http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8502769/?pg=22...A_OFFseason_APP<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>LOS ANGELES LAKERS Last season?s record: 45-37. 2006 Playoffs: Lost to Phoenix, 4-3, in first round. Who?s returning: Kobe Bryant, Kwame Brown, Lamar Odom, Luke Walton, Sasha Vujacic, Ronny Turiaf, Chris Mihm, Smush Parker, Brian Cook, Andrew Bynum. Additions: Vladimir Radmanovic (signed as free agent), Shammond Williams (signed as free agent), Maurice Evans (trade with Detroit), Jordan Farmar (rookie). Who?s gone: Devean George, Jim Jackson and Devin Green are free agents and their status is uncertain. Analysis: Phil Jackson did a remarkable coaching job in leading the Lakers to a seventh game with the Suns in the first round. This roster isn?t that rich with talent. But Kobe Bryant is a superstar, Lamar Odom and Kwame Brown woke up and played excellent basketball over the last month of the season, and the Lakers suddenly got an infusion of confidence. Vladimir Radmanovic and Maurice Evans will help immediately in helping to ease the scoring burden off Kobe, and the Lakers will be better. But they?re still a couple years away from challenging for a title.</div>Good Read,thought that I would share this with Lakers Fans.
