NEW YORK (AP)—Television ratings for the NBA finals are up big from last season but falling short of the last time the Lakers were involved.
Game 2 on Sunday drew an 8.5 fast national rating on ABC, the network said Monday. That’s an increase of 52 percent from the 5.6 last year for the Spurs-Cavaliers series.
But the Boston Celtics’ 108-102 win over Los Angeles didn’t come close to the Game 2 rating during the Lakers’ previous finals appearance in 2004. That matchup between LA and the Detroit Pistons earned a 10.7.
The rating is the percentage watching a program among homes with televisions.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Game four: Lakers beat down the Spurs.
The NBA playoff series are a best of seven, but sometimes it doesn't take four to end end it.
It was only game four in this series but with a hard fought 3-1 lead the Lakers have moved on to the NBA finals and ended a dynasty. It's just a matter of which game the Lakers will use to offically enter it in the record books.
This game was the biggest gut check of the year. Getting blown out by the defending champs in game three, they had to win to prevent this series from turning into a torture test that would get more and more erratic, dangerous and unpredictable with each succeeding game.
The Lakers owned up to their faults after the last game but taking blame is of no value if you don't have the desire and fortitude to act on your mistakes and bad play.
This game actually was much like the first one. No, the Spurs didn't run off to a big lead, indeed they never had a lead of any kind. But like the first game, the Spurs played like hell. Like the first game, they knew how important this game was. Like the first game, the Spurs just kept comming. No matter how many times we put a little daylight between us, the Spurs, like some desperate, inplacable slugger chasing a faster finesse fighter, kept plugging forward, applying relentless pressure. By the forth quarter, both fighters had beaten each other to a pulp, now capable of only standing there, trading blows, waiting for one to weaken and fade. Like games one and two, it was the older, smaller, less athletic team that finally blinked, that finally had to take a breath and back off. In a game four, behind two games to one, on your home floor, you can't afford to back off and take a breath. The last Laker run, with the Spurs looking used up and tired late in the fourth was so familiar now to Laker fans. As you watched the lead grow, you knew this game, and the series, was finally over.
The toll this game took on the Spurs was evident in the final statistics. 39 percent shooting, 6 of 21 from the three point line. The Lakers went toe to toe with them for a second time, and once again came out on top.
You knew the Lakers were going to be differnt from the start. You knew they might lose, but not like the last game. This time, you would have to actually beat them. The Lakers opened 5 of seven. Lamar got and offensive rebound and took it home. Gasol attacked the boards and Kobe hit his first four.
The most telling stat, that demonstrated how committed this team was to end this series on San Antonio ground was in just the first few minutes we had four offensive rebounds. We have seen playoff games this year when we didn't have four offensive rebounds in a half.
Kobe 28 points and ten boards. The rebounds are the most impressive stat here. This was guy who was not going to lose this particular game from lack of effort. His statement was clear. "I don't know if Pau can motivate himself to rebound, but I will make sure it doesn't matter."
Vlad also gets lots of credit. This guy, in all the games in this series, win or lose, has brought his game. He is determined and is playing like it. The Space Cadet is performing with the concentration of West Point Cadet right now on the highest stage.
The Lakers were up by five at the half, and this was one observer who had a feeling we just were not going to give up the lead. The Lakers had 14 second chance points at this time and the Spurs looked like a team that knew they were in trouble.
They were in trouble because unlike the last game, the Lakers were going after rebounds, loose balls and playing defense. When Sasha hit the three and the foul near the end of the third, it was a big blow to the Spurs who kept trying so hard to fight back and get that elusive lead.
In the fourth as Duncan and Parker missed several point blank shots with Lakers around them, the die was cast, they had that same befuddled tired look they had in games one and two and so successfully shed in game three.
Now instead of energy, the Spurs were a step slow as they watched Pau move hard after the ball after a Fisher miss, instead of waving at it, like he did the last game to so many potential rebounds. When he got it back to Fish, who made it this time. This play was a perfect metaphor for the difference between this Laker team and last games.
It was fitting that Lamar and Pau, the goats of game three brought the game home. Lamar hitting two free throws and Gasol getting fouled going after yet another board.
No real reason to dwell on the last thirty seconds that could have cost us this series...except it gave birth to the "foul". Some stupid play and bad clock management and missed free throws made this game much closer than it was or should have been. Because of these mistakes, we made it close enough for the play that will be known as the "foul" to be born. No doubt Spur fans will talk of that play forever. It will once again fuel the NBA conspiracy talk to get the big market team in the finals, and other equally dumb statements.
