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Kobe Bryant tore his Achilles heel Friday. Today Lakers trainer Gary Vitti described Bryant's injury as a "complete rupture". That knocks him out for the rest of the season, not that it was going to last much longer anyway. Like they did with the Rutgers Mike Rice story, ESPN covered this story from every possible angle. No matter how unnecessary the angle was. ESPN's SportsCenter is only a few more Lakers and Cowboys stories away from going all Cowboys and Lakers coverage. It's only a matter of time now.
I just want to point out again that there's all this hype about the Lakers, they aren't even fighting for the #1 seed. They are fighting to be the last team in from the Western Conference. Obviously the Lakers drive ratings, which is why they get so much coverage. But they receive too much coverage, especially for a team that might not even make the playoffs! Come on ESPN, do better.
It's not like the Kobe Bryant story was the only story of the day either. Alex Rodriguez continues to show what a loathsome human being he is. He tried to buy records from Biogenesis, where he had obtained PEDs from. He wanted to destroy those records. How many of these types of incidents before the MLB steps in and gives him a suspension?
Also Tiger Woods received a two stroke penalty for violating some obscure rule. ESPN also talked about that plenty, sometimes I forget their are other players on the PGA tour than Tiger. I'm not a Tiger fan, or a golf fan, by any stretch of the imagination. However I'm so glad that the Masters didn't disqualify Woods from the tournament. That would have been extremely small minded.
Although I'm a Jazz fan and a big-time Lakers hater I hope that the Jazz and Lakers both lose their final two games of the season. The Jazz would then hopefully to be able to blow up their entire roster. The Jazz need to bring in some players that can defend. The Lakers would go into the NBA Playoffs as the # 8 seed and be thoroughly destroyed by either the Thunder or Spurs. I'd enjoy so much watching those games.
Vitti was complaining about all the injuries that the Lakers had this season. Well that's what happens with an old team, it was to be expected. The Lakers are a poorly constructed team. They chose to sign big names, not players that could make a cohesive team. LA is a mediocre team with Kobe, how bad will the Lakers be without Kobe? Let's be honest they are going to be terrible! Where are the Lakers going to get the big bucket from in clutch time? Ron Arrest? No! The extremely slow Pau Gasol? No! The overrated, poor free throw shooting Dwight Howard? No? The old and injured Steve Nash? No. As weird as it sounds for the Lakers with all those names, Bryant is truly a one man team. If you don't believe me then why did Bryant play the second most minutes of any individual player this season? He averaged 38.6 minutes a game this season.
Howard is frustrated by how many shots Kobe takes, why? That takes the blame off of Howard. I heard one of the ESPN talking heads saying that the Lakers would run their offense through Howard now. I love hearing that, look for the Lakers to close the season on a six game losing streak. Then in the offseasonI hope the Lakers sign Howard to a max contract. They'd lock down an extremely overrated player as they tie up their salary cap. I'm glad that teams I cheer for aren't making a run at Howard. Medicority comes for the Lakers.
ESPN only talks about 6 NBA teams: the Lakers, Heat, Knicks, Thunder, Spurs and the Clippers. Out of those teams only three have a legitimate shot of winning the NBA Title. Those three teams are the Heat, Spurs and Thunder.
Here are the three best teams in the Eastern Conference by chance of winning a title:
1) Miami
2) The Heat
3) Is any other team in the Eastern Conference relevant? The Knicks have a decent record, but as always they are going to fail when the lights are brightest. They won their first division title since 1994 this season. If the Knicks make the Eastern Conference Finals, which I question, the Heat are going to burn them alive.
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