THE LAKESHOW lost SUNDAY NIGHT but had a DAY OFF in the BIG EASY Between FRI-SUN......ANY LAKER seen DERRICK CARACTER

I saw this coming way back when the LAKERS drafted a 6-9 PF/C from UTEP in DERRICK CARACTER. See you have to know the CARACTER STORY and the BLUEDUDE Keeps it tight.......that's why friends call me SPORTIPEDIA..........or VIRTUAL ESPN......one of my COLLEAGUES calls me the DOC..........you get it.

Late SATURDAY NIGHT or EARLY SUNDAY Morning LAKERS FORWARD DERRICK CARACTER was charged with simple battery, public drunkenness, and resisting arrest. This was after reportedly CARACTER shoved a PREGNANT Waitress at IHOP in New ORLEANS. Onlookers say this was after CARACTER was refused service.

See CARACTER has had ISSUES like this stemming from his trek in 3 different High Schools he attended:

1. St PATRICK'S New JERSEY freshman year
2. Scotch PLAINS-FANWOOD HS New Jersey sophomore year
3. St PATRICK'S New JERSY Junior YEAR Again
4. Notre DAME PREPATORY SCHOOL in Massachusetts his Sr Year for Grades

Look ND PREP was the same school that one Mike BEASLEY of the T'WOLVES attended his Senior Year. CARACTER was a Top 30 National HS PLAYER and after all those transfer still ended up with Rick Pitino and the Louisville CARDINALS. From there the same issues off the court followed CARACTER to the point of PITINO and his staff finally cutting ties to the Extremely talented but yet LAZY and I want to do it my way PLAYER.

Then he transferred to the University of TEXAS at EL PASO aka UTEP to play for new Coach and former player and assistant at UMASS and MEMPHIS under Coach John CALAPARI.....Tony BARBAREE, who is now at the PLAINS at the UNIVERSITY of AUBURN in ALABAMA.

AT UTEP CARACTER received a 2nd chance and made the most of it to the tune of POY in the Conference and some All-American Consideration......and his name was far enough out there for the NBA SCOUTS, who always know where the PLAYERS ARE no matter what circumstances, served notice of his new play.

Even though the LAKERS took him at #58 Pick in the 2010 NBA DRAFT....CARACTER was drafted and played extremely well in the LAKERS Summer League to the LAKERS signing him and putting him on the LAKESHOW Season Opening Roster.

And even though we are talking about the young man under the wrong Circumstances......i hope D C can stay on that path of being or turning into a professional on and off the COURT.