Was it a foul? Who knows. All that matters is WHAT WAS IT CALLED. I have watched sports for a long time, and any of my friends can tell you one thing I don't do, win or lose, is complain about calls. The reason is simple: Bad calls happen in every game, in every sport. Sometimes they go against you. Sometimes they go for you. Fans never complain about the bad calls that go for their team. Bad calls in the first five minutes are never noticed. Bad calls at the end are talked about forever. Games are decided in the totality of ever single play. Not on a bad call at the end. Anytime your team plays, they have to be good enough to over come bad calls that will inevitably happen.
The Lakers put themselves in a positon to win that game, and the series. They did. For those Laker fans who are irritated by the Spurs fans crying foul, I would say this: If you were a Spur fan, would you be crying now? I would also say; blame the Lakers for screwing up so bad in the last thirty seconds that the "foul" will now be a part of NBA history forever. It never should have come to that. The win should have been seemless.
But lastly I would say, only in San Antonio will the "foul" long be remembered. In the end, the only thing in sports that lasts is winning that championship....and only one team from this series can. And it's not the Spurs.
Great accomplishment by this team. They have played the defending Champs for just four games and lead 3-1 with two games yet in LA. Think about that for a second. It's not really a series.
You have to wonder how bad the Spurs fans and organization must hate us. Just a few short years after Shaq left, the move Pops called the "breakup of the Soviet Union", and the problems with Kobe, we have repeated the history of a decade ago and superseeded them as the preeminant power in the West. No doubt they thought we buried, a relic for decades, like the Celtics have been. Now like a flu virus laying dormant, we have returned as an even stronger strain. Next year, with Drew, even stronger yet.
One other piece of food for thought. The Tim Duncan decade of dominance finally comes to a close. He won't witness another, "breakup of the Soviet Union." This time hes going out for good, watching us on top. No more titles. Hard to believe isn't it? The Spurs will not see his like again for while I think.
I mean, its not like they are the Lakers who replace one all time great player with another time after time after time...decade after decade...........they are just..the Spurs.
It was only game four in this series but with a hard fought 3-1 lead the Lakers have moved on to the NBA finals and ended a dynasty. It's just a matter of which game the Lakers will use to offically enter it in the record books.
This game was the biggest gut check of the year. Getting blown out by the defending champs in game three, they had to win to prevent this series from turning into a torture test that would get more and more erratic, dangerous and unpredictable with each succeeding game.
The Lakers owned up to their faults after the last game but taking blame is of no value if you don't have the desire and fortitude to act on your mistakes and bad play.
This game actually was much like the first one. No, the Spurs didn't run off to a big lead, indeed they never had a lead of any kind. But like the first game, the Spurs played like hell. Like the first game, they knew how important this game was. Like the first game, the Spurs just kept comming. No matter how many times we put a little daylight between us, the Spurs, like some desperate, inplacable slugger chasing a faster finesse fighter, kept plugging forward, applying relentless pressure. By the forth quarter, both fighters had beaten each other to a pulp, now capable of only standing there, trading blows, waiting for one to weaken and fade. Like games one and two, it was the older, smaller, less athletic team that finally blinked, that finally had to take a breath and back off. In a game four, behind two games to one, on your home floor, you can't afford to back off and take a breath. The last Laker run, with the Spurs looking used up and tired late in the fourth was so familiar now to Laker fans. As you watched the lead grow, you knew this game, and the series, was finally over.
The toll this game took on the Spurs was evident in the final statistics. 39 percent shooting, 6 of 21 from the three point line. The Lakers went toe to toe with them for a second time, and once again came out on top.
You knew the Lakers were going to be differnt from the start. You knew they might lose, but not like the last game. This time, you would have to actually beat them. The Lakers opened 5 of seven. Lamar got and offensive rebound and took it home. Gasol attacked the boards and Kobe hit his first four.
The most telling stat, that demonstrated how committed this team was to end this series on San Antonio ground was in just the first few minutes we had four offensive rebounds. We have seen playoff games this year when we didn't have four offensive rebounds in a half.
Kobe 28 points and ten boards. The rebounds are the most impressive stat here. This was guy who was not going to lose this particular game from lack of effort. His statement was clear. "I don't know if Pau can motivate himself to rebound, but I will make sure it doesn't matter."
