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Yup. Mickey drank. In fact, he admitted he'd become an alcoholic long before he passed.

But drinking wasn't odd for big time jocks in those days. It just turned out that he was one of the people who couldn't handle it.

Would he have been considered the greatest player that ever lived if he hadn't gone out boozing and carousing with Whitey and Billy? No. His legs wouldn't let him. Sober as a judge, and in training 365... his legs were too damaged to allow him to live up to his potential.

Would he have gone down as the greatest player that ever lived if his legs hadn't gotten screwed up so early in his career? I think so... but then, Mickey was the biggest hero of my youth. (Truth to tell, no one will ever really convince me that he wasn't the greatest player that ever lived.)

7 rings, 560 + homers, 12 A.L. Pennants in 14 years. He didn't do so bad.

On topic...

Jeez! As good as the Warriors can look... that's how bad they can look.

Losing to Atlanta? At home? Man I wish Nellie didn't have a pathological distrust of young players. I would love to have seen the young guys get some real playing time tonight.

Geezer wrote:Losing to Atlanta? At home?

Lakers lost to Atlanta as well, but in Atlanta... They pounded the crap outta them when the Hawks showed up at Staples. :mrgreen:

Lakers pound Clips 113-95, Lamar Odom has 20 pts 10 boards. He's been playing a lot better since the Gasol trade. As soon as that happened people started saying, "When Bynum gets back, he and Gasol could be the twin towers" and I think Lamar looked around and said to himself, "Hmmm, that would make me odd man out. I REALLY don't wanna go back to the Clippers!!"

gaijinmark wrote:Lakers pound Clips 113-95, Lamar Odom has 20 pts 10 boards. He's been playing a lot better since the Gasol trade. As soon as that happened people started saying, "When Bynum gets back, he and Gasol could be the twin towers" and I think Lamar looked around and said to himself, "Hmmm, that would make me odd man out. I REALLY don't wanna go back to the Clippers!!"

Let's cool it on anointing Bynum as a half of any potential "twin towers". :grumble:

I don't think the Clippers want Odom back. :sweat:

Nevertheless, he has been playing much better since they made the trade. The other possibility is that he looked around and said, "Holy shit, that could have been ME going to Memphis!!" :sweat:

gaijinmark wrote:Lakers pound Clips 113-95, Lamar Odom has 20 pts 10 boards. He's been playing a lot better since the Gasol trade.

Yup.

He seems to be a lot more comfortable as option #3 and is playing like it. :victory:

Suns get blown out by Pistons today by 30+ .... with the Big Shaqtus only scoring 9 pts in last 2 games. :shakehead:

Although it's still early, Kerr and Phoenix fans might already be regretting the trade.... :sweat:

adub2adub wrote:Suns get blown out by Pistons today by 30+ .... with the Big Shaqtus only scoring 9 pts in last 2 games. :shakehead:

Although it's still early, Kerr and Phoenix fans might already be regretting the trade.... :sweat:

LOL... Serves 'em right. :lol:

adub2adub wrote:Suns get blown out by Pistons today by 30+ .... with the Big Shaqtus only scoring 9 pts in last 2 games. :shakehead:

Although it's still early, Kerr and Phoenix fans might already be regretting the trade.... :sweat:

Pistons might win the East then....and maybe even over your Spurs? personally i don't give a shit on who wins it, just not those two teams, if i had to choose, i really hate the pistons, so i would be left to choose Spurs.

looks like Lakers got a better deal than did Phx with the diesel and his lousy freethrow percentages and offensive fouls. 9 pts in two games, what is that 4.5 pts of production in 30 min games....now that is unproductive production..LOL

Lakers whoop the Sonics, 111-91, even though Kobe got ejected near the end of the fourth quarter with two technicals...

Next up: Portland at the Staples Center, Tuesday.

adub2adub wrote:Suns get blown out by Pistons today by 30+ .... with the Big Shaqtus only scoring 9 pts in last 2 games.

Lakers now all alone in first place in the West... :victory: :woot:

bmwracer wrote:
Lakers now all alone in first place in the West... :victory: :woot:

it just goes to show who is great, and who is not. Lakers have the team chemistry now, and look for them to go far, very far in the playoffs, hopefully.

qilver wrote:Lakers have the team chemistry now, and look for them to go far, very far in the playoffs, hopefully.

Yup and they've got momentum, too.

Will they be even more dangerous when Bynum returns...?

qilver wrote:

Pistons might win the East then....and maybe even over your Spurs?

Spurs aren't exactly MY team, but I like them from the West. To be honest, it's still wide open there. I could see anybody in West from #1 to #9 seed beating each other.

The regular season actually has a lot of juice this year! :dancing:

Wow, didn't realize it, but the Lakers top the West right now... :shocked:

When was the last time that happened... Particularly at this time of the season? :sweat:

A major bummer ... Yao is out for the season. :shamefulcry:

Rocket's playoff hopes are gone ..... not to mention along with those 100 million Chinese viewers.

Somewhere, David Stern is having a major headache. :doh:

adub2adub wrote:Somewhere, David Stern is having a major headache. :doh:

I'd recommend an enema. :beaten: :hehe:

Lakers win a tough one against Portland, 96-83... Thanks to 21 points off the bench from Jordan Formar and 12 from Sasha Vujacic. :victory:

Lakers win their 10th straight, routing the Heat, 106-88. :victory:

Lakers forget to play defense and lose to the Blazers, 116-111. :puppydog: