Hooped Up

The pupil Kurt Rambis, did not surpass the master Phil Jackson as the Lakers won ugly 96-104 over the visiting Timberwolves at the Staples Center, but L.A. lost Andrew Bynum to injury in the process.

“I was just running and felt a lot of pain in my calf and down from there,” Bynum said as he walked with a limp. “It’s calmed down a little bit now. It was just really sharp, really quick. One or two seconds of super sharp pain.”

Bynum left the game a few minutes into the third quarter after he felt a pop in his left achilles’ tendon and did not return after going to the locker room for treatment. With the victory over the Wolves, L.A. earned a playoff spot (shocking) and racked up their fifth straight win. Read More »

During the off-season, 1800 Tequila joined forces with the Los Angeles Lakers in a multi-million dollar deal that includes ad placement at the Staples Center in L.A. and various promotions.

I guess since that time, their booze has been flying off the shelves (insert Ron Artest jokes here) because to celebrate their smooth tasting sponsorship union with the Lakers.

A special edition bottle of 1800 Tequila Silver has been created in limited quantities in Lakers gold and purple that comes with a championship ring — okay fine, that last part I just made up. Read More »

Newly weds Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom were guest on the always awesome Lopez Tonight Show and the coupled discussed things like candy (shocking), visiting the White House, meeting Barack Obama, botched Brazilian waxes and using iChat to iBone.

Yes my friend, technology has enriched all of our lives in some shape or pr0n — I mean form.

Watch the entire interview below.

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Shoe giant Nike and superstar Kobe Bryant have linked up with James Bond’s favorite car maker Aston Martin to produce one of the illest sneakers you will see this year. Dubbed the Nike Hyperdunk Kobe Bryant Aston Martin edition, these posh trainers are chromed out with the famous Aston Martin wings on the tongue and premium leathers all-around.

Only 500 pairs of these beauty’s will be released this spring and the price tag to rock these you ask hesitantly — $700 US. You better save up.

If you’re looking to accessorize these bad boys, and have money to burn. How about this for roughly £97,995. Read More »

The last time the Raptors faced the Lakers in LA, Kobe Bryant missed at the buzzer. However luck was not with Toronto last night in the same situation. With a double-team on the way and just seconds left on the clock, Bryant nailed a 17-footer with 1.9 seconds left snapping the Lakers three-game losing streak with a 109-107 victory over the Toronto Raptors.

If you haven’t been keeping track, this was the sixth game winner Kobe Bryant hit this season. This is of course more proof that Kobe Bryant can’t stop being unstoppable.

Like Old Yeller, Ron Artest took his blonde hairdo into the woods and shot it — dead. After creating a Pamela Anderson / Dennis Rodman type buzz and spiking peroxide and purple sales worldwide to start the week. Artest decided to shave his golden locks, however the purple writing that says defense in Japanese, Hebrew and Hindi remains.

And now so ends that and with the visiting Toronto Raptors on the schedule tonight, the Lakers hope their losing streak does too.

Ron Artest went positively Rodman / Demolition Man against the Orlando Magic and no he didn’t grab 20 rebounds, kick a camera man, date Madonna or agree to do a cheesy flick starring Sylvester Stallone, but he did dye his hair blonde and to make it Rodman 2.0 like, had the word “defense” shaved into his hairdo in three different languages — Japanese, Hebrew and Hindi in purple.

So far with the new look the Lakers are 0-1, however my Japanese, Hebrew and Hindi reading has vastly improved.

More looks of the new “do” if you dare below.

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If there was a classed called “Guarding Kobe Bryant 101″, the first thing you would learn is that even when Kobe Bryant is covered, he’s open. If that concept is hard to grasp, just think of Kobe like Brian Fantana’s Sex Panther cologne by Odeon that 60% of the time,  works every time.

Clearly Duke University did not offer this class or rookie Gerald Henderson, skipped it.

Remember when the bad boys ruled in Motown, the city of angles had showtime and the greatest player ever reigned supreme in chi town — and everywhere else?

Well if you do, K1X now has a t-shirt for that too with the Finals Em Vee Tee.

Take a trip back in the day after the jump.

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Lakers re-establish swagger against Denver
Only the Lakers, content to be good rather than great in typical behavior for a defending champion, can decide when they’ll bring their best and make a stand.

They made their choice and their stand in the second half Sunday at Staples Center, pushing back the Denver Nuggets, 95-89. The Nuggets were eliminated by the Lakers the past two postseasons but then won the first two regular-season meetings between the teams.

With a defense led by Ron Artest against Denver star Carmelo Anthony, the Lakers held the Nuggets to 37 second-half points and overcame a nine-point halftime deficit. The effort was meant to quell notions that the Nuggets could threaten the Lakers this season.
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