Pay attention to the early action . . . but don't go overboard
This morning I watched SportsCenter and listened to sports radio, and learned that the Lakers are done. Kaput. Finite.
After all, they lost for the fourth time in their first five games . . . and they looked out of sync . . . and Kobe Bryant was giving Mike Brown frozen death stares . . . and no team has ever started the season by winning one or fewer of their first five games and gone on to win the title. So, it's obviously over. The Lakers might as well close up shop.
Or . . . not. Upon further review, perhaps there's a miniscule chance that the next 77 games might be more important to the overall season than the first five. I know it's a radical concept, but I'm going to go out on that limb and say that we shouldn't be ready to write anything in stone about a six month season when we're only one week in.
We live in the time of the "now”, and I can certainly see h
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