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kobester Star Player
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:58 pm Post subject: kobe loves JJ and phil:"we had no idea how good a player he(JJ) was" |
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Quote: | Jumaine Jones swears there was nothing personal about his career night against the Los Angeles Lakers. If there was any doubt, he erased it by taking a bag of gear into his former team's locker room for Kobe Bryant to sign for him. |
Quote: | Jones then headed over to see Bryant, who stopped his postgame interviews to praise his former teammate.
"That's my guy," Bryant gushed before exchanging hugs with Jones and giving him an autographed pair of his game shoes. "I hated to see him go. That's my man. I love him." |
Quote: | "He practiced against Kobe all of last year, so obviously it was sweet revenge for him," Lakers coach Phil Jackson said. "We deserved that. We didn't know who he was, we gave him up to Charlotte, we had no idea how good a player he was." |
Is this a joke?? JJ played for us for a year and no one knows who he is? Mitch & co don't know how good JJ is? what about Hamblen and shaw? Do they even care about kobe's opinion at all? Does this explain why they weren't serious about getting Artest even though kobe wanted him so badly? I am a bit confused.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=260203030 _________________ "I think I've been forgotten about a little bit as far as what I can do on the basketball court,'' the Los Angeles Lakers star guard said, "People forget."
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venturalakersfan Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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Already posted and responded to. _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023. |
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Sage_10 Star Player
Joined: 24 Dec 2005 Posts: 6668
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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I don't understand that, if PJ wanted a hustle, energy, defender like Ruben Patterson, I would think Phil would have kept him. Let's be real though, the guy averages 7 points a game. The only reason he went off tonight was to show up L.A. |
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Kobe2Clark Star Player
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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Frikken Kwame doesn't average 7pts a game lol _________________ "My thirst for domination is fed only by the game. I refuse to get distracted by outside forces." - Kobe Bryant |
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Sidious Starting Rotation
Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 586 Location: Hunting Beach, CA
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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It's one game. If you remember the guy plays no defense. Although I don't understand why they trade him but keep Luke. |
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62 Starting Rotation
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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Meet Mitch Kupchak. Never expect anything good to happen. _________________ Agent 62 |
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eldrunko714 Starting Rotation
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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Jumaine was only our second best player last year. We should have kept him instead of Luke the spaz. |
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k083 Starting Rotation
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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With the way Luke is playing, I much rather have Jumaine. He was a very pleasant surprise last season with his scoring bursts when the team needed them. Some games he would just hit a few 3's to get a Lakers run started and other nights he would scramble, hustle and board. I don't see Luke doing that anytime soon. |
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Neverland Ranch Survivor Sixth Man
Joined: 14 Nov 2005 Posts: 67
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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Sidious wrote: | It's one game. If you remember the guy plays no defense. Although I don't understand why they trade him but keep Luke. |
are you kidding me? the guy played great defense last year considering he was a throw in. watch the games. |
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bounty Star Player
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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Everyone kept saying how replacable guys like JJ are. Maybe so, but please not with Luke. That experiment fails more than it works. _________________ Lakers Tickets |
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tgf5 Franchise Player
Joined: 18 Jun 2005 Posts: 11581 Location: Canada
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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Instead of talkin about JJ, how about giving the Lakers a mouthful on their terrible defense? |
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audioaxes Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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i was a fan of JJ and thought we should have basically gave him away for nothing
the guy who should have been sent packing is luke _________________ (bleep) Kawhi |
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LakerLanny Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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audioaxes wrote: | i was a fan of JJ and thought we should have basically gave him away for nothing
the guy who should have been sent packing is luke |
Especially considering Walton was a free agent.
While other teams were going after guys like Raja Bell, Boris Diaw and Sam Cassell.....we were dicking around with the super-necessary Luke Walton resigning. _________________ Love, Laker Lanny |
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lakers1969 Star Player
Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 2197 Location: Temecula border of San Diego
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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LakerLanny wrote: | audioaxes wrote: | i was a fan of JJ and thought we should have basically gave him away for nothing
the guy who should have been sent packing is luke |
Especially considering Walton was a free agent.
