[AJKCFAN]

Rather than bask in the glow of your demise, I choose not to and offer graciousness. The Lakers were great champs. They'll be back. They now know something is ailing this team, and it's Shaq-Kobe's supporting cast. Apart from Devean George, the Lakers may as well just turn over the rest of the squad (maybe keep Rush and Pargo to see if they grow as players).

Mark Madsen's most positive moment of any game is to jump off the bench like some tough guy and go nuts after a Kobe drive to the hoop or a Shaq dunk. How he constantly is shown on national TV, making a spectacle of himself... he's just a tall fan wearing a Lakers jersey. Please get rid of him. And he's just one of many problems.

Good news for you is that you ARE the Lakers. You have the tradition. You have Shaq. You have Kobe. You have Phil Jackson. Um.... I think you won't have much problems revamping and retooling this team. Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen, Juwan Howard, even Alonzo Mourning... I'll go on record right now and say the Lakers are the team to beat next year.