Nothing But a Shred
Posted by Flea on March 7, 2007, 5:24 a.m. ET

lakers continue to lose
you know you are hurting as a team when you consider a victory to 'hang in there' against a great team like the suns
you know, the lakers have been hurt by injuries but, the bottom line
is they are just not a great team right now
i was wrong about them this year
i really thought they had potential to be great
though, of course i still hold a vestige of hope for them to get lamar and luke back and get some sort of magical playoff momentum
it would seem to be an overly optimistic fantasy at this point
great teams dont lose like they do
when the suns lost amare stoudemire last year they just continued to whup on other teams
and still put up a great fight in the western conference final
because they had the belief in their system and the power to execute it with high energy on a consistent basis
the lakers injuries or no, have been unable to do that
i honestly believed. earlier in the season, that they were at the same level with dallas and phoenix
but i was wrong
my shred of hope is nothing but a shred of hope
but great kingdoms have been built from a shred of hope

the lakers getting or not getting scottie pippen
it is hard to imagine that it would change anything one way or the other
but phil jackson sure knows a lot more about basketball than me if
him and mitch think it is good then i say upwards and onwards

whats up with smush having a tanty
it aint no time for tanties when the team is down
it is time for putting all egos aside and contributing when you are asked