Dwight Howard over the last few years has proven to be a selfish bitch. The Lakers would have been better off keeping Bynum even though he hasn't played all year, and isn't a model team mate himself. I wouldn't touch Howard if I was a quality team right now.
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For a franchise valued at 1 billion, spending that on coaches hurts, but it's not a death blow. Keeping MDA around here is doing more harm. Harm that will take years to fix if Howard bolts and they get nothing. |
How Jim Buss is still allowed to make any recommendations is beyond me.
That's 0-2 with 2 huge swings and a miss. Hitching the wagon to a 39 year old PG? You can't make this stuff up. |
If I was ESPN or TNT I would give Phil Jackson a huge paycheck to do color on the next Lakers game. I know I would be watching :)
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Can we just skip to a Spurs/Thunder final in the West and the Heat in the East?
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Jim Buss has hired 2 coaches, and both coaches are the horrible fits for the Lakers. You're right. On paper this team should be the best in the league. That's until Buss steps in. |
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In the East, obviously the Heat are the favorites. But, if the Pacers get Granger back and he can be fit in without disrupting things.....they could be interesting. They gave the Heat all they wanted last year. |
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I will add that for our resident Heat fans you better hope they are just bored and going through the motion and can turn their game on come playoff time, if not they could get bounced early. There is no reason why a team as talented as they are goes to OT against the Raptors at home. |
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Per your second point, I agree. They aren't playing well right now. |
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The NBA is a game of speed, athleticism, and 3 point shooting right now. The Lakers have matchup problems against too many teams. Five years ago they might have been crushing it.
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I have a hard time believing Kobe/Nash/Dwight and Gasol is better than LeBron/Wade/Bosh and Allen...even on paper.
Maybe 5 years ago. |
LeBron can play and defend 5 positions and Bosh can make free throws.
The Heat are going to breeze through the playoffs again and probably win in 6 or less. Lets just be honest. The NBA's biggest flaw is when a super team is just too super (MJ's Bulls) and you pretty much already know who is going to win it before the season starts. |
LeBron James is the best basketball player ever, period.
He's just not Michael Jordan in terms of Michael Jordan in the clutch especially in the postseason was something that we will never, ever, ever see again. But LeBron's pure basketball game is just ridiculous. He can effectively shut down Derrick Rose...and Dwight Howard. He can play every position and play astonishingly well at all of them. |
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The Thunder, Clippers, Spurs and Grizzlies are capable of beating the Heat. The Heat are the favorites until some beats them in the playoffs, but if you think it's as drastic as Jordan's Bulls you are high, drunk or stupid.
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Tony Wroten and Darrell Arthur dominance 4 life
TAKE THAT LUXURY CAP |
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and the Heat are on cruise control right now. It's the regular season. Wait until the playoffs. |
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Game 1: 10-22 shooting Game 2: 7-23 shooting Game 3: 8-19 shooting Game 4: 8-27 shooting Game 5: 9-29 shooting |
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Yikes. |
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40/18/9/2/2 - not a bad line |
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I love the Bulls and I love D Rose but an ACL in the NBA is a lot different than an ACL in the NFL |
The Final All-Star Roster has been released. A few players got jobbed like Curry, Crawford and possibly Boozer.
East: Carmelo Anthony (New York) Chris Bosh (Miami) #Tyson Chandler (New York) Luol Deng (Chicago) *Kevin Garnett (Boston) #Paul George (Indiana) #Jrue Holiday (Philadelphia) #Kyrie Irving (Cleveland) *LeBron James (Miami) #Joakim Noah (Chicago) *Rajon Rondo (Boston) *Dwyane Wade (Miami) West: LaMarcus Aldridge (Portland) *Kobe Bryant (L.A. Lakers) Tim Duncan (San Antonio) *Kevin Durant (OKC) *Blake Griffin (L.A. Clippers) #James Harden (Houston) *Dwight Howard (L.A. Lakers) David Lee (Golden State) Tony Parker (San Antonio) *Chris Paul (L.A. Clippers) Zach Randolph (Memphis) Russell Westbrook (OKC) |
Nice stuff by KG on his best buddy Melo (your wife tastes like Honey Nut Cheerios)
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DRose is supposed to be coming back shortly after the all star break according to Rotoworld. Can't wait. If I'm Chicago, I'm not sure I wouldn't rest him for a bit longer even if he's ready to come back.
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LeBron is great. He's the most talented player to ever lace up sneakers. But he's no MJ. He's also no Kobe :D |
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Dwight Howard is a bum.
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Celtics can't hit shit down 10
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It will be cool to see KD, Russ, and the beard ride again in Houston.
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Rondo leading the comeback with the Triple D 21-10-10
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****ing JR Smith..asshole
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GOD DAMN YOU STUPID JAYHAWK PIERCE..