Vlad also gets lots of credit. This guy, in all the games in this series, win or lose, has brought his game. He is determined and is playing like it. The Space Cadet is performing with the concentration of West Point Cadet right now on the highest stage.
The Lakers were up by five at the half, and this was one observer who had a feeling we just were not going to give up the lead. The Lakers had 14 second chance points at this time and the Spurs looked like a team that knew they were in trouble.
They were in trouble because unlike the last game, the Lakers were going after rebounds, loose balls and playing defense. When Sasha hit the three and the foul near the end of the third, it was a big blow to the Spurs who kept trying so hard to fight back and get that elusive lead.
In the fourth as Duncan and Parker missed several point blank shots with Lakers around them, the die was cast, they had that same befuddled tired look they had in games one and two and so successfully shed in game three.
Now instead of energy, the Spurs were a step slow as they watched Pau move hard after the ball after a Fisher miss, instead of waving at it, like he did the last game to so many potential rebounds. When he got it back to Fish, who made it this time. This play was a perfect metaphor for the difference between this Laker team and last games.
It was fitting that Lamar and Pau, the goats of game three brought the game home. Lamar hitting two free throws and Gasol getting fouled going after yet another board.
No real reason to dwell on the last thirty seconds that could have cost us this series...except it gave birth to the "foul". Some stupid play and bad clock management and missed free throws made this game much closer than it was or should have been. Because of these mistakes, we made it close enough for the play that will be known as the "foul" to be born. No doubt Spur fans will talk of that play forever. It will once again fuel the NBA conspiracy talk to get the big market team in the finals, and other equally dumb statements.
Was it a foul? Who knows. All that matters is WHAT WAS IT CALLED. I have watched sports for a long time, and any of my friends can tell you one thing I don't do, win or lose, is complain about calls. The reason is simple: Bad calls happen in every game, in every sport. Sometimes they go against you. Sometimes they go for you. Fans never complain about the bad calls that go for their team. Bad calls in the first five minutes are never noticed. Bad calls at the end are talked about forever. Games are decided in the totality of ever single play. Not on a bad call at the end. Anytime your team plays, they have to be good enough to over come bad calls that will inevitably happen.
The Lakers put themselves in a positon to win that game, and the series. They did. For those Laker fans who are irritated by the Spurs fans crying foul, I would say this: If you were a Spur fan, would you be crying now? I would also say; blame the Lakers for screwing up so bad in the last thirty seconds that the "foul" will now be a part of NBA history forever. It never should have come to that. The win should have been seemless.
But lastly I would say, only in San Antonio will the "foul" long be remembered. In the end, the only thing in sports that lasts is winning that championship....and only one team from this series can. And it's not the Spurs.
Great accomplishment by this team. They have played the defending Champs for just four games and lead 3-1 with two games yet in LA. Think about that for a second. It's not really a series.
You have to wonder how bad the Spurs fans and organization must hate us. Just a few short years after Shaq left, the move Pops called the "breakup of the Soviet Union", and the problems with Kobe, we have repeated the history of a decade ago and superseeded them as the preeminant power in the West. No doubt they thought we buried, a relic for decades, like the Celtics have been. Now like a flu virus laying dormant, we have returned as an even stronger strain. Next year, with Drew, even stronger yet.
One other piece of food for thought. The Tim Duncan decade of dominance finally comes to a close. He won't witness another, "breakup of the Soviet Union." This time hes going out for good, watching us on top. No more titles. Hard to believe isn't it? The Spurs will not see his like again for while I think.
I mean, its not like they are the Lakers who replace one all time great player with another time after time after time...decade after decade...........they are just..the Spurs.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Kobe three Point Play & Lamar Odom Facial Game 6 Win
Lakers finish off Jazz in Game 6 Highlights including Kobe three Point Play, Lamar Odom Facial, Kobe's transition dunk and more
Friday, May 16, 2008
Kobe Bryant receives his first MVP Trophy
Kobe Bryant is the 2007-2008 NBA Most Valuable Player. This is the award ceremony held right before game two of the Lakers Jazz Round 2 series.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Bryant’s 41 helps Lakers spoil O’Neal’s Phoenix debut, 130-124
By BOB BAUM, AP Sports WriterAP - Feb 20, 9:55 pm EST
1 of 10 NBA Gallery PHOENIX (AP)—Kobe Bryant spoiled Shaquille O’Neal’s debut with Phoenix. The Suns believe with the big guy just getting started, there are better days ahead.
