The Artesticle

lmao wow... i was looking forward to watching him play this year. im interested in seeing what type of contract he ends up getting this summer.

not sure how to feel...

top 5 pick! yay

didnt seem to harbor any ill feelings towards kobe after the sixers game...

i like this signing. lakers were already struggling grasping the princeton offense, even with training camp. only kobe/pau/metta and possibly blake are familiar with the triangle. i never understood how phil could just come in with an entire roster oblivious to the triangle offense, with no training camp, and expect the team to succeed with such a complex system. this is also not taking into account all the demands he made. not to mention his last season here he was completely out coached by rick carlisle in the playoffs. i love phil and everything he did for the team but i honestly think he's done at this point, he has enough money and has 11 championships. just enjoy retirement. PS: after witnessing mike brown, id be happy with pretty much anyone, including bernie bickerstaff lol

laker fans took phil for granted his last couple of years here, even questioning his rotations and philosophy. after going through mike brown im sure everyone in LA has a new fond appreciation for phil jackson. now we realize how good phil really was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zswclD1JQNM what happened to this???

fired the DC even though defense has carried the team all season the very next game the defense plays the worst it has all season this team is [expletive]ing retarded

just put him on ignore like i did. problem solved?

<---- laker fan, and dwight love that he is on the lakers, but listening to his interviews i dont like his personality. he just seems fake to me, like how he talks about crying before his first preseason game. really?

<------- dgaf anymore

i grew up watching kobe, he was one of the few players that really made me interested in basketball. its weird because all these people i grew up watching, like kobe, shaq, AI, pierce, KG, carter, t-mac, duncan, kidd, dirk, nash, webber, sheed, b diddy, yao and francis are all close to retirement if not already retired. it just feels weird that in 2-3 years pretty much all these guys i grew up idolizing will be gone. as for the lakers i think they set themselves up just perfectly. our salary is set up so that in 2 yrs the only contract left on the books is steve nash, who expires after the season is over. i could see kobe, and pau, both potentially resigning for 1 more yr and playing the season out with nash and dwight and giving it one more run. but i think at max, kobe has 3 more years left. i dont see him staying any longer than that, and it will be a sad day when he does hang it up.

la isnt exactly a football city at least not from what i noticed. its a basketball city, everyone is a laker fan, and dodgers have strong support. other than that, usc has strong support for college football. nfl wise, most people already have their teams, whether it be the raiders, chargers, niners. i highly doubt people are going to switch over just because a random team is brought over to la. like Lkr said, its already been tried twice and failed. so i dont know why they are wasting their time for a third time. stupid idea.

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