It’s been a rough year for the Los Angeles Lakers. First they got swept out of the playoffs by the Dallas Mavericks, suffered with everyone else through the NBA lockout and then got hit with almost nothing but bad news after it ended. They had a trade for Chris Paul rejected, lost Lamar Odom for nothing and made a bunch of roster moves that left everyone underwhelmed. Josh McRoberts, Jason Kapono and Troy Murphy aren’t exactly big deals.
To make matter worse, Kobe injured his wrist in the first preseason game, leaving the Lakers to face their surging Staples Center co-tenants the Los Angeles Clippers with a rag tag line up. It didn’t go well, with the Lakers losing for the second time this week to the Clippers.
Pau Gasol only scored 13 points in the loss, a fact not lost on Lakers super fan Snoop Dogg, who took to his Twitter page to voice his, uh, displeasure with the big Spaniard.
The season hasn’t even officially started, but it doesn’t look like ...
Found December 22, 2011 on
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PLAYERS:
Snoop Dogg,
Pau Gasol,
Chris Paul,
Lamar Odom,
Josh McRoberts,
Jason Kapono,
Troy Murphy
TEAMS: Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Clippers
TEAMS: Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Clippers
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