The Credits: "Deja Vu"

for the the raptors and such teams, winning a division title is actually a big deal.

Then again, sometimes it has to be taught. Not everyone is born with a good sense of money. Most players come from poor backgrounds in which their families struggle to survive as it is. There is not “managing” money, because they have to rob Peter to pay Paul. So, often, it’s a case of see money (a lot), spend money (a lot), because it seems endless and I’m sure they get the feeling that they’ll save eventually. Until they realize their careers over, and that money can never be made again. Antoine anybody?

Then again, they had Thomas, so…

were mentioned throughout the piece.

the tone that he gives of of knowing more than his readers that it can come off as backhanded no matter what he says. If we’re talking about good things about the NBA, why are we talking about how much a fanbase or the media talk about Kobe or fisher? Why aren’t we spending more than a paragraph on the offense or talking about Phil Jackson and why isn’t Jerry Buss not once mentioned in the entire article? Which is saying something considering LV and the Heat are mentioned much more than once. He might as well have just picked LV and fawned over him some more because picking the Lakers and not mentioning the history or Buss or Kupchak and West or Phil in more than just a sideways glance misses out of the fact that the Lakers are an organization and a basketball team. Talk about how they put it together, talk about how they’ve added depth, but somehow are still shallow according to Dwyer. These are the things he should’ve spent time on instead of talking about Kobe forcing 20 footers or Kobe not being clutch and yet backtracking to say he has on-court brilliance and an all-around game. Saying we’re the best team in the league, but mentioning how excited you are for the Heat to possibly win 75 games in the exact same article does not seem like your writing is reflecting your thinking.

This didn’t feel like a genuine article except for when he talks about the offense. You know how when a feeling is supposed to be translated in writing and everyone misjudges it. Yeah, I think he definitely tried to get a feeling of appreciation across for the Lakers, but he barely talked about the actually Lakers and talked more about the Yankees, the Heat, the media perceptions, and the players. The players are the only actual part of the organization he spends time on. There’s no history there as with other players mentioned in the other pieces in this series. It just doesn’t seem like he wanted to write it and whatever feeling about the Lakers we were supposed to walk away from this article with, I think he did a poor job reflecting it in his writing.

c’monnnnn.

/facepalm