As you already know, Jodie Meeks signed a 2 year contract with the Los Angeles Lakers and it sounds like he is [URL=”http://www.latimes.com/sports/lakersnow/la-sp-ln-la-lakers-jodie-meeks-game-20120813,0,2166061.story”]already looking forward to his role[/URL].
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]”I felt like this was the best situation,” Meeks said Monday in a phone interview with The Times. “To have a chance to play for a team like this will make me better. I’m playing with so many good people.”[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Georgia]Meeks hardly just wants to hop on the bandwagon with the many pundits who say the Lakers are destined to win an [URL=”http://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/basketball/national-basketball-association-15008001.topic”]NBA[/URL] championship.
That prospect “sealed the deal,” as his agent, David Bauman, put it for Meeks, who was also fielding offers from the [URL=”http://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/basketball/washington-wizards-ORSPT000121.topic”]Washington Wizards[/URL], [URL=”http://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/basketball/boston-celtics-ORSPT000094.topic”]Boston Celtics[/URL], [URL=”http://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/basketball/chicago-bulls-ORSPT000164.topic”]Chicago Bulls[/URL] and [URL=”http://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/basketball/memphis-grizzlies-ORSPT000120.topic”]Memphis Grizzlies[/URL]. But Meeks sensed a strong opportunity in filling the Lakers’ needs in having a consistent backup shooting guard behind Bryant. [/FONT][/COLOR]
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“I’m looking forward to playing together with someone who will be in the Hall of Fame one day and go down as one of the best who ever played,” said Meeks, who has a team option on his second year. “I’ll take pride in hoping to help him out with his minutes. Last year, he played a lot of minutes. So if I can go in there and take some minutes off of him, it will help the team out.”
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I am happy for Jodie getting a chance to play on a big market team and am looking forward to watching him in the upcoming season.
I hope he scores 54 points every game he is in, but the Lakers lose.
Sorry, I’m a Celtics fan.
Oh, and I never get tired of this:
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