In short, the move from 3rd to 1st is usually quite large–certainly larger than moving from 19th to 17th.

I think most of us can agree that bynum thrives more with kobe in the game and odom plays better along side pau. Instead of Odom substituting for Bynum in the first quarter, he should come in for Pau. If that happen,s Pau and Odom would start the second quarter. I think the reserves could benefit from Pau’s passing and scoring abilities, where as if Bynum gets the ball he’s more than likely to shoot it. I think it can increase the effectiveness of the bench, odom, and bynum. Bynum can concentrate on finishing instead of passing, odom will be able to go to the post with pau and the second unit, and the reserves can feed off the inside-out game with odom and pau and get wide open threes they love to take.

Just a thought and probably won’t happen.

This year they’re playing really solid defense for most of the game then they’ll have a bad stretch or two(also all teams go on runs and thats just the nature of basketball).

Maybe I’m nitpicking too much, but LO’s overall defense has been pretty bad to me. He’s been a step slow on help defense almost every time and when he defending someone in the post after a second or two he concedes the shot by throwing both hands up. I’ve noticed he doesn’t react after he throws both hands straight up in the air and the guy he’s guarding makes another move elevates (or not if your scola), and gets an uncontested shot over odom. He needs to watch some tape of Garnett(2008 Garnett, not this year).

Is it just me overreacting to whenever someone scores on odom or does odom really need to improve?

Such continuity breeds a type of chemistry that allows the team to blend and compensate over time more effectively.

Meanwhile, the Celtics are seemingly contemplating signing veteran Allen Iverson much like their signing of Starbury last year; the Bulls contemplate a complete team overhaul; the Timberwolves, who’ve turned over most of their team and coach, struggle to win their second game this season.

It’s the story of the league.

The player on the Lakers who best represents the benefits of this Lakers legacy approach is Derek Fisher. Since coming into the league, Derek transformed himself as a player to meet the unique Laker requirements of the triangle offense for a PG–and he does it about as well as it can be done.

It is very unlikely that Derek will either be traded this year or not signed beyond this year. It is very likely that his role will change and his minutes this season will be reduced.

It’s great to have a team with players that we know and appreciate for years when fans of other teams are trying to get rid of theirs.

Of course the only bench player to play was Anthony Randolph with three starters playing 48 minutes. Crazy.

But more importantly, the fact that International League Pass Broadband now has replays on-demand means I can actually wait for the next day to watch the game instead at 4 in the morning. Hence, I try to avoid knowing the score prior to watching – the unfortunate by-product being less presence on FB&G… But a 3 day layoff means plenty of scope to spout!

For the last 2 seasons, we have forfeited our ability to acquire cheap players to work with by either trading them (Gasol trade) or selling them (27th overall to NY). The closest 1st rounder we have is in the June 2011 draft.

Thing that worries me is, how will we recover from this ballooning payroll we are currently at esp with the CBA soon to be reneogiated?