From: centeno@pasadena-dc.bofa.com (R. CENTENO)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: RE: La Lakers
Date: 22 Dec 92 08:11:06 PDT
Organization: Bank America Systems Engineering, Pasadena, CA

In article <1h53j3INNenj@news.aero.org>, robert@aero.org (R. S. Statsinger) writes:
|> I was out of town for the Disaster in Dallas, and I mis-programmed
|> my VCR  :-(     It's DISGRACEFUL that they lost, and I HOPE that
|> Pfund REALLY let them have it afterwards. Hell, I hope he let them
|> have it DURING the game........

>>He doesn't look as forceful as Riles, but I hope he was tough on them, I
>>mean being a new coach, etc., he may have held off a little, but he's been
>>with the Lakers now long enough to be able to yell at them and get them
>>to listen.

I agree, but...Riley was and still is a GREAT motivator.  I hope that Pfund
realy payed attention to that aspect of Riley coaching philosophy.


|> 
|> The murdering by Phoenix is easier to take.......a bit. I mean,
|> the Suns are currently the best team in the league (it is
|> FRIGHTENING to think how they'll play when KJ returns), but
|> the Lakers were PATHETIC and should have made a better showing.
|> 
|> Hopefully the win at Denver signals a return to form.....
|> 
|> 		R.S.


>>I cannot accept the shellacking by the Suns.  Like Chick said during the
>>game, "Get some people in there who want to play."  Vlade was lethargic,
>>Peeler was hesitant, James was his usual off-form self, and that really
>>showed in the first half.  The intensity picked up in the second, and things
>>did get a lot better, but hey they lost the game in the first quarter.  I
>>didn't really expect them to beat the Suns.  It's too early in the season to
>>expect that.  But to be down by 25 points.  Not when they've shown up-tempo
>>play against all the good teams in the league.

You can accept that hesitance from Peeler being a rookie, but he appears to 
have a very serious attitude about his game and is usually very agressive.  He
will be a star...he just needs to season more.  Vlade...What can you say, when
he plays well, the Lakers as a team usually do too.  How do you get the #4
top payed player in the league to give 100% each and every night??? He is, 
I hate to say, Lazy.  Magic is not there to motivate him.  Hey just had a 
thought...Wouldn't Magic make a good coach someday???  As far as James...I 
love James, he has been one of the most consistent players that lakers have
had over the years, but I think that he is having problems with confidence.
I hope that he gets it back.  On the last post I made re: lakers loss at 
Dallas, Somebody pointed out the fact that Phoenix has a new coach, new
players, a new system, and injuries as do the Lakers.  I felt this to be a
very good comparison, but...None of the NEW Laker players are franchise players
like Barkly.  At any rate, at this point the SUNS are the team to beat.

>>The win at Denver was as nail-biting as to be painful.  Come on, the Lakers
>>should do a lot better than that.  You know it.  That's what Scott is good
>>for.  A steadying influence when James is shaky.  Of course, you are a Scott-
>>hater, so you wouldn't understand :)


Alot of people do not like Scott.  I believe that he can play great, but...
it seams that he always has a great season when he's in his last year of his
contract.  Many people believe that he has taken over a leadership role in 
Magic's absence.  He may have, and he is physically in much better shape (even
though he is injured, but you know what I mean...Stronger.), but I think he
wants to remain a Laker, and with this his final year of his contract, maybe
do doesn't want to move?

>>-Vach


-Rob
From: dougs@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Doug Steele)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:44:48 GMT
Subject: Re: Team Standings and Stats
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA