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He was on our 05-06 team. He was playing very well off the bench for us and he looked A LOT like Kobe on the court. A lot of people got confused and thought he was Kobe on the court.

Anyways, in the game that Kobe scored 62 points on the Mavs in 3 quarters, Kobe was taken out of the 4th and Profit was reinserted. This caused a lot of controversy because Phil Jackson didn't let Kobe go for the records.

Profit then injured his leg and had surgery and was never the same again.

Nowadays, whenever I think of Kobe's 62 outburst, I think of what happened to Profit because Phil took Kobe out. In a way, it was the right move from Phil because it could have been Kobe. Then again, I feel pretty sorry for Profit.

Random post....

I do remember Jones, but I remember him more for his days at Georgia than for his NBA days. I'm not sure what you mean by he looked a "lot like Kobe on the court." Do you mean physically, or his gameplay?

I respectfully disagree, either way.

it wasnt Jumaine Jones...it was Laron Profit, they had the same body and they both wore the arm bands on the same arm lol

muslimballa90 wrote:it wasnt Jumaine Jones...it was Laron Profit, they had the same body and they both wore the arm bands on the same arm lol

You are 100% right.

Got totally mixed up.

i think he plays in Argentina now..ever since he had that career ending injury

Remember Jimmy Jackson.

I actually joined the board because of Laron Profit. My first post was after the Lakers lost 5 games in a row (and I thought it was due to his injury).

I thought he was a great pickup, it's a shame what happened to him.

Remember Shammond Williams?

muslimballa90 wrote:it wasnt Jumaine Jones...it was Laron Profit, they had the same body and they both wore the arm bands on the same arm lol

That reminds me of Nick the quick and sedale threatt days. It was hard to tell them apart when they were on floor together. And I think there was a 3rd guard with similar body type and bald, but can't recall who it was...

I remember loving Orlando Woolridge on our team. Our best power dunker until we got Shaq.

Remember Sean Rooks?

Remember Mike Penberthy and Mike Smrek?

I'm still trying to forget Smush!

remember isiah rider?

Eddie Jones. Where is he now. I rather remeber him that all those who cares names.

SUN wrote:Remember Sean Rooks?

I do! He was scary looking...

Man imagine fielding a team with all these " remember" guys ! Possibly one of the worst Laker teams formed.

And Patterns was right, it was Profit that resembled Kobe not Jones.

Profit was probably the best back up the Lakers gave Kobe through his entire career until this season imo.

I was really looking forward to see him return. He could have made a nice impact to our bench had he stayed with us till 2007-08

A guy who can't make the NBA was Kobe's best back up ?

Seriously man is your IQ in the single digit range or something or are you just here to stir up a pointless argument every now and then?

All thread long people are discussing how he fell off after his injury and you come up with that?

I came up with? I asked a quesiton about your comment dude, I didn't come up with anything.