Just dumb asses defending him.

That's great. Take Lakers off their chest and their an average team this year.

Regular season games this year Kobe was constantly jawing with Harden and Westbrook while they blew him off. I won't insult you for not watching every game like KC ****.

I know the playoffs are different and OKC hasn't proven shit, but I assure you they are better than the Lakers and the Lakers know it.

I picked and bet on SA to win it all. I'm not a blind homer.

I'm done with this. I'll discuss the series in a week when it's over.

Typical Chiefs planet dick measuring contest. Pointless.

The 3rd seed in the West is average?

Think about that. In a league shortened season, with a new coach, and turnover on the roster, the Lakers were a 3 seed.

Thunder fans like to stick out their chest like they've accomplished something. You've done nothing, absolutely nothing. You've never won a conference title, nothing.

So spare me the Thunder hype. Durant is one more failed series away from LeBron territory.

Typical crybaby response.

The never done anything Thunder fans want to consider themselves NBA elite.

That's cute.

Westbrooks gonna play hero again and its going to backfire in him and his teams face.

Let him score the first 4 points of the game and watch him shoot 30 times.

Anytime Westbrook shoots as much as Durant that's a big defensive win.

To be fair, you haven't done anything either. It doesn't take much talent to be a fan.

Thanks for adding a lot to the conversation. To be fair.

Be nice to see Artest drop dead from an aneurism in the middle of game 1. Might help the ratings as well.

i was setting shit on fire like a champ homie!

Yawn

16-20

I don't consider the Thunder elite yet, and I won't after beating an average team in the 2nd round.

I picked another team to win it all. Man you guys like creating your own stories.

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That you do lol

I thought you were done with the thread?

Just the series. I was just addressing your elite team comment. Look back at the history of the regular season thread and you'll see I've been cautiously optimistic. I was concerned about the first round matchup with Dallas, and I'm overly concerned with SA. You may know other Thunder fans beating their chest but that's not me. I just happen to like a matchup and you as a fan of that team get defensive. I understand that. If the Chiefs were setup like the Thunder im sure you would fight the other side of the battle. We're all at least a little biased.

Lakers guy trying to get his last shots in before his old ass team fades into irrelevance.

Lakers will never be irrevelant.

Anybody catch the interview with MWP?


reporter asked MWP if he's going to shake Hardens hand, MWP said "I don't shake with substitution players"


Hahahaha I love it. No mercy baby.

Use whatever word you want to describe Kobe-less Lakers, you know what I mean.

I've been a giant fan of my team (and the NBA in general) for 25 years, and some of these bandwagon Thunder fans here in Tulsa wanna talk trash, and why shouldn't they? They've had a team for 5 minutes.

I have an ex co-worker here who always claimed to be a diehard Pacers fan. I ran into him the other day and asked him how he felt about the Pacers team this year and he said "Oh no man, I'm a Thunder fan now." :rolleyes:

Its the lakers they don't fade. If they decline it will take 3 years Max to get back to a good team.

The Lakers have won more championships without Kobe. Let's do the math...5 with Kobe,11 without Kobe. Kobe is a great player no doubt,but to say the Lakers will be irrevelant,that's just silly!

There's nothing isolated about Kobe's long history of hitting others in the head, though. If you hate Artest for supposedly being a dirty player (which he really isn't), you should certainly hate him.

Are you new to following professional basketball?

They reload quicker than any team in the NBA.

Is this a fact?

If LA gets another Shaq and Kobe within 3 years I'll stand corrected.

You figure it out.

Philly steals home court advantage! 1-1

i didnt say elite, i said a good team. Its hard to be an elite team for more then 4-5 years.

Well that sucked. Celtics gave a game away they should have won.

I am excited about this next game because believe this series is going to be a war.

Well the Celts gave that game away, dirk is exactly right.

S'alright. They should outlast Philly in this series. But they'll only have themselves to blame when it takes them seven games to do it.

HAHAHAHA BUCK FOSTON !!

Stupid Thunder fans supporting their local franchise.

They could have just cherry-picked a team 1,500 miles away.

Artest starting out hot

Lakers are gonna win this series. Bynum is too much for Perkins. Kobe hasn't done shit and LA is already owning hard.

Bynum looking good.



LLLLLLLLAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

I hope hes the mvp of the series just so we can see okcchief whine :)
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ROFL

Ill take that as a no then.

what a shot by Harden

Not that I don't believe you, but what, exactly, is LA owning?

it's just game one, la got this

Lakers look bored and ready to be out on the beach somewhere.

LMAO The Lakers are getting ****ing humiliated. I love it.

I'm serious. What are they owning? Rebounding?!?

16 Championships. Wake me when another team other than the Celtics are able to do this.

THAT is how they are owning this series?

I was a Lakers fan in the 80's.. so forgive me for asking this. But what in the **** does that have to do with this series?

Down with the Faker scum

I'll take that as you know dick about basketball. The Lakers don't reload? When they got rid of Shaq that was supposed to be the end. It wasn't.

When Magic retired, that was supposed to be the end, it wasn't.

The Lakers re-load pretty quickly and are never down for many years. Spurs are the only team that's even comparable recently to that.

I just hope okc enjoys this. They sure wont shoot this good again anytime soon.

This sucks, but oh well, I expected the Lakers to get blown out at least once every series. Happened in the regular season so I didn't expect it to change now. If they can steal a win on the road, they're in good shape because I think they can win at home.

LOL at Kobe.

COLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He finally got in the game tonight, looks ****ing good! In the 20 seconds I watched him he had 3 rebounds and a dunk.

Also, it's cool watching him play next to Nick Collison. Oh the days....

Eh, another Laker thug gets the gate.

Cole Aldrich sighting.


Sweet 'do.

LMAO

Human victory cigar.

Did I see chin pubes??

Thunder just too much. OKC in 6.

I missed it, but what happened to the d-bag that is ron artest? Why did he leave the game?

I thought he was out of the league.

I don't follow the NBA. But I think he had a brief stint in the NBDL.

Lakers looked tired and it showed but that being said OKC was flawless and took full advantage.

This sucks. :cuss:

Charles Barkley on Chris Bosh's injury:
Shaq on Chris Bosh's injury:

As of now my preference is:

1 OKC Thunder
2-6 Not much difference in preference
7 LA Lakers
8 MeHeat

That stinks. Too many injuries in the playoffs this year.

Yep, quite a few teams hit hard.

Not that this is good at all for the Heat, but in a way it's good for Lebron. If he wins a championship this year without Bosh I think he'll get some cred from people that he normally wouldn't receive.

Not suggesting that Lebron gives a shit about that, though. Obviously he wants Bosh on the court, but he can still make this work.

Good point.

I just like to rub it in people's faces,lol! I mean so what,the Lakers lost. They might lose this series but you know as well as I do the Lakers will be champions again...just a matter of when.

The Heat don't need Chris Bosh to beat any of the remaining teams in the East, anyway. He's a glorified role player for the Heat who isn't clutch or tough at all. LeBron and Wade will certainly be enough until the Finals.

Rose knee injury will keep him out until at least January.

I don't think the Heat are interested in just going to the finals.

LeBron and Wade are good enough that they can probably handle themselves there too, but it would nice to have a player with Bosh's talent around then if LeBron decides he wants to choke again.