Hooped Up

Kobe Bryant kinda response to Shaq’s terrible rhymes last night on ESPN’s Mike and Mike.  This is worse than that stupid 50 and Game beef, and this is my last post about this mess.  Deal.

Derrick Rose is going home, and a record crowd of freshmen are following him to the NBA. The Chicago Bulls selected Rose, who grew up on the city’s South Side, with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night, choosing the Memphis guard over Kansas State forward Michael Beasley.  Below are the rest of the NBA draft results.

Round 1 NBA Draft Results

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What do you do if your legend status is ruined by the Celtics in the NBA Finals and Shaquille O’Neal disses you on the mic at some club nobody cares about?  Go to Mexico until things blow over like Otto Mann  and get some sun.

Oh…and watch Vanessa in a bikini all weekend.  Sometimes even when you lose you win.

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I guess old beefs die hard.  Shaquille O’Neal had a few choice words for ex-Laker team mate Kobe Bryant in freestyle form at a NYC night club.  The “Kobe tell me how my ass taste” line is wack as hell but, as long as Kazaam 2 doesn’t surface, corny Kobe dis tracks are alright by me.

Oh ya, the Vasectomy bit…way to much information Shaq.

Hooped Up

Team USA is official and here are the members selected by the USA basketball comitee.

Carmelo Anthony
Carlos Boozer
Chris Bosh
Kobe Bryant
Dwight Howard
LeBron James
Jason Kidd
Chris Paul
Tayshaun Prince
Michael Redd
Dwayne Wade
Deron Williams

This is an awesome squad but, who is going to take a back seat to who and who leads this team?

As the Lakers look to make some changed to keep Kobe happy get back to the NBA Finals, could Shawn Marion be an option in LA?

Miami’s Shawn Marion would address some of those defensive concerns. He might also be a better fit than Odom when the Lakers start Bynum at center and Pau Gasol at power forward. While their contracts don’t exactly match up (Marion makes $17 million next season and Odom is at $14.6 mil), a package deal involving those two players might work. They’re both entering the final season of their contracts.

NY Daily News

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After a sub par playoff performance, Lamar Odom might be back on the block again.  Will Vladimir Radmonovic be a better fit starting with Andrew Bynum back is the question.

The issue now is making the pieces fit with one problem position, small forward . . . where Odom would have to go with Bynum at center and Gasol at power forward.

Jackson wants a shooter there badly enough to start his favorite Martian, Vladimir Radmanovic.The weakest part of Odom’s game is shooting, a problem that came home to roost with Garnett backing off him.

Then there’s Odom’s $14-million salary, as the Lakers assume as much as $90 million in additional salary and luxury tax over the next three seasons with Gasol.

However, from the day they made the trade, the Lakers never thought they would end up paying that much, suggesting they were already thinking of moving Odom.

LA Times

Will  the Lakers be facing the wrath of Kobe this offseason again, or will he rally with the Lakers to make it back to the NBA Finals?

Kobe Bryant was short on explanations, saying “I don’t know” a half-dozen times. His jaw was tight, his words stark (some unprintable) and his discontent palpable. In another context, it might have sent the Lakers into crisis mode all over again. But this was not May 2007, and this was not the same Bryant who spent last summer pining for a new team. Even with the sting of losing the title still fresh, Bryant hit a number of positive notes before walking briskly out of TD Banknorth Garden.

NY Times

If the Lakers can get Kobe some good help, and an experienced bench Kobe will be out for blood next year.