Daily rants and opinions...because we're THAT bored.
by Spaen - Tuesday, January 31
In January: 9-6
Best Streak: +3 (two times) Worst Streak: -2 (two times)
Current Streak: +1
Best Wins: vs Cleveland, 99-98; vs Miami, 100-92
Worst Losses: at Utah, 80-90; at Sacramento, 109-118 (OT); at Portland,
103-113
January MVP: Kobe Byrant
January BALP (Bitch-Ass Loser Player): Kwame Brown
If you gave me one word to sum up the Lakers month...it would be Kobe. Yes, Kobe Bryant. The Kobe Bryant. Kobes. Ko-B. B to the R to the Y...you get it. A little over 43 points a game in January, throttled with a Wilt Chamberlain performance against Toronto. Even with Kobe playing at his best in his career, the Laker team has so, so much more to work on before they can even think about the playoffs.
Chris Mimh is starting to understand that not getting into foul trouble equals more time to play in the game. This has been beneficial to our inside game, as he has one of the sharpest turnaround jumpers. Smush Parker continues to be a tremendous surprise, and brings the Lakers the lift they need most of the time to stay in contention for most of their games. Brian Cook was the biggest surprise player of the month, showing some of his terrific perimeter shots. Him, along with Devean George, really could be our two best perimeter shooters, because the Lakers are very poor percentage wise. It's even lower than last year, when that's all the Lakers shot up in thier games.
Even with the rest of the team having things to work on, we all know that it starts and ends with Kobe. So many clutch performances in the end to get the victory, and of course the amazing 81-point game. People may say that he's still selfish, not a team player, and that the Lakers should not of let this happen. Those people that say that are jealous. They're afraid to admit that there could be someone as dominate as "Wilt the Stilt" back in the day. And not being a team player? Excuse me? Look up Terrell Owens, then you can get back to me.
The Lakers continue their 7-game road trip after going 1-1 so far. The only hard challenge comes against Dallas, where all the other teams are well below .500 record. After this, 7 of your 8 remaining games in the month, with the only inferior opponent being Memphis. A pretty easy schedule after the road trip that needs to almost win every game to get back on top of the Western Division.
