The Mamba

"What? Y'all thought I lost it bruh?"

The motivational speaker and author Denis Waitley once said, “Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.” Amelia Earhart was feeling it when she said, “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.”  Big Momma just simply said, “Baby, it’s yo life, what you gone do with it?”

Well, the Black Mamba guaranteed boyz that the Lakers would make the playoffs even though they looked a hot mess a month ago. With a 99-98 win over the Hawks on Sunday they’re sitting at .500! For those that had problems in math and can’t understand what that is. They’ve got the same number of wins as losses bruh! In other words, if you stack bricks up in two piles they have to be the same height playboy. They’re 30-30 at this point and one game out of the 8th playoff spot in the West.

Kobe put these cats on his back and scored 11 or his 34 points in the fourth quarter and hit a layup to take the lead with 9 seconds left. However, the show stoppa came when ole boy drove past Josh Smith and threw down a one handed yoke like he was 25 instead of 34! The Mamba is in the building!

As much as I dislike this cat for being a snitch or like Big Momma used to say “being a mouth keeper”, that’s short for keeping other folks name in his mouth i.e. Shaq, I can’t hate on his game bruh! So since we’re only talking "game," Ima give him a pass today. Hey, don't look at me funny! If you were ridin' dirty and you saw that dun walking down the street. You wouldn't pull over and give him a ride either. That's real talk!

"I just had to attack," Bryant said. "I wanted to attack and just go right at them. Take the game to them. Be aggressive. Be physical. And it worked out."

Kobe’s aggression sparked his supporting cast to have solid performances too. Steve Nash put 15 in the kitty and threw in 10 dimes while Buster Brown came through with a measly 11 points. That's just enough to buy the chips and salsa but he did grab 15 boards so boyz will let him stay for the party... this time.

 I know y’all feeling me on that? Don’t you hate when you have a party when most REAL cats come through with a case of whatever duns are drinking and it never fails that some clown rings the doorbell and hands you some chips and walks in. That’s Dwight Howard bruh. I’m just sayin’!

Now let's keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! In order for the Lakers to make the playoffs they’ve got to win another 18 games. Normally the team in the 8th spot wins about 48 games. If they can get in they’ve got a legitimate shot at doing something in the first round against San Antonio. Why? Because Tony Parker will be sidelined with an ankle injury for at least a month. When he does come back he won’t be in any game shape for at least another month and he’s the engine that makes the Spurs run.

So at this point all the Lakers have to do is make the playoffs to make it a respectable season because they could literally get to the 2nd round in the West before the wheels come off of the joint! In the meantime and in between time it should be fun to watch Kobe put these boyz on his back and give Buster Brown the business for not taking the hunt seriously because you know that he won’t! He'll be the dun in the middle of the forest when the buffalo runs up with his bullets are still in his pockets! Stop me when I start lyin'!

Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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