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• While we watch Phil Jackson’s lineup tinkering continue, one thing he does better than any coach in the league gets overlooked — he puts players in a position to succeed by playing to their strengths. It’s one thing to do that with Kobe, who has a myriad of strengths. But look at what he did with Kwame Brown, who has been racking up DNPs in Memphis, and his already anemic offensive ... [link]

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Weekend Footnotes
Published 3/15/2008 by TZ <info@sactownroyalty.com> at Sactown Royalty: Front Page Posts
... Speaking of possibly-evil-but-nonetheless-friendly Lakers bloggers, a link to Kurt's Forum Blue & Gold postmortem on the game is long overdue. He calls the Lakers defensive ineptitude an aberration, and I'd tend to agree. ...

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