Windhorst with the ETHER to Lakers franchise and Kobe.
Here is the thing, no matter what you think of Windhorst pretty much everything he is saying is true and has been backed up by other media members and now players.
Kobe is only Kobe in name only, meaning he is always going to be able to score, but he isn’t PRIME KOBE, he needs to adjust his game, let someone else come in and help him. You can’t expect Kobe to carry your franchise, he isn’t going to be able to drag you to 40-50 wins with bums like he has done in the past, he needs marquee talent and has to give up some of the leadership role to that talent.
The Lakers have to beef up the analytics side and stop thinking players are going to come to LA just because it is LA. These young guys are making $10-20 million a year, they can travel all over the world, living in one place is foreign to them.
Hopefully like Windhorst said this is a wake up call for the franchise.