"We need to get rid of Pau!!!"
"Bynum's never going to grow up!!!"
"The Lakers can never win as long as Kobe is the leader!!!"
These are all absurd statements that have been uttered by Laker fans and haters alike. And frankly, it's getting tiresome.
You see, the Lakers don't need to trade anybody. Our starting lineup is just fine as is. All the Lakers need to do is:
1. Re-sign Ramon Sessions.
2. Sign Lamar Odom or another backup Power Forward.
3. Give Mike Brown a kick in the ass.
In response to the ridiculous assertions that our team needs an overhaul, let me remind you that the Lakers currently have a top-three starting lineup in the NBA.
Ramon Sessions wasn't the problem at the PG position: Mike Brown was. The Lakers, as a veteran team, are best served by running their offense in the half court.
Someone had better inform Mike Brown that the best way to do that is run the pick-and-roll. And very few point guards run it as well as Ramon Sessions.
When Sessions first joined the team, the Lakers ran the pick-and-roll for him quite a bit, and he thrived. It was in the playoffs, when Mike Brown (for some reason) deviated from that, where Ramon began to struggle.
Ramon Sessions is a fine starting point guard; he just needs to be better used.
Now, as for Kobe, if anyone actually watched the games, they would have noticed that Kobe was a great team player the majority of the year.
He did a great job moving without the ball, but when the Laker offense stagnated, the default answer was to throw Kobe the ball, often with very little time to make anything happen.
People who claim Kobe is a hindrance to the Lakers are clearly wrong, and they should actually watch games before saying such things.
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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Lakers
