From Fitch to Kobe to Jordan to Shaq

It is unbelievable that Doug Collins became the first NBA coach fired this year when everyone knows it should have been Bill Fitch.

JOHN E. GUYTON

Compton

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Kobe Bryant is the best 19-year-old basketball player in the world. Michael Jordan is the best basketball player in the world.

Kobe has 1 1/2 years of NBA experience and one all-star appearance. Jordan has 12 1/2 years of NBA experience and 12 all-star appearances.

Comparing the two of them now is like comparing a new sports reporter to Jim Murray.

ALAN MATIS

Woodland Hills

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For the Lakers, free-throw shooting may prove to be the Shaquilles’ heel.

STEVE KEMP

Hollywood