<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>After dubbing Vladimir Radmanovic "My Favorite Martian" earlier this season, Phil Jackson is now calling Andrew Bynum "Mr. Slinky" for Bynum's propensity for "falling and tumbling." But without Bynum the Lakers would be falling and tumbling—the big kid's emergence is making them a legitimate championship contender after big wins over the Suns and Jazz last week. Now Lamar Odom can fall into the third option role where he is more comfortable, and Kobe Bryant has to be wondering why he ever wanted to go anywhere. Jerry West, in semi-retirement, told the Boston Globe Bryant was never going to be traded; even if he could be it would "decimate" any team because of what it would have to give up and leave Bryant in a less competitive position.</div> Source: Chicago Sports
