a situation he couldn’t control?
After all, LeBron took Cleveland to the NBA Finals in 2007 by passing to Larry Hughes and Drew Gooden…
Kobe’s approached helps highlight just how bad his teammates were. Don’t let them touch the ball until you need them to bail you out, putting already incapable players in nearly impossible scoring positions.
LeBron took the different and instead of shutting off his teammates, he shared with them not just when it was convenient for him but when it was best for his teammates. And that approach got his team into the Finals.
It’s easy to give Kobe a pass for those years, especially when he tried his best to make his own teammates look terrible.
“This is my team.”
-Kobe Bryant
Kobe’s dunk on Antwan Jamison during practice via Dime
Are you a Los Angeles Lakers fan living in Southern California? Do you have Time Warner as your cable provider? Or do you live in the Bakersfield area and have Bright House cable? Then you’re fine. You will not miss nearly 54 regular season Lakers games this season. People are completely jealous of you.
Now, if you didn’t answer yes to any of those questions, you are probably angry or “SMDH,” but you are not alone. According to an editorial from Los Angeles Times sports writer Bill Plaschke, the Lakers do not even get the recently launched Time Warner Sports Network in their El Segundo practice facility. The Lakers have Direct TV and as of right now, Time Warner have yet to reach a deal with Direct TV, amongst others.
Time Warner Sports Net will be the exclusive broadcast home for the Lakers, Los Angeles Sparks, and L.A. Galaxy. 24 hours a day, seven days a week. All Lakers, all the time.
It’s not to say cable companies like Cox, AT&T U-Verse, Direct TV or Dish aren’t negotiating with Time Warner to carry the network. They are or at least I hope they are. There’s just one problem. Time Warner who paid 3 billion dollars for the broadcast right want $3.95 per subscriber to carry the channel. It would make it the second most expensive channel in cable; the first being ESPN.
As crazy as it may seem, some people don’t care about the Lakers or sports all together and maybe these people do not want to extra 4 dollars each month. So, the companies are trying to get a reasonable fee. If you want to be mad at anybody, be mad at Time Warner and your cable company/satellite provider.
Obviously, there will be many games this season on national networks like ABC, ESPN, NBA TV and of course, TNT. They have your back. Unfortunately, one can not order League Pass and expect to see all of the Lakers games in Southern California. They will be regionally blacked out even if you don’t have Time Warner Sports Net.
So, what can you do? Write and call your cable/satellite provider until they reach a deal. The Lakers are the most beloved professional sports team in the area and that places the cable companies at a disadvantage. So, you will get to see Dwight Howard in Purple & Gold. It’s just a matter of when.
