love kobe as i do my lakers, but let's keep it real - this recent points barrage by 24 is going to, in the long run, be the worst thing to happen to the team, as it has to do with keeping everyone involved, progressing as a unit- and probably most importantly, to the game of one andrew bynum. again, keepin it real, we all know kobe's propensity for ball hogging, and it's always a fine line between him carrying a necessary load and him dominating the rock at the team's expense. as this laker squad is presently constituted, it doesn't take much for the mamba to rationalize that his 30+ shots per game are a requisite for laker success. as per the usual, it's not.