Bryant, despite his dislocated right pinkie, scored 41 points to help the Lakers to an intense 130-124 victory over Phoenix on Wednesday night.
Lakers newcomer Pau Gasol added 29, including a breakaway dunk that put Los Angeles up 123-117 with 1:15 to play. Lamar Odom added 22 for the Lakers, who won their sixth in a row to move into a tie with Phoenix atop the Pacific Division.
O’Neal scored nine of his 15 points in the final quarter and grabbed nine rebounds in 29 minutes against his old team in his first game in nearly a month.
“I’m in better shape than I thought I was,” he said, “the adrenaline factor and just being out there with the guys.”
O’Neal came to the Suns a week ago in an unexpected trade that sent Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to Miami. O’Neal played for the Lakers from 1996-2004.
“He did seem to get stronger as the game went on, which is incredible,” Suns coach Mike D’Antoni said. “I did really think he’d run out of steam sometime in the second half, and he really didn’t. Him not being used to anything that we do—124 points—I didn’t think we could put that many up, just starting out.”
Amare Stoudemire had 37 points and 15 rebounds for Phoenix, while Steve Nash added 26 points and eight assists, and Leandro Barbosa and Grant Hill each had 17 points.
“I think everyone was excited for the game and to lose is difficult,” Nash said, “but I think if you take a step back it’s encouraging. I thought Shaquille was great, and I think the possibilities are very exciting.”
The Lakers improved to 3-1 against the Suns, clinching the season series and knocking Phoenix out of a virtual tie with New Orleans for the best record in the West.
“The really important part of this is the season series,” Los Angeles coach Phil Jackson said. “We now have an advantage if this is going to be a tight race as it’s been. That’s all you get out of a game like that: momentum, obviously, and some confidence for our team.”
Bryant moved past David Robinson into 27th on the NBA’s career scoring list.
“It was a familiar energy in the building,” he said. “It felt like a playoff-type of environment. It was fun to be a part of.”
O’Neal’s debut came against the team he led to three NBA titles, and the visitors were in control most of the way.
Los Angeles, which routed Atlanta on Tuesday night at home, led by as many as 13 in the first half and was up 65-57 at the break.
Phoenix finally caught up when O’Neal forced a turnover, then scored on a short hook inside to make it 87-87 with 2:31 left in the period. Gasol’s hook shot at the buzzer gave Los Angeles a 95-91 lead entering the fourth.
After Bryant’s layup made it 105-97, rookie D.J. Strawberry twice passed to Barbosa for breakaway layups, then drew an offensive foul against Bryant. Stoudemire followed with a three-point play and Phoenix led for the first time since the early minutes 107-106 with 7:26 remaining.
The Lakers came back, though, and Gasol’s three-point play with 5:43 left capped a 9-2 spurt to put Los Angeles ahead 115-108 5:43 from the end. But O’Neal scored the next six points, the last two on a goaltending call against Bryant, to cut it to 115-114. O’Neal sprinted to the defensive end of the floor after the two points.
Phoenix Suns' Shaquille O'Neal…
AP - Feb 21, 12:27 am EST
Bryant scored inside to put Los Angeles up 117-114 with 4:04 to play. Moments later, O’Neal slammed teammate Raja Bell in the head with an elbow, forcing the Suns guard out of the game. O’Neal made one of two free throws to cut the lead to 117-115 with 3:40 to go.
Bryant’s 19-footer made it to 119-115 with 2:50 to go, but Nash’s two free throws, on Derrick Fisher’s fifth foul, cut the lead to 119-117 with 1:49 remaining.
Odom got free for a layup, Gasol got his breakaway, and it was over.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Bryant puts offseason criticism of Lakers behind him
By David Leon Moore, USA TODAYEL SEGUNDO, Calif. — There were no flip-flops from Kobe Bryant on Monday, and no hard feelings from the teammates he criticized during the offseason.
At the Los Angeles Lakers' media day, the first time all the players and coaches had gathered since Bryant made offseason headlines about wanting to be traded because the Lakers didn't have enough good players and lacked the willingness in the front office to make improvements to the team, it was all happy talk.
"I want to bring a title back to Los Angeles," Bryant said. "That's priority No. 1."
Bryant declined to show any frustration Monday about the team's inability to pull off a major deal in the offseason. And he said his trade demands are a thing of the past.
"When the season starts, it's not my place to say, 'Here's what we need to do here, here's what we need to do there,' " he said. "That's not my job. My job is to come out on the floor and help us win ballgames."
