Though it lived a short, yet meaningful life — Ron Artest’s blonde… err… golden, “Rodman style” hair has reached the end of it’s journey.
Ron’s hair peacefully shaved away sometime between yesterday’s loss in Orlando to today’s team practice in El Segundo. But don’t mourn too much; “defense” still remains on his head (and hopefully still on his mind), in three different languages. None of which are in English.
If you’re wondering what Ron looks like with his newly shaved head, here’s a picture courtesy of Lakers.com’s Mike Trudell
The 2011 NBA All-Star Game returns to Los Angeles after only 7 years. The festivities begin in 368 days, too soon to start thinking about the game, weekend, parties, and all else that comes? Arash Markazi writes…
ESPN: The adage in Los Angeles is that everyone needs a car and anything worth seeing is 30 minutes from downtown. But next year, when the city hosts NBA All-Star weekend, the longest trip anyone might have to make from hotels to events and parties is across the street.
The 60th NBA All-Star Game will be played next year at Staples Center, with the NBA All-Star Jam at the adjacent Los Angeles Convention Center. The recently built L.A. Live, a 4 million-square-foot, $2.5 billion complex across the street, includes a Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott and more than a dozen restaurants, bars, clubs and theaters.
The only reason to leave downtown Los Angeles during next year’s All-Star Weekend might be to soak in the sun-kissed twists and turns of the Pacific Coast Highway or visit Mickey and Minnie at Disneyland. It will be a far cry from Dallas, where American Airlines Arena was a 10-minute drive from the media hotel, the Dallas Convention Center was a 15-minute ride and Cowboys Stadium was a 30-minute trip without traffic. That was, of course, for those who actually made it to Dallas after a snowstorm delayed and canceled hundreds of flights into the city.
Update: Kobe not playing tonight. Game #1,000 will have to wait for another time.
After 13 and a half incredible seasons, Kobe Bryant will mark another milestone tonight, game #1,000.
It’s hard to say whether this milestone is bitter sweet. In most cases, the 1,000th game marks the final stages of a players career – but it’s easy to see that Kobe’s still in his prime. Derek Fisher trails Kobe with 997 career games; his 1,000th game will be played against Utah on February 10th.
The big games comes off an embarrassing loss to Denver, and if you’re a believer in habitual losses, it doesn’t get better. Game #1,000 will be played in Portland’s Rose Garden where the Lakers have failed to capture a victory since Feb. 23, 2005.
What a better way to celebrate than to end that streak.
The Lakers Nation and KB24.com have teamed up to give a lucky fan a chance to attend Nike Live with Kobe Bryant this Saturday!
Get to know 24 on and off the court and hear from the man himself about his newest signature shoe that is the lowest and lightest basketball shoe ever: Nike Zoom Kobe V.
Kobe will be taking questions from his fans all over the world, and he’ll answer them live on stage during the event.
TO ENTER: Leave a comment below telling us your favorite Kobe Bryant moment and why. We’ll pick the best (and most compelling) answer! Contest ends Friday at 12:00 noon, PST.
UPDATE: We would like to thank all the fans who participated in our Nike Live ticket contest. We had a lot of great entries, and a lot of great stories.
Congratulations to Sean Estrada for winning a pair of VIP passes for today’s Kobe Bryant event. The man had a very good story, but to top it all off, he included a YouTube example.
We’ll have more contests for you all in the future! If you didn’t win, you can still participate in today’s Nike Live — the event will be streaming live on Facebook.
Yahoo! Sports: Kobe Bryant went from having a slow night because of a sore back to nailing the go-ahead jumper with 28 seconds left, lifting the Los Angeles Lakers to a 100-95 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night in a matchup of the top two teams in the Western Conference.
While the Lakers became the first NBA team to reach 3,000 wins, Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzki became the 34th player in league history to score 20,000 points when he hit a 14-foot jumper early in the fourth quarter. He scored 15 of his 30 points in the quarter, including a tough 3-pointer that tied it at 95 with 42.5 seconds left. He also grabbed a season-high 16 rebounds.
Bryant played only nine minutes in the first half and was hardly part of the action while in the game. He scored eight points in the third quarter, but made only 1 of 4 shots in the final period—the one that counted the most, a 20-footer over Josh Howard with 28 seconds left that made it 97-95.
Dallas’ Erick Dampier missed a pair of free throws that could’ve tied it. After Los Angeles’ Andrew Bynum made 1 of 2 foul shots, the Lakers double-teamed Nowitzki in the corner, forcing him to pass. Howard ended up taking a wild shot.
Breaking injury news left and right within the last hour — here’s some good news for a change.
Ron Artest has been cleared to play in tomorrow’s game against the Houston Rockets. The injured starting forward has missed five games after falling down the stairs in his home on Christmas night. He was diagnosed with a concussion with other minor head injures.
Ron’s return couldn’t come at a better time with Pau Gasol listed day-to-day after sustaining a mild-to-moderate strain of the left hamstring.
ESPN: After the Cleveland Cavaliers made the defending NBA champions look ordinary, the Los Angeles Lakers’ fans threw up their foam hands in frustration.
Mo Williams scored 28 points, LeBron James added 26 and the Cavaliers beat Los Angeles 102-87 Friday in a game that ended with angry Lakers fans throwing dozens of giveaway foam hands onto the court.
Shaquille O’Neal had 11 points in his latest Los Angeles return with the Cavaliers, who dominated the Lakers with sharp shooting and physical defense, prompting several technical fouls and retaliation hits in a one-sided matchup of title contenders.
The Lakers’ crowd lost its holiday spirit with 4:04 left when Lamar Odom’s ejection and another T on the Lakers’ infuriated bench prompted many fans to throw their pregame presents onto the court. After another foul with 3:45 left, several more foam hands were thrown along with a full water bottle, which skittered between players without hitting anyone.
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Breaking injury news left and right within the last hour — here’s some good news for a change.
