Interesting Letter | Inside the Lakers

Hey Guys,

Got an interesting letter this week I thought I’d share with you…

Heres a tidbit for you. Out of the 82 regular season games LA played, our opponents scored 100 pts or higher in 49 of them. That means in terms of percentages that we gave up 100 pts or more nearly 60% of the time. 59.76 to be exact and out of that 59.76% or those 49 games that our opponents score 100 or more pts we lost 27 of them. Again looking at those 27 losses that equates to just over 55%. 55.10 to be exact in terms of percentages. Yes Kobe needs help however all the help in the world wont help him if the team doesnt play better defense. We know we can score..(81pts in a game by yourself?) enough said. Can we stop the opponents from scoring is the real question. Until we began to do this we can continue to expect 1st round playoff eliminations season after season. We can also expect to lose Kobe after the next season or two if this trends keep up. Now thats what Mitch, Phil, and Jerry Buss need to be focused on.

Ricky Gill

Michael Teniente

Is that big news? Everyone knows the Lakers need a couple of defenders, especially at the 1 and 3 spots. I’ve written all kinds of post regarding this issue. There’s no way the Lakers can go with Luke Walton as the starting 3 and think they’ll do well in the playoffs. Smush Parker is gone so they need someone there, too.

mike
gdchild

We all know that. Getting rid of Smush is the first step to improve our defense. No can we cut Cook asap too? Then bring in some tough guys who can play man-on-man and help defense.