Lakers Need to Rethink Their Strategy.

It’s time to stop referring to Kobe Bryant like the mythological god Atlas, bearing the weight of the entire team on his shoulders. This is a professional NBA team right? Aren’t these multimillion dollar teams supposed to have more than one player to rely on to consistently produce? Instead of dwelling on how much longer the peak of Kobe’s copious career will last, the Los Angeles Lakers need to fall back on the basics and get a little gritty this off-season. “We’re very aware of Kobe Bryant’s age (29 in August),” Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said. “We’re aware of that window, and we’re making every effort to make this the best team possible.”
Due to Kobe’s need to be the lone star on the court, we know that the Lakers can’t look to taking on another superstar to pick them up from their three year slump. So the Lakers need to start thinking about a new system on the court this off-season that reinvents how they use their current talent. You can view Lakers tickets at StubHub.com to watch what will hopefully be a revamped team.

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Most Tradeable Player on Lakers

So the Lakers will be wheeling and dealing this summer. That’s almost a certain fact given Bryant’s demands that something “happen now” or else. It seems the only people on the Lakers that you are guaranteed to see next season if you get Los Angeles Lakers tickets are Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson. The bench might have a completely different look. Even Penny Marshall could be missing from the jumbotron close ups next year. I don’t mean to frighten you but it’s true.

So the question stands: “who is the most tradeable player?” If you had to rank them, or give them a score out of, say, ten Kobe Bryant scowls, who would be the most Alberto Gonzalesed of the bunch? One Kobe scowl means the player is only annoyingly useless. Ten means his resume is on craigslist with a title like “Role Player Seeks Less of Role.”

Tomorrow we will begin the assessment. I’m already thinking that Brian Cook will be first up. Expect something like ten Kobe scowls and three national television chew outs, which is, of course, off the charts, but because it actually happened in three separate TNT games last year, it’s within the range of possibilities. Make sure to write letters to Mitch Kupchak about who you want out of L.A., and then go to StubHub.com for some Los Angels Lakers tickets for next year’s new and improved season.

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