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Alright, here I go.
ESPN.com has the Lakers ranked 10th in the West and like 16th in the whole NBA in their power rankings. From the start, I have been one to stand up and say that they are totally underrated and that Kobe Bryant's talent is going unnoticed because of the drama going around his name. After tonights game, beating the team that ESPN has ranked fifth overall I think, you have to give the Lakers some respect.
Kobe Bryant played a team game. He didn't shoot very much at all in the first half and kept setting up Chris Mihm for a career high in scoring. Then in the second half he broke out and ended the game with 25 points. This was a game where Kobe Bryant made his team better. Who knows if its going to last, but I wouldn't bet the farm that is does. What makes it so that Kobe Bryant can't change when he heard all of the criticism in the off season? T-Mac was criticized that he wasn't a team player and couldn't carry a team, but then he said he could with Yao and everybody forgot about it.
Kobe Bryant is being terribly underrated and so are the Los Angeles Lakers. They will be between 5-7 seed in the playoffs, mark my words.
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