For Laker Fans, There Can Be No Off-Season

What is Vlade Divac doing this summer? What is Elden Campbell doing? I think Laker fans have a right to know what two talented but unmotivated players are doing to improve their game.

Except for a burst of energy in the last weeks, Campbell handles himself as if he were a spectator at the Forum. Vlade’s play is so uneven that the quotes most often heard by the departed Mike Dunleavy were, “When Vlade plays well, we win.” Well, he hasn’t played well, while the rest of the team played heroically.

What is either of these men doing to live up to their potential, and particularly with regard to Divac, to the incredible amount of money he’s guaranteed in his new deal?

STEVE KRANTZ, Los Angeles