Posted on 12/25/2004 12:22:46 PM PST by BurbankKarl
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Indiana and Detroit play today too, I think.
Malone is at the Bonaventure with Vanessa...
Ball stolen from showboatBryant on first play.
gullllp.
Kobe be having a good prenup, I hope. ;-)
LOS ANGELES -- Shaquille O'Neal came to town to play Santa Claus to 250 kids Friday morning, and it didn't matter that the grinning basketball star was no longer a member of the home team.
After eight years as a star with the Los Angeles Lakers, O'Neal will play Saturday against the Lakers as a member of the Miami Heat.
But Friday, he was "Shaq-A-Claus" as he pulled up to the Challengers Boys & Girls Club in South Los Angeles in a truck filled with bicycles, Sony Playstations, karaoke machines, sneakers and other gifts.
"I'm glad to be back here. I miss everybody," O'Neal told reporters. "These kids are the future."
For several hours, O'Neal and teammate Damon Jones handed out gifts to the crowd. O'Neal bought many of the gifts himself during a Friday morning visit to a Toys-R-Us store.
"He gives back a lot to us," said 16-year-old Dwayne Gibbons, who received a video game console from O'Neal. "He went back to Miami, but he doesn't forget about us. That's why I love him."
It didn't matter to the crowd that O'Neal would take the court at the Staples Center wearing another uniform. O'Neal downplayed talk of rivalry with former teammate Kobe Bryant -- although earlier this week he spoke of himself as a "brick wall" against Bryant's "Corvette."
"Hopefully I'll get a great reception (from the crowd)," O'Neal said. "But who knows what's going to happen."
Kobe's lighting up the scoreboard in a big way.
This is going to be a good game!
hahaha
The Lakers couldn hardly be playing better. .....but they're only up by a deuce.
Kobe and his wife had hardly a high school education and they act like it. They should shut the hell up and if their own life is a soap opera, leave others out of it.
Shaq did LA no favors coming to work out of shape. That showed no respect and he does not deserve to have his jersy retired.
Kobe is Michael Jordan lite on a good day.
He often chokes under pressure and is quite the consistant ass.
I hope Shaq falls on him and Kobe busts a knee. It would do Los Angeles a favor.
Championships have always taken two superstars.
Who cares what bunch of oversized, prima donnas, running around in ultra baggy shorts, putting a ball through a hoop then beating themselves on the chest, while glaring at the crowd, are doing!
Twin towers of Babel.
Kobe is estranged from his parents, becuase they objected to his marrying, and especially to mayying her. His dad was an NBA player,and I guess he knows first hand what life on the road is like..
Trying to watch some of it...Let's see what Kobe does come crunch-time.
Think anyone stares at her at the games?
Speaking of lost interest, the Raiders are playing in about an hour and a half.
Shaq-a-Claus ... LMAO
Yes, his parents were objecting to him marrying a non-black.
Just racism, it does exist.
She gets half, and after the civil suit, look for her to divorce him.
No doubt, she is a pretty girl.
After the baby, they got back with Kobe and his wife to some extent by the way.
I'm not watching the game. Be sure to post it if there are any drive by shootings or if the homies start getting into fights.
THAT game has a lot of meaning..NOT..the CHiefs will kill them..they'll gain 300 yds on the ground..
Btw, hear Vasquez Thursday? He thinks the Yanks are making a "big mistake" if they trade 'em.
This from a guy who down a 9-game stretch run and playoffs managed to win ONE game.
He may do well in LA, but NY is a whole different animal....
And I hoid we're getting close to getting Milton.
was that the reason?..I thought they felt she was way to young..and he didn't do a pre-nup, over their strong insistance..didn't know it was racial..isn't she black...do you have a source/link? regards
Who cares? The Suns would wipe the floor with either team.
I thought they didnt like her because she was a hoochie girl that took his credit cards and ran them up while they were "dating"
Watching giant black people hang on the rim and do frog kicks is as exciting as watching fat people eat spaghetti.
Too bad they couldn't get a real winning team like Phoenix to play today...
Giant white people hanging on the rim aren't any prettier. :):):)
Shaq in the first round.
You just can't STAND that these kids make more money than you, can you?
Pretty good for the first half....
Have been listening to the police scanner....the domestic violence and random gunfire calls are starting...
>>You just can't STAND that these kids make more money than you, can you?>>
It is humorous that such people make such money with no class, no love and no binds that money cannot buy.
Jealous? Hardly. Try contempt.
I'm still trying to figure out if there is a single basketball skill that I don't do better than Shaq. I know I shoot better than him. I know I can dribble the ball better. I know I can make more foul shots. I know I have better lateral movement. I know I have a better vertical jump and get off the ground quicker. But he's 350 lbs and they allow him to travel every time he touches the ball, and they allow him to run over people, so he's a "star" in the league. Basketball is a joke, to me. Shaq has all the athleticism of a sumo wrestler.
Is that the ring she won when Kobi got caught forcing himself on the woman from Colorado?
It was pretty neat when they could actually shoot from the outside.
Who cares.
The only two players in the NBA whose season point average matches their individual IQ's.
>>It was pretty neat when they could actually shoot from the outside.>>
I have not watched a b-ball game all the way through since Jordan and Bird played together. Today's pro basketball is just egoball. They can have it. Click.
I'm tired of hearing anything about either of them.
neither of them would be where they are without the other ...
I'm not mentioning any names. :)
Me, too ~ I'm a little older than you. :)
I try not to make it a racial thing, but you might be right. :):)
Try watching the best team in the NBA, the Suns. They have clocked them at scoring in 2.6 seconds after inbounding the ball from the other end.
Phoenix?
Phoenix?...
Now refresh my memory...how many NBA championships does Phoenix have?????? ROFLMAO
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