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5 straight losses for the Celtics...this one is on Pierce stupid Jayhawk
Celtics are going to have to make a change in this roster if they want to make another run. The only player on this team that can score on a consistent basis is Rondo. Terry has been abysmal. |
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I remember when everybody was shitting on Mark Jackson.
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Anybody watch the TNT guys at half time? Pretty damn funny making fun of Charles Barkley.
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Look for Kyrie to be workin on LeBron, like when Gonzalez recruited Ty Law at the Pro Bowl.
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No player in the triangle offense (under Jackson at least) has ever averaged more than 7 assists per game. So people who use the assists thing to prove how LeBron is better mostly have no idea what he's talking about. |
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LeBron was being compared to Magic in high school for his ability to see the floor and pass the ball. He was criticized early in his career for deferring too much; everyone wanted him to score more. I'm quite certain there's never been a day in Kobe's life where someone had to prod him to shoot the ball more. |
Played some 2K13 today. 2 on 2 with some friends... We raped the other team with Irving and Waiters. Can't wait for these two to develop for real. Oh and on another note, how about the Cavs bench coming up huge to come back from 20 and win? Irving is a stud and Waiters is just a year or two of development behind(not quite as good, but could still be a future All-Star player) the new additions looked good this game at least.
Starting SF and C away! |
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And it's funny, Kobe had a 14 assist game last night LMAO |
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People have to take each player and look at their situations and how that effects them long term. Jordan had no one for a while, then got Scottie shit clicked and they went off. Kobe played with Shaq from Day 1. Had to sacrifice some numbers to they could win it all. He was ok with it. He has stated he had no problem with it since they were winning chips. Then Lebron, he came in by himself, did alot in a weak weak eastern conference, but everyone could see this kid at the time was really ****ing good. NOw he got a big dog with Wade and shit exploded got to the next level. Lebron can be the greatest ever, but in order to do that, he has to imo win at least 4 rings. In the end thats a HUGE HUGE part of it. His teams will be capable, but there are also some damned really good teams out there and alot of other teams that can play good ball. Still Michael imo is the best of them all. They are also different players. Lebron is just a powerful ****ing beast, good ball IQ. His jumper is pretty good now. Jordan was just all around great in everything except the 3 and he was ok at that. Kobe is a little more of a shooter and a chucker, but if you looked at alot of the lakers games he had to become one and dude has the best footwork out of any player ever its just insane. IN the end, you win if your team has any of them players! |
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There's a reason the triangle offense is a low assist offense. |
Marc Stein said on the radio a bit ago there's a rumor picking up steam among NBA Circles:
Pau Gasol to Boston, Paul Pierce to Memphis, Rudy Gay to LA. |
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look I don't disagree with the triangle system point but LeBron James is a natural passer...he's always been a guy who strives on making good basketball plays where Kobe has always tried to be the closer and will force shots if need be
however, he's a mediocre closer at best and I find it funny that LeBron has more playoff clutch moments than Kobe and LeBron is a guy who doesn't even try and be the closer most of the time (yes, he also has a lot of well documented blatant chokes which I will say Kobe doesn't really have any where you're like 'oh shit what a choke job') but my point is...I cringe when I hear guys like Stuart Scott refer to Kobe as the "best closer in the NBA" holy shit couldn't be further from the truth |
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Big thing with the Lakers is flexibility in 2014. Gay's contract will prohibit that. He is a huge upgrade in athleticism but he's not a good shooter. |
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Also, the powers that be are going to do everyting possible to get kobe that 6th ring with the Lakers. Could it hurt them in the future? probably, but as a laker fan and see'ing them win 10 titles, im ok with it! |
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How is that possible when the other guy has 5 rings? Kobe's 01-02 performances were insane. As for closing, who's better? Kobe's volume of game-winning shots is probably about 10x that of the next person, so those stats are skewed, but if he's not, who is? |
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I can probably name 20 off the top of my head for Jordan and I'm sure if I researched I could find even more. I can name at least 5-10 in the NBA Finals, alone. I can name 2 or 3 for LeBron right now, too. I can't name any for Kobe. Maybe I'm forgetting some...I do remember one against Phoenix where he did something super badass in OT or to get the game to OT...so that's 1. I remember Artest making the biggest shot in one Finals game to win the game...and Gasol cleaning up a Kobe miss to win another. I remember Kobe went 6-24 against Boston though, that was real good. Real MJ like. |
and I bet the Heat win the next 2 rings as well...
I could honestly See LeBron getting 5-7 rings. He's just easily the best player in the NBA right now and Durant at #2 really isn't even close. Although I think it goes LeBron HUGE GAP Durant GAP Debate time |
Hootie is the king of cherry picking.
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