H o o p s C o r n e r . c o m
<< Back Next >> -------------------- June 11, 2002 Jockeying players The thoroughbred: Kobe Bryant brings home the prize a lot of times. He's the race horse, well trained, well bred, made only of the finest of qualities, and in terms of basketball he's been taught or (self-taught) every possible skill. He's not everything but you need him to complement the stud. Without the stud there's zero, zip, but whithout your prized galoper you won't have everything...Complete article -------------------- June 04, 2002 Heavyweights Read our recent feature about the New Jersey Nets: "...Veterans and rooks with fiery skills, makin' teams dry It's our turn to shine and our turn to fly Like you played a game, we stomps the East race..."complete article and the Lakers "In recent years, the Laker army has divided and conquered many formidable squads, including the Sonics, Blazers, and Spurs. We have set out to explore Lake country's armed forces, because it is thanks to it that prosperity is the word around here. It merits a case study of its own"...complete article Almost...isn't enough The Lakers had auditioned for the role of the victim in this flick, and the Kings were supposed to be the heroes but... Everything that was supposed to go right was going right. They learned how to play sans C-Webb, share the ball, they knew how to beat you at your own game, every position was a threat to the opponent - one way or another. The Lakers? they fit into their auditioned for role that they arrived on the set already bandaged (Shaq), and very humbled (Mitch Richmond). Somehow though, by a twist of fate the script got overturned somewhere. Actually no. It was just a miscast. The Kings just didn't know how to be heroes. While the Lakers were playing wounded and whispering to Sacramento, "now...now is when you strike" the Kings who had always watched the end of such movies in the comfort of their living rooms, were just amazed to be acting in one this late. You know in movies how someone might tend to make the coup de grace longer than it should be just so they get to savor it? Well that's what the Kings were doing. What happened was, the Lakers saw time going by, and were just tired of playing dead. And since the Kings weren't striking they just got up, dusted up and got out. Needless to say the Lakers retained their Oscar, which the Kings would have won had they just read their lines and kept focus. << Back Next >> Back to archive |
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