Jordan and Pippen didn't immediately start winning titles. There is something to be said about a lot of talent, but you can't teach chemistry. No matter how good players are (and Dwight Howard, Kobe, Nash, Pau, and event the artist formerly know as Ron Artest, are some of the best) it takes time to learn to play together. To know each other's tendencies. To know where a player wants the ball on offense, or how to help him defensively. There are many things that pure talent can bring to the table, but all teams need time to come together.
People who are freaking out need to remember the Miami Heat example as recently as two years ago. The heat were BAD. They had Lebron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh, and they were bad. They couldn't buy a win. They lost about 8 of their first ten games. People were freaking out. Everyone was saying the Lebron experiment in Miami was already over, and people were writing the Heat off. But you know what happened? Time, happened. The amassing of the huge talents of the three Miami superstars began to mesh. Their players began to learn their roles. They became comfortable on the floor with one another. They began to pay as a team instead of individuals, and now the world will never hear a ringless Lebron joke again (unfortunately). Do people mention now, how the Heat lost those first few games? No. Most people don't even know it happened.
Sports fans have short memories. A decade of loss can be eliminated be winning now. You know what Lakers fans. I say lose. Lose now. Because at the end of the day, its not going to matter what happens in the first few games of the season. Your starters have only played together for three games (if that).
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So rest easy (or don't sleep at all if you're not a Lakers fan.)The lakers will be fine. And come May, they will be right in the thick of the championship race. Talent + time = chemistry. Chemistry makes champions. See you in the finals Lakers fans.
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