The Laker Blues
Posted by Flea on February 14, 2007, 12:00 p.m. ET

let me start by sending love to dennis johnson
he used to be a laker killer on the sonics and the celtics and i used
to be infuriated by him
but i always respected him he was a great and gutsy player who really
gave magic johnson a hard time
he was born to wear green and give the lakers fits
god bless him and his freckles and his loved ones

so here we go into the last couple of months of the season
dallas and phoenix are the best teams in the nba
and us laker fans are crying in our soup
and let me tell you the taste of teardrop soup is a melancholy taste
indeed

detroit crushes the lakers at their leisure
cleveland beats the lakers twice in a row and the knicks do too
even the bobcats beat up on the lakers whenever they feel like it so
they do it twice
basically, anyone who wants to come to l.a. might as well come on by
and beat the lakers
it's like shooting fish in a barrel

i still believe that the lakers can bring it together
but something has got to give

such a weird dynamic to this season
the lakers looked so great when the season started
they were winning against the good teams
and seemed to have a deep deep lineup and a great chemistry
then lamar got injured, then they lost luke walton, lost kwame
brown, then they went on an 8 game road trip
then they lost all their mojo
it seemed like that road trip just killed 'em
it was a thing that could have brought them together and it just
seems like it really divided them

i dont believe that it is just their early schedule with all those
games at home that made them look good, that it padded their record
sure it was a help
but they have just lost 5 in a row at home including games to the
blazers, the knicks, and the bobcats
they are just playing worse now
they just stopped playing together
there is something going on that has divided them
and i don't know what it is but something is fishy in lakerland
whoever it is that is putting out the weird vibes and throwing things
off needs to get out of the fear and into the love
out of the fear and into the love i say
they need to take a couple of seasons off and hole up in a cave in
the himalayas

undoubtedly, the lakers profoundly miss luke walton
i hope that he can come back soon and that it does not take him long
to assume the groove he was in prior to his injury
he was a key player in the lakers early season success and it his
contributions are not something that can be measured just in stats
he brings them together as a team

their defense has been pathetic
pathetic

we miss kwame's muscle too.....big time

radmanovic has not been consistent enough to be a factor
but i still have faith that he can find himself as a laker
and help, much in the way that glen rice did during his laker tenure

i am so glad the lakers did not involve andrew bynum in a trade for
jason kidd
that would have been a terrible move
perhaps it could have provided some short term success
but the dude is 34............
andrew bynum is the future of the los angeles lakers
a good center is a rare thing