Let me get this straight. Rudy T, whose Lakers right now are still maintaining 7th place in conference...WITHOUT their star player....says he is stepping down on Tuesday for both health reasons and dissatisfaction with Lakers performance??? This two-time NBA championship team head coach, in first year of a five year 30 million dollar deal, who has earned respect and love of his players needs to retire only halfway through first season because of a tummy ache?? Read between lines people. While Kobe is out with an injury, he is not actually out of picture. Here is a man that is really running Lakers and everyone knows it. He most likely was doing that on court during game time and off court in terms of being a general manager. Rudy, as long as he kept his smile on, was probably allowed to run practices and develop a Kobe playbook. With Kobe on sidelines, Rudy most likely had enough of Kobe intruding himself on what little areas he still actually had control. Folks, tummy pains are in indication of stress in workplace. Kobe Bryant is an indication of a stress induced. Sure, we were going to give Kobe another chance, but Rudy Tomjanovich smells way to fishy. In fact, it just plain stinks.

Point 2: Sam Mitchell on Point with Alston

Pretty comical when you really look at it, both coaches praying to same God for same outcome but only one will get answer prayed for. When game is over, is it team’s skill and player’s talent that will win game or prayer of most righteous coach that wins game.

There are examples of athletes appealing to God in every sport. When a player on a basketball team shoots up ball at last second without even looking they say, “He threw up a prayer”, and when a football quarterback throws ball all way to end zone at end of a game hoping someone will catch it they call it a “Hail Mary” pass.

So does God answer prayers of one coach and his players over another coach and his players who are in same game? Of course not!