QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 10, 2010 -> 11:40 AM)
Even if Kobe is healthy...they'd be absolutely out of their minds to push both him (and Gasol) that hard in the regular season. Going full-out for 82 games to try to get to 72, then having to face 4 more playoff rounds after that, after having long finals runs the last few years, on aging bodies with injury histories?
Yeah you might be able to pull it off, but I might be able to break my arm and then suddenly learn I have a 99 mph fastball and lead the White Sox to the world series.
Yeah, I just can't imagine a Phil Jackson-led team going for the record and playing their starter's big minutes at 69-9 or anything like that...