lakers are the most classy franchise in the history of the association.
although i didn't agree at the time, if they had to get rid of someone, shaq was the guy no matter how much i like him.
lakers looked forward to the future and they will compete again for a title in 2 to 3 years.
kobe has 7 or 8 prime years left.
he's the best player in the nba, i don't care how much you dislike him. i don't think he's a role model and probably a big prick like most nba players.
but jerry buss and for a long time jerry west have always made the right moves for the franchise. kupchack did nothing last year and nothing this year because they had no cap room.
the one thing the little ball hog wanted for his collection was a scoring title. phil came back and told kobe to go nuts this year and get his scoring title because they couldn't under the cap put pieces around him. let him get his title now and worry about winning later when they can put decent players around him.
word is they are gonna get a guy like garnett in the offseason for the middle and lamar odom is playing light years better. if they could get a middle man like that, its only filling in the pieces after that.
kobe may never be better than jordan, but you don't watch basketball if you think he doesn't have the same work ethic or will to win. he plays just as hard on defense, when neither of them had to.
lakers franchise is the best ever in basketball although you could argue the celtics, but they've been dormant for so long and are in utter turmoil now.
you may hate the lakers, but they are a classy franchise and you are fooling yourself if you think they won't spend whatever it takes in 2 years when they have cap room to compete again.
and kobe should be the mvp, which i think he will because if you are awarding the player who means most to his team then its him, again, even if you hate him. they wouldn't win 10 games this season without him. the rest of that team is all role players.
gl
