I was just LMAO at the L.A. Times Lakers blog... check out this part:

"Speaking of folks up in your ear, I tell ya, man. Smush is gonna hear Sam Cassell's voice in his head for the next three days. Dude does not shut up the entire game. It's actually pretty entertaining if you can hear it."

It's so true... he totally doesn't shut up, doesn't matter if he's playing or just on the bench. I only go to Clips games when they're playing the Lakers, but sometimes I watch their games at home on tv when they're playing other teams, especially if I have Brand and Cassell on my fantasy team, and the whole time, I go, "Shut up, Sam!" Today my cousin and I kept turning to each other and saying it under our breath. It's like our catchphrase. Gotta love close seats though, I imagine if you sit far from the court, it's probably like a whole different experience. You don't hear what Jack Nicholson is yelling, you don't hear players talk trash, you don't hear anything. What's the point of actually going?