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Dunno. It's only two games..they will play 82.. On ESPN sports talk radio last night it was mentioned that the Lakers have many new players to fit in and a coach in his second year with the Lakers. It will take a little time for everything to melt together. I predict 50-60 wins for the Lakers this season. Don't be surprised if they still have a losing record at the New Year.

I agreed, the Lakers are still a dangerous team.

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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 31: (CHINA OUT) Models are seen backstage during the She guang Hu collection show on the seventh day of China Fashion Week S/S Collection 2013 at Beijing Hotel on October 31, 2012 in Beijing, China.

A woman walks out of a room next to a cage where her family keeps their pigeons, on the rooftop of an apartment building in central Beijing November 2, 2012. REUTERS/Barry Huang

A security guard walks past eviction notices stuck to the exterior wall of a house before it is demolished along a Hutong, Chinese for "small alley", in central Beijing November 2, 2012. Average home prices in China's 100 biggest cities edged up for a fifth straight month in October, a private survey showed, adding to evidence of a mild recovery in the property market and frustrating government efforts to temper steep prices. The notice (2nd R) reads: "The sooner you sign the contract, the sooner you get a peace of mind". REUTERS/David Gray

A pedestrian walks past policemen standing on the main road running through Beijing's Tiananmen Square November 2, 2012.

Policemen use a scanner to check the identity card of a man walking towards Beijing's Tiananmen Square November 2, 2012.

Yahoo pictures are back! so all the pix today are about 1200x1000

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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 31: (CHINA OUT) Actress Angelababy attends 'Taichi II' press conference on October 31, 2012 in Beijing, China.

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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 31: Models rest in the backstage before the She guang Hu Collection Show during the China Fashion Week S/S Collection 2013 at Beijing Hotel on October 31, 2012 in Beijing, China.

A policeman points a finger to a courier on a motorcycle outside Yuetan Park in central Beijing, November 1, 2012.

A local resident stands outside the entrance to a small residential building in a Hutong, Chinese for 'small alley', in central Beijing November 2, 2012.

DEXING, CHINA - OCTOBER 31: Children dressed in Red Army uniforms join in singing popular old revolutionary songs to mark the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (NCCPC) at a kindergarten on October 31, 2012 in Dexing, China. The 18th NCCPC is proposed to convene on November 8 in Beijing.

A man pushes his tricycle overloaded with recyclable materials along Changan Avenue in central Beijing November 1, 2012. REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic

A woman stretches her arms as she walks along a tree-lined path on an autumn day in a central Beijing park November 1, 2012. REUTERS/David Gray

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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 31: A Chinese little boy looks at the model of China's first aircraft carrier as visiting an exhibition entitled 'Scientific Development and Splendid Achievements' before the18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on October 31, 2012 in Beijing, China. The exhibition showcases China's progress in political, economic, cultural and ecological spheres over the past decade. The18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is proposed to convene on November 8 in Beijing.

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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 31: Female soldiers look at China's warship models as visiting an exhibition entitled 'Scientific Development and Splendid Achievements' before the18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on October 31, 2012 in Beijing, China.

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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 31: Chinese people look at warship models as visiting an exhibition entitled 'Scientific Development and Splendid Achievements' before the18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on October 31, 2012 in Beijing, China.

A window handle on the door at the back seat is seen removed in a taxi in Beijing Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Beijing is tightening security as its all-important Communist Party congress approaches, and some of the measures seem bizarre. Not only have taxi drivers removed the window handles from their doors, but their passengers must sign agreements promising to keep their windows and doors locked. Most of the security measures were implemented in time for Thursday's opening of a meeting of the Central Committee. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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Jeff Head where are you at? Show them your Chinese Aircraft carrier model!

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Apple Inc. employees welcome customers as they enter the company's store to purchase the Apple Inc. iPad mini in Hong Kong, China, on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Apple's iPad mini goes on sale today. Photographer: Jerome Favre/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Apple Inc. employees assist customers as they purchase the Apple Inc. iPad mini at the company's store in Hong Kong, China, on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Apple's iPad mini goes on sale today. Photographer: Jerome Favre/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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CHENGDU, CHINA - NOVEMBER 01: Fu Ka Chun of Hong Kong (L) talks with Shaun Murphy of England in the quarter final match on day five of the 2012 World Snooker International Championship at Sichuan International Tennis Center on November 1, 2012 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China.

