As long as he produces, you can drift off to sleep at night with visions of slam dunks and hat tricks dancing in your head. Sports fans engage in those leagues because they want to know what it feels like to own a professional sports team. Too often, however, it seems that real-life owners and general managers long to know what it is like to play fantasy league. The word chemistry is one of the most overused words when it comes to sports. But like most cliches, there is a good reason behind its use.
Good players win rotisserie leagues, chemistry wins real-life championships.
Look for example at the Showtime Los Angeles Lakers. And the book they were reading was a best seller. The same can be said for the Celtics of the 1980s or the Chicago Bulls of a few years ago. One of the lessons of free agency is that sports dynasties are harder to come by. Now before you go pointing to the Dallas Cowboys or all the repeating champions in the NBA, think about how those teams won.