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acbaylove:
I thought it was written in bad english and i didnt want to be misunderstood. Anyway my idea is that it's the desperation of being forced to do a certain move who made Mitch do this "horrible" trade and the one who sent Shaq to Miami for 3 non All-Star players (and 2 of them 3 arent in purple & gold no more, after just 1 season). Lakers were in a too much delicate moment, and Mitch was just unexpert to play the game at this level. Lakers missed The Logo. My opinion is that Mitch should have traded Shaq the year before, having the knife from the right side, and getting a good big guy in return. They didnt. They traded him the wrong year, when the team collapsed and everybody blamed each other's (including Phil Jackson, who lost his mind releasing that infamous book talking about "private" things), for a broken (later waived PF) and for two young forwards. By doing that, they made the result of a team lacking a Center this summer. I mean in desperate need of a PF/C. So Brown was like a miracle in their eyes. He was even the "missing man" to be contender for some fans (something like Rasheed Wallace in Detroit). Fuck it. He was a bust, in my eyes. Since day one. Ok, we were desperate trying to get a big guy and the only tradable players were Odom and Butler, but damn, Butler from the bench is outplaying Brown (i know they play in different positions and shit, but damn, Brown is averaging worse stats than he did in the worse season in Washington!!). To use Kwame's words, he aint playing like a "beast". Yet. So yes, horrible trade, till now.

Now_Im_Not_Banned:
Woah! 2 lost games and everyone starts the shit-talking again...First of all, 7even, take that shit out your sig. It's DISGUSTING to be proud of another mans failure. I have no idea why you have taken pride in the fact that Kwame is struggling, but it can't be good. What are you guys expecting, a miracle? You thought Kwame would all of a sudden just completely turn himself around in the span 6 games and play to perfection? It takes time to get with the system, and obviously, Kwame is very lost right now...You're crazy if you like Butler over Odom, especially for our system...Also, Butler got around 40-50 million over 5 years from Washington. The Lakers CANT afford that right now and it would completely fuck up the 2007/2008 plan. Kwame hasn't failed under the Lakers just yet, you fuckers are jumping the gun way too soon. He looks way too raw for a 5th year player, I agree, but that's why I believe in him. I believe that if he learns to play consistant and more alert, which he hasn't been doing, he can be a factor. That'll take more than 6 games to achieve under Phil Jackson...Also, is points where the Lakers need help or is it in rebounding? OBVIOUSLY it's rebounding. Caron is mainly a scorer, it'd make no sense to have kept him. Now you guys don't see potential in Kwame? What about his first half performance vs. Minnesota where Kwame outperformed KG? He locked up KG very efficiently and proved to Laker fans that he CAN defend against the bigs of the west. He at least has been a good defensive present thus far, he just needs to learn how to utilize his talent more often, especially on the offensive end. Kwame is rushing his shot right now. Best believe that he wont be doing that under Phil come April...It's way too soon to be shit-talking, you need to give it a chance.


When the Lakers lose a game, it shows who the real fans are. The ones who turn around completely and begin the shit-talkings after praising the 3-1 Lakers vs. the ones who see the loss as ONLY a loss and don't show signs of diminishing faith after 6 games... :-X

7even:
I apologize.

wcsoldier:
Lol at everybody being happy when we were 3-1 and now they are so pessimistic.. We have to be patient , we have a team to rebuild. The players are young and the triangle offense is a very difficult system to learn. Of course we could have one or maybe 2 wins more, without these weak 4th quarters, but playing good in a 4th ask experience, a thing we don't have  as a whole team yet. I don't see why we would be so pessimistic, our defense gets  better , some players just have to learn to play the right way at some keys moments. I still think we can have the 7th or 8th spot and make the playoffs , we'll see

Now_Im_Not_Banned:
Lakers WILL make the playoffs, mark my words.

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