From Quaker To Laker?

A lot of you kids are young, so maybe you don't remember Ibrahim Jaaber, but he went to Penn and he played basketball and he was really, really good. As good as we are at dating. He won Ivy League Player of the Year in 2007 and went on to play ball in Europe. Now he's on the Lakers summer league team and has a good shot of suiting up in gold and purple come fall.

Yeah, we know, the Lakers! Exciting, right? They won the NBA Finals the last two years, but could end up losing some of their point guards this off season. Jordan "My Ears Are Enormous" Farmar and Derek "I Will Teach You Life Lessons" Fisher could be leaving for the Nets and Heat respectively, opening up an Ibrahim Jaaber sized hole in the team. (We like to imagine an actual hole in the shape of his body in a wall somewhere in the Lakers practice facility that he can jump through on the first day of practice.)

Right now his biggest problem is that he's TOO GOOD. The Lakers run a triangle offense, which means the point guard kind of plays it safe on offense and defense. Jaaber likes to gamble and do crazy things. Maybe this wild streak is something he picked up when he roomed with Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings in Europe. Like, look at that guy's haircut! Or, as the all time Ivy League steals leader, it's something that's been a part of his game all along.

Either way, it's an adjustment he has to make, but as long as he realizes how much we at UTB want him to make the team, we're sure he'll put in the extra effort and make it happen. We'll keep you posted as he continues the recent Penn tradition of complete and total athletic dominance.