DM only problem with I have with your article and analysis is the headline needs a few more Bad’s in it, like Bad Bad Bad Bad Bad Memories

Unselfish play works again as Lakers fend off Hornets!

Comments by Lakers about Kobe and the Lakers;

See Kobe! You don’t have to jack up every ball you get your hands on dude. When you share the rock, your teammates get into the game and everyone plays better. It’s the only way to win dude!!

GO LAKERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KOBE IS THE SECOND BEST AND SMARTEST PLAYER TO EVER PLAY THE GAME !!!!!! MICHAEL WAS THE BEST EVER !!!!! IF EVERONE FOR THE LAKERS PUT’S THEIR EGO’S ON HOLD THEY WILL BE UNSTOPPABLE !!!!!!!!!!!!! DID I SAY ” GO LAKERS ” : ) : )

go kobe! show ‘em you’re not a one-dimensional player.

The biggest problem of the lakers this year is kobes selfish play.

Is he trying to imitate LeBron as a team player?

wow. maybe kobe finally figured out that teamwork is THE way to win

RW and Durant are the only ones on this team who can create their own shot with any regularity. Therefore, they are most of the time going to end up taking more shots. Both of them have higher assists than they did last year. RW is #6 in assists per 40 minutes among PGs in the NBA. KD is #5 among forwards in assists per 40 minutes. They could both probably do better at getting KMart involved and maybe Ibaka. However, they are both better than they were and still improving. They will get it more polished as the season wears on. Their record seems pretty respectable now, but I guess losses during a 6 game road trip are unacceptable to some of you. You guys do know the Heat went 3-3 on their last road trip, right? Probably not.

They have the second best record in the NBA. Does RW or Brooks get any credit for that? Is KD really that good, that he can overcome his lower tier PG, his head coach, and one of the worst benches in the NBA right now, and take them to the second best record in the NBA? I think you know the answer to that one. He can’t do it alone. He’s had some help.

*Westbrook ranks number 46.

Number 1. Steve Nash, 2. Royal Ivey, 3. Jason Kidd, 4. Jose Calderon, 5. Chris Paul, 6. Tony Parker, 7. Patty Mills, SA, 8. Nando de Colo, SA, 9. Darren Collison, DAL, 10. Kyle Lowry, TOR, 11. Kyrie Irving, CLE, 12. Stephen Curry, GS, 13. Pablo Prigioni, NY, 14. Randy Foye, UTAH, 15. Aaron Brooks, SAC.

2012-13 Hollinger NBA Player Statistics – Small Forwards;

*Kevin Durant is number 1 among small forwards.

2012-13 Hollinger NBA Player Statistics – Shooting Guards;

*Kevin Martin is number 2 among hooting guards.
*Thabo Sefolosha is number 3 among shooting guards.

Hollinger Stats – True Shooting Percentage – Qualified Power Forwards;

*Nick Collison is number 3 and *Serge Ibaka is number 9 among power forwards.

Hollinger Stats – True Shooting Percentage – Qualified Centers;

*Hasheem Thabeet is number 5 among centers. Number 1 went to Tyson Chandler.

TS%: True Shooting Percentage – what a player’s shooting percentage would be if we accounted for free throws and 3-pointers.

AST: Assist Ratio – the percentage of a player’s possessions that ends in an assist. Assist Ratio = (Assists x 100) divided by [(FGA + (FTA x 0.44) + Assists + Turnovers]

TO: Turnover Ratio – the percentage of a player’s possessions that end in a turnover. Turnover Ratio = (Turnover x 100) divided by [(FGA + (FTA x 0.44) + Assists + Turnovers]

PER: Player Efficiency Rating is the overall rating of a player’s per-minute statistical production. The league average is 15.00 every season.

I’ve read through most comments and I for one believe its both. The coach directs what players do on the court and the players have to ollow the direction of the coach, but if the player doesn’t follow and the coach lets it go, then both are responsible for the defeat.

There are good players who are at the same time smart and those are the ones who get to the hall of fame. There are those also who think they are good, but eventually fall and faulter, so its time for Westbrook to be smart in playing the game or he ends up the latter!

Which would you all prefer and its all up to the individual to decide?