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[Ant]

I'm sad. Lakers are #2 in the number of championships again. :(

[$Bill]

Post by Ant
I'm sad. Lakers are #2 in the number of championships again. :(

Only proves there is no god. ;)

If the Lakers can get a couple of bigs to play C (with something in their
wallets so they don't get pushed around) and move AD to PF and LBJ to SF,
they could be able to take teams like Den (with the Joker) and pull off
another title. Den was the only team that really dominated LA and that
was all Joker.

Everyone says they need shooters, but the Lakers were the worst RBing
team in the NBA (in my opinion). Lakers were last in ORBs, better in
DRBs. But DRBs say nothing because it depends on OPP shooting % whether
RBs will be avail or not. It's one thing to get back on D after an OPP
miss, but every time you all 5 get back, there's no chance for an ORB
which oftentimes leads to a high %age shot. The Laker bigs have to head
to the paint on every shot (at least one of them) to get those ORBs and
easy put backs.

The true measure is what %age of available RBs do you get. That needs
to step up. Lakers do good when they beat their man and drive to the rim
and either get 2 or dish to AD and get 2. Then makes some 3s to open the
lanes back up.