tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686559413429262258.post7357801239926732097..comments2023-05-13T06:01:24.477-06:00Comments on From the Frozen Wasteland: A treatise on the history of the LakersBrandonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08426116709669588248noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686559413429262258.post-50463812624877214302009-04-28T11:59:00.000-06:002009-04-28T11:59:00.000-06:00Remember how Boston got the second overall pick in...Remember how Boston got the second overall pick in 1986, about ten days after WINNING THE TITLE? So the Lakers have been smiled upon but not to the exclusion of other franchises. Here's what the Jazz can do get that kind of luck: be a desirable geographic/cultural location (remember Kobe came partly because he refused to play for Charlotte) -- not going to happen; get some luck in the draft -- unlikely; change their franchise culture so they're willing to take gambles on shady personalities -- unlikely. The Jazz are kind of like BYU. They want to be good but they're not willing to do all of the things that the other teams do in order to be good.LaPaubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01859527734327349904noreply@blogger.com