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BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 02: Director Ang Lee attends 'Life of Pi' press conference at UME Cinema on November 2, 2012 in Beijing, China.

Car models present automobiles displayed at the 5th Zhengzhou International Auto Exhibition in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Nov. 2, 2012. Over 700 automobiles of more than 300 exhibitors from home and abroad attended the five-day event which kicked off on Friday. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

Photo taken on Nov. 2, 2012 shows the Huanggang Yangtze River Bridge in Huanggang, central China's Hubei Province. The closure of the 4,008-meter-long bridge, which is the sixth combined bridge across the Yangtze River, finished on Friday. It is expected to be put into operation at the end of 2013. (Xinhua)

Vehicles run on a road after snow hit Baotou City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Nov. 3, 2012. A cold wave hit northern parts of China these days, bringing snow to Inner Mongolia. (Xinhua/Ren Junchuan)

London Olympic champion Ye Shiwen of China competes during the women's 400m individual medley final at the short course swimming World Cup 2012 in Beijing, capital of China, on Nov. 3, 2012. Ye claimed the title of the event with a time of 4:26.93. (Xinhua/Gong Lei)

Visitors look at paintings during an exhibition in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, Nov. 3, 2012. Over 170 pieces of artworks of painting and calligraphy by 50 Chinese artists were displayed on the exhibition which will last till Nov. 15, 2012. (Xinhua/Lin Hong)

Contestants attend the final of the 2012 National Line Dance Competition in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 3, 2012. Line dance is a choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines or rows. (Xinhua/Li Hualiang)

Residents ride in rain in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, on Nov. 3, 2012. Temperature in Zhengzhou dropped some 10 degrees Celsius as a cold wind hit the the city and brought rainfall on Saturday. Local meteorological authorities issued a blue-coded alert of gale, the least serious level in China's four-color coded weather warning system after red, orange and yellow. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

Municipal workers clear leaves on a road in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, on Nov. 3, 2012

Residents wearing warm clothes walk in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, on Nov. 3, 2012.

Two remote-control robot boxers fight each other in Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, on Nov. 3, 2012. The robot contest attracted around 150 teachers and students to attend competitions such as football, dancing, race and boxing. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)

Two remote-control robots compete in a soccer (football) game during a robot contest in Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, on Nov. 3, 2012.

Four remote-control robots dance during a robot contest in Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, on Nov. 3, 2012.

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LOL...how gay is that?!


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Fear the beard!

I have visited 3 times to China and i really love China and Chinese

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HONG KONG - NOVEMBER 02: (CHINA OUT) Gaile Lai attends the Marc Jacobs event on October 2, 2012 in Hong Kong, China.

An elderly Chinese man is pushed in an wheelchair near the Great Hall of the People where the Chinese Communist Party's 18th National Congress is scheduled to begin on Nov. 8 in Beijing, China, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. The once-a-decade event installs a new leadership to run the world's second largest economy and newly assertive global power. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Commander of the Air Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Xu Qiliang (L) and Commander of the PLA Navy Wu Shengli attend the fourth plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in this March 11, 2010 file photo. Fan Changlong and Xu Qiliang were appointed vice-chairmen of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on November 4, 2012, Xinhua News Agency reported. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Files

A view of snow-covered Forbidden City in Beijing, November 4, 2012. Beijing authorities released a citywide orange alert and regional red alert concerning blizzards early on Sunday morning as a cold spell swept across northern China, Xinhua News Agency reported. REUTERS/China Daily

Beijing (China), 04/11/2012 .- A general view showing the New Poly Plaza office building which houses the headquarters of the China Investment Corporation (CIC) in Beijing, China 04 November 2012. CIC has announced it gained a ten percent stake in London's Heathrow airport through indirect acquisitions by its subsidiaries. CIC is China's main sovereign wealth fund based in Beijing with more than 300 billion euros under management. EFE/EPA/ADRIAN BRADSHAW

A paramilitary policemen stands guard in the embassy area in east Beijing during a snowfall November 4, 2012.

