Trevor Ariza (16 PER), Andrew Bynum (22.7 PER) and Pau Gasol (25 PER) are all having career years. Kobe is the only constant with all three.
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8 March 2008
And, not surprisingly, Kwame is playing worse without Kobe.
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3 March 2008
am in the best conference in the history of the NBA.
Huh, that was my Bill Walton moment.
Bynum’s a beast.
And the best part is the Lakers don’t even need him to win a championship this year. I want him back for sure, but I’d rather he not risk anything. The Lakers are good enough to win it right now without him.
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31 January 2008
rsquo;t won in over five years, and nearly beat the second (arguably) best team in the East without Bynum, Mihm, Ariza, or Walton. In fact, they had the game won needing only a rebound to secure the victory. Unfortunately, Tayshaun Prince got his shot off and hit the winning bucket.
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24 January 2008
They played with fire, they played together, and they played well in spite of not having Bynum or Ariza or, to a lesser extent Mihm and Vlad Rad.
But when the Lakers came back out after half, they played like they were having flashbacks of that Boston game with the skimpy shorts. 22 turnovers is horrible for a junior high girls basketball game. And Mr. Passion Bucket Pass happy Kobe had 9 of them. Sure, not all of them were his fault, and sure, the Spurs have mastered the art of the foul that doesn’t get called, but come on, that’s no way for an MVP to be playing.
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18 January 2008
I pointed out in my blog several days ago that Kwame is the Yang to Bynum’s Yin. The two are opposites. Polar. And by that I don’t mean one’s awesome and the other one sucks (for all the smart asses out there).
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3 January 2008
And Bynum played only 22 minutes and fouled out.
Now, it's not like the effort wasn't there. I love how Odom was continuing to shoot shots in rhythm, how he looked to attack the basket. He just missed some gimme shots.
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