Lets start with 06 & 07. Every single hater had the Lakers in the 11th or 12th spot in those two particular seasons, and it was solely because of his teammates. You, me, and everyone else knew that completely overhauling the Laker lineup of Shaq, Fox, Fisher, etc, was going to completely mean a new beginning. Seeing Fisher replaced with Chucky Atkins, Luke filling in for Fox, Lamar, Chris Mihm, Brian Cook and Kwame Brown filling up the front court was a disastrous team to run with. Caron Butler? Chump. Smush Parker? Really? You want to go there. Every single person who follows basketball knows these guys are low tier players. The best player in that list is Odom, and we all know his consistency issues. So with that, instead of finishing 11th or 12th like you, haters and the media predicted, the Lakers actually make the playoffs two years in a row. And still, you, the haters and media pretend he isn't the MVP of the league, or its best player. Even though, he takes his team far beyond what you all imagined.
Now do I really have to continue with what happened in the next three years? The kid had one of the greatest runs, ever.