Hello there! My name is “Billy” Kupchak altho I’m not really “Billy” because my dad doesn’t want me to use my real name in case people want to find out who I really am. I am not also allowed to tell you how old I am because my dad said so and there are lots of people that could use that information to do bad things. My dad is the NBA General Manager of the Los Angeles Lakers which means he gets to pick who plays and who does not and who coaches who plays. It is a hard job! It is hard because there are lots of people in Los Angeles that like the Los Angeles Lakers because they are a winning team except the team is not winning as much as they used to. It is also very hard because there are lots of people in Los Angeles and other places that think my dad is not doing a very good job. But I think my dad is doing a great job and I do not think people that don’t like my dad know what they are talking about! And I’m going to tell you why!

For one my dad has the best player in the NBA on his team Kobe Bryant. Kobe is a great player! He is great because he scores lots of points and he gives the team a chance to win every night out. He also makes lots of moves that get him to the stripe and the bucket a lot. I saw Kobe make a move during the All-Star Game that was really sick! He dribbled between two people behind his back and drained a jumper from way down town! It was awesome! Kobe Bryant also scored the 2nd most points in the history of basketball with 81. With moves like that I can see why! He can take on the entire team by himself! Kobe did this against the Toronto Raptors in a game the Lakers had to win because they were down on their luck and needed to win. If Kobe Bryant did not score those 81 points the Lakers would have lost by a lot. People complain about Kobe because he likes to score points but you win games by scoring points so I think Kobe is doing the right thing! Also Kobe introduced me to Nutella which is like chocolate peanut butter but it is made from nuts that are not peanuts which is awesome!

Anyway I think the problem with the Lakers is that they need more scoring. I was eating dinner with my dad a while ago and I said “Dad, I think the Lakers need someone to help Kobe with scoring” and my dad said “I know but you have to give up stars to get stars” and I think that is really really true. Stars can help you score points but you need to trade stars to get stars and if the Lakers had stars then they could trade for some but they do not have any which is why they need Kobe to score so much! I think Kobe is getting really mad about it too! Look at these pictures! They are very intense! I think Kobe means it!

On another hand sometimes stars are made not born. I looked at the stats for Kobe when he was just starting out in the NBA and he used to not score a lot of points! He used to score as many as Lamar Odom does! But now he is a superstar and scores lots of points. So maybe Phil Jackson the Lakers coach and Mrs. Buss’ husband should let other people have a chance to become stars by scoring lots of points. I think one guy that could help a lot would be Smush Parker. He has a great basketball name and every time he scores the announcer can say SMUSH which is fun. I think Von Wafer is also a good basketball name and maybe he should play more too. They should play together and be WAFER SMUSH which is sort of like SHOW TIME but more fun!

One guy I think the Lakers should not play is Luke Walton because his dad is Bill Walton and I do not like him. I think Bill Walton is stupid because he likes to yell a lot about things. I saw one game on TV where Bill Walton was talking about Mozart and the Phoenix Suns and I do not know what he was talking about because Mozart never played basketball. A basketball person on TV should talk about basketball not Mozart because no one knows who Mozart is and it makes Bill Walton sound stupid when he talks about things no one knows about. Also Bill Walton has goofy horse teeth and sounds like a horse when he talks especially when he talks about Lebron James or championchip basketball. He is no Chick Hearn that is for sure. Chick Hearn was a living legend until he died and I hope he is happy in Basketball Heaven.

I wonder if Kobe misses Shaq. I miss Shaq. My dad told me that Shaq had to go to Basketball Heaven because his work here was done. I guess Basketball Heaven is in Miami though because that is where Shaq plays! Dad doesn’t know that I know that Shaq is in Miami though. I miss Shaq dunking the ball. He could dunk really hard! However Shaq could not hit his free throws which was tough sometimes because shooting free throws is fundamental and it is hard to leave points on the board I heard. Though if the points were on the board then how are they being left there by missing freethrows? See? Basketball is a hard sport!

Anyway I think that the Lakers should make a trade to get a superstar (like Franchise Steve “Stevie” Francis!) but they can also go with what brought them to the dance and maybe find new stars where they have none. I think any team with Kobe Bryant is a team to be afraid of and I can’t wait for the end of the season when the Lakers can win some more games and maybe go into the playoffs! This is “Billy” Kupchak saying “Go Lakers”! Go Lakers!

“Billy” Kupchak is the son of Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak and Billy’s classmates sometimes call his dad Bitch Cupcake because sometimes he makes bad trades and stuff but “Billy” doesn’t agree because his dad’s name isn’t Bitch Cupcake. It’s Mitch Kupchak.