CHANGES

One week ago this writer lost the love of her life.

My wonderful husband, Wes, after over 33 years

of wedded bliss. This I do mean fully too. It was

an honor to be his wife, so for that I am profusely

grateful. He would edit my blogs and give me

information that maybe was a bit more pertinent.

He would indulge me but not allow me to "embroider"

on my writings being the "oh, so bright gent" he was.

And so, today we will mostly concentrate I guess

upon the Lakers Coach. It is looking more and

more like it perhaps will really be Byron Scott.

I personally hope so. He would be, I believe,

a very worthy choice for us to have now.

Byron was formerly Cleveland Cavaliers Coach.

If he indeed does fill those shoes, he will become

the 5th head coach in just over 3 years.

A very good record does follow him.

As head coach, he has been an integral part

of 13 NBA seasons, going 416-521 with the

Nets, Hornets and Cavaliers. He led New Jersey

to back to back Eastern Conference championships

in 2002 and 2003, losing the NBA finals each time.

Scott has won 3 division titles and was the NBA's coach

of the year in 2008, but he also has been fired from

each of his 3 jobs, so of course, one must not deny that.

As for some other upcoming news to relate, because of

the ongoing sorrow I am going through right now, it pains

me to have to bow out for awhile but so it is very possible

I will be on hiatus now until September. Please bear 

with me and wish me well right now. Wesley? R.I.P.

Babs Wells

SOMETIMES DIFFICULT THINGS HAPPEN

Not only did we have a very un-happy year

this past season, our Lakers had so many

injuries to boot. Now, this writer has had to

endure some of the medical trauma as well.

My hubby of 34 years, has taken a turn for

the worse. Abed as we see him now, frail,

weakened and on hospice care, we find not

a happy scene. To realize that both former

Laker Derek Fisher and former Laker

coach Phil Jackson have decided N.Y.

to make their allegiance to now, makes us

wonder what is next. Well, we see that

Pau Gasol (Lakers) has signed up with

Chicago. Will miss that tall fella lots.

Attempting to lure Carmelo Anthony

to join our Lakers team, has been met

with obstacles and seems he is going

to be staying with the Knicks after all.

We see Jordan Farmar (Lakers) has

signed up with Doc Rivers Clippers team.

And so the saga continues to give

us stops and starts in many directions.

Even the Florida Heat team is going

through a loss of their own as we

note LeBron James is returning to

his homebase in Cleveland.

To start the winning of sorts, we take

a look for the future Lakers coach.

As of this writing it looks very much

in favor of Byron Scott. He actually

used to play with the Lakers back in 

the day during the showtime era.

So far, our Lakers roster features :

Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Robert

Sacre, Julius Randle, Jeremy Lin,

Nick Young, Jordan Hill, Kendall

Marshall & Jordan Clarkson.

That leaves the Lakers' remaining

free agents in Ryan Kelly, Xavier

Henry and Wesley Johnson in

varying states of limbo.

Of course, speaking of basketball, the 

Harlem Globetrotters often comes to mind.

Red Klotz (93) was a beloved foil

for that team in years gone by. His

teams were called the Washington

Generals and also the New York

Nationals, The New Jersey Reds,

the Boston Shamrocks and more

recently the World All-Stars.

His teams managed to beat the 

Globetrotters only once when a

shot was made in the final seconds

of a 1971 game in Tennessee.

Klotz died last Saturday in New

Jersey. An interesting man that

was so noticed back in his

barnstorming days. Red, R.I.P.

Babs Wells