I enjoy Mike T.'s posts. But I really think he's wrong about Kwame Brown. Kwame is horrible.

I think Kwame Brown is the first player in NBA history ever to bounce the ball off his own knee. And without the ball reaching the ground no less!

See Luke?

Would you really rather he shoot or Kobe?

The most disturbing thing about this game is that the Lakers are actually being out rebounded.

And the Sonics aren't even a terribly physical or good team.

Faith,

You mean because Kwame doesn't realize he can't stand in the lane all day and can't dribble the ball or successfully finish at the basket when he does manage to get the ball back to his hands on dribbles. .

Wow. It's amazing how much confidence Bynum's presence gave to Kobe in his teammates. Without Bynum there, he feels like he needs to score 38 for us to win. Interesting.

Secondary scorers really need to step up.

We always win when five Lakers score in double figures.

GO LAKERS!

I HATE YOU KWAME BROWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jon K.,
i agree with you that it's Mike T's fault that Bynum is hurt!...lol.. you can't be wishing injuries on your own players... you just can't... that's wrong.

also, I have to disagree with you on the Bynum 2nd best player thing.

I think without a doubt he is our #2 player. He shoots a great FG% and leads the team in blocks and rebounds. Look at Hollinger's PER ... He's the 2nd
most efficient player on our team too.

With Bynum we can throttle the Suns or at least compete. Without Bynum, the beat us up in the 1st round.

AGAIN!

I guess its safe to say what we should not expect too much out of Lamar on the offense.

Man the defense has really picked up now that Kwame is getting his chance!!!

:(

If the Lakers re-sign Kwame Brown, I am quitting as a Laker fan.

Bzar,

The bench mob is actually moving the ball and doesn't have Kwame holding them down.

{Deep breath}

This is a bigger game than we realize.

Let's go. Do this.

GO LAKERS!

I really don't like when Kobe shoots too much because it hurts the others. When he does pass to them they wont be able to finish because they aren't in a rythym. Kobe always speaks about getting himself into a rythym which is fine but how can others play at a high level if only Kobe is taking shots and getting into a rythym. Kobe has to pass and make plays for others to get easy shots. Not sure if that is Kobe at his best but it would be helpful to his teammates if he did paSS. Alot of players can score in this league with the new rules you got guys like Gerald Wallace putting up 40 pts tonight. Kobe has not shown he is capable of playing a team game unless their is another great player around him. Not what I had in mind for this game. Of course his long shots lead to long rebounds and easy opps for the opposing team as well

The thing that's getting lost in all of this is how bad the Sonics are this year. The Sonics are terrible. If we win, enjoy it fellas. Not gonna happen a lot in the next few
weeks.

We need defense.

We need energy.

We need effort.

I have faith, but I can only believe enough...you have to do the work! Go Lakers!

Kobe is having to expand a lot of energy in this game. I hope it doesn't come back to haunt the team in the 4th Q.

Jon K,

"K Brothers, You guys would be so much happier if Von Wafer was still a Laker."

Absolutely. Were I Mitch Kupchak, I'd have locked up Von with a cheap, long term contract. 12 yrs/12 mil (similar to the 12 yrs/24 mil I'd have given Slava). When they happen to play well, fantastic. When they don't (which will be often), the A+ unintentional comedy they provide on a regular basis more than pays for itself.

AK

we look really bad tonight.

the commentators just said theyd rather kobe shoot over kwame? i guess thats what theyre paid for..insightful comments like that.

must say im happy with 1 of 2 at the line for kwame..

sixonezero,

Mike will never admit he's wrong. He'll find some way to pass the poor defense off on someone else.

Kobe has to be Superman just for us to stay in the game tonight. Look at the boxscore and you'll see the huge disparity for us as far as scoring goes. Sonics are scoring with ease right now.

So....for the next 2 weeks i think we will have to outscore our opponents because we can't stop anyone...granted the sonics always score bunches against us.

The team (Luke, Fish and Lamar) are hesitant to throw the ball to Kwame. He hasn't earned heir trust. If Kwame could excel at one thing like rebounding, it would be a big help.

Second unit in to save us! Thank God!

GO LAKERS!