Like a starving orphan who's just had his first taste of a home cooked meal, I want more. One freakin' championship just isn't enough to satisfy me. I want another and another and another. And I'll say or do just about anything to get what I want...
It's all well and good that Kobe won a title without Shaq. But really, to secure his legacy, doesn't he need to win more without Shaq than he did with him? And let's talk about Michael Jordan. MJ won 3 in row twice in his career. If Kobe can win the next 3 years in a row, he'll have one upped MJ - both on the overall total (7 vs 6) and on the longest consecutive streak (4 vs 3). Let's go Kobe. Let's go Lakers. You can do it!
To start, Dr. Buss needs to shell out a huge amount of money to keep both Lamar and Trevor while still re-signing Kobe to a max 5 year deal. I don't even want to think about how much money this will cost but, hey, let's face it, it's not my money, so I'm all for spending it!
Next, Phil needs to come back. You can bash Phil as much as you like for not being like other coaches, but you can't argue with success. With this team intact and Phil at the helm, who's going to bet against them to repeat next year?
Finally, Andrew Bynum needs to go all of next season without getting injured. Other teams are going to be better next year and the Lakers need to improve to stay ahead of them. The improvement has to come from the Lakers' young players. They aren't going to have money to spend on free agents aside from their own and they're picking too late in the draft to get a player who'll have an immediate impact. But if Bynum can play all season and return to his pre-injury performance level from each of the past two years, the Lakers will be much improved. That's got to be a scary thought for the rest of the association!
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