Where is Kobe Bryant’s Supporting Cast?
Kobe Bryant was spectacular in game 5 of the NBA Finals in Boston. He took shots that bordered on ridiculous and yet made them almost effortlessly. For a brief moment during the third quarter, the possibility of the Lakers turning things around and pulling out a much needed road win began to enter the thoughts of the Celtics fans.
Unfortunately for Kobe, his effort was wasted due to the fact that his supporting cast continued their recent disappearing act from game 4 into and throughout game 5. What about game 6?
Will a switch of scenery back to Los Angeles revive the Lakers hopes for back to back championships?
You know Kobe will be hoping for his team to wake up, and justifiably so. Other than the oft-hobbled Andrew Bynum, who looks as though he is stunting the longevity of his career while playing on a torn up something-rather simply because he wants to win, there is not another Laker who is stepping up to back Kobe.
Kobe depsarately needs help.
To be fair, Bynum is rather useless out on the floor due to his injuries. Perhaps if we could build some sort of device to remove and transfer his effort level and then, say, divide it and then install it inside the bodies of Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom, the Lakers would have a much improved chance than they do currently of winning two games in a row against Boston.
Unless the Lakers make drastic moves, or if Phil Jackson can somehow channel his inner chi and turn it into an internal rage, the Lakers are in serious trouble.
It makes my heart go out to Kobe in a similar vein of Dwyane Wade wasting his talents the past few years in Miami. Watching Kobe’s masterful performance go into the wastebasket because nobody else could step up and help him. It’s actually quite shameful.
Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom, and “Bad-shot-Ron” Artest, this means you.
Wake up, or your season will be all for naught.
Hopefully for the Lakers, Kobe can use some of that magic on the court to inspire his teammates to help him out.
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Mon, Jun 14, 2010 by admin
NBA Finals, News