wildturkey
Well-Known Member
I think it was a more realistic response than the ones Jim Buss was hanging two-three years ago when he guaranteed the Lakers to be contenders of he would step down. When Magic retired from the NBA,it was ten years before the Lakers became realistic, five after Kobe retired, so to me common sense indicated that it could take five years or more.
10 years? He retired in 92 (not counting the short lives comeback). When the Lakers signed Shaq in 96, I guess I was the only one that thought they could realistically win a championship.