Shaq going to China has been one of the best moves of the offseason. - RM
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As traumatic as the first trade of a young player’s career is said to be, Ryan Anderson appears to be grieving about as much as a lottery winner after being sent to Orlando from New Jersey as part of the draft-day deal involving Vince Carter.
“The way that the trade went about, it wasn’t a traumatic thing,” Anderson said. “If it was a situation where New Jersey was like, ‘We don’t want this guy, let’s put him in the deal with Vince, throw him out of here….’
“That’s definitely not what it was. I talked to the whole staff in New Jersey. It was a hard decision for them to make, but if I could go with anybody, I’m glad I came with Vince.”
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“Host: Did you get paid enough?
Artest: “People ask me about the money, I’m like, ‘Listen, first of all, I’m still getting paid. When I was in the hood, I was maybe getting like 50 cents a day. I’m still getting millions, maybe not the 90 you guys want. It’s still money. And also, I get a chance to possibly do movies, and acting, and TV shows, and all those opportunities that come with it. All that’s gonna come from winning.”
Artest: “People ask me about the money, I’m like, ‘Listen, first of all, I’m still getting paid. When I was in the hood, I was maybe getting like 50 cents a day. I’m still getting millions, maybe not the 90 you guys want. It’s still money. And also, I get a chance to possibly do movies, and acting, and TV shows, and all those opportunities that come with it. All that’s gonna come from winning.”
Chauncey Billups’ Off Kobe’s Back Pass
3 years ago
GIF Party!!
This is how you win championships, if you’re a Nuggets fan
And if you’re a Lakers fan, that’s Kobe’s audition for the Generals
Editors’ Notes: Click here to watch the play with the Globetrotters theme song playing and here for the Benny Hill Theme.
Anyway, there was a really funny moment Thursday night that could have only happened at a Lakers game. Near the end of a third-quarter timeout, they showed Val Kilmer and three of his chins on the Jumbotron, punctuating the moment by playing “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins. You know, a “Top Gun” homage. He took a second or two to get the joke, then unleashed one of those “Very funny, you got me, just know that I’m on a lot of meds right now” smiles. And this would have been enjoyable on its own, but they cut to someone else in the stands…
That’s right…
Tom Cruise!
He caught on a little quicker and did the Tom Cruise Over-Laugh. And this would have been great on its own, but the Lakers pushed it to another level: They wentsplit-screen with Kilmer and Cruise with “Danger Zone” still blasting. As far as I was concerned, this was the most emotional reunion in Lakers history. Cruise kept laughing; Kilmer looked mildly perturbed. (After all, he’s an actor, dammit! That was 23 years ago! He’s made a lot of movies since then!) At this point, I was praying they’d cut to Anthony Edwards in Section 312 but he wasn’t there…
Emphasis mine… “mildly perturbed”? ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!?!??! -_- YES YES YES YES YES
I am on the case.
