THE GHOSTS OF LAKERS PAST AND PRESENT AND YET TO COME

"BLUE" JIMMY:  LAKERS ANALYST

BLIND DOG OZZY:  NEUROTIC CHIHUAHUA

"BLUE" JIMMY:  A lot has happened since my last Lakers blog:  Kobe Bryant has announced this will be his last season; The Lakers have won (!) a couple of impressive games; Coach Byron Scott has messed with the starting lineup and The Lakers "Young Guns" (D' Angelo Russell, Julius Randle, and Jordan Clarkson) have started to prove that The Lakers didn't waste their draft picks.

BLIND DOG OZZY:  The Lakers are fun to watch again!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  At the very start of the season, a host of a Lakers talk show suggested that you take a piece of tape and cover the score on your TV screen, suggesting that since The Lakers are not going to win a championship, make the playoffs or win any games, you might as well just enjoy the action and watch how this young team develops. 

BLIND DOG OZZY:  And watch Kobe shoot out the lights!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  I tend to agree.  Quit worrying about how many games The Lakers win, quit trying to compare the Clippers to The Lakers ...

BLIND DOG OZZY:  ... You can't compare s**t to gold!!! ...   

"BLUE" JIMMY:  ... Quit worrying about how many times Kobe shoots the ball and just enjoy the sight of a future great team developing.

BLIND DOG OZZY:  And watch Kobe shoot out the lights!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  That's been the most fun to watch!  While some idiots were saying that Kobe should retire immediately, before the end of the season, I knew he would hit his stride and show flashes of his Old Self! 

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Like that driving dunk versus The Houston Rockets in Thursday night's game (Dec. 17, 2015) --- Oh, S**T!!!  Someone's gonna be on Kobe's highlight video!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Jordan Clarkson has proved to be consistently excellent, #2 overall draftpick D'Angelo Russell,  is starting to show the fans what the scouts saw in him and Julius Randle has All Star power forward in his future.  Enjoy these games because you're never again gonna see this mix of Lakers old and new on the court.

BLIND DOG OZZY:  And watch Kobe shoot out the lights!!!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Sake's Alive!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Wow!  Wow!

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IT'S OFFICIAL: THE LAKERS ARE THE WORST TEAM IN BASKETBALL!!!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  LAKERS ANALYST

BLIND DOG OZZY:  NEUROTIC CHIHUAHUA

"BLUE" JIMMY:  The Lakers were in the holiday gift-giving mood on Tuesday night ( Dec. 1, 2015) when they played the 0-18 Philadelphia 76ers.

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Losing ... The gift that keeps on giving the whole year!!!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  The 76ers were on an 18 game losing streak, one game away from breaking an NBA record for losses to start a season and The Lakers handed this truly horrible team an early Christmas gift by folding in the 4th quarter even though they had a 14 point lead at one part of the game.  Technically, the 76ers still have a worse record (1-18) than The Lakers (2-15).

BLIND DOG OZZY:  But there's a little known decree in the NBA rulebook that says if you lose to a team with 18 losses in a row ... YOU SUCK!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  So it's official, The Lakers are the worst team in basketball and it gots nothing to do with Kobe taking too many shots or postponing his retirement until the end of the season.

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Dun Dun Dun!  Here's where we start handing out some blame!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  It's the fault of Lakers management that Kobe is playing out his last season surrounded by inferior talent.  While other teams are beefing up their rosters with All Stars and have benches that could easily be starting lineups, Lakers management has surrounded Kobe with rookies, misfits and outcasts from non NBA teams!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  We could sure use us some Pau Gasol right now!!!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Sake's Alive!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Wow!  Wow!
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LAKERS ARE A GREAT TEAM! ... IN A SENSE

"BLUE" JIMMY:  LAKERS APOLOGIST

BLIND DOG OZZY:  NEUROTIC CHIHUAHUA

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -- Oscar Wilde

"BLUE" JIMMY:  If the object of the game of basketball was to put the big orange ball in the basket as few times as possible, The Los Angeles Lakers would be World Champions!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  WTF?  That's your blog entry for today?

