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it sucks cause these packages commemorate the teams the bulls beat in the finals...so idk if i support my teams failure by wearing these j's
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You're talking about the High ones with the strap right?Originally Posted by CP1708
Anyone cop the Laker 1's?
I had them in my hand, 70 bucks, and I didn't pull the trigger.
Those 09 Hall of Fames aren't too shabby either, but another pass.......
The hell is happening to me?
Originally Posted by FrenchBlue23
You're talking about the High ones with the strap right?Originally Posted by CP1708
Anyone cop the Laker 1's?
I had them in my hand, 70 bucks, and I didn't pull the trigger.
Those 09 Hall of Fames aren't too shabby either, but another pass.......
The hell is happening to me?
I myself have not been buying any J's since the XX3's, in fact my collection is almost extinct. I moved on to Kobe's line.
Gotcha, they are not bad at all. For $70, I would have pulled the trigger. $110, not so much.Originally Posted by CP1708
Yeah, the high top 1's with the strap.
West, that ain't even the 6 rings you showed in them pics, those look like air force fusions or some @#$%
Andrew Bynum is "doing well", "feels great" and apparently did not hook up with Orlando's Dwight Howard over the summer, according to his agent, David Lee. Bynum had mentioned during the NBA Finals that he might train with the Magic center.
Lee told me in a phone conversation Tuesday that Bynum has been working out in Atlanta all summer, where he has an established training base and the place he has migrated to during the off-season for the past several summers. That's also why there has been no sightings (or stories) of the young Lakers center in and around L.A. the past three months.
"He's doing great, he's fine, there aren't any problems," Lee said. He was referring to Bynum's troubled knees.
Lee said Bynum would be back in Southern California on Sept. 18, 11 days before the Lakers open training camp.
I was hoping he would.
Originally Posted by Kookcle
Andrew Bynum is "doing well", "feels great" and apparently did not hook up with Orlando's Dwight Howard over the summer, according to his agent, David Lee. Bynum had mentioned during the NBA Finals that he might train with the Magic center.
Lee told me in a phone conversation Tuesday that Bynum has been working out in Atlanta all summer, where he has an established training base and the place he has migrated to during the off-season for the past several summers. That's also why there has been no sightings (or stories) of the young Lakers center in and around L.A. the past three months.
"He's doing great, he's fine, there aren't any problems," Lee said. He was referring to Bynum's troubled knees.
Lee said Bynum would be back in Southern California on Sept. 18, 11 days before the Lakers open training camp.
i think that was paus first game back. the whole team got outplayed and pau didn't start and was inserted in the 1st or 2nd qtr. they'replaying in the final round and beat england. pau came back with 27 and 11.Originally Posted by westcoastsfinest
^^^what happened against the serbs?...our boy pau got owned or what?
hey kenji u wanna go car shopping with me?...im thinking about getting a cadillac escalator
nahh theyre called the jordan 1 phat low...just like the 6 rings these j's also commemorate the teams the bulls beat for their championshipsOriginally Posted by CP1708
Originally Posted by FrenchBlue23
You're talking about the High ones with the strap right?Originally Posted by CP1708
Anyone cop the Laker 1's?
I had them in my hand, 70 bucks, and I didn't pull the trigger.
Those 09 Hall of Fames aren't too shabby either, but another pass.......
The hell is happening to me?
I myself have not been buying any J's since the XX3's, in fact my collection is almost extinct. I moved on to Kobe's line.
Yeah, the high top 1's with the strap.
West, that ain't even the 6 rings you showed in them pics, those look like air force fusions or some @#$%
That script began to be rewritten at the toll of free agency, 12:01 a.m. on July 1, one minute into the day after Ariza's birthday. He was still celebrating with family when he received a call from his agent, David Lee. "He said, 'The Lakers called, and they think you're worth only the midlevel,' " or $5.8 million a year, Ariza recounts. Technically, it wasn't even an offer. Says Lee of the Lakers GM, "Mitch Kupchak's exact quote was, 'We want Trevor on the cheap, and we're not going to make an offer. Find what the market will bear and come back to us.' "
Ariza was bummed. He'd been expecting something in the $7-to-8 million range, but he also knew the Lakers had committed $74 million to eight players, putting them well into luxury tax territory. And free agent Lamar Odom was still unsigned. "I thought, Fine, let's talk to some teams and see if anybody values me more," Ariza says. Later that morning, he headed to Vegas to cool out with family while fielding calls from suitors. The Cavs brought it hard. Mike Brown and Shaq phoned, LeBron texted, then met Ariza face-to-face. They eventually put a five-year, $33 million offer on the table.
But it was Rockets GM Daryl Morey who received the coveted dinner meeting that night. Like everyone else, Morey was taken with Ariza's selflessness, athleticism and offensive uptick, all of which made him a snug fit in Rick Adelman's free-flowing attack. But in his analysis, Morey, the league's top number cruncher, discovered something else, too. "We found Trevor's defensive impact to be at the top of his position," he says. "He was always our top free agent target, but on his defense alone, he was worth the money we had available for him." As he and Ariza were leaving dinner, Morey checked his voice mail. Ron Artest was LA-bound.
A few hours later, Ariza agreed to a five-year, $33 million deal with the Rockets, similar to what the Lakers had given to Artest. "We were surprised Trevor was available," Morey says. "We thought the Lakers would bring him back for sure." Ariza was pretty sure of that too. "If you'd told me I wasn't going to be a Laker, I wouldn't have believed you," he says. "You'd think they'd want to keep their team together. I mean, we won the championship, and I was a big part of it."
Kupchak insists he wanted the same thing: "It was our intention to keep the team together -- and that included Trevor." But free agency is a fast-moving target, and decisions need to be made. "Early on, we weren't able to agree on a deal," he continues. "If it doesn't look like things are going the way you want them to, you have to make a quick decision and go in another direction."
The feeling in some NBA circles is that Lee -- who had earlier been criticized for the public push he made to get another of his clients, the oft-injured Andrew Bynum, a max deal -- overplayed his hand in a down market. Still, the whispers are that only after talks hit an impasse and Artest became available at a bargain did the Lakers change course.
Either way, the shakeout created conflicting emotions in Ariza's now-former teammates.
"Trevor's a great guy and a huge reason we won," says Jordan Farmar. "But we all know it's business, so I guess we have to enjoy what we accomplished and move on." Even as the Lakers will miss his game and goofiness, they feel Ariza is on to something. "Trevor now knows how to win, and he'll be more assertive in Houston," says Lamar Odom. "I'll be seeing him in the All-Star Game soon."
That kind of bon voyage can bring a smile to anyone's face. Ariza, though, has been smiling since July 2, when he listened to this voice mail: "Hey, Trevor, this is Luis Scola. I would really like for you to be my teammate." At the time, he couldn't believe his ears. "I thought Luis was a jerk," he says of the Rockets' feisty big man. "Just because of the way he plays. But he's a real cool dude." Within hours, Ariza had heard from seven other cool dudes, some by text, like this one from an unknown number: "You beat us and won the championship. Now you can help me get one. Shane."
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Originally Posted by Michaelfoooo
Where do I get a sig?
KobeOriginally Posted by westcoastsfinest
thats a pretty cool report...when did chip leave chicago and join the Lakers?