Lakers' championship drought is over!

 

Going into this season many analysts made The Los Angeles Clippers the favorites to become NBA champions, followed by The Milwaukee Bucks and The Los Angeles Lakers. The critics also said that the Clippers was a more talented roster than Lakers, they questioned Antonio Davis pedigree as a player that Lebron can depend on. It is safe to say that they didn't see a Lakers' championship coming. Credit must be given to Laker's General Manager, Rob Pelinka on trading for AD and then assembling together a roster in a short space of time. Lebron and AD was another factor that Lakers' won. Lebron proved why arguably the greatest player of all time and AD proved he is not a first round playoff player but has tangibles to win a championships.

Winning this season's NBA championship has to be the hardest  because of not only COVID-19, where the NBA players were confined in a bubble for 3 months to protect them from the virus, the new normal was in effect. Many players found this difficult to adjust too.  Another disease was spreading over the world, which is racial equality. At one point, there was a possibility that the season may be cancelled because of the players standing for this cause. It is just impressive how mentally locked in the Lakers' players and coaching staff were.

In the last decade, the Lakers' have had their share of struggle. From Kobe Bryant's Achilles heel injury, his retirement and untimely death to fighting for lottery picks and not making the playoffs for six years. Now it's an opportunity to start a new era of dominance. At the end of the day all this great franchise want is some DAMN RESPECT! 

Thank You Kobe Bean Bryant

Kobe Bryant loved the game of basketball. He dedicated every single day of his playing career on honing his craft and getting better. He sourced advice from legends on how he can take his game to the next level. He was inspired by Micheal Jordan, who he even mimicked some of his moves He has to be one of the most misunderstood players in the NBA. Critics often said he is too arrogant and self-absorbed but you see when Kobe entered the NBA from high school, he was a boy in a league full of men. He couldn't interact with them, so what he did instead was work hard at his game, which drove him to be the best, this alienated teammates early in his career but later he realized that he needed to be a team player and provide a source of leadership to win championships.


Some of my most cherished memories in my life, have been made through the exploits of Kobe Bean Bryant in his career with the Los Angeles Lakers, which included 5 NBA Championships and dozens of game-winning shots.