Other TV Appearances to Look For From Lakers

One thing about playing in Los Angeles is that the Lakers get plenty of exposure to the Hollywood crowd.  Even then, this has been a curiously Tinsletown-heavy year for the Lakers already with three members of the team making appearances on TV shows.  First it was Jordan Farmar on Numb3rs, then Lamar Odom was featured in a very special episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians and most recently Pau Gasol displayed his acting chops on CSI: Miami.  But I say, why stop there?  Let’s see if we can’t find TV shows for every Laker to appear.  Time to put on your casting director hats (do they even wear hats?) and see where each Laker might be popping up on a TV screen near you:

Kobe Bryant in V: Now, Kobe will have to work hard to upstage his Moesha cameo from so very long ago, but I think he can pull it off if he were to take on a role in the new sci-fi drama V. As the FBI continues to investigate the appearance of aliens on earth and determining which people on the planet are really the lizard-like aliens in human disguise, they make the devastating discovery that Kobe Bryant is actually one of the extraterrestrials.  Finally, the world discovers how it is Kobe is so damn good for so many years, he is an alien.  Really, it should have been pretty obvious.

Andrew Bynum in Grey’s Anatomy: Drew checks into Seattle Grace hospital and immediately fascinates the staff as their latest medical oddity patient.  Back-stabbing ensues amongst the interns as they all vie to get in on the surgery to fix Bynum’s knees which mysteriously collapse on themselves  every time Bynum plays 50 straight NBA games.  Then all the doctors sleep with each other… that has nothing to do with Bynum, I just think that is something that is legally required to happen in Grey’s Anatomy.

Derek Fisher in Dexter: Fish has actually been on TV before when he made a cameo on Eve.  I don’t know what that is either, but good for him.  This could really be the breakout role for Fish though as he could easily take over the titular role of Dexter, the serial-killer that everybody loves.  Think about, Fisher has been murdering the Lakers for 11 games now and yet the fans all love him beyond reason.  I smell an Emmy.

Sorry, Michael C. Hall. You’re out and Derek Fisher is in.

Luke Walton in Long Strange Trip: Luke revives his father’s defunct reality show but rather than following around his eccentric, hyperbole-spewing father as he announces games across the country, we follow around Luke as he gets physical therapy for his back, contemplates whether or not to finally shave off his weird, patchy face stubble and… well, that’s pretty much it.  Maybe Luke isn’t really an exciting enough guy for his own reality show.

Ron Artest in American Idol: With Artest’s insistence on putting out horrid rap singles and bizarre videos to accompany them, how can he not go for the big time by auditioning for American Idol?  He is exactly the kind of people they love to show during the reject rounds, guys who are convinced they are immensely talented but really are tragically awful.  What is scary, is that he might actually try and make this happen.

Josh Powell in Mythbusters: Powell isn’t actually acting on this show, but rather is the subject of the myth the Mythbusters are testing as the delve into all the mysteries that surround Powell’s insane hair.  Is there really forms of life living in there?  Can he really rub a balloon against it and generate enough static electricity to power the state of Vermont?

Myth or fact: J-Peezy’s hair is home to seven species of animal.

Shannon Brown in Lost: This is really for me because Brown is still a mystery to me.  Sometimes he looks great, other times he plays like he has brain damage.  I just don’t know what to make of him.  Is he good?  Is he bad?  Is he part of the DHARMA Initiative?  Just one more question to answer on the most confusing show on television.

Sasha Vujacic in Is She Really Going Out With Him?: Most of these other suggestions are made up, but I think those one might actually happen.  MTV’s popular show could try and nab Maria Sharapova for what is basically the television version of HotChicksWithDouchebags.com.  Just imagine the cameras coming to confront Sasha in some trendy LA night club but when the cameras get within five feet of them, he takes a flop.  When they accuse him of his evident douchebaggery, he’ll just do his “who me routine?” that he does every time he gets called for a foul.  That would be riveting television.

DJ Mbenga in Where Are They Now?: Surely some people have to be wondering whatever happened to Sloth from The Goonies.  Look no further!  Who would have ever guessed he would wind up as the third-string center for the Los Angeles Lakers.  Hey you guys!!!!

Hey, you guys!!!

Adam Morrison in Flash Forward: When the event hits, Adam passes out with the rest of the world and sees his future.  At first it all makes sense as Adam is clearly playing basketball, but uniform isn’t a Laker uniform?  What’s going here?  Why is the key shaped like a trapezoid?  Why is everyone speaking Greek?  Does it say Olympiakos on the scoreboard?  No!!!!!!!!

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