I also like the fact that he has taken around 15 shots per game, the last couple of games. And not chucking up 30. He seems to be trying alot harder to get bynum, pau and the rest of the gang going, as evidenced by his high number of assists, which are more difficult to come by in the triangle then any other offense.

The box score form last night were a dream to look at. Pau, Bynum & LO all had triple doubles and I believe Kobe was 1 rebound away from one & also a coupel assists away from a triple double. This type of team, IMO, is MUCH harder to beat than the one that relies on Kobe in the second half. I’m not sure if it’s the bigs finally showing up, or Kobe and the team looking for the bigs more. (but its a pleasure to see)

sorry, I was dreaming about In-N-Out

is that he was aggressive. I have not seen him play like that in a long time. That is defenitely the best he’s played in any single game this season. I like to see his stat lines but more impressive his effort.

kobe should prolong his career by doing less out there. let gasol and bynum and artest eat in the first half. then he can feast in the 2nd half.

i wonder if basketball would be better if they called offside like they do in soccer. there wouldn’t be any cherry picking, but i wonder how else it would change, or if that would be at all possible.

is ESPN Los Angeles, simply a name for the espn studios in L.A., or was that designed to cover only the lakers or all of L.A. sports? do other cities have the same? ESPN Indiana? Orlando? Memphis?

He seems to be going for the home run play every time he gets in the paint? Some of his passes are so impossible to catch or ridiculous that he’s making Gasol and Bynum look like they have bad hands. Half our turnovers over the course of the game seem to be caused or started by Kobe in what seems like unnecessary manners.

I guess at this point in the season though now is as good a time as any to “practice” a bit like we said in the last post.