February 22, 2011
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2011 NBA Jam Session
Jam Session was crazy fun. I went two days and met plenty of players, got autographs, and did all the picture taking booths with my friends.
Started off with a 10 minute wait for an autograph from Eric Gordon of the Clippers.
Met former Duke Blue Devil and Marina High grad Cherokee Parks.
LA High School phenom, Jason Hart of Inglewood High and Syracuse University.
Stopped by Center Court and watched the Laker Girls give a dance clinic to the kids.
It was cute. The little girls were having so much fun. When they announced that the Laker Girls would imitate whatever dance they did, one little five year old black girl was stunned and shocked and just froze up with that jaw drop face that said, “OMG… OMG… OMG!!!”
Learned that that step and clap that the Laker Girls do during timeouts is called the Pony Step and Cross. So educational!
Half of me…
Vinyl Spin Art. It’s like what you did when you were a little kid with cardboard, paint, and a spinning machine, except it was with a record.
If you ever go to one of these, Saturday is the day to go. So many of the players are there signing or making appearances! Just from my short walk around the facility, I saw signings or appearances by Dwyane Wade at the T-Mobile booth, Dwight Howard at Farmers Insurance, Kevin Love, Craig Sager at the Time Warner, Tony Parker and Rajon Rondo signing at the Kia Motors exhibit, not to mention seeing Darryl Dawkins and Dikembe Mutumbo just walking around. Also, Blake Griffin was giving out free autographs on Sunday.
Even though everyone was promoting Blake Griffin in all their photo giveaways, all the all stars were still in the shadow of Kobe.
We got there early, at 9:15, waited 15 minutes and got a pic and autograph from Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors! He wasn’t an All Star this year, but just wait a couple of years, he’s going to be an All Star for years.
We turned a corner and there he was… Lebron James of 1994… Felipe Lopez. It’s sort of sad. He was the baddest cat and projected guaranteed lottery pick. He was MVP of the McDonald’s All American game and went to St. John’s University. He was in the show for a few years but his NBA career never really took off.
“Throw up them dueces!!!” That’s what Craig Hodges was telling me when I saw him walking the floor. Him and Larry Bird are the only three time 3 Point Shootout champions. Not to mention winning a few titles with the Chicago Bulls and now a coach with my Lakers.
At the Jam Session, one of the booths let us make our own basketball cards. My friend Annie told me she was going to own me on the court, but it sort of looks like it’s the other way around. As my boy Snoop Dogg once said, “The West Coast is the Breast Coast!!!”
Next up… pics from the All Star Practice!
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