Let the Chaos Begin...
I am not special.
I am not a beautiful or unique snowflake.
I am the same decaying organic matter as everything else...
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Tomorrow could be LA Lakers’ last game of the season and we only have 2 Game Of Thrones episodes left.
What the fuck am I gonna do after?
LA Lakers’ collapse in the playoffs last year affected me so much to the extent that it made me depressed for over two months. They are back again this year all poised to make me suffer the same fate.
I can always go back and rejuvenate my focus in my action figure collection but I don’t know. I feel so aimless.
Fuck sports clubs for making me care so much and shit.
I need to realign this passion in to something more productive but I don’t have the slightest idea what it is.
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I’m just glad the Lakers won’t face Memphis in the first round. The Grizzlies is a pretty robust team now that almost everyone is healthy. With Metta World Peace out 6 games in the playoffs, it would be hard for the Lakers to stop Rudy Gay. Matt Barnes won’t be having the same minutes because of his ankle injury so most likely it will be the inexperienced Ebanks who would start.
Make no mistake though, Denver Nuggets is a great team. They are part of the top 5 teams I use when I play NBA2K12. But unfortunately, Wilson Chandler is out and Harrington hasn’t been making any good shots as of late.
I would say, the Lakers will win this round in 5 or 6 games.
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Photo reblogged from ALWAYS LATE
Has anybody noticed that, whenever Metta World Peace does something wrong, the media reverts back to the name ‘Ron Artest’?
Anyhow, I think MWP deserves to have a much longer suspension than just 7 games. But I’m a Laker fan and I’m supposed to hate it lol.
(Source: aj21121)
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Photo reblogged from Fuck Yeah Andrew Bynum
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Photo reblogged from Lack Is Our Own Perception.
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Lakers win the battle for Los Angeles
The Clippers’ goal all season long has been to prove that, in Chris Paul’s words when he was acquired by the team earlier this season, they “are not a joke”. Their team had been the receiving end of really bad jokes up until last year when they started to become better during the emergence of the phenomenal Blake Griffin.
Here are some of the jokes about the Clippers back then:
Q: What’s the difference between the Los Angeles Clippers and a dollar bill?
A: You can still get four quarters out of a dollar bill.
Q: What do the Los Angeles Clippers and possums have in common?
A: Both play dead at home and get killed on the road!
Q: What does an Los Angeles Clippers fan do when his team has won the NBA Finals?
A: He turns off the PlayStation 3.
Q: Did you hear that the Clippers basketball team doesn’t have a website?
A: They can’t string three “Ws” together.
These jokes were really funny back then but the LA Clippers have been a different team this year. They have improved a lot and are now considered a championship contender.
Now this wouldn’t have happened if NBA commissioner David Stern didn’t intervene in a trade that could’ve landed Chris Paul to the Lakers. The idea was really great back then but it meant letting go of a lot of quality players like Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom (Odom ended up opting to be traded to Dallas). Ever since that ordeal, both teams have been competitive with each other with the Clippers trying to prove that are the new dominant team coming out of Los Angeles. Fans have dubbed it as “Battle: Los Angeles”.
Both the teams have met twice prior to last night’s match up and they are even with one win each. It was one of the most anticipated games of the season and it was important for both the teams. The Lakers are third in the west with the Clippers trailing behind with only 1.5 wins. But the Lakers let another sizable lead get away late in the game. They led by 14 points in the final minute of the third quarter, but the Clippers finally got some stops and went on an 11-0 run to cut the deficit to three with 10 minutes left in the game. They hurt themselves with turnovers and bad shot selections but finally took their first lead since the first quarter, 104-103, on a jump hook by DeAndre Jordan with 3:30 left. Bryant immediately answered with a jumper to re-take the lead, and Ramon Sessions stretched it to four points on a driving layup with 47 seconds left. Chris Paul cut it back to two on a short jumper, leading to Bryant’s big shot from the corner.The Clippers weren’t able to recover and the Lakers won the battle for Lost Angeles.
As usual, Blake Griffin had a lot of spectacular plays starting the game off with a nasty putback dunk behind Pau Gasol. He continued to bully the gentle Spaniard majority of the game and posterized him even late in the third. It was a phenomenal dunk but it should’ve been an offensive foul in my opinion. He got a lot of leverage by using his elbow to push off the side of Gasol’s face. He even stood over the fallen Laker feeling good about himself for a split second before he was shaken up his team mate DeAndre Jordan.“We got the W … He can have the highlight.”
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I’m a bad Laker fan.
Last night, I stayed up until 3:30 AM this morning to watch the LA Lakers play against New Orleans Hornets. I went home around 2 AM so I figured I could just stay up and see the game.
It started up pretty good for the Lakers, outscoring the Hornets early in the first quarter and they seemed really well rested running a lot of transition plays. But then Kobe started missing a lot of open shots. It was so painful to watch. He just couldn’t buy a shot anywhere in their home court. It was like there was a lid covering the rim whenever he takes a shot. Good thing Pau Gasol didn’t have the same curse. He was the only one scoring for the team mostly in the first half with Stephen Blake’s 3 for 3 rainbow connections. But it wasn’t enough. The Lakers suddenly became lethargic and out of focus as Kobe continued to struggle ending the first half with zero points.
When the third quarter started I was hopeful that the curse on Kobe would be over but the rim just won’t let his shots go in. Then the Hornets took the lead and extended it to double digits late in the third. I gave up. I just couldn’t stand to see the Lakers struggle that much against a very short-handed team that also happens to be at the bottom of the western conference standings. I gave up on the Lakers and went to sleep.
