NEWSWORTHY ITEMS TO SHARE

First of all, it has been reported in the media but will

add some notes here today as well. Former Lakers

Star in NBA, Lamar Odom, has been steadily

recovering from his fall from grace when found

unconscious in Nevada after having evidently

absorbed in his body heavy drugs. He could neither

talk nor see or breathe on his own. He now is awake

and even has been making some eye contact,

Dr's also have taken him off his breathing tubes.

Granted, he is far from well but is now making strides

toward more optimum health. That is good news for

us all. The Lakers felt he was actually part of their family.

He lost his mother when just age 12 and his father

was a drug addict so it wasn't an easy childhood for

him. One of his babies died at a very early age as well.

We, as basketball fans wish Lamar well and our prayers

are with him as they are too for his family. 

Kobe Bryant had an injury to his leg so opted out of

playing in San Diego on Saturday evening against

the Golden State Warriors. I for one, enjoyed seeing

Luke Walton again. He's a coach now with Warriors.

Seems the court in San Diego fell short of being

a solid surface with players skidding around, falling

down and feeling the floor quite slippery while playing.

They tried to fix the court flooring at one point during half

time but then into the third quarter it remained a problem 

and rather than risk players in pre-season to maybe

become hurt, they decided to call off the game.

Our Lakers were 15 points ahead anyway & there remained

only 15 more minutes of play left but  crowd was not happy.

Ron Artest (Metta World Peace) made the statement

"We almost killed ourselves out there" and then said

"That floor was bad. It was brutal. I am sure the building

manager will be getting a lot of criticism but hopefully 

he will not be losing his job"

Still, Jordan Clarkson posted a team-leading 17 points.

Point guard Marcelo Huertas made his NBA debut with

10 points after missing the last 5 exhibitions because

of a strained right hamstring. While there appears to be

quite a lot of hoopla over Julius Randle (and partially correct)

and also D'Angelo Russell, this writer was mighty taken

last night with Nick Young's 3 point plays. To me, it seemed

he has made a big splash in his return to play. All in all, with

the game having been shut down 5 times, the game itself

was a shocker that our team surely did so well. Lotsa fun.

BABS WELLS