Cat Man

You take a star player out of any lineup, and that's what you get. For the Kings, losing your best passer is crucial because of the the way they play. With the Lakers, their offense runs through Shaquille O'Neal, so losing him is tough.

At least with the Kings, they can still play their game to some degree. But the Lakers can't run things through Samaki Walker and still expect to survive long term.

Sioux32

In '98 when Scottie had a foot operation, the Bulls were really out of sync and sleepwalking.

Finally Dennis spoke up and said they had to suck it up and win without Scottie. He wore a pair of pajamas to work to make his point.

Anyway, they woke up......and MJ & dennis put together a string of 20 rebound, 40 point games and held it together till scottie got back in December.

If the Kings have the mental toughness to go all the way, that's what they'll do....and I think they will.

I think it's good in the long run. It was good for the team to know they could win without Chris......same thing with Bibby. It's hard without Scot.....but it seems to me they're just going to have to stop deferring (sp) to Clark and let him fight his own way into the system.....if they want to fix the rebounding problems.


Ken

Just a side note.. Anyone remember what Charles Barkley said he is gonna do when Yao Ming score 19 points? He has 20 tonight. :)