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Originally Posted by JackBurton
True my friend but unlike the Lakers  whom had Kobe playing 44mins in an OT loss  and brian cook was the second leading scorer we're playing our starters as much as the next team and we're still impressing. I'm not getting carried away with our performances yet but i think it's a good sign that the chemistry is there with our new team.
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I think it should be mentioned that the Lakers have been playing without Kareem Rush, Luke Walton, Slava Medvedenko, Vlade Divac, and Devean George for the preseason. You can't play guys like Neil Yanke (who?) for more than 10 minutes in a game because they are unlikely to make the team anyways. That was by far the most minutes Rudy has had Kobe play. He has kept Kobe at 30 min max otherwise. Kobe is learning his way in a new offense, and being the most critical component to the team, he should be in there a 'good' amount of the time. By the way, during the Lakers 3 peat they always sucked in the preseason. They even went winless in the '99 preseason, then started the season with something like 12 straight wins and went on to the title. Preseason means little as an indicator of regular season play.