A man smokes on the bank of a polluted canal while preparing to fish during a snowfall in Beijing November 4, 2012.

Vehicles are stranded on Shenjing section of Xuanhua-Datong expressway in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Nov. 4, 2012. Some vehicles and people were stranded on Shenjing section of the expressway since Saturday night due to blizzards hit northern China. So far, most of them have been transfered to safe places. (Xinhua/Xu Leiyun)

Customers select jewelry at the autumn session of the biannual Canton Fair, or the 112th China Import and Export Fair, in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 4, 2012. The autumn session of the Canton Fair wrapped up on Sunday, showed a drop over 10% in both transaction volume and fair attendance. As China's largest trade fair, Canton Fair serves as the barometer indicating China's export situation. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

Heavy snowstorm in China...

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BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 04: (CHINA OUT) People walk on the expressway blocked by heavy snow on November 4, 2012 in Beijing, China. Paramilitary police have evacuated thousands of drivers and passengers from the expressway to a nearby tunnel and hotel.

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BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 04: Evacuated drivers and passengers take shelter in a tunnel after heavy snow blocks an expressway on November 4, 2012 in Beijing, China. Paramilitary police have evacuated thousands of drivers and passengers from the expressway to a nearby tunnel and hotel.

BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 04: Heavy snow falls over the Tian'anmen Rostrum on November 4, 2012 in Beijing, China. Many parts of North China were hit by heavy snowfall on Sunday, leaving cars stranded on highways and leading to the deaths of two tourists who were stranded overnight on the Great Wall.

BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 04: Paramilitary police evacuate people who were blocked on an expressway by heavy snow on November 4, 2012 in Beijing, China. Paramilitary police have evacuated thousands of drivers and passengers from the expressway to a nearby tunnel and hotel.

Chinese pop musician Gao Xiaosong, shown on a computer screen in Beijing, China, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, speaks in his online talk show posted on the popular video-sharing site Youku.com. Gao, known for his syrupy ballads, delved into the hot topic of the U.S. presidential elections. Chinese have long been fascinated with U.S. presidential elections, but interest is particularly high this year because Americans are voting at the same time Beijing is going through its own political transition. (AP Photo)

A Taoist priest stands in sunlight to keep warm in the courtyard of the 700-year-old Dongyue Temple in central Beijing November 5, 2012. The temple is the Zhengyi school of Taoism's largest temple in northern China, and was originally built by Taoist monks in the fourteenth century. REUTERS/David Gray

A young couple share a light moment Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, near the official CCP poster in Shanghai, China

A man walks past a decoration wall celebrating the upcoming 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) outside the Chinese Military Museum, in Beijing November 5, 2012

A policeman looks back on a electric bike as he waits at a traffic light near the Tiananmen square in central Beijing, November 5, 2012. China's stability-obsessed rulers are taking no chances and have combed through a list all possible threats for the Communist Party congress opening next week. China is set to promote two rising stars and possible future national leaders at the coming congress, one taking the old job of disgraced former high-flyer Bo Xilai in the country's biggest metropolis, sources said. REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic

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CHONGQING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 04: Chinese waitresses wearing old military uniform, serve guests at a chafing dish restaurant on November 4, 2012 in Chongqing, China. This theme restaurant, which was built in 2005, displays special Chinese red revolution culture of the 1970s that attracts customers with their old style decoration style and red revolution atmosphere.

