The conundrum that is Kobe and the Lakers

Seriously what is going on with these guys? I've watched every Laker game so far this post season and they have no fire. There is no sense of urgincy with this team. How else can you explain how the Houston Rockets, sans T-Mac AND Yao Ming, pushed the defending Western Conference champs to a game 7? Does this team even want to win? They look uninterested to the point where they give Kobe the ball and stand around until he shoots it. Where is the drive from Pau Gasol? Hey Lamar Odem, this is the playoffs. You usually try harder during them. Don't even get me started on Andrew Bynum...

The only player that wants to win and is Kobe and it shows. While Kobe is the one taking all of the shots, it is still up to the surrounding players to play. They can't just stand around and know that Kobe's Doin Work. They still have to try.

It has gotten so painful to watch that I didn't even watch last nights game. Of course when you get off to a 17-1 start like the Rockets did there really isn't a reason to watch the game. That right there tells you all you need to know about this years Laker team. They had an opportunity to close out a series vs an undermaned team and they were outscored by 16 points to start the game...Are you kidding me?

If they think that they can turn it on and off in the playoffs they have a rude awakening. The Denver Nuggets are ready and hungry. Chauncy has made a world of difference with that teams chemistry and make up. Oh and this will be his seventh straight conference final appearance. What? Seven? Thats just stupid. In comparason, the great Michael Jordan has been to eight conference finals total. Is Chauncy as great of a player in the playoffs as Mike? That may be a debate for another time.

Back to the Lakers. Show some emotion. Show that you want to be there. You are running around looking like Phil Jackson made you play when you don't want to. This is the playoffs, show me something LA.



I know I just posted this commerical recently but that was before I had a problem with how the Lakers were playing. If you watch the commerical it shows you everything you need to know, Kobe is just bummin around while Lebron couldn't be more excited. I hope the Lakers start to want to play because I don't want to see Denver play the Cavs. C'mon Kobe. Do Work.