tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post4217506915310352867..comments2024-01-13T08:49:14.041-08:00Comments on Myrhaf: Lakers WinMyrhafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16340507405537605164noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-287221795374070762009-06-15T23:33:25.946-07:002009-06-15T23:33:25.946-07:00The other guys are not superstars, but they are ve...The other guys are not superstars, but they are very, very good. Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom can both put up 15 points and 15 rebounds on a good night. Bynum and Gasol are 7-footers, Odom is 6-10; they're tall and athletic, and they can handle the ball and pass. Kobe has a lot of options: drive in himself, shoot the jump shot, pass to a big man or pass to a three-point shooter.Myrhafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16340507405537605164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-43607537932967671842009-06-15T19:30:05.377-07:002009-06-15T19:30:05.377-07:00Myrhaf,
After the Celtics beat the Lakers last ye...Myrhaf,<br /><br />After the Celtics beat the Lakers last year, I remember you wrote that the Lakers had a good chance to come back and win it all this season --that they had a solid enough team to do it. I doubted this because I thought Kobe still needed that great sidekick to help him win, just as he was Shaq's sidekick during their dynasty earlier this decade. Not until Dr. J got Moses did he win a ring. Jordan needed Pippen. The showtime Lakers had Magic and Kareem. Wilt and West needed each other, too. <br /><br /><br />But in today’s NBA, it seems you don't necessarily need that one great second player to win it all. Hell, look how far LaBron got with his cast of no-names. He probably would have went as far even with this year's Knicks. And I can’t say that Tim Duncan necessarily played with Hall of Famers during his run of championships. <br /><br />We’re seeing a new NBA in which one man really can rule the day. Sure, he needs a supporting cast, but not one of them necessarily needs to be a superstar. I wonder why this is. <br /><br />~ Joseph KellardJoseph Kellardhttp://www.theamericanindividualist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com