Lakers Blake Out Tonight; Has Chicken Pox

[InTheCrust]

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- When looking ahead to Tuesday night's game against the San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson said that the Spurs have a much deeper team than the Lakers.

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The bench disparity could be even bleaker for the Lakers after Steve Blake did not make it to shootaround on Tuesday because of an illness.

The team announced later Tuesday afternoon that Blake has chicken pox and would not play Tuesday; beyond that, he is out indefinitely.

Also, Matt Barnes has been added to the injury list with a sore right knee and a decision about his playing status would be made before the game.

Blake did not practice on Monday because of a fever. The back-up point guard is averaging four points and 2.2 assists in 20 minutes per game this season. Blake scored nine points and made all three of his 3-point attempts in his last game Sunday against Oklahoma City.

Dave McMenamin covers the Lakers for ESPNLosAngeles.com.

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I'm gonna fucking laugh my ass off when he comes back in the playoffs with all those scars. But apparently, the chicken pox are much more dangerous in adulthood as opposed to when you're a child. So get well.

[Dex]

:lol That's a baby's disease!!!

[DeadlyDynasty]

Link Here (http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=6338637)


I'm gonna fucking laugh my ass off when he comes back in the playoffs with all those scars. But apparently, the chicken pox are much more dangerous in adulthood as opposed to when you're a child. So get well.

His parents fucked up...he shoulda got the pox long ago.

[Mugen]

:lol That's a baby's disease!!!

:lmao

[Def Rowe]

Chicken Pox?

[Giuseppe]

"The back-up point guard is averaging four points and 2.2 assists in 20 minutes per game this season."

Fuck us.

[Banzai]

Wtf... I had that when I was like 2-3... How do adults get this?

[Mugen]

"The back-up point guard is averaging four points and 2.2 assists in 20 minutes per game this season."

Fuck us.

Fish is averaging 6 and 2. That makes Blake a pretty solid backup, tbh. tee, hee.

[Hooks]

I still haven't gotten chicken pox and I'm already 20, I'm sure I'll get it one day though...

[buttsR4rebounding]

Link Here (http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=6338637)


I'm gonna fucking laugh my ass off when he comes back in the playoffs with all those scars. But apparently, the chicken pox are much more dangerous in adulthood as opposed to when you're a child. So get well.

Even more of a problem is that people who get chicken pox as an adult have a much higher incidence of shingles later in life. They are extremely painful.

[Giuseppe]

Fish is averaging 6 and 2. That makes Blake a pretty solid backup, tbh. tee, hee.

:rolleyes

[ElNono]

I'm going to :lmao if the playoffs roll around and half of the Lakeshow team has chicken pox... that shit is contagious through the air...

[lurker]

Wtf... I had that when I was like 2-3... How do adults get this?
Overprotective parents who didn't allow them to get it as a child. He probably has a kid himself that got it from school and passed it along to him.

[Giuseppe]

I'm going to :lmao if the playoffs roll around and half of the Lakeshow team has chicken pox... that shit is contagious through the air...

You'd still find a way to fuck it up.

[Dex]

I'm going to :lmao if the playoffs roll around and half of the Lakeshow team has chicken pox... that shit is contagious through the air...

True, but you only get it once, and most people get that shit out of the way when they are toddlers.

[Giuseppe]

True, but you only get it once, and most people get that shit out of the way when they are toddlers.

There goes El's good mood. Back on the rag.

[ElNono]

You'd still find a way to fuck it up.

You're too tense Culby... you should ask katiegirl to prepare you a warm bath with milk and honey

[Giuseppe]

You're too tense Culby... you should ask katiegirl to prepare you a warm bath with milk and honey

Bend over. I'll give ya some f'in milk, honey.

[phyzik]

getting Chickenpox as an adult is some serious shit...

Glad I got it in the 3rd grade.








Chickenpox complications are more likely to occur in adults than in children. Despite the fact that adults account for only 5 percent of chickenpox cases per year, they account for a disproportionate number of deaths (55 percent) and hospitalizations (33 percent) compared to children.

Most complications of adult chickenpox are caused by an infection from bacteria. These bacteria can cause chickenpox complications that include:

•Skin or soft tissue infections
•Pneumonia (usually more severe in adults, as well as children over 13 years old)
•Bone infections (osteomyelitis)
•Joint infections (septic arthritis)
•Toxic shock syndrome.

