I don't recall myself tryna defend the Lakers' supporting cast, cuz, well, they plain out succ. Horry's "Mr. Clutch", but during the regular season he's nothing more than mediocre. Fox is nothing more than mediocre. Fisher, it seems, has finally begin to produce as we need him too. Madsen is all heart, no talent. Basically, we have a garbage cast of players to support Shaq/Kobe. And even Shaq's monkey ass couldn't carry us through the playoffs this season. Yet...we still got 3 rings. That's why I still put Shaq/Kobe ahead of Jordan/Pippen.