Lakers Fans Are Having Tough Time Letting Go

I thought Phil Jackson’s angioplasty was performed on his heart, but now I wonder if the doctors messed up and accidentally cleared his brain instead. Quoting from your June 27 article on the NBA draft, Jackson said: “We have to assume that rookies are not going to help. The teams that count on rookies are teams that didn’t make the playoffs last year.”

The last time I looked, the team that most counted on a rookie, San Antonio (Manu Ginobli, 27.5 minutes per game and 9.4 points per game in the 2003 postseason), won the NBA title.

Phil, if you pay a little more attention to what’s happening in the NBA next year, maybe the players will too.

Don Cornwell

Brentwood

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I still find it difficult to believe that Mitch Kupchak and Phil Jackson did not renew the option on Robert Horry’s contract.

Yes, I know that he did not have a good season, although when you consider the rest of the team, no one really had a stellar season.

It seems bizarre that Medvedenko is still a Laker, and Horry, who read the floor and played the triangle better than anyone on the team, is out. I believe he was made a scapegoat for the team’s collective failures.

Kupchak and Jackson have made a huge mistake. So much for loyalty and wisdom.

Sharon Varnell

Santa Monica

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As the Lakers let Robert Horry go amid luxury taxes and NBA salary caps, this Laker fan has just two words for him: Thank you.

John Martin

Stow, Ohio

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It was truly demoralizing to read that Robert Horry will likely be leaving the Lakers. Horry was the consummate veteran on a team full of veterans, a role player who rejoiced in coming off the bench to reinvigorate the defense, sink the critical three-pointer or make clutch free throws.

I know how the salary cap works and realize that sports is a business, but I still question why we have to let him go.

David Macaray

Rowland Heights