The Lakers have a difficult time beating the Charlotte Bobcats. For years, the Lakers have tried to solve this riddle as a multiple time championship team seems to have difficulties against the Bobcats. Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol seem to have trouble scoring on a very athletic Bobcats team. The Bobcats with Kwame Brown and Boris Diaw make life very difficult on the Lakers. Diaw is a mult-dimensional big man who can make teams pay that don’t understand how to guard him. He can make the extra pass when

After a disappointing second round lost to the eventual NBA champion, Dallas Mavericks, many questions surround the Los Angeles Lakers for next season:Can they win a championship without Phil Jackson at the helm? Will new head coach Mike Brown’s scheme take full advantage of the current Laker roster?The Masters of Prognostication (the Las Vegas oddmakers) will have the Lakers near the top when they’re projecting the odds for the 2012 NBA title