Watching game 5 of the NBA playoffs last night, it occurred to me that LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant (far left) looks a little like a meerkat (right). Something about the eyes. Which makes me like Bryant more. Not a good thing for a New Englander, so, please, don’t tell anybody.

( Find out which Meerkat Manor meerkat you are.)

Will Spitz, who works with my husband, just sent me this Pau Gasol/Llama comparison!

(Kobe photo Copyright: 2008 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE/Getty Images)