Sahayog: I agree with you man....The problem is Lakers has Kobe, and full of garbage.......Lamar Odom is still hurt, Walton is an OK player...other than that, they have no one who whould start with any other NBA teams...Its becoz of Kobe's greatness that they managed to be in the playoffs.......I keep thinking if Kobe had not gone on a 50 points spree for that 4 game stretch, and had they lost atleast one of those games, Clippers would be playing, and Lakers would be fishing..... Kobe has been criticized unfairly for so long, and I don't think it will ever change no matter what good he does.....Critics are good for only one thing, CRTIC....and haters will be haters.....Too bad, they can't open their eyes to witness the greatness they wish they had witnessed 20 years from now......I hope I made it clear, I love KOBE !