Lakers start

So most of the talk during NBA camps among analysts and NBA people regarding the Lakers are their fairly nice schedule at the start of the NBA season. The "nice" being most of the games are at home. I believe out of the first 21 games, 18 are at home, and 3 are on the road. They were stating there is a good chance the Lakers could be 20-1. The one loss being at Denver seeing as how they are a good team. I can understand the theory of this and I believe its possible. Also the fact that it doesn't seem like they are playing any really top tier team in the other home games except for maybe Utah. However, I can see the Lakers screwing up this favorable schedule, just because I can, because of them just being stupid. However, I believe they are hungry and if they stay healthy, they should have a pretty good record. I'm interested to see how Artest works out. Ariza was a solid fit and you know what you can get with him. Artest is a wild card who can prove to be one of the best pickup for the Lakers or one of the worst. We'll see what happens. By the way, Kobe looked real good in some of the last preseason games. His defense looked pretty good and he looks to be in mid-season form already.

Less than 24 hours until the 1st game!