firstly, i am wracked with guilt for putting down sasha and slava in
my last entr
they wear the purple and gold they are my guys
i support them whole heartedly
and sasha played ok tonight

so the lakers lose again tonight, giving the bulls their first road
victory in 5 tries this season
it was a pathetic display of poor basketball playing
the thing to me that is so striking is their utter inability to have
any offensive cohesiveness
yes kobe shot about 3 million times and the scoring attack is
unbalanced and predictable
but i don't know what else he is supposed to do
noone else on the team is willing to be aggressive in putting the ball
in the hole
it would be great if kobe had a magic johnson like gift, the ability to
make the other players around him better, but he doesn't...
he does in the sense that he will draw so much of the opposing
defense's attention that the others will have opportunities
but they...lamar, smush, devean, laron, kwame, sasha,cookie etc.....are
not taking advantage of or creating opportunities
kobe does not uplift the other players on his team, make them feel that
they are better than they have ever been before
that's what magic did
kobe is a great basketball player, at both ends of the court though
and is shooting a lot out of neccessity right now
i don't think he is being a ball hog
noone else is getting it done
yes, it would be great if the lakers had better players
but that is not the only question here
the question is when will they learn the triangle offense well enough
to have the proper spacing so they can be a 5 headed monster not one
head and the 4 tails
they make trips down to the offensive end of the court where it is
total confusion
until that stops, until they learn the offense, it is impossible even
to see who is a good player and who is not

there is one great thing though

ANDREW BYNUM

i dont want to hear any more mitch kupchak bashing
it is short sighted and disloyal
andrew bynum seems great
i know he is doing very little
but i'm telling you he has the magic that the lakers need
it is an intangible presence on the court
it is an attitude, an earnestness. a humility
that creates good basketball
drafting him was smart
he will pay off big time
i wish he would play much more but i have faith in phil
when bynum steps on the court
my heart leaps with joy
he is my favorite laker
he's gotta learn to pump fake though
he handed a block to tyson chandler tonight at a crucial time
and it was a bad time for that
but, he will learn

he should start at center and mihm should move over to power forward

i don't know whats up with lamar
he seemed distracted tonight