BIG HOLLYWOOD STARS LOVE THE LAKERS
05.30.08
As much as a human being can enjoy anything, I enjoyed the Lakers' dismantling the Spurs. I think I like the Spurs losing more than I like any team winning. I get shivers thinking about how wonderful it was. Mmmm-MM! This hatred is delicious. Try some. Here, have some of mine. I've got plenty.
Unfortunately, the downside to the Lakers' outstanding play — and it really is fun to watch, between the team's high-energy attack, quick ball movement, and Kobe's overarching excellence — is that we are now subjected to lingering crowd shots of the famous and pseudo-famous. Hollywood stars! They're just like us! They like basketball, too! They can afford impossible-to-obtain courtside seats worth thousands of dollars on a mere whim!
So, here we are. Denzel and Puffy. Adam Sandler and Baron Davis — apparently someone was owed a favor for endorsing You Don't Mess with the Zohan. Cameron Diaz and… Antonio Banderas? WTF? Dr. Dre, still wearing his khakis with a cuff and a crease with his jeans on and his team strong. And Dopey Maguire, who could live comfortably for the rest of his life without ever working again because someone wanted Spider-Man to be an average-looking douchebag with a quivering voice. Fuck me.
Oh, and the pock-marked villain from Grease was there, too. I wonder which Spur he blew to get ourtside.

…He's still got love for the streets
…I don't know the rest of that song, 2001 was like 10 years ago
Where are all those Spurs fans that showed up in mass numbers to WL after their team beat the Hornets?
Don't courtside seats normally face the court? I'm surprised Denzel doesn't have his legs wrapped around Puffy.
He has jeans on. False advertising. I want my 5 seconds of load time back.
…hehe, load time.
@Lance: I apologize. I'll change it to read "with his jeans on, and his team strong."
Cameron Diaz 10 years ago = Melanie Griffith 30 years ago
These guys dress like shit too…Spiderman looks like he just got off the bus from school.
ugh celebrity bandwagons are the absolute worst.
These people aren't stars. Now Bill Engvall and Tyler Perry…THAT is Hollywood.
//very funny
@Burnsy: I'll take Melanie Griffith at her pre-crazy surgery peak over Diaz's peak any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Why is Sandler hanging out with Kadeem Hardison?
@Doogie:
Spiderman looks like Ryan Seacrest.
they're just like us! they enjoy watching the spurs lose too! i feel so much better about paying $10 to see a movie now. just kidding, i haven't seen shit since having a kid.
/life ruined
I love the spurs. Manu Ginobli was awesome in "The Pianst."
By the way, outstanding screen name Mr. Stokke. The guy lives down the street from me. A sword and pelt to you sir.
When Cameron Diaz and Antonio banderas came on screen I started to say "what the…" then corrected myself and said "I don't care. I just don't care. I hope they all die."
Everyone else at the table just nodded in agreement.
@Burnsy – somewhere Melanie is getting injected with even more botox in an effort to stay young like her latin love. Unfortunately, Antonio does not care about his grandmother anymore and just bangs random bitches all the time.