It is true, I do like Kobe a lot more if he’s not playing for the Lakers. Lakers and the Yankees, I look forward to rooting against both of those teams. Why? Maybe because they always at the top (well, not anymore for the Lakers), because they seem to buy their way to talent (either with cash or just the promise of Hollywood – remember, Kobe, before he even played a game, demanded to be traded to Lakers), or because they have such obnoxious famous fans who seem more interested in being seen at something popular than actually rooting for their team. Yes, I am sure that Jack Nicholson is a true Lakers fan, but he really needs to sit down and shut up. The same could be said about Spike Lee and the NY Knicks, BUT when was the last time they were champs? And the taunting between Spike & Reggie Miller make for great entertainment.
So, I don’t like the Lakers.
And I can see why the rest of the world doesn’t like America. We go huge money, we manage to acquire a lot of the rest of the world’s talent, and we are obnoxious fans.
It would be nice if instead of chit-chat, Bill Walton could give us some of his basketball wisdom. Seriously, I am trying to teach my daughter the nuances of the game. Well, besides “feed the big man” which he says incessantly while commenting on Shaq’s games. We got to listen to him sing “Oh Canada”, we heard all about Canadian trivia. Mr. Walton brought up artic circle mining rights, and how the USA has not signed some treaty regarding the mining rights, evidently the ratification will be before Congress soon. Anyone know about this? Bill’s best quote, talking about professional NBA players that didn’t want to play for their national team, “Nationalism is one thing, but capitalism is another.”
So, what do you do, when you are up by 52 points with 4 minutes left in the game? Looks like they put in the second string, and made sure to play tough defense, but not necessarily push the offence.