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Lakers PG Derek Fisher has always been the great inspirational leader of the Lakers (and lately the spokesperson as well), but let's face facts. Fish is 35 years old. His skills are beginning to fade before our eyes. Mitch Kupchak and Jerry Buss have to have this thought in the back of their minds. Last year, the Lakers traded Phil Jackson's favorite "space cadet" Vladamir Radmonavic for Adam Morrison and ...

What do you say we hold off on all of this 2010 offseason free agency coverage until, let's say...seven months from now. You know, during the 2010 offseason? Yes, it makes for interesting barber-shop discussion (this I know first hand) where your favorite 2010 free agent might end up for the 2011 season, but the discussion surrounding that is beginning to dwarf the 2010 season. Before we can talk heavily about ...

The Cleveland Cavaliers are still the most overrated team in the NBA, despite the Orlando Magic exposing their flaws like Tim Donaghy. Too soon? Anyway, the Cavs made some deals and failed to make some. (Imagine if Trevor ArizaÆs recent 33-point outing, a career high, had been for Cleveland instead of Houston.) They landed Shaquille OÆNeal and Jamario Moon and gave up almost nothing. With all of this ...

Remember 2005?Ah yes, a year that Laker fans have tried in vain to forget for so long, in which a lack of a true center (Kwame Brown was our starting center, that says it all right there), among other problems such as a coach that fled before the All-Star Break (Rudy Tomjanovich), led to a 34-48 record, last in the Pacific Division, 12th in the Western Conference, and not in ...

Remember 2005?Ah yes.áA year that Lakers fans have tried in vain to forget for so long, in which a lack of a true center (Kwame Brown was our starter) along with the flight ofáa coachá(Rudy Tomjanovich) before the All-Star break led to a 34-48 record. It was good forálast in the Pacific Division, 12th in the Western Conference. The Lakers missedáthe playoffs for only the fifth time in franchise history.On the bright ...