Hours later when I woke up, I went to NBA.com expecting to see another home loss but was surprised to see that the Lakers have managed to win the game! And it was Kobe’s game winning three pointer that sealed the deal! He was 0-for-7 on three point attempts prior to that shot. At the end of the game, he only had 11 points, all of them in the final quarter.
“He is Kobe Bryant. He is going to find a way to score and he’s going to will his team to win. He’s an amazing, hall of fame player.” Hornet’s Jason Smith on Bryant’s struggles.
A lot have been said about Kobe’s way of handling his shot selections over the course of this shortened and exhausting season. But he is who he is and at the end of the day, he will do whatever it takes to will his team to win.
I was a fool to lose faith in him and in the team. I’m a bad Laker fan.
“It was awful. The shots I was taking were good shots and makeable, but they just weren’t going in. But the crowd had my back and I have great teammates to get us through it.”
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I has been really hectic in the NBA in the last 24 hours or so because of the very much anticipated Trade Deadline. And now that it’s over, who do you think got the best deals?
Dwight Howard is the biggest troll in the NBA. Everyone was expecting him to move some place else but the dude decided to stay put in Orlando (at least until this season ends). I think it’s a good choice considering the fact that Orlando is playing well as of late and just a little more push and they’d be a contender this year.
I think the team that made the best deal out of the deadline is Milwaukee Bucks. Monta Ellis is a good scorer and along with Brandon Jennings, the bucks will enjoy utilizing an awesome 2 hit combo in the backcourt.
In Lakerland, fans had a huge sigh of relief when Pau Gasol wasn’t moved and because the point guard problem is now fixed by the acquisition of Cleveland’s Ramon Sessions. But everyone didn’t see it coming, the management decided to trade their veteran other point guard Derek Fisher in exchange for Houston’s Jordan Hill. I was shocked myself, devastated even. I thought, “Why can’t they just let him retire as a Laker?”. We’re talking about a guy who has showed a lot of leadership in the team especially in huddles and in the locker room. He is Kobe’s closest friend and confidant. He should’ve always been a Laker. But having to rotate 3 point guards with him, Blake and Sessions would be messy. It makes sense. And emotions aside, I know it’s for the better. Kobe is not getting any younger and he needs to have a much more competitive ally in the backcourt to get that sixth ring. I would love though, to see Fisher back in the Laker bench again in the future. Not as a player but part of the coaching staff. The Old Man deserves it.
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Andrew Bynum has been phenomenal in the Lakers last two games scoring a total of 57 points and grabbing 40 rebounds. Is this enough proof that they are ready to let go of their other 7 footer Pau Gasol? I don’t think so.
Gasol was really efficient as well especially on tonight’s win against the Grizzlies. The Lakers’ strategy had been consistent, do a pick and roll play between Kobe and Gasol, leaving Bynum open for lobs and strong finishes most of the time. In total, Gasol ended the game with a game high 8 assists.
Warning: The Walking Dead spoilers ahead.
It’s been a long time coming but Rick finally did the deed, ending the roller coaster ride of a friendship him and Shane had been going through ever since the zombie apocalypse started.
To be honest, I kind of liked Shane’s reincarnation in the TV series. In the comics, there wasn’t any character build up and all we know is that he was a jealous prick. But in the TV series, there was more to him than that. He seemed to be making a lot of good calls especially because they were in survival mode but he just couldn’t present them well enough to make everyone agree that they were the right things to do. He was trouble but he was an asset.
But in the end, it was still his jealousy that got the most of him.
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Again, I’ve been stressing this out ever since that failed 3 team trade that would’ve landed Chris Paul to the Lakers, trading away a player like Gasol, who makes your team special, would be another wrong decision in a season filled with them.
Right now, the Lakers appear to be vulnerable and wounded but this guy was the impetus of the team’s success in the last 5 years and letting him go is the stupidest idea ever.
They are opting for a younger point guard in Houston Rockets’ Kyle Lowry but will that make the team better? I don’t think so. I’m all for improving the team’s roster, but maybe the culture and atmosphere surrounding the franchise need to change first.
There have been rumors that the players are losing their faith with their new Coach Mike Brown. These same complaints have been plaguing Brown even during his stint with Cleveland Cavaliers, late game management and so on.
The need for a young point guard to head the back court is a must but the Lakers focusing on their own inner-turmoil is much more important.
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In case you don’t listen to a lot of Kanye and Jay-Z, H.A.M. means “Hard as a motherfucker”.
Exactly a week after that controversial Dwayne Wade hard foul on Kobe in the All-Star game, their teams finally met earlier today. No one really knew what was gonna happen. The tension has been building up ever since Kobe went out to play with a protective mask earlier this week and everyone was expecting something controversial to happen again. And indeed there was.
Frustrated with his last miss, Lebron James shoved the closest player in front of him, innocent bystander, Troy Murphy. Seeing this, Pau Gasol stepped in and pushed Lebron James back, which was followed by Udonis Haslem pushing Gasol. In came Metta to administer some World Peace. Gasol walked away, glaring at James on his way to the bench. Gasol and James were hit with double technicals as a result.
Frankly, that was a technical well-spent for the resident Spaniard and the Lakers.The Lakers had been bullied by the Heat in every contest since Lebron James arrived in South Beach with those talents of his. The purple and gold were constantly outplayed, outhustled and outsmarted by the most hated team in the league, and it’s taken Kobe Bryant’s broken nose and concussion to finally incite his team to take a stand with him.
(Source: lakernation.com)
