Sports Talk with MC

The 2007-2008 NBA season is in full swing, and everyone’s all giddy about the “what’s to come”s and “what’s happened already”s.

In the news…

As if the Lakers needed any more drama, owner Jerry Buss has been fined $25,000 and suspended two games by NBA commish David Stern for getting convicted for drunk driving.

To us observers, he isn’t the only one drunk in the Lakers organization. There are 3 other iniebriated gentlemen who currently don purple and gold.

1) Kwame Brown- He’s big, quick, got cornrows, and was the number 1 pick in the 2000 NBA draft. He’s also barely (if at all) lived up to the hype which surrounded him when he left high school. We can blame Michael Jordan for this one, and well, Mitch Kupchak too.

2) Mitch Kupchak- Speaking of ol’ Mitch, he is number 2 on our “drunk Lakers” list. Not only is this man high on scotch- he’s also crazy. And hated in LA. After letting chances to possibly acquire players like Jason Kidd and Jermaine O’Neal to play alongside the 3rd member of our “high” triumvirate, it can be said that he pretty much deserves all of the flack he’s been getting from NBA pundits, the 3rd member of this distinguished panel himself, and, well, Jack Nicholson. One flew over the cuckoo’s nest indeed.

3) Kobe Bryant- After being caught on-cam dissing young teammate Andrew Bynum, and being at the center of a “trade me, trade me not” soap opera throughout the summer, I don’t think even the Zen Master (Phil Jackson) can use his powers to fish Bryant out of trouble. His highly publicized trade demands, and his reputation for being the not so great teammate and, evidently, the not so good “gentleman”, will finally catch up with him this year. Look for him to begrudgingly play for the Lakers this year, then, look for him to “play” elsewhere, basketball abilities and poisoning skill notwithstanding, next season.

My guess is that the Lakers won’t even make the playoffs this season. There are a handful of teams in the West that seem hungrier, and/or have improved their rosters significantly. Have the Los Angeles Lakers become the epitome of the NBA’s greatest drama and David Sterns biggest headache? Well, the former might apply, but the latter, I don’t know. Maybe if the Lake Show hired Tim Donahy to referee at Staples full time, and signed former Maverick Roy Tarpley to a 10 day contract, then Stern might concede to handing the once proud franchise the dubious distinction of being his favorite mistake.

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