Bryant said he regretted the way things occurred in the offseason after the Lakers lost 27 of their last 43 games and finished 42-40, then lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Phoenix Suns.
"I was frustrated, so I blew up," he said.
Lakers coach Phil Jackson said he doesn't think Bryant has caused irreparable damage to the team's chemistry. "That (Bryant's criticism) was said back in June," Jackson said. "Now here we are in October."
Jackson, entering the final season of a three-year contract, said he asked some players if they thought Bryant's comments needed to be addressed as a team. They said no.
"They seem perfectly at ease with him," Jackson said.
Center Andrew Bynum, the main player singled out in criticism by Bryant, shrugged off any hurt feelings.
"I didn't think it was that big of a deal," Bynum said.
Jackson and Bryant would have preferred to open camp with an additional veteran star, perhaps Kevin Garnett or Jermaine O'Neal. But they are pleased with the return of veteran guard Derek Fisher, who won three NBA titles playing in a Lakers uniform with Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal.
Fisher, who played two seasons in Golden State and one in Utah since leaving the Lakers, hopes to take a leadership role on this team. In that regard, he said, he needs Bryant's input. "I need to know what he thinks about this team, about the personnel, if I'm going to provide some leadership," Fisher said.
The Lakers' second-best player, forward Lamar Odom, said he doesn't think there will be a chemistry problem this season. "Not at all," he said. "Being a Laker, you're on center stage. Everybody knows the importance of giving maximum effort.
"Of course, if there was a problem, I'd lie to you."
Kwame Brown Arrested In Valdosta
WALB: An NBA player was arrested in Valdosta over the weekend. Twenty-five-year-old Kwame Brown, a power forward with the LA Lakers is charged with disorderly conduct and interference of a law enforcement officer.Police say Brown was the passenger in a car driven by 23-year-old Charles Edward Warren, Junior.
They were pulled over at the intersection of East Hill Avenue and North Patterson Street around 2:00 Saturday morning.
Warren was driving the wrong way down a one way street. Investigators say Warren was drunk and driving on a suspended license.
They say Brown was arrested when he got out of control during the investigation. “He would have been interfering with the investigation the officer was trying to conduct at that time,” says Lt. Bobbi McGraw with the Valdosta Police.
Both Brown and Warren are originally from Brunswick. They are out on bond.
A spokesperson for the Lakers say Brown showed up on time for their media day this morning and no punishment has been handed down from team officials.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Lakers 07 - 08 Schedule
The official regular season schedule for the Lakers have been released. The opener will be a home game against Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets. The schedule includes 33 nationally televised games (TNT/ESPN/ABC/NBA TV).
Javaris Crittenton
Javaris Crittenton "Pms" radio interview
2007 NBA Draft Backcourt Breakdown
Catching Up with Javaris Crittenton
by Ty Nowell September 12th, 2007
Lakers.com caught up with rookie guard Javaris Crittenton to talk about his transition to Los Angeles, how he fared in the Summer League, and what's on the horizon. So what have you been up to since the Vegas Summer League? I’ve been back and forth between Atlanta and LA since the draft, but I got out here for good about a week ago and I’m just happy to be out here. I found a place and it’s just exciting times being a part of the Lakers right now. LA is starting to feel like home so I’m just working hard to get ready for the season. You find any favorite spots yet? I’m still trying to get a feel for the area. I’ve been driving around and getting lost a lot, just trying to learn the streets and the places to go to. My nav system in my car has been helping a lot. Has an
ything stuck out in your mind or reminded you of being back in Georgia? (Los Angeles) is kind of a fast city with a lot to do and a lot of celebrities. Atlanta and LA are similar, but in a lot of ways they’re very different. Atlanta has a lot of traffic and LA has traffic, but this traffic out here is a beast, I’ve never seen anything like it before. Traffic… on like 1pm on a Sunday… Your Mom had mentioned during your signing press conference that she would be helping with the transition, is that still in the plans? She’ll be coming out here to visit. I got her a house down in Atlanta so she’s pretty set right now. My little sister has been transferring schools a lot over the past three years so it’s time for my Mom to just focus on her now. I’m a grown man now, not to say that I don’t need my mother’s advice or help, but it’s time for her to focus on my baby sister and I didn’t want my sister transferring schools all the way to another coast and having to get adjusted to schools out here. Plus my whole family basically resides in Atlanta. What kind of things have you been doing off the court? Man, I’ve just been in the gym you know. I went to some of my teammates' houses, Andrew Bynum & Jordan Farmar, hanging out with those guys. I’ve been hanging out with Brian