It’s All Fun and Games, Right?: Lakers, Wake Up

Yes, to those who are wondering, this is a picture of last year's championship team.

Man, I miss them, especially Trevor Ariza, but don't tell Ron Artest I said that.

It feels like the Lakers don't take the game seriously enough sometimes. Kobe may give a 110 percent effort every game and Pau may provide solid numbers, but the rest of the Lakers are such a mystery to me.

What motivates them?

It seems nothing does, even if it's the difference between wins and losses.

Even last year the Lakers underachieved in many eyes. I know they won the championship, but during the regular season there were some games they merely did not show up just because they were the Lakers.

Isn't that a horrible attitude?

I guarantee that if the Lakers had played ...

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