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Brad,
"It's hard to argue with success, I just don't get the "feeling" from this team that the old Lakers or the earlier Bulls put off...Those at least felt like true teams in every way..."
Until recently, I would have to agree with that thought. But the chemistry has changed. I think every team needs that one guy that all the players both like and respect to pull teams together and motivates teammates to submerge their egos for the good of the team.Ususally that player is the team's star. For Chicago, it was MJ. For those previous Lakers teams it was Magic.
For this team, for various reasons, that player is Derek Fisher. He is the heart and soul of the Lakers. It is no coincidence, that this team really came together, and started playing the way it is capable of when Derek Fisher returned to the lineup from an injury that kept him sidelined for the first 62 games.
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