"BLUE" JIMMY:  I'm trying to look at the bright side of life!  What else are you gonna say about a team that came out last night (Tues. Nov. 24, 2015 ) against the World Champion Golden State Warriors, showed no guts or competitive spirit (Kobe Bryant, 4 points!) and got blown out by 34 points, allowing Golden State to be the first team in NBA history to win 16 games in a row to start the season?!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Hey, at least The Lakers were part of NBA history!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  That's the spirit!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  I still feel like s**t!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Sake's Alive!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Wow!  Wow! 
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LAKERS AREN'T THE WORST TEAM IN THE NBA! ... AT LEAST

"BLUE" JIMMY:  LAKERS ANALYST

BLIND DOG OZZY:  NEUROTIC CHIHUAHUA

"BLUE" JIMMY:  You know your season is going bad when 10 games in, people are already talking about next year --  "Is Kobe going to retire NEXT YEAR? ... Who can The Lakers acquire NEXT YEAR? ... The Lakers should develop these young players for NEXT YEAR! ...

BLIND DOG OZZY:  "Where is Coach Byron Scott going when he gets fired, NEXT YEAR!"

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Last night at Staples Center, ( Sun. Nov. 15, 2015 ) The Lakers didn't pull their usual disappearing act in the 4th quarter and beat the 5-5 Detroit Pistons -- a pretty entertaining game which put The Lakers at 2 - 8!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  And thousands of Lakers fans didn't have road rage on the way home from Downtown L.A!  

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Laker fans need something to get excited about and when the confetti and streamers came down from the rafters at Staples Center last night, everyone was thinking, "Well, at least we're better than New Orleans (1-9), Brooklyn (1-9) and Philadelphia" (0 - 10)!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  As this NBA season begins, The Lakers have taught us all that no matter how bad your life is, you can always say, "At least I'm not that guy!"

"BLUE" JIMMY:  What kind of chickens**t philosophy is that?

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Whad'ya want from me!!!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Sake's Alive!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Wow!  Wow!

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LAKERS GET CREATIVE

"BLUE" JIMMY:  LAKERS ANALYST

BLIND DOG OZZY: NEUROTIC CHIHUAHUA

"BLUE" JIMMY:  I gotta give The Lakers style points for imagination -- they have a seemingly, unlimited number of new and creative ways to lose games!!!  On Wednesday night's road game against the Orlando Magic (Wed. Nov. 11, 2015), The Lakers played a decent game against a mediocre Orlando team and had the game tied with pretty much the last possession in their hands.  With Kobe sitting out the game due to a sore back, Coach Scott elected to have veteran guard Lou Williams take the last shot and he shoots a falling down fadeaway that doesn't even hit the rim and they get called for a shot clock violation.  With 1.5 on the clock and the game seemingly going into overtime, they allow Orlando center Nikola Vucevic to hit a Kobe - like turnaround jumper at the buzzer to win the game!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Then The Lakers had to take that LONG walk to the locker room with their heads down!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  I gotta hand it to them, I expected them to lose but not like that!

BLIND DOG OZZY: (Sarcastic, slow hand clap) Bravo Lakers!!!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Sake's Alive!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Wow!  Wow!

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LAKERS CHOKE!!!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  LAKERS ANALYST

BLIND DOG OZZY:  NEUROTIC CHIHUAHUA

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Here is Webster's Dictionary definition of  the word "choke" :  "To lose one's composure and fail to perform effectively in a critical situation."

BLIND DOG OZZY:  And then there's a picture of The Laker's  logo next to it!!!  

   

"BLUE" JIMMY:  In Sunday afternoon's game vs the New York Knicks, ( Sun. Nov. 8, 2015) The Lakers had a decent lead the whole second half and then folded, let Carmelo Anthony be a hero in the final minutes and C-H-O-K-E-D!!! ... To a team that had the worst record in the NBA last season!!!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  I waited patiently, for the last two "rebuilding" seasons to see some motherf**king progress and all I get is this!!!  I could just look in my DVR at last season's games and see the same thing ... Oh, Bitch!!!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Sake's Alive!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Wow!  Wow! 

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LAKERS TRY TO LOSE ... AND WIN!!!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  LAKERS ANALYST

BLIND DOG OZZY:  NEUROTIC CHIHUAHUA

"BLUE" JIMMY:  A quick recap of  Friday's game (Nov. 7, 2015) :  Lakers again get off to a bad start and look like they're headed for a blowout; Jordan Clarkson and Julius Randle again look solid and get them back in the game; D' Angelo Russel has his career high (16 points); Kobe (18 points, high scorer) briefly looks like he did when he had an afro and The Lakers run up a good - sized lead late in the game!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Then they f***k it all up in the last two minutes of the game, blow the lead, throw away an inbounds pass and look like they're trying to lose the game ... but they win!!!  Maybe they should always try to lose!  

