"The Lakers Just need to learn how to Dance."
For your listening pleasure:
I paused and looked at my friend who proceeded to say,
"Yeah, you can put the two most talented dancers in the world together but that doesn't necessarily mean they will dance well together," he said emphatically.
"The Lakers have talent," he continued, "But, Can they dance together? Can they Play together? Because right now, they're not dancing (well) together."
Makes sense, I said, "If we are talking about gelling, camaraderie and unity, this does seem to be an issue." There were moments in the last game versus Orlando that I thought I saw slight "dissing" (on the floor) from a couple of the Vets towards D'Angelo.
Is there is a disconnect? Is this about the mixture of "talent" and individuals including an aged Kobe Bryant who has already missed the last two and now possibly a third in a row: "Rest" and "Sick" are being used as his excuses or ailments. Is THIS the same Kobe that dropped free throws after tearing his achilles?
Scott said at shootaround that Kobe wasn't feeling very good last night. Upset stomach. He’ll talk to him later about that and his back.
— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) November 13, 2015
Achilles' Last Stand, if you will _ Zep
As a kid I remember seeing footage of Lynn Swan taking ballet so he could improve on things like double toe-touching while catching a ball going out of bounds.
Hey, maybe some of these Lakers could use a little help there (footwork) too.
Maybe Football knows something that "we" don't
But, the point is this: Coach or No Coach, talent or NO talent, THIS team needs to figure out how to work together, as a unit, or else they will continue to suffer "Ls" and those "Ls" might lead to an early departure of Byron Scott whose head is ALREADY being called for.
I don't blame people for suggesting so. The same thing happened with Mike D'Antoni. BUT, After going through Mike Brown to Mike D'Antoni to Byron Scott, the most successful coach has been:
Albeit a very small sample size he had success with the Lakers. Additionally, at what point do you STOP the coaching carousel, sit back and allow a team to play some ball.
We did know that THIS team was NOT necessarily a playoff team, correct? I say THAT because I believe that ANYONE TEAM can beat ANY OTHER team on ANY given Day.
That being said, we realize how stacked the West is and that the Lakers are starting a 19 year old at point who has been thrust into action with two "other" rookies (granted both are sophmore players).
Progress is happening and THAT is what MANY fans really want to see. Yes, a "double u" is nice but rather than seeing RE-gression we hope we see PRO-gression.
One THING IS CERTAIN: You definitely need to have the right dance partner(s) if you want to win.
"The rumba is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire" _JLO
Speaking of horizontal AND vertical desires..
Happy Friday
