Lakers Show Confidence on Media Day

Yesterday (Sept. 29) was the Los Angeles Lakers’ media day, and the team gathered at their training facility to talk about the upcoming season, showing they are confident in their ability to secure another NBA championship win. After beating the Orlando Magic in last season’s NBA Finals in June, the Lakers swapped small forward Trevor Ariza for Ron Artest, signing him a five-year, $33.9-million contract with the Lakers after he left the Houston Rockets. Said Laker Derek Fisher about the big move, “There’s also a good place for change in terms of a new hunger and enthusiasm and passion for winning that maybe sometimes after guys have won, it becomes more difficult to push yourself beyond your comfort zone. I think that’s where Ron is going to be the biggest asset for us is that I don’t think there will be a day this season where he will allow other people to take a day off because they’ve already won a championship before. That’s what he’s here.”

Said Kobe Bryant about the upcoming season, “We understand the challenge of winning another [title]. We have a chance here. We have the talent to win another one. If we don’t, it’s because of our lack of focus, or something else, or an injury here or there. That’s something that we want to try to avoid and try to defend our title.”

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Posted in General on September 30, 2009

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