While other teams were going after guys like Raja Bell, Boris Diaw and Sam Cassell.....we were dicking around with the super-necessary Luke Walton resigning. |
Probably management thought he will be like his dad. |
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CorkyTomjanovich Star Player
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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LakerLanny wrote: | audioaxes wrote: | i was a fan of JJ and thought we should have basically gave him away for nothing
the guy who should have been sent packing is luke |
Especially considering Walton was a free agent.
While other teams were going after guys like Raja Bell, Boris Diaw and Sam Cassell.....we were dicking around with the super-necessary Luke Walton resigning. |
Luke sucks. _________________ JVG FOR LAKERS HEAD COACH |
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PurpleHayz Star Player
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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LakerLanny wrote: | audioaxes wrote: | i was a fan of JJ and thought we should have basically gave him away for nothing
the guy who should have been sent packing is luke |
Especially considering Walton was a free agent.
While other teams were going after guys like Raja Bell, Boris Diaw and Sam Cassell.....we were dicking around with the super-necessary Luke Walton resigning. |
Lanny don't even get me started on Raja Bell. I absolutely love his game... the guy plays tough as nails defense and has improved his shot tremendously!! For me it's a joy to watch this guy play since he is the ultimate role player imo. Actually I used to not be able to stand the guy when he was with the Sixers and Utah and played Kobe tough. He always had that smerk on his face but now I have learned to totally respect his game and wish him the best. _________________ One Love.... |
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Hector the Pup Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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I'm sure I could go back and dig up some reports from SPL where JJ was sucking out loud to a point where he was left on the bench.
If he had played this well then (hell, if he had actually played like he gave a crap), he wouldn't have been shipped and Green wouldn't have been kept. |
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DancingBarry Editor-in-Chief
Joined: 07 Sep 2001 Posts: 40227 Location: O.C.
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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Hector the Pup wrote: | I'm sure I could go back and dig up some reports from SPL where JJ was sucking out loud to a point where he was left on the bench.
If he had played this well then (hell, if he had actually played like he gave a crap), he wouldn't have been shipped and Green wouldn't have been kept. |
Still, the quote from Phil is more than a little baffling... |
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angel Franchise Player
Joined: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 14226 Location: city of angels
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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I was disappointed when he was traded. He did a good job for the Lakers. I liked his energy. The Lakers kept DG and Luke, because of their knowledge of the triangle. It was especially important to have some players with triangle experience for this season. _________________ "Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that." ~~Martin Luther King Jr.~~ |
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CorkyTomjanovich Star Player
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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Hector the Pup wrote: | I'm sure I could go back and dig up some reports from SPL where JJ was sucking out loud to a point where he was left on the bench.
If he had played this well then (hell, if he had actually played like he gave a crap), he wouldn't have been shipped and Green wouldn't have been kept. |
Played like he gave a crap? You are surely confusing him for someone else. _________________ JVG FOR LAKERS HEAD COACH |
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DancingBarry Editor-in-Chief
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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JJ certainly gave a crap. He went to the bigman camp to specifically work on his Triangle footwork in the summer. He just had a poor preseason and we were stacked at his position with the idea of moving Lamar down there full time and George healthy.
The "no idea" thing from Phil is stupifying, however. |
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ARCADE Sixth Man
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:00 am Post subject: |
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That fact that Devin Green is on our roster over JJ is baffling. |
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DancingBarry Editor-in-Chief
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:01 am Post subject: |
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ARCADE wrote: | That fact that Devin Green is on our roster over JJ is baffling. |
Had Profit not ruptured his achilles... Green would not be on the roster. He would have been dumped for Turiaf. |
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ARCADE Sixth Man
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:03 am Post subject: |
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DancingBarry wrote: | ARCADE wrote: | That fact that Devin Green is on our roster over JJ is baffling. |
Had Profit not ruptured his achilles... Green would not be on the roster. He would have been dumped for Turiaf. |
but Ronny Turiaf's return wasn't a guarantee when we had the "business transaction with Charolette" that sent JJ packing. |
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RYZ Star Player
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:11 am Post subject: |
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Hector the Pup wrote: | I'm sure I could go back and dig up some reports from SPL where JJ was sucking out loud to a point where he was left on the bench.
If he had played this well then (hell, if he had actually played like he gave a crap), he wouldn't have been shipped and Green wouldn't have been kept. |
Jumaine Jones didn't play in the SPL. |
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