By Craig Kwasniewski
-The Lakers have lost six in a row.
-The front office will probably screw up the Jason Kidd trade.
-The Lakers are in year two of the Smush Parker era.
-Mitch Kupchak remains the GM.
-Brian Cook and Sasha Vujacic signed multi-year extensions before the season.
-Have I mentioned that Smush Parker is the starting point guard?
-And their big free agent acquisition just separated his shoulder "slipping on ice while drinking coffee."
Time to send out playoff ticket order forms!
That's right, I got my playoff ticket order form in the mail today! For those of you unfamiliar to how the Lakers offer playoff tickets, you are required to purchase all four playoff rounds by March 15th. That means that I'm ponying up for NBA Finals tickets for a team in the midst of a six game losing streak... WITH SMUSH MF PARKER!!!!!!
Not only that, but they increase the tickets price with each round. So my $25 seat goes for $86 if the Lakers (cough, cough) make the Finals... WITH FRIGGIN' SMUSH PARKER!!!!!!
If they don't advance (or in this case, miss the playoffs altogether), you're credited for next season, so you can enjoy 2007-08... WITH SMUSH FUCKING PARKER?!?
Well as I mail in my order form (of course I'll buy it, I'm addicted) I just have one thing to say...
I'm with you on this one. They are struggling...BAD. Smush needs to go. I like to think that this will be the lowest point the Lakers will fall this season, and it's all due to injuries. Once Luke and Kwame come back, they'll start rolling again.
Posted by: Kilgore Trout | February 22, 2007 at 01:13 AM
no . i don't think la needs to replace smush . hollywood will always need a smush hit !
altho , his last attemt last night made phil aged by 5 years !
Posted by: coach | February 22, 2007 at 06:40 AM
Oh that's so nice of them .. you know, to hold your money for you ... so they can earn a little interest from you and everyone else's money.
What a scam! Kind of like people WANTING to give the feds as much tax money as possible during the year so that they can get a big tax return.
Hey good luck with the Lakers, but at least they're going through this funk now and not during the run to the playoffs. The loss to Portland at home didn't help, though.
Posted by: Ryan | February 22, 2007 at 06:43 AM
IF the Lakers do not make some sort of trade with VLAD slipping while walking in park city, Utah(or falling while snowboarding). The lakers need to do something while Kobe is in his prime and not waiting for Bynum to get to 21 years forget about his prime. The lakers need to win championships now not when kobe is on the down side of his career and bynum is the best big man in the game. Plus that may not happen either, Bynum may turn out to be Benoit Benjamin as well who knows????
Posted by: Dan | February 22, 2007 at 06:46 AM
To be fair, Smush was 7-14 for 18 points and 8 assists (with only 1 turnover) last night.
But yeah...he still sucks.
Posted by: basketbawful | February 22, 2007 at 07:06 AM
Heh, yeah, we just got our playoff ticket order form for the Mavs.
Somehow, I don't feel quite as bitter as you do.
Posted by: ufez | February 22, 2007 at 07:47 AM
"To be fair, Smush was 7-14 for 18 points and 8 assists (with only 1 turnover) last night."
16 of them were in the first half and at halftime I knew he wouldn't reach 24. It's hard to handle the ball offensively with both hands around your neck.
Also, I'd say that was a bad 18 points only because it made it more difficult for Phil to pull Smush for lack of defense. Portland shot 60%, and Smush was a big part of that.
Posted by: Craig | February 22, 2007 at 09:59 AM
You deserve what you get for being a Lakers fan.
The Clippers only require the normal deposit for the next year's season tickets then bill you later for the games that actually go down.
Live with the sheep get treated like sheep.
Posted by: John R. | February 22, 2007 at 01:33 PM
um . . . the lakers have/had no chance of winning a title with or without old, broke-dick j kidd.
Posted by: dave | February 23, 2007 at 10:42 AM