Criticizing the Lakers FO this off-season compared to last

Posted on LakersGround.net on 7/05/07.

Krispy Kreme wrote:
about a year ago, anyone who was criticizing the FO was deemed as "not a fan" or a "pessimist" or my favorite, "pissing and moaning".

now all of the sudden Kobe talks about our crappy FO, and now everyone is criticizing the FO and NOW people are not labeled as "pissing and moaning"

quite hilarious

Last off-season, the FO looked pretty damn good. They had rebuilt the oldest team in the league into the second youngest in 2 seasons. That second youngest team took the Suns to 7 games with their starting C (Mihm) out due to injury. They had a promising project in Bynum. They then made a very good looking pick in the draft in Farmar. They picked up Evans for a song. They then signed Radmanovic to a MLE contract. Many of the players talked about how the Suns loss was motivating them to work super-hard in the off-season. The future looked really bright.

Then Cook injured his thumb, Odom lost his son, Mihm never recovered from his injury and Radmonovic tore a muscle in his shooting hand. Kwame started the season injured. Despite those setbacks, the Lakers managed to start the season 23-11. Analysts were talking about the Lakers being the best passing team in the NBA. Walton went down on 1/26 and the team never recovered its chemistry.