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The World Loses A Legend, Kobe Gone At 41
01.28.20
I have been so upset and shocked the last few days as I’m sure you have, I haven’t really thought how to post something on the site. I still don’t know what to really say, except the basketball world lost an icon on Sunday, not to mention Kobe’s lovely 13-old daughter Gigi, and seven other innocent people whose families have lost love ones. It’s a horrible, horrible, unfathomable tragedy that is just so hard to accept, but there’s no choice but to move forward of course.
I’ve always used Kobe’s image as part of the avatar for LakerStats on social media, and his picture has always been on the top left of the site, so I won’t have to make any changes to honor him that way on here. All I can say is RIP to all those innocent people who perished, my prayers go out to Vanessa, Kobe’s children, and all the families and friends who lost loved ones. Also best wishes to Laker fans, Kobe fans, and all basketball fans who have been hit hard by this terrible event. Mamba Out…But Never Forgotten!
Kobe 5th Most-Disliked Pro Athlete
09.15.10
Frankly I don’t know why I’m posting about this, because as a Laker fan, I could really care less how Kobe is viewed by people who aren’t Laker fans, let alone basketball fans. But in the interest of reporting news regarding the Lakers, I’ve decided to put it up.
The Q Scores Company, which conducts popularity polls, placed Kobe Bryant as the 5th most-disliked American pro athlete behind Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback Michael Vick, golfer Tiger Woods, and Cincinnati Bengals’ wide receivers Terrell Owens and Chad Ochocinco.
I guess the most-interesting part of the story is that LeBron James’ popularity has plummeted, he’s now 6th right behind Kobe.
According to the report, James is viewed in what the company considers a negative light by 39 percent of the general population. In January, while still a Cleveland Cavalier, he was viewed positively by 24 percent of the population, negatively by 22 percent, according to the figures from the Q Scores Company.
In fact, his popularity figures were the highest the company had ever seen in January, so he took quite a hit after he made his decision to play Miami. And frankly, that’s not a big shock.
ESPN has the entire article if you’re interested.
Ron Artest To Sell Championship Ring
09.08.10
So he finally wins a title and a ring in the NBA, and the first thing Ron Artest wants to do is sell it? Well that’s what he plans to do, according a report on NBA.com.
In his campaign to promote mental health, Artest will sell his championship ring as a fundraiser to help provide more psychologists and therapists in schools. Quite a bold and classy act for a man who once started US professional sport’s most-notorious brawl in Detroit in 2003.
“You work so hard to get a ring, and now you have a chance to help more people than just yourself, instead of just satisfying yourself,” he said. “What’s better than that? For me, this is very important.”
Artest hopes to raise awareness in one of college sport’s most under-covered issues, mental health. And by doing his part to help make mental health therapy more readily available to students at a younger age, there is hope it will curtail the attempts of suicide amongst college players. According to the report on NBA.com, around 20-25 athletes in Division I sports attempt suicide each year.
You really need to take your hat off to Ron. The turnaround he has made in his career, with all of his admitted emotional issues, is quite amazing. Rarely do you see an athlete attack his own demons head-on during his playing years like he has, and come out a winner.
If you’re interested in the entire story about Artest and his battle with mental-health awareness, you can read it on NBA.com.
New Lakerstats Format!
09.04.10
As I’m sure you’ve noticed, we’ve completely revamped the look of the site. We have decided to move to a WordPress-driven web site so we can write more news, allow comments, and just add some general interaction to the web site that we haven’t had before. You can also actually comment on ANY page of the site, even the pages that just have stats. So that’s something interesting. You do not need to register a username to post comments, but you can if you want.
Also, some parts of the site haven’t been updated with the new look, but we’re slowly getting them all migrated over. If you come to a page that looks like the old site, it’s not a mistake. There is a lot of coding and database calls to get all the stat pages working right, so it does take a little time to convert them.
We hope you will enjoy our new look here, as we work to be a much more interactive place in conjunction with being a huge statistical resource for the Los Angeles Lakers.
If anyone is interested in being a blogger on the site, please send me an email at info@lakerstats.com. We are looking for writers to contribute to the site. We already have a new blogger, “vclakerfan,” who put up his first post yesterday. So if you’re a Laker fan and like to blather on about the Lakers and the NBA like we do, drop me an email.
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