I walked out to the court at Staples Center and the first person I run into is Vlade Radmanovic wearing some crazy hair thing. He looked like he was getting ready to put a wig on for a Broadway play, and I resisted the deep temptation to ask him how the slopes were in Park City. Kwame Brown and Jordan Farmar are starting for the Lakers, who are desperate for a win given their tenuous position in the playoff seeding. A few more losses and they could miss the postseason altogether.

We spent a lot of time talking with Bob Hill in pregame. We usually get about 15 minutes, but a bunch of topics came up and he just kept going. One of the things he said for the first time, though he did not elaborate, is that his point guards (Luke and Earl) don't get along. Here was his quote: "For me it has been an interesting experience to try to manage a team with so many injuries. I mean, you lose both point guards. When I first got here, we only had one point guard -- because Flip (Murray) wasn't one. Then we had two -- and they didn't get along. We had three, excuse me, three, and two of them didnt get along. Then we came into this season and I said, OK, the two of them together will be good enough and accept it. And that didn't work. Now we are down to one, one and a half."

Bob said he would not have thought that Mike Wilks could be a full-time backup point, but the last two games have made him reconsider. I also asked Bob why it is not a team mandate that Luke Ridnour wear tape on his ankles since if he gets hurt -- as he did -- it negatively impacts the team. Bob said he didnt know. He said maybe it is something the organization needs to visit in the future. On top of no tape, Luke wears low-top shoes. It will be interesting to see if he changes up when/if he comes back next season.

We were asking Bob about being a GM, and he said he would not mind having that job if it came down to it. He has worked with six or seven over the course of his career and said it is a somewhat intriguing job.

Bob also said he did not watch the tape of Saturday's game, the first time this year he has not watched a tape. He said he was disgusted with the effort and did not want to rewatch it.