***2009 Lakers' Championship Parade Thread***

MaDiKicHeE · Sixth Man Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Posts: 54

The whole time I was thinking "who the hell is that guy!?". I didn't know it was him til they were on stage and had close-ups. I was laughing so hard when I found out it was him. I thought he was a bodyguard or something. The hair was pretty awesome tho.

LAL4K3RS · Star Player Joined: 13 Oct 2008 Posts: 2750

Call me a crazy white guy, but I really always envied the fro. Of course, being bald and white, I would take any hair I could get, but to be honest, the fro was always a very cool look. I love watching old 70's era basketball with all the big fro's.

JPowell rocked it something superfly special.

From a defensive point of view, a big Fro might actually limit the offense from being able to see passing lanes. Hand in the face??? How about Fro in the face!

Just sayin...
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RealOne · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:06 am Post subject:

He should keep it for next year, I was never a fan of the corn rows.

alexjlake_gr8t · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:28 am Post subject:

Aloha

While Kobe stands out in the crowd, do you think Kobe/ Nike coordinated to make a cool shirt... 4 Rings (Gasol wore Nike - Carpe Diem)>?
Also did he wear the hat backwords to hide the 3 stripes/logo of Addidas?

Curious I can't recall if the 3peat hats/gears were nike or another...
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tiniyo · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:44 am Post subject:

Probably. It's essentially free marketing for Nike, seen by over 90 thousand people at the parade and millions more at home. And the only thing they had to pay for was producing the shirts.

LakerFanOC · Starting Rotation Joined: 07 Jun 2002 Posts: 443

For the people who went, is it worth it just to go to the parade and not inside the stadium?

Were there bathrooms in the stadium?

Every Laker should have spoken and not just interviewed. The 2002 parade and the Spurs parade had every single player speak.

Janggoon8 · Star Player Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 1552

my experience was kinda wack....i was waiting in entrance 16 and it was thug central (18th street, 38th street, Rollin Crips etc.)...fights broke out that was caused by a bumrush of people trying to get in...then you could smell motas the entire time even though there were kids all around...

the only thing i enjoyed about this parade was the introduction of the players and the dancing of this one chick at section 17....those who were there will know what i'm talking about (pics anyone?)

i don't know where they came up with the one million people coming to the parade, but there was never one million people at any lakers parade in the three-peat era...it was always 200-300k....

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DIESELneedsKOBE · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:35 am Post subject:

I had a great time.

I got on the 101 FWY from Woodland Hills @ about 5:30 and I was in Los Angeles by 6 AM. I drove up to USC and got to Jefferson St (just on edge of campus), paid $10 to park and walked right over and got in line.

I was at gate 23, the worst part was the wait and also having to kick people back to the back of the line who kept coming up to attempt to butt in. When they opened the gates, that was the scary part as people started stampeding. It took all of my strength just save a young kid and his older sister from getting trampled.

In the ends, I got sunburnt like hell and they were out of water so I got dehydrated too and ended up with a major migraine, BUT IT WAS WORTH IT ALL just to get a chance to be there, be part of it and give something back the Lakers who have given me so much in my years as a fan.

Go Lakers 2010!

Purps · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:37 am Post subject:

I didn't see anything wrong with him rocking the fro for a day.

What's up with all the "Buckwheat" comments? Not cool.

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LOGoods7 · Starting Rotation Joined: 15 May 2008 Posts: 448

That fro' is so awesome, don't hate on JP

Baconwrappedwithonions · Starting Rotation Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 100

A couple of rows ahead of me,

I sadly witnessed a young early 20-something yr old mother have the pipe passed to her from her friend/relative sitting at her right. While she had her 3-4 yr old son sitting on her lap, she hit the pipe nonchalantly. There also was a couple of 7-10 yr old girls sitting directly in back of her and in front of me. She then passed it to her left which I can definitely i.d. this guy as the father cause he took turns holding the child.

I was sitting at the top of section 25.

I have no problem with weed smoke but it was a risky environment for children/toddlers. At least I didnt see any newborns.

Then you had other knuckleheads yellin "F--k San Diego, F Orange County, I'm from L.A. (throwin up the L.A. sign with their fingers)!!!" This dude was yellin this @Charger/Laker fans 7 rows behind him.

All in all, I had fun.....but in the end, "to each his own" is what they say right?
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Vishnu · Franchise Player Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 16558

I see that I wasn't the only one who wasn't pleased with the crowd

Heyvoon24 · Star Player Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3933

anyone see lamar doing the ric flair strut yesterday? Priceless!

k4lakers · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:54 am Post subject:

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Vishnu · Franchise Player Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 16558

Most people were nice and were there to support the team. It's a select few that I'm referring to.

rchanou · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 10:29 am Post subject:

Lakersarethebesteva · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 10:35 am Post subject: Sasha booed at the parade?

I thought I heard it the first time, but now I watched a replay and not only do I clearly hear the boo's I also hear some guy yell "Sasha you suck" and he clearly heard it.

You know I really think Sasha was a let down but the parade is no place for boos, that was uncool by Laker fans
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