Waiting For The Season To Start

Aloha,

It is not just the holiday season, it’s the season when the trade rumors start to flow. Of course no one really knows who teams are really interested in. There are so many people with agendas out there that it’s impossible to tell who a team covets. Per the rumors Buddy should have been a Laker, not Westbrook.

One thing I have heard is the Lakers are focused on internal development. And that may be closest to the truth. I mean I’m still waiting for our season to start. Vando hasn’t played yet and with every passing game it is apparent how much we miss his defense, hustle and rebounding.

We have only had 4 games that we were not missing at least 2 rotation players and we have had up to 5 rotation players out in a game. We were missing 4 the last game. With those 4 one could say that the 76er game would not have been a blow out.

When you have this many players in and out of the line up it becomes more than just missing a player. It is also impossible to build any kind of chemistry. I’m sure the Lakers didn’t have a lot of practices with Max starting and a bench of just Austin, Wood and Hayes.

Even with all the injuries, rebounding issues and inconsistent shooting we are 10 and 8. We are 2 games out of the 2nd seed and 3 1/2 out of the first. Two made shots would have given us two more wins. 4 made free throws would have given us another.

It looks like we may get everyone except Vincent back within the next week. Our depth has allowed us to hang in there. The Piston game normally would make me nervous. Teams can let up against really bad teams but after the 76er humiliation I don’t believe that will happen. Cam is probable which will help. OKC will be a big challenge on the 2nd night of a back to back. But even if we are 2-2 under these circumstances on this road trip I won’t be discouraged. Our season will be starting soon.