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.

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.

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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?

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.

Since 2003, upwards of 400,000 people have been slaughtered and mutilated, and tens of thousands of women and children raped in the Darfur region of Sudan. Today 80 to 90% of Darfur’s villages are in ashes.

The peace process, which had shown promise in June 2007, is now looking bleak. Talks between the rebel factions and the Sudanese government broke down this past fall. Attacks continue and now include assaults on aid workers and diplomats.

If you would like to make a donation click here or visit aidstillrequired.org/darfur to get involved.

In a crazy series things went nuts again, as the Lakers hung on for a unlikely 98 - 103 win last night. The Lakers jumped on the Celtics early, leading by as much as 19 points again before the Celtics closed in at the half. Both teams were very sloppy combining for 35 turnovers.

Kobe Bryant finshed with 25 points followed by Lamar Odom who had another strong game posting 25 points and 11 rebounds. Paul Pierce had a great game leading the Celtics with 38 points and 8 assists in a losing effort that saw him go 16 - 19 from the line.

Down the strech the Lakers got very lucky and the Celtics couldn’t exicute missing key free throws and turnovers. Not to mention Doc Rivers had several miss cues in the roation he had on the floor, in the dying moments in the game.

The stage is now set for a game six in Boston for either the Celtics to close out the series. Or the Lakers to force a game 7 Tuesday night. No team has ever come back down three games to one in a series to win.

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The NBA hit the nail on the head again in marketing their game to the world with the “Their Can Only Be One” series of commercials. Last night was maybe the final commercial of the series and did it ever hit.