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That the Lakers not only still employ Nick Young but also have allowed their potential franchise savior to hang out with him (to say nothing of the Byron Scott situation) is a pretty good indicator that they really are one of the worst-run organizations in professional sports as opposed to pulling off a stealth tanking/rebuilding project underneath the shadows of Kobe's retirement tour.

The Jazz game from the other day was hilariously bad to watch even without the knowledge that Russell was being frozen out. Rodney Hood had something like 7 threes (actually was 8, with the first 3 coming on Kobe) in the first half, and after that Kobe went from playing zero defense to matching back up with Hood and furiously face-guarding him (also to the detriment of the Lakers' overall defense, but who cares at this point). What a competitor, going all-out like that in a 40-point blowout just to preserve his single-game three-pointers record!