What Can Brown Do for You?

After getting word that Kwame Brown will be out for probably more than a month, the Lakers will have to face the Pistons on Thursday.  Chris Webber, the newest addition to the Detroit lineup, will likely try to exploit the lack of depth down low. 

Andrew Bynum and Ronny Turiaf will be shouldering the load of defensive match ups in the post.  But that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll have to body-up on Webber.

The fact that Webber likes to keep around the perimeter and take jump shots isn’t likely to scare the Lakers, it’s his passing that will accomplish that.  In the Pistons’ clinic Tuesday night vs. the hapless Celtics, Webber showed his new team that he could dish to slashers and cutters like Richard Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince. 

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Never Fear, Kobe is Here

Just because Kobe Bryant is trying to give the ball up a little more often, doesn’t mean he has to give up taking over and winning games for the Lakers.  Or selling-out away games.

With the game coming down to the final stretch, Bryant grabbed the reigns of the Lakers offence and pulled sharply towards a win, scoring nine straight in the fourth quarter. 

Although Kobe still has some unfriendly crowds when he tours around the country, Atlanta showed more than its fair share of southern hospitality to what Atlanta Coach Mike Woodson called “one of the best players who has played our game.”

Lakers fans can rest assured that Kobe is still the player he always was: selfish.  Of course, it’s just that selfishness that won the game for the Lakers Monday night.  Only a fool would want Kobe to lose the most underrated of attributes for a talent like Bryant.  All Kobe is trying to do is turn “selfish” into the beginning of a description that ends in “when he has to be.”

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