Lakers: DJ Mbenga Against All Odds
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Filed under: Lakers, NBA Playoffs, NBA Videos, Los Angeles, The Word, FanHouse TV Elie Seckbach, the Embedded NBA Correspondent, brings his exclusive NBA reporting to FanHouse. Check back here regularly for more videos. In this video hear the inspirational life story of DJ Mbenga. Around 1:55 in the video we learn how this NBA player got into basketball, a sport he never played as a kid. AOL Video link. Youtube link. Permalink | Email ...
A reason to love the Lakers: D.J. Mbenga (with Elie Seckbach).
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I’ve been loving the wacky interview stylings of Elie Seckbach for a while now. Apparently, having left his “yo mama” cap-fest with Shaq behind, here he’s following D.J. Mbenga around with some pretty good questions. If you’re having trouble coming to grips with the Lakers and their inexorable march through the playoffs toward a league-TV-deal mandated matchup with the Celtics in the finals, here’s some solace. D.J. Mbenga could earn a ring! Could anyone really deserve one as much? We’ve covered his story before, but it’s nice to see it put to words ...
Unsung Player: DJ Mbenga (LAL)
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Well, it's officially April 5th for me (Japan).
And for Unsung Player Day, I thought I'd recognise the efforts of one of the toughest Lakers, DJ Mbenga.
Mbenga's a backup center at LA, and is listed at a hefty 7'0", 255 lbs.
DJ's had a fairly ...
NBA Withdrawal – 10 Players Poised to Dominate Another Sport
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Shaq’s new reality show became the inspiration for this installment of “Listmania”. If you didn’t catch the first episode of Shaq v/s, Lang Whitaker over at Slam did a solid job of recapping it. With the premise being Shaq challenging other athletes at their own sport, I decided to take a look at the NBA and see which players would dominate another sport aside from Basketball.
Steve Nash – Soccer
This one was a no-brainer. His passion for the game has been well documented, and he happens to be quite crafty with his feet as seen in the video and head as ...
