LA LAKERS PLAYER'S NAMES & JERSEY NUMBERS USED AS CODE WORDS FOR AMOUNTS OF DRUGS

LOS ANGELES LAKERS

I’m pretty sure this is not what the Lakers want their players to be associated with — drugs.  
This doesn’t even seem like a smart system to me?!  You really don’t think cops/feds or whoever will catch on?!  Jersey numbers are being used to request a specific amount of drugs (just like what Hov was rapping about with Wade & Bron in “Empire State of Mind”).

Drug dealers are actually pretty smart, so I’m surprised that this is working (not for much longer though).
 
Via LATimes:

A story about the rise in the use of Phencyclidine, or PCP,on elementsbehavioralhealth.com, says that the numbers for Lakers and ex-Lakers are code words by dealers nationally.

“It’s sold using basketball names for the amount wanted,” Los Angeles Police Department narcotics Det. Frank Lyga said in the story. He explained that those seeking 24 ounces would reference Kobe Bryant, who wears No. 24. Shaquille O’Neal and Lamar Odom are other codes.

Said Lyga: “So, they’ll call up and say, ‘I want a Kobe,’ or, ‘I want a Shaq. Or, you want a Lamar?’”