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I am embarrassed by the Lakers performance. I predicted a 50 win season back in October and I was wrong. I own up to that.
I don't know how you can completely blame Kobe when he's averaging a career high 6 assists per game and still scoring 27-28 a night. He's only taking 2 more shots per game than last year. The fact of the matter is Lamar is not the right fit, Chucky has his nights but is really streaky, as is Caron Butler. Still, Kobe does lead the league in TO's I believe and his FG% is only 43%, that is not going to cut it.
Trading Shaq was the correct play in my opinion. Yes, he was dogging it at times last year. He was not as intimidating a prescence in rebounding or blocks. If you watched almost all the games last year (as I did) you would have noticed this. Shaq's numbers will drop off a little next year, and I predict he'll get injured. He was injured for long stretches on the Lakers about every other year even when he was young. The Lakers cut their losses knowing Kobe has probably 6-10 years left in his career while Shaq, though still the most formidable force in the league is diminishing and has maybe 2 years left after this year.
Will a rehiring of Phil as head coach help next year? Who knows. I'm just glad baseball season is here.
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