AND THE WINNER IS?

We won! Beat the Boston Celtics on

Friday eve. 101-92. YES!!! Two new

players on our team now..Marshon

Brooks and Kent Bazemore. Are young

with long arms, intelligent and eager.

Glad to be part of the Lakers team.

The startling information today is the

shedding of our point guard, Steve

Blake. He now has been sent up to 

Golden State and we just hate to

see him leave us. A straight arrow

and a top notch player to boot. He

will be missed by so many of us too.

We wish him and his family all the

best just the same. Looking like our

Kobe might be out of commission for 

another 10 weeks or so we're told.

Pau made it back on the courts to

play and play he did. Great job.

Nick Young has been cleared to be

able to join the team to play on Sun.

Xavier Henry is still out with injury.

A birthday we see today of an older

Basketball player being a former

Hall of Famer, namely Julius Erving.

He is turning 64 today news tells us.

Steve Nash evidently is still harboring

some of his bad back issues to contend

with. He states that he just loves the

game and wants to get on out there

to be of help for the team as he

wants to give far more before he

must be content to live a long life

without it hopefully.

We miss his plays on the courts.

Pau is thrilled to be able to remain 

with the Lakers team for another year.

Earlier we did lose to Houston, score:

134-108. Dwight Howard was boo'ed

as he came out on to the floor but he

did not let that affect his playing.

Chris Kaman has been doing a super

job in his running and playing  for us.

Our other loss to OKC was not a fun

score to see. 107-102 but Robert

Sacre was certainly a great defender.

As a team, we really did put up a good

fight against the Thunder, in remaining

competitive. Injuries hurt yet we compete.

One year ago the camp out by Lake

Elizabeth that houses terminally ill

children and their families during the

warmer months, "The Painted Turtle",

had to close down due to fires. Now it

has had to clear the air for more pure

air to circulate around the entire camp.

The Lakers have played a large contributor

for this camp and we are happy to report

that it is looking quite like it will probably

be able to once again be in operation.

Some buildings have been restored and

the flora and fauna has returned as well.

So many volunteers helped to make all

of this happen and we proudly salute them.

Now on Sunday we play another game

and this time it is against Brooklyn at 6:00.

BABS WELLS