Other serious adult chickenpox complications directly related to the chickenpox virus can include:

•Infection of the brain (encephalitis)
•Bleeding problems
•Cerebellar ataxia.

[ElNono]

Bend over. I'll give ya some f'in milk, honey.

I thought you couldn't get it up with adults anymore...

[Giuseppe]

getting Chickenpox as an adult is some serious shit...

Glad I got it in the 3rd grade.

Phy, gettin' his 6th grade ribbon next month.

Congratulations, little boy.







Chickenpox complications are more likely to occur in adults than in children. Despite the fact that adults account for only 5 percent of chickenpox cases per year, they account for a disproportionate number of deaths (55 percent) and hospitalizations (33 percent) compared to children.

Most complications of adult chickenpox are caused by an infection from bacteria. These bacteria can cause chickenpox complications that include:

•Skin or soft tissue infections
•Pneumonia (usually more severe in adults, as well as children over 13 years old)
•Bone infections (osteomyelitis)
•Joint infections (septic arthritis)
•Toxic shock syndrome.

Other serious adult chickenpox complications directly related to the chickenpox virus can include:

•Infection of the brain (encephalitis)
•Bleeding problems
•Cerebellar ataxia.

[tlongII]

Good news for the Lakers, tbh.

[Giuseppe]

I thought you couldn't get it up with adults anymore...

I'm gonna try extra hard for you. Less talk, more bendin'. Chop, chop.

[DeadlyDynasty]

If you haven't got the C-pox by now then go get a varicella vaccination...think it costs over $100 iirc...I used to administers those at work.

[Hooks]

I'm going to :lmao if the playoffs roll around and half of the Lakeshow team has chicken pox... that shit is contagious through the air...


No way, if Luke hasn't had the chicken pox yet then it's pretty much guaranteed he'll transfer it to Dick if he hasn't had it yet either (They meet up every time LA comes to town no joke), then Dick would contaminate the entire Spurs team.

[crc21209]

:lol Chicken Pox....

[ElNono]

I'm gonna try extra hard for you. Less talk, more bendin'. Chop, chop.

I don't bend. It's my religion.

[Mugen]

I'm pretty sure black people can't get chicken pox.

[4>0rings]

non-issue

[DeadlyDynasty]

I'm pretty sure black people can't get chicken pox.

They gets the "suga" and the sickle-cell.
I had a black patient once who said he suffered from eucalyptus seizures, and his meds were Delaney and PeanutButterBalls...(Dilantin and Phenobarbitol)

[lurker]

True, but you only get it once, and most people get that shit out of the way when they are toddlers.
I got it twice as a kid. Man, was my mom pissed. :lol

[Mugen]

They gets the "suga" and the sickle-cell.
I had a black patient once who said he suffered from eucalyptus seizures, and his meds were Delaney and PeanutButterBalls...(Dilantin and Phenobarbitol)

Sounds about right to me.

[TheMACHINE]

fuck man...it looks pretty bad tbh

http://www.lakersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/steve-blake.jpg

[Daddy_Of_All_Trolls]

:lol That's a baby's disease!!!
I have two nieces and neither one ever got chicken pox. They are both mothers now in their 30's and will probably catch it from their children within a few years.

[Reck]

LOL blake...

Lakers will be looking to trade this liability as soon as the season ends.

[DJ Mbenga]

looks like he is out of the first round.

[DMC]

Lakers are fucked now. What next, Luke going to get a yeast infection?

[cheguevara]

I give Kobe 2 weeks to develop the chicken pox on his dick. You know how he goes for the white ass.

[IronMaxipad]

More minutes for SHANON FUCKING BROWN!!!

fuck YEAH!





























:(

[IronMaxipad]

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[cheguevara]

just in, Barnes out with a sore pussy :lol

[Agloco]

Wtf... I had that when I was like 2-3... How do adults get this?

When you don't get it at 2-3, then hang around with kids like you.......

[Fergie The Florists]

Spurs suxk

[ElNono]

just in, Barnes out with a sore pussy :lol

is that you lefty? :lol

[tlongII]

Who is their backup backup point guard?

