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Not too Early to Discuss: Elton Brand in Purple and Gold?

Published by David Brickley on November 15, 2007 in DBrick's Take. 38 Comments

The Lakers are looking decent through the first 7 games. Not too bad, and not too great either but average much like many experts have said, “A .500 type team.”

Sure as Laker fans we can see the improvement in players like Bynum, Farmer, and Radmanovic. We know the potential of guys like Jarvis, and see the improvement at point guard with a veteran savvy Derek Fisher.

However the question still remains about Kobe, as Laker fans we enjoy watching this season and try to keep our mind focused on the time at hand. But one must wonder what is the future of this fracnchise?

It seems at this point that Kobe most likely is staying put this season as a Los Angeles Laker, Mitch Kupchak doesn’t want to be known as the man that traded both Shaq and Kobe. Kobe as far as we know isn’t being too disruptive and most likely has somewhat backed off his severe trade demands.

But if the Lakers have a productive season and Kobe Bryant is there throughout to lead our team to the promise land then what’s next for this team.

That question needed answers so I went browsing.

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Uncertainty Weighing on Lakers

Published by David Brickley on October 31, 2007 in DBrick's Take and Kobe Watch. 42 Comments

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What should the Lakers do? When should they do it? Should they even do anything? Sound-off in the comments and tell us what you think!

Something must happen. As Kobe Bryant has said, “Do something, and do it Now!”

However, now it’s a different sense of desperation. The facts are clear, what has to be done is obvious… Kobe needs to get traded, or needs to be a Laker for the rest of the season.

How should management go about this? I would have to agree with Magic Johnson that a decision has to be made within the next week, or as soon as possible. The Lakers need to make a decision, are we either going to keep Kobe, or decide to trade him as soon as possible.

Trying to get a precise comment out of the Buss family is nearly impossible, but somebody needs to step up and make a statement about the immediate future of this franchise.

Phil Jackson wants answers, the players want this resolved and the Lakers want to move ahead with the season without this dark cloud hanging over them.

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The Unthinkable is Becoming Reality

Published by David Brickley on October 16, 2007 in DBrick's Take and Kobe Watch. 2 Comments

My job here at Laker Nation is to be the voice of the fans, thinking, debating, and dreaming of the best scenario for the Los Angeles Lakers. Explaining how we could get KG, how we could still go far in the playoffs, or how we can still acquire a big name. But now it’s time to be real and look at the facts and arrive at an educated guess of what will happen to the Lakers.

As hard as it is for me to say, a DIEHARD Kobe Bryant and Laker Fan. KOBE BRYANT will NOT finish his career as a Los Angeles Laker.

It all starts when talks first surfaced that someone from the front office said the Shaq trade was Kobe’s fault. After hearing this I first thought, “Here we go again, can Kobe or the Lakers ever shake the Shaq story?” After hearing Kobe’s trade demands, having him rescind those demands, demanding a trade again, talking to Buss in Spain, coming to training camp, and now Buss’s latest statements the answer to that question is No.

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Spreading The Lakers Nation

Published by David Brickley on October 1, 2007 in DBrick's Take. 4 Comments

Just to let you all know, the Lakers Nation is spreading. I now have my own sports talk radio show on KCR; it is a student ran organization for San Diego State University. The two-hour show is all sports talk, much like something you would hear with Mike and Mike in the morning. It’s Thursdays from 6pm-8pm, my co-host and I break down all the hot and relevant sports stories around the globe!

Of course I am representing the Lakers Nation in San Diego, I make sure we talk about the top Lakers news every week. Remember to listen in Thursdays at 6pm, you can catch the whole show live at KCRLive.com, we take calls from our listeners, so make sure to hit us up on the hotline! The Lakers Nation members will always be first to get on the air.

You know I had to promote theLakersNation.com, check out the commercial that runs on my show everytime we break!

I thank you guys for any support, and GO Lakers!

No KG, No Problem: The New Movement

Published by David Brickley on August 4, 2007 in DBrick's Take. 13 Comments

Kevin Garnett is now a Celtic, something I think he will regret for the rest of his NBA career.

Kevin Garnett’s quote about the Lakers was, “I didn’t know the whole Kobe situation so…” That makes total sense; you couldn’t call Kobe and ask him? Even saying that you act like you had leverage in the trade.

You didn’t want to go to Boston and now that Ray Allen is there you love it? Amazing how a 30 year old with two bad ankles can make you do a total 180.

