LA Fans: The Lakers are starting to fall apart

[Sandpiper]

The sports page of the Union Tribune said it best with their headline the day after the Finals ended: Die-Nasty. Looks like that's exactly what's happening. I hate to see it happen, but I don't think Shaq and Kobe can coexist on the same team anymore.


Phil Jackson is stepping down:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1824658


Shaq wants a trade

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?id=1824721


Kobe becomes an unrestricted free agent as of July 1.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/2635949

[rocktivity]

1. The Dallas Cowboys and New York Yankees

thought they have a divine right to win everything all the time, too.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Sandpiper]

2. The difference is

That those teams were done in by age. It was never a matter of their star players not being able to play together anymore.

The great Yankees and Cowboys teams of recent years were always on the same page in that respect.

[rocktivity]

3. I'm talking about the arrogance of their perceived invincibility

Arrogance that blinded the Yanks and Cowboys from investing in players who could ensure their future dominance, and blinded the Lakers from realizing that they'd actually have to work together to succeed. If their "star players" had concentrated on being "players" rather than being "stars," they probably would have lost in seven games instead of five!

:headbang:
rocknation