As I think we all expected ... this is going to be a loooong season for the Lakers. Their defense is virtually non-existent, especially down low. Parker is a ray of sunshine in an otherwise grey and depressing landscape. I'm hopeful that he can continue to play the way he has in the pre-season and these first two games of the season.
I cut Mihm some slack last season b/c of all the changes and bs that went on. No excuses this year for this loser. I can't believe this guy fills a roster spot in NBA. He's useless. Can't play D, can't rebound, sucks around the basket. He has a decent set shot from 12-16 feet as long as there isn't a defender within 10 feet of him ... so I guess he's not all bad ...
While I'm on the subject of players I can't believe are in the NBA ... let me add a few to the list:
Kwame Brown, Brian Cook, Sasha Vujacic and Slava Medvedenko. I'd love to comment on each one of these wastes of roster space ... but I'm busy at work and since they don't show any energy or smarts on either end of the floor ... I'm not going to put any more effort to this paragraph
Devean George has been pretty much a disappointment up to this point in his career. But I'm giving him a clean slate this year. A) It's his contract year, so you know he'll bust his butt to try to stay in the league B) He was out all last year, but the season before he was playing the best he had to date in his career before getting hurt in the playoffs C) I've been somewhat impressed with his hustle on D, rebounding and jump shot in the preseason and hope he can continue to do well in those areas this year. He's coming off of a very thin bench ... one from which we will sorely need some production.
After watching two games this season, nothing has changed my view/approach to this year. I think Phil needs to get just one of the following inconsistent, underachievers to step up: Mihm, Brown or Odom. If he can get just one of these losers to play at a higher level and be a consistent, productive member of this squad, I'll consider this season a success. That way, you'll have one guy that you keep moving forward and you can continue to dump the wastes of space and add pieces down the road while waiting for some cap space to clear.
One more thing, and this goes out to the entire squad: QUIT SHOOTING 3's!