So to Garnett, good luck over there and when Kobe drops 60 on you in the Garden and they start chanting his name again like last year, I think you will then have realized that you choked and you should of demanded management to send you to beautiful Los Angeles, California — Rather than cold and muggy Boston, Massachusetts.

As an avid preacher of the movement, am I bitter that KG didn’t come to LA? No, I actually really don’t care as much as I thought I would. I think looking back at it logically the possibility of Kevin McHale, a man with Celtic pride in his blood ( I guess the phrase over there would be… bleeds green and white?), getting KG to LA was near impossible.

A guy that once close lined Kurt Rambis, he would of never sent KG to LA, and ill even take it one step further, McHale knew that Garnett had to be moved, and that they were going to re-build, so why not send them to your alma mater, in a sense?

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Why do we Care so Much?

Published by David Brickley on July 9, 2007 in DBrick's Take. 59 Comments

care.jpgBeing in Las Vegas, you are capable of running into celebrities, this weekend I ran into Stephen Jackson (Running Back for the St. Louis Rams). That was one of the high points of my weekend, and my “non-sports fan” friend asked me this question.

“Why the hell do you care so much that he is here, why even waste your time he’s just like me and you, he’s just on TV and makes more money.”

So that’s what got me thinking? Why was I excited that I shook his hand? Why did I want to call my fantasy football brothers and say the statement, “You won’t guess who I just saw?”

Stephen Jackson was cool to see but, what if that would have been Kobe Bryant? I think my jaw would have hit the floor and I probably wouldn’t have the right mindset to even mutter a few words.

So that brings up the age-old question asked by man… Why do we care so much?

As Laker nation we check for trade rumors every day, we are avid historians on the day Kobe requested the trade, what radio shows he went on, and what his current stance is now. What if we really do get KG? The diehards will probably jump up and down like we just won the World Series of Poker

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A Vision of the Future

Published by David Brickley on July 5, 2007 in DBrick's Take. 92 Comments

Kobe Bryant has gone into a deep silence, the draft has come and gone, Kevin Garnett is still available, and the Lakers are doing as much as possible to make significant moves this season to make a dramatic impact.

There are a few things that seem to be going the Lakers way, the Kevin Garnett sweepstakes as of now looks like to be between the Warriors and the Lakers. Unless, Atlanta wants to hook back up with Phoenix for a three team deal, or some other team like Dallas decides to seriously jump into the picture.

I still question why the Lakers didn’t deal some or all of their draft picks to acquire an established veteran or to package them in a big deal. While there draft picks were liked by draft experts. Let’s be completely honest, Crittenton is a good player but he is another young point guard. This whole off-season Kupchack has made it known that we want an established veteran point guard. That is why we have showed interest over free agents such as Mo Williams and Steve Blake.

As for the Chinese “Magic Johnson” and Pau Gasol’s little brother Marc. Those guys are going to stay overseas for at least another year. So we won’t see them in Laker uniforms anytime soon. So basically in this draft we got a young rookie point guard? Not too much of an upgrade by any stretch of the imagination.

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Latest Kobe news, not really news at all.

Published by David Brickley on June 18, 2007 in DBrick's Take. 22 Comments

at peace.Ok, I sense panic in Laker Nation, panic that needs to have some kind of answer, a sense of relaxation for those who are tense, confused, and at a loss for words. Let’s be honest for a second, losing Kobe Bryant would be catastrophic to the Laker franchise regardless of who they got in return. I think recent media reports have been blown out of proportion and we as Laker nation should be very skeptical as well as cautious before we go off on one report and start discussing the worse-case scenarios.

I will start with the Sunday article wrote on ESPN, reporting Kobe’s “TRUTH” statements as if it was some unbelievable new news. Newspapers as well as ESPN, quoted the TRUTH statement like it was just written on Sunday. I will make this as clear as I can make it, Kobe Bryant made those remarks after his trade demands at the end of May, where he went on a media frenzy and asked for a trade, backed off it, and then jumped back on the demand again. Why it is still very relevant and reports say the administrator at KB24.com is under strict guidelines to continue to repost the TRUTH statement, that statement was viewed as if it was brand new. What really happened is the media was salivating for some kind of Kobe Bryant update after the talks in Spain with Buss, and they jumped at an opportunity to persuade the non-Laker follower that Kobe is leaving and his demands are now stronger than ever.

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