Listen Up!

All too often folks tend to criticize instead of finding the

best in a situation, or in a situation that you are seeing.

This might be the case right now with our NBA Lakers.

Coach Byron Scott is telling us that he still feels certain

his form of rebuilding will work, & informs us of the

possibilities. Granted, the Lakers right now aren't  

resembling the team he played with during the Showtime

Era. But, he has become accustomed to rebuilding

projects. One of the most significant tasks happened

which went beyond the basketball court. Scott's tenure

with the former New Orleans Hornets (2004-09) co-

incided with Hurricane Katrina striking the region in August

2005. That prompted Scott and his family to evacuate to 

Houston shortly beforehand. That is why the New Orleans

franchise played part time in Oklahoma City during the

2005-07 seasons. Under Scott's watch, New Orleans 

finished in the top 10 in total defense. Now today the

New Orleans team is named the Pelicans and they 

made the NBA playoffs in Scott's third and fourth

seasons, including the 2008 Western Conference semi-

finals. But Scott's first season in 2004-05 ended with 

an 18-64 record before the franchise selected Chris

Paul, fourth overall in that year's draft.

How similar did New Orleans's initial rebuilding

compare to this current Laker's team? Quite a bit,

but even then they did not have a number 24. There is 

the big difference with having a guy we can throw

the ball to at the end of games to keep it close.

Scott made the great statement "I always focus

on the good times"...and, like Scott, I believe each

one of us fans ought to do the very same.

Granted, we have only won one game out of the last

seven games played, but looking ahead of us  

we know we will improve and win other games.

So, it is with this positive attitude we plod on. 

The Memphis Grizzlie game we lost by only 5.

Ending score: 107-102. In the New Orleans

Pellicans game we lost by 7 points: Score:109-102.

News that Lakers player Wayne Ellington's father 

was found fatally shot on Sunday in Philadelphia. 

We all will have our own feelings realizing Wayne 

will need some time to recover and we sadly 

understand this fact.

It is looking favorable that Nick Young will be

returning to play soon..perhaps even in the very

next game. Friday Lakers will play the Spurs.

Babs Wells