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Message: [QUOTE="MikeSU02, post: 2762049, member: 60"] I'm having trouble reconciling two things: 1) Bron being ok waiting a year to really make a run. Letting the young guys get reps, not mortgaging the future with a trade and signing a bunch of 1-year deals to fill out the roster. 2) While he's still the best player, his clock is still ticking and giving up a year is a big deal at this point. My biggest worry was Bron losing patience with waiting a year and going through some growing pains. There is nothing in his recent past that would show that he is ok with that. I think the worst-case scenario is one in which 1) Bron doesn't have a promise of at least one star coming to play with him before the all-star break for next year (off the books, of course), 2) Lakers starting to drift from even the 8th spot in the playoff race and 3) the locker room melting down because of the team assembled. [/QUOTE]