Cook, we did a commercial for Amare Stoudemire’s video game together. Hanging out with Kwame (Brown). I’m just trying to get adjusted to my teammates and the city. I also had a little “Welcome to LA” party, but that’s about it besides being in the gym and getting ready for training camp and the season. It’s a big season for me, it’s the NBA, there’s no room to take breaks like that. How was your experience in the Summer League? Summer League was fun. It was my first NBA experience so I just went out and played hard to show my organization and the coaches and the GM what I could do. I think I played okay. I think everyone was pretty happy with how you performed. What was playing for Kurt Rambis & Brian Shaw like? Those guys are funny. It was fun being around them, but at the same time they’re my coaches and we had serious times where they tell us what to do and we do it, we execute. It’s good being around coaches that you can talk to and tell a few jokes here and there to make you laugh instead of being around coaches that are just serious all of the time and never crack a joke. It was just fun. You and Jordan Farmar are both point guards, but in Summer League you found yourself on the floor at the same time quite a bit, how was that? It was good because in our offense the guard spot is going to change. It was good for me to learn both spots. Playing with Jordan was fun to me. I got to play with one of my teammates and even though we play the same position it was great being on the court with one of my teammates. The Summer League team used a simplified version of the Triangle, but did you see any similarities or differences from what you’ve run in the past? It wasn’t a big difference. Certain things like where you get into the triangle from or where you normally set it up from and knowing what to do, but that was about it. In high school it was the same way exact way – hit the wing, get to the corner. I played the same position in high school. I’m sure Phil (Jackson) has got quite a few things to add to it for you when you get to training camp. Have you had a chance to talk with him? Yeah, I’m sure he will. I haven’t really talked with him a lot outside of “How are you doing, Coach?” and telling him congratulations on his induction to the Hall of Fame. I sat in my room and watched it. I was flipping around the channels and had forgot that it was going to be on, then I saw it was like, “Hey that’s my Coach.” What specific skills have you been working on this summer? I’m just trying to be injury free going into training camp. I’ve been working hard on my jump shot, conditioning, hitting the weights, ball handling, everything you can think of. I’ve been playing pickup games to stay in shape and to work on my moves. You can work on drills all day, but if there’s not anyone out there guarding you it’s not the same. You need to have someone out there guarding you, competing, pushing you. Where have you been playing at? I was playing in Atlanta, down at Georgia Tech, up in those spots. Then when I got out here I was up at UCLA and working out over here (at the Toyota Sports Center). I would come in here late at night, since I was right next door in the hotel, when no one was here and put up shots. Have you talked to any fellow Georgia Tech players about the transition to the NBA? I talk to Kenny Anderson every now and then. Everyone’s just really happy for me right now and haven’t really been telling me how to live or what to do. They know I’m a hard worker so I just have to keep that same work ethic and listen. Me and (Portland Guard) Jarrett Jack talk, he comes back a lot. So you bought your mom a house and you got yourself a car, any other big purchases with that first NBA check? Really just getting my Mom her house and I got my car. Those were the main two things that were on my list to do first when I got situated. I’ve got my car and my place out here, that’s about it. I’ve done some other little things, but that’s really it. We’re a little more than two weeks away from training camp opening up in Hawaii. What do you imagine that is going to be like? I can’t really say. I’ve been asking my teammates about that, about what it’s like. We’ll just go over the plays and work hard. Overall, I’m just happy to be here. I’m happy to be a Laker. This season that’s coming up is very important to me. I can’t wait till I step out onto that floor (at STAPLES Center) wearing the gold with the Lights Out and the Lakers on the middle of the floor.
LAKERS SIGN ELTON BROWN
September 17, 2007
EL SEGUNDO - The Los Angeles Lakers have signed free agent forward Elton Brown, it was announced today. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not released.
Brown, a 6-9 forward out of the University of Virginia, finished 20th on Virginia’s all-time scoring list with 1,356 points and 13th on the all-time rebounding list with 660 rebounds.
Brown spent the 2005-06 season in Greece playing for Makedonikos Kozani, where he led the league in rebounds while being the only player in the league to average a double-double, averaging 13.3 points and 10.5 rebounds per game.
Brown was a member of the NBDL’s Colorado 14ers during the 2006-07 season, where he averaged 18.4 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 50 games.
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