Currently facing a 6-game losing streak, and the team facing lots of injuries, can the Los Angeles Lakers finish strong going to the end of the regular season??
Even if Kobe Bryant is playing an MVP type of game, the Lakers seems like going down the drain,.
Can Kobe's teammates step up to fill in to the injuries and help the Lakers move up in the standings?
2007-02-22 08:30:02 · 10 answers · asked by Nikko 1 in Sports ➔ Basketball
Of course they can. Kobe is leading a lot of young guys, once the team ge healthy most especially Luke Walton, they will come back where they belong, on the top.
I know it's tough , but you will have to realize it is one of those obstacles that a team must survive to come out as a great team.
A young and competitive team, just struggling, sooner or later, they will emerge as one of the top teams in league.
2007-02-22 10:08:55 · answer #1 · answered by Nikko 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im a big true lakers fan unlike those bandwagon who left after Shaq.
Lakers have to stay healthy. Kobe has to be more consistant and have mixture of his playing now and his #8 days. His sidekicks are averaging players who is getting the job done and will become better as they gain more experience. Odom needs to be 100% healthy because he is their #2 option. Them Walton needs to come back and continue where he left off before the injury. Kwame Brown was doing good, getting his rebounds and with Bynum getting his blocks and rebound young and talented. Jordon Farmers needs to stay hot at the 3 point line. Smush Parker needs to have those games when hes on fire. Maurice Evans needs to play better so Kobe can get more rest. Vladmire has to shoot better and try 2 establish a low post game and brian cook has to chill with the bad timing shots and have fews game when hes on fire. Turaif . The bench needs to play before when the team winning. If all that happen lakers should have winning streaks like the suns and mavericks. Also take pressure of kobe, kobe will decrease his shot selection and pass more. He will become the Seasons MVP and Lakers has a big cnace to even go back to the finals
2007-02-22 08:50:49 · answer #2 · answered by Chi Town Playa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lakers will be fine
the best move for them is to get KWame and Walton healthy
The team has been unable to get it together since Walton went down with injury as he is the glue of the team and Odom still isn't 100%
lakers are 3-9 without Walton
something like 18-9 when the team is healthy though
2007-02-22 08:34:02 · answer #3 · answered by truthistold2u 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they can find a way to play defense, yeah, its possible. Right now their problem is defense. They are the 2nd worst in the NBA in giving up points. Its sad!
Dribble penetration kills them every single time. This was exposed last year in the playoffs and you would think the Lakers coaching staff would of capatalized on it by now. Other teams see this is there weakness and they take advantage of it.
If they just focus on playing defense and not worry about all the injuries, they should be fine.
The last 6 losses were more psychological, Phil Jackson mentioned it yesterday when the players names were mentioned in possible trades, they become insecure, forget about the game and are more worried about being sent elsewhere. Now that the deadline is over, that shouldn't be an issue with them. So they canjust focus on defense.
2007-02-22 10:50:26 · answer #4 · answered by A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at their best, the Lakers are still only the 5th or 6th best team in the west. Personally, I think Kobe has won his last title. He can't win by himself, they have nothing to offer in trade, and it will be hard to sign another superstar. Last time the Lakers had a 2nd star, Kobe ran him off. The guy cares more about being "the man" than winning titles.
2007-02-22 09:07:42 · answer #5 · answered by mmilner_24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they can because one Luke Walton is coming back and he sets the floor up well. two is that again Phil Jackson is the coach the zen master that he is and all. Lamar Odom has to be aggressive and if his knee gets better then the team will do better. remember before Odom's injury he was having career numbers. I think they can move up if they start playing better defense they are not playing the same defense as last year.
2007-02-22 08:37:20 · answer #6 · answered by redboc24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can they? Yes.
Will they? That remains to be seen. Kobe can't do it all by himself. Somebody else has to step up and they shouldn't wait for Walton's return to do it.
2007-02-22 08:59:04 · answer #7 · answered by BigDaddyRayinLA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if they had gotten jason kidd because it everyone on ESPN was talkin about those 2 playing together but they changed they mines....so
2007-02-22 09:06:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-02-22 08:42:48 · answer #9 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hell no they suck
2007-02-22 09:23:33 · answer #10 · answered by J.T. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