Lakers Win Debut vs. Clippers on Opening Night

On a night full of glam & bling for the Lakers, there was a important task to prove, the Lakers aren't going anywhere & plan on repeating as NBA Champions. Playing without Pau Gasol, it was destined for this team to prove their depth & show the NBA that there ready to defend their trophy, banner, & rings that come along with being the NBA Champs. Andrew Bynum was big tonight proving he is becoming a force not to be messed with. His 26 pts. & 13 reb. along with Kobe Bryants 33 pts. 8 reb. & 3 assists show that these two are teaming up for the modern day 1, 2 punch that we were used to seeing years back with Shaq & Kobe. Kobe is showing that fire once again that he did thru the playoffs with another big night reminiscent of his NBA Finals MVP stats from this past June. Lamar Odom is on a early start on his 6th man award with 16 pts. & 13 reb. which is great to see considering all the publicity he's been getting with his new marriage with Khloe Kardashian, that he is still able to put his work in & still put up big numbers for the defending champs. Ron Artest didn't have the best Laker debut but thats the greatness of this team he can be the 5th best player here compared to being alot of other teams number 2 player so his 10 pts. 5 reb. & 1 steal were good enough to disrupt Clipper drives & good help defense, which is exactly what we signed him for. Overall the bench was less than impressive but it is game #1 & dont expect some of these players to be in mid-season form but still need to start sustaining these big leads. Outside of that the Lakers 99-92 victory over the Clippers was a good one to start off what is to be a GREAT season. The Lakers schedule is very favorable over the next 20 games, 16 are at home & the 4 on the road are against teams that have lost their star players or are in rebuilding mode. Either way the Lakers need to come firing out on all cylinders with this generous schedule & could easily come out this stretch 20-1 or hopefully 21-0 barring injury this is very possible with so many leaders & great players on this team. PF Pau Gasol is expected to play Friday vs. the Dallas Mavericks

Lakers are the New Dynasty

Ok Lakers fresh off a Championship after 7 years from being the top team in Basketball are back & hear for atleast the next 5 years as Championship caliber & the team to beat in the NBA. Many of reasons why this is true, but with the signing of Artest & also getting Odom back, which is more likely everyday because there's no market for him he'll resign, makes this Laker team SCARY. Figure that they won this year without a Productive Bynum & very weak contribution from the bench compared to last year. They will not only have the best offense in the League, they'll also have the best perimeter defense in the league with at all times two 7 footers behind them that have proven a more focus on the defensive end. Now this is the important key to the Artest acquistion as well as this team producing multiple Championships in the upcoming years. This will most definitely stall the time on Kobe decreasing in his game. Artest has the ability to take on some of the toughest offense threats in the league to get that wear & tear off of Kobe because he puts so much effort on both sides of the court that his body can only perform at this level for so long. Now Kobe can focus & shut down practically anyone that he faces & won't have to put out as much energy while using that energy to continue to play like the unstoppable all around player he was showing in the Western Conference & NBA Finals which makes him better & scarier than ever (jordanesque kind of level). That on top of the fact that Bynum is improving every year he justs needs to grow into his body & there's no telling his potential is limitless. If he can become a 15 & 10 player close from the 13 & 8 last year than the Lakers we'll have the best Frontcourt in the League to take on the Celtics & Spurs in a 7 game series. There's not a team that can matchup to this team in the League & we know how important that has shown through recent years. Shannon Brown was signed to a 2 year deal & can be a huge contributor with Fisher aging Farmar & Brown will be vitale. With this Championship experience will only make them both better players & competition is never a bad thing (look at Odom & Ariza last year). Brown keeps Farmar aware that his job can be taken if he struggles or can't come thru Farmar struggled so much last year until the end of the Conference Finals. After Brown outdoing Fisher & Farmar they both pulled it together for the Finals & played alot better what were used to seeing. Bottom
line every player is at a good age & playing good as a team Chemistry is key Artest won't mess that up he has wanted to play here for years now he's with Kobe & longtime "brother" L.O. Not too many flaws for a team that coming into this upcoming season were the favorites to repeat now it solitifies the Lakers are here to make history....once again.