Lakers' coach Phil Jackson doesn't believe that his team has shed the 'soft' label they earned in their loss to the Celtics in the NBA Finals last June.

"Mentally they were a tough team, but physically they weren't a tough team," Jackson said of last season's Lakers. "We're not a bunch of wrestlers or tough guys who can slug it out. We haven't solved that problem. I think quickness is what we've tried to do to eradicate that. I think speed is going to have to help us do that."