The Los Angeles Lakers aren’t very good. I think we all know that. I think we’re all aware the team is highly dysfunctional and headed for a high draft pick in 2015. Despite all that, despite having one of the worst records in the NBA, the team is nothing if not entertaining.
On Tuesday they held an all-access night for reporters with a no-holds barred Q & A with Nick Young and Jeremy Lin. It was absolute shenanigans. It was everything you’d hope it could be.
Via ESPN reporter Arash Markazi.
Jeremy Lin: "I don't have a girlfriend who can but me a car for Christmas. Nick has a different car for every day of the week."
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 7, 2015
Jeremy Lin was talking about Harvard. Nick Young said USC is the best school. Lin quipped, "Yeah, I heard they do your homework for you."
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 7, 2015
Lin: "I'm single."
Young: "How are you single?"
Lin: "Because I'm not dating anyone Nick."— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 7, 2015
Ellington: "I'm engaged."
Young: "You're engaged!"
Ellington: "Yeah, Nick, when are you getting engaged?"
Young: (silence)— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 7, 2015
Young on Kobe's practice rant: "I went home and my girlfriend was calling me soft like tissue. That kind of stuff hurts me."
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 7, 2015
Lin: "I was born in Torrance."
Young: "Really?"
Lin: "Yes, Nick. We've been through this. I wasn't born on another continent."— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 7, 2015
Young: "Didn't you used to beatbox?"
Lin: "I've never beatboxed in my life."
Young: "Must have been another Lin."— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 7, 2015
Young on Kobe: "He has no filter. He just talks and talks and talks."
Lin: "That's ironic."
Young: "What?"
Lin: "Nothing. Keep going."— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 7, 2015
What a beautiful, odd couple. I agree with Arash, somebody give Swaggy P his own reality show. Seriously. Have Jeremy Lin on, call it Perfect Strangers.