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CHONGQING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 04: A Chinese kitchener catches fish beside a statue of Mao Tse-tung at a chafing dish restaurant on November 4, 2012 in Chongqing, China. This theme restaurant, which was built in 2005, displays special Chinese red revolution culture of the 1970s that attracts customers with their old style decoration style and red revolution atmosphere

Photo taken on Nov. 5, 2012 shows a sculpture of musician Nie Er (1912-1935), composer of the March of the Volunteers, or China's national anthem, on the Wangfujing Street in Beijing, capital of China. The sculpture was created by famous Chinese sculptor Yuan Xikun to mark the 100th birthday of Nie Er. (Xinhua/Wang Jingsheng)

Workers clean the snow-covered railway at the Jinzhou Railway Station in Jinzhou City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 5, 2012. The first snowfall of this winter hit Jinzhou Sunday night. (Xinhua/Wang Jianfeng)

Graduates take part in the job fair in the gymnasium of Heilongjiang University in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 5, 2012. More than 90 enterprises provided over 1,800 vacancies in the job fair held on Monday. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)

HEFEI, Nov. 5, 2012 (Xinhua) -- Sonam Qoezom (C), a girl of Tibet ethnic group who is diagnosed with congenital heart disease (CHD), receives physical examination at Anhui Provincial Children Hospital in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Nov. 5, 2012. A total of 22 CHD children from China's Tibet Autonomous Region were brought to Anhui for a free medical treatment on Sunday. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)

Students receive simulative training for Airbus A320 at the Cabin Attendant College of Civil Aviation University of China in north China's Tianjin, Nov. 2, 2012. (Xinhua/You Sixing)

BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 03: Actress Meng Qian attends the People of the Year Award 2012 by BAZAAR Men at D.PARK Tank Zone on November 3, 2012 in Beijing, China.

BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 03: Actress Li Feier attends the People of the Year Award 2012 by BAZAAR Men at D.PARK Tank Zone on November 3, 2012 in Beijing, China.

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - OCTOBER 26: Esther Lau attends the 47th Golden Bell Awards red carpet at the National Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall on October 26, 2012 in Taipei, Taiwan of China.

equation, here's a "woman" for you!

A visitor interacts with a robot during the 14th China International Industry Fair in east China's Shanghai Municipality, Nov. 6, 2012. The industry fair opened to the public Tuesday at Shanghai New International Expo Center, with 1,648 exhibitors from at home and abroad. (Xinhua/Pei Xin)

Naw Kham (1st R, front), the principal suspect accused in the Mekong River murder case, and five accomplices hear their verdicts at court in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 6, 2012. A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced drug lord Naw Kham and three of his subordinates to death for the murder of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River last year. Another two members of Naw Kham's gang, identified by their Chinese names Zha Bo and Zha Tuobo, received a death sentence with reprieve and eight years in prison, respectively, according to a verdict handed down by the Intermediate People's Court of Kunming in Yunnan. (Xinhua/Wang Shen)

Ran Mengjie (1st R), whose parents are migrant workers, discusses with classmates at the Longta Experimental Elementary School in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Nov. 6, 2012. Among the 706 students at the Longta Experimental Elementary School, about 150 are children of migrant workers. A total of 665 elementary schools in the city proper of Chongqing have accepted children of migrant workers, according to the municipality's education authorities. Children of migrant workers can enjoy free education and other subsidies at those schools. (Xinhua/Li Jian)

Hou Wanqi, whose parents are migrant workers, has lunch at the Longta Experimental Elementary School in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Nov. 6, 2012.

Visitors look at a model of China's CRH3 high-speed train during the 14th China International Industry Fair in east China's Shanghai Municipality, Nov. 6, 2012. The industry fair opened to the public Tuesday at Shanghai New International Expo Center, with 1,648 exhibitors from at home and abroad. (Xinhua/Pei Xin)

Photo taken on Nov. 5, 2012 shows the construction site of a low-income housing community in Manzhouli City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Inner Mongolia started the construction of a total of 281,500 low-income housing units this year, among which 123,000 units have been basicly completed. (Xinhua/Ren Junchuan)

Students play games during class break on the makeshift campus of the Guoquanyan Elementary School in the earthquake-affected Yiliang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 5, 2012.

