The Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA Championship yesterday after completing the series versus the Orlando Magic (4 to 1). I do not follow the Lakers and have nothing smart to say about their performance this season or their championship run, at least nothing that is not found on ESPN or any other sports site. My extent of following the Lakers is hating on Kobe and annoying my friend Jaco, who is a die hard Laker fan from El Paso and who has never stepped in the LA metropolitan area; I just find it weird.
Never the less it is an amazing feat what this franchise has accomplished, this championship is:
- The Lakers 15’th Championship (including when the franchise was in Minneapolis), second only to the Boston Celtics.
- Phil Jackson’s 10’th Championship – Is he really that good? or just in the right place at the right time? Either way he has been lucky enough to coach three or four of the best players ever and have organizations that are willing to spend the money on architecting complete teams.
- Kobe’s ‘N Fisher’s 4’th Ring – Is 4 (3 as a secondary star player) = 6 as the best player ever? No, don’t think so, but something tells me that he may still have a few more opportunities.
I hope this finally wakes teams up and make them understand that it can’t be done with just one player and one strategy (Cleveland, Miami and about everyone else in the NBA). The team has to be agile enough to change as the challenges change. Hopefully, today’s LA Lakers is the franchise which forces other teams to rise and maybe then we will watch great basketball again…
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Just to get the facts straight, I actually have been to LA. Been there twice in my lifetime. On the other hand, I have yet to make an appearance at a Laker home game. This is on my To-Do list.
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