Again, 24 >> 23 6. That is all…

PREVIOUS: Charlie Clips & Fred the Godson – Kobe & LeBron

Mike said no, Allen said yes.

After 13 years in the NBA, Allen Iverson announces his retirement via a statement (which is included after the jump) through StephenA.com. What are ya’ll thoughts? Think he’ll stay away from the game? After reading the statement it seems like he was “forced” away more than it was his decision. I’m sure #3 will be back.

That’s right folks. The Lakers road to repeat (and Kobe’s quest for ring #5) officially begins today! And we’re going up against a Griffen-less Clippers team? Yep, might as well mark that 1-0 now. There are other games today though. Who ya’ll got… Celtics x Cavaliers? Wizards x Mavericks? Rockets x Blazers?

I haven’t been able to catch a single Lakers/Clippers game on account of being out East (the sacrifices I did for my future…), but good grief. Good luck trying to stop that in the regular season, D.J.

If you’ve been visiting the dopehouse since it was built you should know myself and Mek rep the Lakers with pride. And with the season quickly approaching, Power106 interviews the team during their media day. Bynum and Gasol above; with Artest, Farmar, (a short haired) Vujacic, Morrison and Brown after the jump…

I can already see folks in the c-section ready to go to war after this clip is played. So let the games begin.

PREVIOUS: Skip Bayless Goes In On LeBrick James (Video)

Haha… this is too funny. You knew Skip would have something to say about this James’ fuckery. I say fuckery… not because he got dunked on (who cares, it happens to everyone), but for him to confiscate the tapes? That’s some bitch shit. Same goes for his sore losing episode that went down after Orlando knocked his ass out of the Playoffs. Either way, this really isn’t that big of a deal. No one will care about this in a week (or less).

…and you know what that means. It looks like we’ll be having a rematch with the Celtics in the Finals next year. But this time it will be us celebrating in LA (let the hating start now). I was definitely upset seeing Ariza jump ship to Houston. But once the official signing went down with Artest, those feelings quickly went away.

Artest, who played for the Houston Rockets last season, received a five-year deal worth about $33 million, according to his agent, David Bauman.

Artest will wear No. 37 next season, a number a fan suggested to help him honor Michael Jackson. Jackson’s Thriller album was the No. 1 record for 37 straight weeks.

Now all we need to do is lock down Odom and it’s a wrap.

While everyone seems to be all excited about tonight’s draft (for reasons I know none of as this year’s draft class is pretty underwhelming); a few big trades have went down. Orlando is shipping out Alston, Battie & Lee to the Nets for Vince Carter (and Ryan Anderson); while Shaq will be joining LeBron in Cleveland for Wallace & Pavlovic. Another trade that went down is giving the Spurs another wing that can score in Richard Jefferson; for Bowen, Thomas & Oberto. And since the draft is going down in an hour and a half, we might as well use this post as the source of communication. UPDATE: And with the first pick, the Clippers draft Blake Griffin. GASP! I’m soooo shocked haha.

Brand new shit snippet from Jayceon, straight off the upcoming soundtrack for NBA 2k10. A game in which I’ll kindly take on all competitors (once I finally get this XBOX Live going). Shouts to HIF, and look for the full version to drop on DJ Haze’s BWS 6.0 mixtape.

DOWNLOAD: The Game – NBA 2k10 [Snippet] | Mediafire

Suiting up to close out the series. But seriously, I think the Lakeshow will take the night off to disprove the Magic at home haha. That’s right folks! It’s gonna be fun reading the haters conspiracy theories, meaningless banter, etc. Kobe (w/o Shaq) and the Lakers have done it! It’s a celebration bitches!!

DOWNLOAD: Lil Wayne – Kobe Bryant

I’ve still got a mass amount of packing. And I’d like to get it done before the game, so this is going up now. Let’s go Lakeshow! MEKA UPDATE: Now that was a game! I shall be at the parade next week pushing water bottles… SHAKE UPDATE: Perfect way to finish my time in Vegas. Now it’s time to head over to the airport and catch my flight. Have a great night folks!