Students attend class on the makeshift campus of the Guoquanyan Elementary School in the earthquake-affected Yiliang County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 5, 2012. Classes have resumed at Yiliang's Guoquanyan Elementary School after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake damaged the school campus in September. Students will study in six makeshift classrooms before a new campus is finished by next June. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)

Members of the pop group S.H.E. pose for group photos during a solo concert to acknowledge fans and to promote their new album in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Nov. 4, 2012. (Xinhua)

A newly-arrived petitioner from southern China's Hunan province rests on a bed of a rental room that was raided by unidentified men a week ago, on the outskirts of Beijing Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The woman has been petitioning to draw central government attention to get back her compensation from local government after a forced home relocation. "There is no law in China, especially for us petitioners and ordinary folk," another petitioner said in an interview with The Associated Press, complaining about the impunity with which authorities detain "petitioners" - people who bring local complaints directly to the central government in an age-old Chinese tradition that has continued during the Communist Party era. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

A 10-month-old girl touches a boy as her grandfather carries her as they walk along a traditional alleyway, or Hutong, in central Beijing November 6, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Lee

A local resident with red armband, identifying him as a security volunteer, waits to drive through a crossroad in central Beijing November 6, 2012. There are 1.4 million volunteers on standby for the security of the upcoming18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which starts Thursday, according to local media. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Local elderly residents with red armbands, identifying them as security volunteers, chat as they sit to watch over a traditional alleyway, or Hutong, in central Beijing November 6, 2012.

Passengers ride a bus as the Great Hall of the People and a police van is reflected in the window in Beijing November 6, 2012.

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BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 05: (CHINA OUT) Paramilitary policemen shovel snow blocking the traffic on November 5, 2012 in Beijing, China. The Badaling expressway reopened in the Monday afternoon.

Chinese tourists look at the Great Hall of the People as they stand on Beijing's Tiananmen Square November 6, 2012.

Chinese security forces carrying machine-guns and ammunition belts walk towards Beijing's Tiananmen Square November 6, 2012 as security is tightened around the square and the adjoining Great Hall of the People.

Chinese paramilitary police march off with shovels near a sign which reads "Practice 'patriotism, innovation, inclusion and social morals' the Beijing spirit" on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The Chinese capital experienced its first light snow fall as a cold spell swept across north China.

A policeman on a two-wheel electronic vehicle asks for a man's identity card as paramilitary policemen stand guard around Tiananmen Square in Beijing. China's ruling communist elite began a closed-door meeting Thursday to finalize preparations for a painstakingly choreographed but still fraught transfer of power to a younger generation of leaders. The meeting of the policy-setting Central Committee is its last before Communist Party leader Hu Jintao and others in his government begin to cede power to Vice President Xi Jinping and others.

A general view shows public housing in Hong Kong November 4, 2012. Sky-high property prices prompted the Hong Kong government to impose measures to rein in residential home prices, which jumped 20 percent in the first nine months of this year even as the economy contracted 0.1 percent in the second quarter. Picture taken November 4, 2012.

Residents watch TV in an common area in front of their beds which they rent for $167 as their home in Hong Kong November 1, 2012. In October, Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying singled out the re-emergence of cage homes - wire mesh hutches stacked on top of each other - and cubicle apartments as issues that highlighted the gravity of poverty that existed alongside one of Asia's glittering financial centres. More than 1.1 million people, or 17 percent of Hong Kong's population, lived below the poverty line in 2011, earning less than HK$3,500 ($450) per month, according to the Hong Kong Council of Social Services. It defined poverty as earning less than half of the average monthly income. Picture taken November 1, 2012

Huang Shaochang, 46, and his wife Li Rong, 37, sit on a bed as they pose for photos in their 35 square feet (3.2 square metres) subdivided flat inside an industrial building in Hong Kong November 1, 2012. In a cramped space on the fifth floor of an old industrial building in Hong Kong, Huang and his wife live in some of the priciest real estate per square foot in the world - a 35 sq ft room with a bunk bed and small TV. Picture taken November 1, 2012.

Contestants race with trays containing bottles and glasses during the Wowprime tray carrying competition in Taipei November 6, 2012. Over 1,200 waiters and waitresses from around Taiwan competed on Tuesday in the race based on speed, grace, and accuracy for prizes worth about $8,200 and working opportunities at restaurant chain operator Wowprime Corp, according to its spokesman. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang