I’m not sure if the author’s a member of Laker Nation (though it reads like it), but he pretty much sums up the Laker season (and concerns) so far, albeit with celestial fascination.
So what else do you really want to know? Will the Lakers make a move before the March trade deadline? I’m pretty sure they will. Will it be a blockbuster, play-off landscape tilting one? As a Laker fan, I certainly hope so. Whatever happens, something needs to happen. They need an adrenaline shot, a shake up, anything. Fans know it, haters love it, Kobe understands it. This group, armed with all the means of hell, CANNOT win it all. Yes, Bynum’s an all star. Sure, Kobe’s on pace to be the oldest scoring champ since MJ. But with glaring, gaping holes at point guard and the small forward slots, their deficiencies are just too blatant to win a seven game series with. On good nights, they can beat anybody. But in a seven game series, how many good nights do you really expect to have?
What are the options? As much as the D12 scenario sounds so appealing, it will not be a cure all fix. They would have to give up current pieces that are just as vital as having Howard, and they would still be lacking in the fore mentioned positions at the 1 & 3 (Seriously, Turkoglu??). I really think they should go for a point guard. Someone not even the defensive talents of David Stern can block.
What are the rumors? There’s Gilbert Arenas and the enchanting tale of Kobe sending the artist formerly known as Agent Zero to Europe to purchase a pair of Illegal German Knees. There’s a couple of TwitVids that show Arenas exhibiting a semblance of explosiveness (alone in a gym, but whatever). But him being the Laker season savior has the same probability as Lindsay Lohan having jet-black rug. Personally, I say sign him, still. They need anyone who’s willing to try and put the ball in the hole from the perimeter (they fuckin have plays to kick out to the corpse of Troy Murphy for fuck’s sake).
Ramon Sessions, or whoever second rate point guard rumored to be acquired sounds nice (compared to the travesty they have now), but again, it will not turn this season around. It might push the Lakers to a higher playoff seed, but it won’t be enough to go all the way.
Deron Williams makes sense. If you’re going to throw away either Pau or Bynum, might as well get what you really need, right? Throwing away both for D12, like I said, leaves them with the same holes they currently have. Giving just one of their bigs improves their interior and overall defense, but their defense (Fisher aside) is already tolerable. They need offense. Perimeter offense. Something that will prevent their Big three (however that will shape up to be post trade deadline) from passing out of exhaustion from the defense sagging, zoning, and hacking the bejeezus out of them.
Offense. Energy. Legs. Point guard defense. These are what the Lakers need. The Thunder magically vanishing into the far reaches of the abyss…yea, that would help too.
So what else do you really want to know? Will the Lakers make a move before the March trade deadline? I’m pretty sure they will. Will it be a blockbuster, play-off landscape tilting one? As a Laker fan, I certainly hope so. Whatever happens, something needs to happen. They need an adrenaline shot, a shake up, anything. Fans know it, haters love it, Kobe understands it. This group, armed with all the means of hell, CANNOT win it all. Yes, Bynum’s an all star. Sure, Kobe’s on pace to be the oldest scoring champ since MJ. But with glaring, gaping holes at point guard and the small forward slots, their deficiencies are just too blatant to win a seven game series with. On good nights, they can beat anybody. But in a seven game series, how many good nights do you really expect to have?
What are the options? As much as the D12 scenario sounds so appealing, it will not be a cure all fix. They would have to give up current pieces that are just as vital as having Howard, and they would still be lacking in the fore mentioned positions at the 1 & 3 (Seriously, Turkoglu??). I really think they should go for a point guard. Someone not even the defensive talents of David Stern can block.
What are the rumors? There’s Gilbert Arenas and the enchanting tale of Kobe sending the artist formerly known as Agent Zero to Europe to purchase a pair of Illegal German Knees. There’s a couple of TwitVids that show Arenas exhibiting a semblance of explosiveness (alone in a gym, but whatever). But him being the Laker season savior has the same probability as Lindsay Lohan having jet-black rug. Personally, I say sign him, still. They need anyone who’s willing to try and put the ball in the hole from the perimeter (they fuckin have plays to kick out to the corpse of Troy Murphy for fuck’s sake).
Ramon Sessions, or whoever second rate point guard rumored to be acquired sounds nice (compared to the travesty they have now), but again, it will not turn this season around. It might push the Lakers to a higher playoff seed, but it won’t be enough to go all the way.
Deron Williams makes sense. If you’re going to throw away either Pau or Bynum, might as well get what you really need, right? Throwing away both for D12, like I said, leaves them with the same holes they currently have. Giving just one of their bigs improves their interior and overall defense, but their defense (Fisher aside) is already tolerable. They need offense. Perimeter offense. Something that will prevent their Big three (however that will shape up to be post trade deadline) from passing out of exhaustion from the defense sagging, zoning, and hacking the bejeezus out of them.
Offense. Energy. Legs. Point guard defense. These are what the Lakers need. The Thunder magically vanishing into the far reaches of the abyss…yea, that would help too.
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