It's June 04, 2024, 07:25:38 PM
Any news on Lamar Odom since his horrible tragedy?
"It's funny -- I think this is going to make me a better basketball player as far as my mental approach to the game. I look forward to being back out there with my teammates, get in shape so on the 31st [of October] I can give it all I've got."
It's fucked up that he lost his son the same day of his grandmothers death (June 28). And that his mom died when he was 12. I read an interview of Lamar Odom in ESPN magainze just after he was traded to the LA Lakers. The dude has had a tough life.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson, owner of an NBA-record 178 playoff victories, will have surgery to replace his right hip Tuesday -- the day his team opens training camp."It's to the point where he can't really function without having surgery," Lakers spokesman John Black said Friday. "He's had a problem with it for a long time. He was hoping that by doing physical therapy, it would get better over the course of the summer. Instead of getting better, it got worse."The surgery will be performed at the Centinela Hospital Medical Center by Dr. Lawrence Dorr of the Arthritis Institute in Inglewood. Jackson is expected to be released from the hospital Wednesday.There was no timetable listed for Jackson's return, but Black said he expects the 61-year-old coach to be back on the job before the NBA season begins Oct. 31.Assistant coaches Kurt Rambis, Frank Hamblen, Brian Shaw and Jim Cleamons will share coaching duties while Jackson recuperates."The plan is to have Kurt organize practices, but all four of them will run the team equally in Phil's absence," Black said. "It will be a group effort."Black said Jackson will discuss his surgery Monday at the conclusion of the team's annual media day.Jackson coached the Chicago Bulls to six championships in nine seasons during the 1990s, and the Lakers to three titles in six years since then. His nine championships tie him with former Boston coach Red Auerbach for the most in NBA history. Jackson's 877 regular-season wins are the ninth-most in NBA history, and his .713 winning percentage is the best ever.
Six of the eight preseason games will be televised. Tue-Oct 10th, 7:00pm vs Jazz (in Fresno) - No TV listing Thu-Oct 12th, 7:00pm vs Sonics (Anaheim) - KCAL Sun-Oct 15th, 6:30pm vs Suns (Vegas) - KCAL Tue-Oct 17th, 7:00pm vs Kings (Vegas) - NBATV Thu-Oct 19th, 7:00pm vs Clips (LA ?) - FSN & TNT Fri-Oct 20th, TBD vs TBD - No TV listing Sun-Oct 22nd, 6:30pm vs Suns (San Diego) - KCAL Thu-Oct 26th, 7:00pm vs Nuggets (Anaheim) - TNT L'UP