LAKERS NOTEBOOK: HISTORIC KOBE?Byline: Ross Siler Staff Writer For all the history Kobe Bryant Kobe Bean Bryant (born July 23 1978) is an American All-Star shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. has made this season, starting with his 81-point game against Toronto, the superstar guard would be writing a new chapter if he wins his first MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. award. Not since Moses Malone Moses Eugene Malone (born March 23, 1955 in Petersburg, Virginia) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player who also played in the American Basketball Association (ABA), as well as on the NBA's Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks, played for a 46-36 Houston Rockets team in 1981-82 has the league MVP come from a team that won fewer than 50 games in a season. Lakers coach Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson (born September 17, 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is the current coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, an American professional basketball team. said Bryant should be considered for the award, "even though our team isn't at the top of the league." Bryant has talked with greater frequency about leading the Lakers to the playoffs in the face of preseason predictions that he couldn't. "I think that people see things for their value," Jackson said. "I don't have to argue the case, what kind of season he's had." --Shaq's future: Lakers owner Jerry Buss Dr. Gerald Hatten “Jerry” Buss (born in 1934) is an American professional basketball team owner, former real estate developer, and poker player. Early life Raised near Kemmerer, Wyoming, Buss earned a B.S. should be interested in an ESPN.com article by John Hollinger John Hollinger is an influential figure in the field of APBRmetrics, the quantitative analysis of basketball. Hollinger was born on May 17, 1971 and grew up in Mahwah, New Jersey. He is a graduate the University of Virginia. projecting how productive Shaquille O'Neal Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (pronounced "shak-KEEL") (born March 6, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey), frequently referred to simply as Shaq, is an American professional basketball player, generally regarded as one of the most dominant in the National Basketball Association (NBA). will be by the end of the five-year, $100 million extension he signed with Miami before this season. Hollinger evaluated past centers similar to O'Neal - including David Robinson, Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing - and came to the conclusion that the Heat's franchise center would experience about a 15 percent decline by the 2009-10 season. O'Neal is averaging career-lows of 20.1 points and 9.2 rebounds this season and is playing 30.5 minutes a game. Hollinger calculated O'Neal's productivity on a points and rebounds per 40 minute basis. With O'Neal averaging 26.4 points and 12.1 rebounds per 40 minutes this season, Hollinger estimates he will be averaging 21.0 points and 12.3 rebounds per 40 minutes as he plays past his 37th birthday. That would translate to about 15.8 points and 9.2 rebounds if O'Neal could still play 30 minutes in 2009-10. What Hollinger concedes he cannot take into account is O'Neal's susceptibility to injury; the former MVP center will play at most 61 games this season. Injury report: Jackson said center Chris Mihm probably would not be ready to return from a severely sprained right ankle next weekend. ross.siler@dailynews.com (818)713-3610 |
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