I’m LBC till I d-i-e.

Treat yourself to a pickled egg and a Joe’s Special while you’re at it.

i’m sorry i coudn’t be here more often discussing with you laker issues lately. Here in Italy we have a pretty amazing prospect that would help immediately: everyone’s crazy about Andrea Bargnani’s potential but actually the Bulls(thanks to the Knicks), Hawks or one of the worst team should be able to grab him with one of the top three pick. (Believe me he’s worth a top three!!) So I don’t even go on dreaming of Bargnani in a Laker uniform…
just leave that to my brother who is a bulls fan.
From here in Italy i just had a chance to watch 7-8 complete laker games so i’m not in a very good position to fairly judge our beloved ballclub play. That’s why i kept reading and listening to your (for the most part… wise and brilliant lol points and opinions. Just let me add a few words to the mix.
As I was convinced before the season started (had written that in one of the few posts of mine) “PREACHING PATIENCE” was the slogan for this year. I am really frustrated like all of us and thought the overall record should have been definitely better (say 29-23 at least) based on how the team was playing in december. Despite being frustrated I agree with Kurt “no move is better than a bad move (second time i cite the DisasterKnickerbockers or think of Trader Bob’s Blazers). The ultimate goal is winning a championship… and to do that we must be willing to wait till the right piece missing is available. Ok… we have to be active and ready to pull the trigger on any deal but giving up Odom for equal or not equal value doesn’t make any sense (unless you need to sign KG ok LeBron or anything close in next off-season… and that won’t be the case… remember we still have Brian Grant on the salary board). I even agree with those stating we are really one good player away from getting back to championship contention… a very good all-star caliber one who would fit with the triangle. Artest and Chris Bosh (best realistic target for the future on my opinion) would have been great additions… but if you are one great piece away you can’t fix by subtracting one of your main asset. It’s too soon to give up on LO’s experiment as the primary initiator. And where do we find another triangle initiator in three days without even having a few days of camp to teach him the basics… do you think that would help? Ok for Tony Delk’s type players… that would help balance the roster. As far as Tony Battie is concerned… am i missing on it or he was laker property (Van Exel for Battie and Lue) and the dispersed for the return of Travis Knight from the Celtics? It’s really bad wishing now something we threw away many years ago.
On Mitch i need to say i’m not happy with the way he managed a few things lately and mainly draft choices like someone said… (passed on Josh howard, Gilbert Arenas even if we hadn’t a first that year and others i won’t name) but don’t blame him so much just yet. He’s a very clever gm, grew up with the Logo and even deserves part of Jerry’s credit cause he’s been always there assisting him in many big moves of the westian years. And i don’t see better gms available around the league… so let’s just be patient and give Mitch a chance! Remember… 1 or 2 players away… look at the Suns after the addition of Steve Nash… Hope to look at the Lakers after a Bosh type addition and Bynum’s growth next to Kobe and Lamar. The future isn’t so dark for us!

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