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Artest Goes Blond for Home Finale

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ron Artest is finishing the regular season as just another California blond. The Lakers' attention-seeking forward and reserve center DJ Mbenga dyed their hair dark yellow for Los Angeles' home finale against the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night. Artest is no stranger to hairy schemes. Last month,...

D.J. Mbenga Has a Nickname for Kobe

D.J. Mbenga is one of the most popular players on the Lakers. The fans call him "Congo Cash," but as we found out, D.J. has a nickname of his own for Kobe -- and it's not "The Black Mamba." Also in this video we hear from Sasha Vujacic and help him choose his game shoes. Check out the video below. Elie Seckbach,...

Stinkface Chronicles: Lawson Order

Some people never learn. D.J. Mbenga may be one of them. Now, D.J. is a good guy and he makes a decent living as the backup center for world champion Los Angeles Lakers, but there's a reason he's a backup center. Besides a talent deficiency, Mbenga is not quick and therefore slow to rotate on help defense and...

Bynum Joins Gasol on Injured List

One of the things that makes the Lakers one of the league's best teams is the size and skill of their two biggest frontcourt players, Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum. But Gasol has yet to play a game for the team in this young season, and now it looks like Bynum will miss some time as well with an elbow injury.Both players are...

Lakers Pick Up Their Rings -- And a Win

LOS ANGELES -- An excited, capacity crowd anxiously awaited the final chance to celebrate last season's NBA Championship with its beloved Lakers. The team held a ring ceremony, before unveiling their 15th championship banner, which was hanging behind a black curtain high on the back wall of the Staples Center. It was an...

Background on dj mbenga

Didier Ilunga-Mbenga, commonly referred to as D. J. Mbenga (pronounced: Benga) (born December 30, 1980), is a Belgian professional basketball player who last played for the New Orleans Hornets.

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