Traders!

If you’re anything like me, you’ve been putting a check in Lamar Odom’s box in ESPN’s (patented?) Trade Machine, and a check in every other team’s starting and backup point guard.  And maybe throwing in a Jordan rookie card and a turkey Lunchable. 
 

Anyways, you might wan to check out the opportunities that present themselves when two of the most overpriced and get-ridable stars of the NBA get processed in the Machine.
 

That’s right!  Lamar Odom for Mike Bibby makes perfect sense.  The Lakers need a capable point guard, and Sacramento needs… a reason.
 

The Trade Machine is giving me the go-ahead, but all we need to do is forget that the Kings and Lakers are supposed to hate each other. 
 

Unfortunately, that task is accomplished easy enough in this sad world we live in, where Johnny Damon can play for the Yankees, Jerry Rice can put on a Raiders uniform, and Zell Miller can union with the Devil himself.     
 

So if you can forgive and forget (or at least learn to do so for some clutch shooting) check out Lakers tickets at StubHub.com.    


 

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T.G.I.F., L.A.

Typically pro athletes don’t get the one special perk that the rest of us office work-a-days get, the relief and euphoria of the start of the weekend.  But after a work week-full of bad losses, the Lakers can’t wait to get off the clock and start enjoying the break like their fans. 
 

The All-Star break will temporarily stop the hemorrhaging of a five game Lakers loosing streak after their loss to the Cavaliers last night.  It’s only the second such streak in Phil Jackson’s privileged NBA coaching career. 
 

Lake Show fans are hoping that the break will be just what the doctor ordered for a team that is rapidly watching their playoff seed fall.  And, yes, it is time to start worrying about playoff positioning.  With Phil, it never stops. 
 

Said Jackson, “We don’t want to tank games to get better position like, perhaps, the Clippers did last year. We don’t want to aim for anybody, specifically.”
 

For those of us that can only think as far as the next home game and stopping the bleeding, get Lakers tickets for a game after the All-Star break at StubHub.com.    


 

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