When Bynum went dowm El-Ay struggled and barely beat Memphis and they barely got out of Seattle with the W, needing a jumper by Kobe with 4.2 to go in OT.
Someone really has to step up and be a second option for the LAkers and supplant what they lost when Bynum got injured. The rebound, I think they can make up for coz their frontline is doing a pretty good job so far. The inside presence is what they'll badly need and I think this is where Odom should start making his presence felt, since, he's pretty good at posting up if he puts his mind to it. And with the Suns coming up, I'm sure Lamar will be asked to do more offensively. Good thing he's pretty much good at posting up the smaller Suns.
Teka, napansin ko dominated by the LAkers na itong thread. Ibahin naman natin ito.
I was sort of amused at what I read at Yahoo where a Pistons player called Tracy McGrady "half man, half a season". LOL. I can't understand why Tracy can't seem to fit in every team he's been to. Maybe its his work ethic or maybe he really isn't the the leader type. IMHO, he's more of the complimentary type of player. He's pretty athletic, no doubt about that, but he and Grant Hill reminds me so much of Samboy Lim coz these high flyers usually get injured a lot. Mr. Glass may be a more apt nickname for these type of players. Rumor has it that Tmac is asking for a trade. I pity the team that he'll be sent to.
And how about the Wizards back-to-back win over the mighty Boston Celtics? What's so effing amazing is that they didn't even have Agent Zero when they beat the Cs. Caron Butler's having another All star season and I think they've pretty much adjusted without Gilbert.
And New Orleans pretty much improved on what they did last season.They have a young core that would probably compete for years to come. Chris Paul is putting up MVP numbers with averages of 21 ppg, almost 11 apg and almost 3spg. They're currently at 25-12, which is good for third in the tough South West division.
Dissapointing team so far would be the Chicago Bulls. They've been great the past two season and everyone was hoping that this might be the year they get to the Finals. I really don't know what happened, but it seems like their players have lost the "hunger" that they've shown in the past. You can add the fact that two of their players Gordon and Deng didn't get the contracts they wanted. And man, I used to think the signing of Ben Wallace was a sound investment, but the former Defensive Player of the Year's been pretty much a non-factor.
And dayum! Are those Blazers for real?! Everyone pretty much wrote them off when this season's number one pick, Greg Oden, suffered a season-ending injury. But these young team caught everyone by surprise with their December rampage as they won 13 straight games that month and have been 18-3 up to January with wins over New Orleans, Denver (twice), Utah (twice) and Golden State (twice). I hope they sustain that momentum and reach the playoffs.
Share nyo pa ibang observations nyo (wag na muna Lakers hehehe) about what's happening in the NBA.
