Remember last year, at this point in the season... we werae around 26 - 15 then the losses started to pile up due to the injuries. But take not, that team was dominating the league with a lineup of Kobe, smush, odom, kwame, walton, vujacic, evans, mihm and cook. Bynum wasnt even a factor yet and farmar was just a rookie, mihm was also often injured. i believe that Fisher is a hell of an upgrade over smush... abd that we should be able to be a winning team WITHOUT BYNUM Last year's non - bynum team should come out and take over for at least a month for us to be guaranteed a GOOD playoff spot. To put it straight, were an above average team (around 26 - 15 last year at this point) without Bynum, but were a championship team with him. If we lose against Cleveland then f*ck the lakers LOL Thoughts?
One thing different from last years team and this year's team without Bynum is, Last years team had Bynum coming off the bench, Turiaf off the bench is not the same. Bynum was putting up 7.8 ppg on 56% FG%, 6 rpg, and 1.6 bpg in 22 mpg. I think they can beat the Cavs.
The difference is that our fast start last season was based on a favorable schedule. Most of our games during that stretch was at home, and we weren't playing teams like San Antonio and Dallas everyday. Kwame Brown, Luke Walton, and Lamar Odom have all greatly regressed from last season as well.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 26 2008, 12:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The difference is that our fast start last season was based on a favorable schedule. Most of our games during that stretch was at home, and we weren't playing teams like San Antonio and Dallas everyday. Kwame Brown, Luke Walton, and Lamar Odom have all greatly regressed from last season as well.</div> Thats why i said we need last year's above average team to come out again since all those 3 are currently 'not' injured
Luke Walton has been playing injured for the past couple of months, Phil Jackson even mentioned that he'd be monitoring his time. Kwame Brown has always sucked, don't expect anything from him. The guy who should be stepping up is Lamar, who scored 4 points yesterday, so you get the story
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 26 2008, 10:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Luke Walton has been playing injured for the past couple of months, Phil Jackson even mentioned that he'd be monitoring his time. Kwame Brown has always sucked, don't expect anything from him. The guy who should be stepping up is Lamar, who scored 4 points yesterday, so you get the story</div> That would make a great headline! Lakers 2nd option scored a whoping 4 points!
