BEING AT STAPLES HELPS

Kobe is still going on with his rehab. & in fact

as of today he is in full practice to see just

how much strain his Achilles Heal tendon

can perhaps take. He is still being monitered

to see just where his comfort zone is. The Lakers

have not offered any time table on when Bryant will 

return in a game. The Lakers took Monday off following

their win the previous night against the Detroit  Pistons.

They do not play again until Friday against Golden

State and yes, that game also takes place at the

Staples Center.....so this then gives Kobe three

days in which to practice so it is any one's guess if

he will be able to go out there on Friday to play

against the Warriors. Caution is a must right now.

Jordan Hill barely played for coach D'Antoni in

New York four years ago but once again they

are on the same team here in L.A. Hill had

career highs of 24 points and 17 rebounds

and Jodie Meeks and Nick Young scored 19 points

apiece in the Lakers' 114-99 victory over the

Detroit Pistons on Sunday night. Steve Blake

had 9 points and 16 assists and the Lakers

really seemed to come alive in the fourth quarter.

Former Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has now

collaborated with the Los Angeles Unified School

District to fund "Camp Sky-hook", a 5 day overnight

camp in Arcadia at the Clear Creek Outdoor Ed-

ucation Center in Angeles National Forest. Jabbar

also donated $100,000.from his Skyhook Foundation

to the LAUSD on Sunday at the California STEM

Symposium in Sacramento. The STEM acronym

stands for science, technology,engineering and math.

These four tennets the camp will be teaching then

to underprivileged children throughout LAUSD.

BABS WELLS