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Sake's Alive!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Wow!  Wow!
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LAKERS STILL WINLESS!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  LAKERS ANALYST

BLIND DOG OZZY:  NEUROTIC CHIHUAHUA

MOSES MALONE VS LAKERS

"BLUE" JIMMY:  "Faried leads Nuggets' surge past winless Lakers" read Wednesday's ESPN headline! ( Nov. 4, 2015 ) It's still early in the season and the Lakers have a very young team but 0 - 4?

BLIND DOG OZZY:  They should call back that half - assed team from Israel (Maccabi Haifa) that they beat in the pre season so they can get a win and make themselves look good!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  The only reason to watch the games right now is to see how some of these young players develop.

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Jordan Clarkson and Julius Randall look badass!  D' Angelo Russell needs work!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Well, let's flush that one down the toilet and hope for more Laker Glory down the road.  The real reason I wanted to write this blog was because of the play of Kenneth "Manimal" Faried, who single - handedly took the Lakers apart.  He reminded me of a great NBA player who I forgot to pay tribute to a couple of months ago -- Moses Malone.

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Oh, S**t!!!


"BLUE" JIMMY:  Malone, who died last September, played from 1974 to 1995, was the eighth all - time leading scorer in NBA history and the fifth - all time leading rebounder.  He was the first player signed out of high school, played for several different teams and won a championship with the Philadelphia 76rs.  He only had a shooting range of about three feet but it seemed like any ball that came off the rim was his and any time he got the ball under the basket, it was an automatic layup or embarrassing dunk right in yo' face!  I don't remember how many times I was so frustrated when he would play against the Lakers -- you just couldn't stop him!   

BLIND DOG OZZY:  The Lakers could use some o' that right now!!! 

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Sake's Alive!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Wow!  Wow!
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LAKERS GIVE SACRAMENTO A PRE - HALLOWEEN TREAT!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  LAKERS ANALYST 

BLIND DOG OZZY:  NEUROTIC CHIHUAHUA

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Games between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings used to be bloody duels to look forward to (remember the days of cowbells, Rick Fox and Doug Christie getting into a fight in the tunnel and Shaq calling them the Sacramento "Queens")?  Now, the games are one - sided blowouts with Sacramento just dominating the Lakers like they were a semi - pro team!  Friday night's game ( Oct. 30th  '15 ) in Sacramento was an embarrassment!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  What kind of NBA team gives up 132 points? ... 80 of them in the paint!!!  Out rebounded,  out hustled, out everything!!! ... This is not LAKER basketball!!!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Sake's Alive!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Wow!  Wow!

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ANOTHER SEASON OF GLORIOUS LAKER BASKETBALL ... OFF TO ANOTHER SH**TY START!!!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  LOS ANGELES LAKERS ANALYST:

BLIND DOG OZZY:  NEUROTIC CHIHUAHUA

"BLUE" JIMMY:  After two seasons of horrible, substandard basketball, the Los Angeles Lakers rebuild, retool, get high draft picks, rehabilitate injuries and play their season opener at Staples Center in front of thousands of screaming fans with a stable starting lineup and a healthy Kobe Bryant ... only to build a big lead, blow it and watch the opposing team celebrate a win on their home court.

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Did you ever see that movie, "Groundhog Day" with Bill Murray where he has to live the same day over and over and over again until he re-examines his life and gets his act together -- The Lakers are stuck in a time loop!!!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Laker fans don't wait all Summer, support their team through thick and thin, (Laker's TV ratings are higher than both the Clippers and the World Champion Golden State Warriors!) spend countless millions on game tickets, team memorabilia, obscene food and drink prices at games and precious hours of leisure time to watch a team repeat the same season over and over again!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Dodger fans know how that feels!!!  

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Shake up management, start a massive, shameful, on - court brawl (you got Ron Artest right there on the bench), bring Dr. J out of retirement, move the team to a high school gym in Compton but don't make me watch a rerun of the last two seasons!!!  I don't think I'm making unreasonable demands.  I have never jumped on the Clippers bandwagon like many others and I've been a Laker fan since the days of Jerry West and Wilt Chamberlain ... I think I've earned it!

BLIND DOG OZZY:  F**k Yeah!!!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Sake's Alive!

Wow!  Wow!

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