NBA Lockout

This past weekend over Thanksgiving break, the owners and the players of the NBA finally reached an agreement that would save the season this year. I was really glad that this happened because I would miss watching the Lakers dominate as usual, plus the newcomers who are rising like Kevin Durant and Derrick Rose. Also it will be interesting how Jimmer progresses from the National Player of the Year in college to the NBA, especially without not as much practice with his new team the Kings. Some people from around here in Utah though wished that the season and maybe the next could be lost to teach the players and owners a lesson. The lesson that they wanted them to learn was they have all this money and are so well off than everyone else in the country, that they should not be fighting over money issues. I think the people in Utah wanted the season to be lost because they don't have a good basketball team in the Jazz. They would rather see everyone else suffer than endure another disappointing season. I am most likely going to the Lakers v. Jazz game on January 17th and I can't wait for the Lakers to impose their will on them. But I think this will be a tough year for the Lakers because of two reasons. One reason is that the season is now so scrunched together, the time to recover between games is shorter, and that will affect the Lakers more than others because they are an older team. The other reason is they are breaking in a new coach Mike Brown, and breaking in new offensive and defensive philosophies. With the short training camps, it will be hard to get team chemistry and build cohesiveness, but its the Lakers, and I believe they will be just fine and compete for a championship.