Kobe Bryant, Lakers’ Championship Chase Could Get Ugly for Rest of NBA

The reasons why the Los Angeles Lakers would not repeat flew off the sports editorial runway like planes at LAX.

Ron Artest was too crazy. He took so many "what the hell were you thinking" shots that it was clear he wasn't thinking.

Artest would shoot the squad into the abyss. He connected on a paltry 30 percent of his field goal attempts for most of the postseason.

Andrew Bynum was too banged up to make a difference. Medical staffers drained his knee twice in the NBA Finals alone. Some wondered if head coach Phil Jackson needed to shut him down. Some thought Bynum should have cancelled his comeback to undergo the necessary knee operation in March.

One of Kobe Bryant's ailing body parts would fail him. H...

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