[ManuBalboa]

Basketball Gods just poxing who they are suppose to pox tbh.

[ploto]

They discovered a few years into the use of the chicken pox vaccine that you need a second one. Many teenagers who had had the vaccine were getting chicken pox.

[WeNeedLength]

When Kobe got this news, his only expression was this:

http://politicalvindication.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/d3dc8237-2b9a-46a1-9536-1dcf9a91f9f0.jpg

[DeadlyDynasty]

They discovered a few years into the use of the chicken pox vaccine that you need a second one. Many teenagers who had had the vaccine were getting chicken pox.

Yup.

[Man In Black]

The crazy thing is that there are quite a few players on the roster who have been exposed to Blake. (You're contagious for a few days before the pox show.) What's of more concern is that some of these guys don't know if they've ever had Chicken Pox before.

[4>0rings]

Cubby's the only one to get chicken pox every couple of years.

[BlackSwordsMan]

Cubby lost two toes to chicken pox

[Budkin]

That's got to be a first.

[Man In Black]

Confirmed...Andrew Bynum has never had the Chicken Pox. Ron Artest isn't sure if he's ever had the Chicken Pox. They could have been exposed. :lmao

Also, just because you have had it before, doesn't ensure that you won't get a case of shingles. The pox stays with you forever but stays dormant, unless there is something that affects it, then it flames up and hurts like hell.

David Robinson had Shingles a few times during his days with the Spurs. I seem to recall he had it one time during a Spurs playoff run.

Magic Johnson also had Shingles during the season opener in 1985.

[Cane]

Confirmed...Andrew Bynum has never had the Chicken Pox. Ron Artest isn't sure if he's ever had the Chicken Pox. They could have been exposed. :lmao

Also, just because you have had it before, doesn't ensure that you won't get a case of shingles. The pox stays with you forever but stays dormant, unless there is something that affects it, then it flames up and hurts like hell.

David Robinson had Shingles a few times during his days with the Spurs. I seem to recall he had it one time during a Spurs playoff run.

Magic Johnson also had Shingles during the season opener in 1985.

Damn, hopefully the Spurs don't get infected tonight :wow

[Budkin]

spurs starters: hill, neal, rj, blair, splitter. expect regulars to return in PHX.

[Man In Black]

Kobe Bryant, Ron Artest, and Andrew Bynum have never had the Chicken Pox. They could have been exposed. Laker Reporter was actually reporting this as a good thing but was then told by his producer to say,"Let's just hope they had their shots."
It's that contagious.

[Man In Black]

I've figured it out!!!

Steve Blake is a Deep Cover Covert Sleeper Agent sent by both The Portland Trail Blazers and The Los Angeles Clippers on a mission to infiltrate the most powerful organization in the NBA and take them down from the inside.

http://i54.tinypic.com/2rzrz1w.jpg

[Banzai]

I can just imagine Samuel L Jackson from Pulp fiction saying "Vaccine MOTHERFUCKER! Do you TAKE IT!"

[duncan228]

Three Lakers haven't had chicken pox: Bryant, Bynum and Artest (http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2011/04/three-lakers-havent-had-chicken-pox-bryant-bynum-and-artest.html)
Mike Bresnahan
LA Times

Steve Blake has chicken pox. The Lakers hope he's the only one who gets it.

Kobe Bryant, Andrew Bynum and Ron Artest have never had the contagious illness. It takes about two weeks for signs to show. It was not immediately clear if they have had vaccines for the illness.

The rest of the Lakers have had chicken pox. It is rare for people to get the illness if they've already had it.

Blake, a reserve guard, was diagnosed Tuesday and will miss one to two weeks. He did not play Tuesday against San Antonio. He had a fever Monday and sat in with the team on a video session.

His wife, Kristen, provided some background on his condition with some updates on her Twitter account.

"And before anyone asks NO my kids didn't give it to him," she wrote. "They were vaccinated and are healthy. No clue where or how Steve got chicken pox.... I'll have him healthy and back in no time."

The Blakes have three young sons.

http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblog/2011/04/three-lakers-havent-had-chicken-pox-bryant-bynum-and-artest.html

[Man In Black]

Salt Blake...the effect could grow.