F*** Miami, they're over analyzing the shit of the last nights game. I am done hearing about the big 3, blah, blah blah....

Great start for the current CHAMPS! Let Goooooooooo Lakers :D

The Cavs beat the Celts...LOL.

Ring Ceremony

www.nba.com

U guys, got out played for the 1st 24 minutes, but then managed to turn the game around, (opening game I mean) I thought houston played well, but obviously not well enough.

As for the chicago bulls well I think after thanksgiving it will be a whole different story!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HORNETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not sure about Ratliffe yet but I'm already liking the Blake and Barnes addition. Farmar who?

Btw, Bizarro Vujacic aka Scola was a problem during that game!

I wonder what Lebron will do if cavs become champs loll

you will see the biggest party in cleveland ever...

hell be laughing because he hates that city and if they win the champs theyll burn that damn city to the ground themselves

as long as they stay away from the water, fires will be fine... (river caught on fire back in the day...)

Jazz may not get their asses kicked as bad this year...

the Jazz are still in the league?? I thought they retired with malone

lol... i think they took all of the old clowns and traded them to the Harlem Globe Trotters.

They got raped last night!

Jazz fans are almost as annoying as mosquitos...

"They're going to take it this year... "

go ahead and read your quote again...

win my bling

www.ronartest.com

celts are coming! ;-P

Lakers look good!

4-0! The team is playing well. Odom and Gasol are on fire! I hope Odom continues this level of play throughout the season, especially when Bynum returns.

Kobe finally has his shot back and it appears that his knee isn't bothering him as much.

THE KNEES FINE STOP ASKING ABOUT THE DAMN KNEE!!!! lol

yes sirr /\/\

I am liking the renegade bench trio it looks like they can keep up the tempo of the game and maintain a well establish lead.

Yup! The bench looks dope and they could definitely maintain the level of play to sustain leads unlike last year's bench.

I missed the game damnit.

I need to buy a ticket to a game this season.

I just bought some tix for next weeks game against the timberwolves. I tried buying them off ticketmaster but it was impossible. Stub hub has a bunch of them.

How much?

$59 a ticket with shipping and fees for the 300 section mid court. I think the cheapest tix were $32.

Oh that's not bad, you should have told me, I would have gotten seats next to you.

Go online and check. We're in upper center 317.

LakeSHow looking good!

Didn't realize it's on a Tuesday, I do Sharkeez on Tuesdays for this month. I'm gonna try to get some tickets for December 21st, my b-day week.

I'd LOVE to go see them murder the Heat on my b-day December 25th but ticket prices are insane for that game.

Great game for #24. All around showmanship.

yessir i love these seats www.nba.com

6-0

w0rd!

Lakers are off to a great start! Still waiting on Boozer getting fit!

yessir

Im gonna buy myself a birthday present and get floor seats for one of the home games in december lol

that game against portland was a slaughter.

DAMN RIGHT............GO HORNETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7-0 looking good.

werd

+1

Props to the lakers. I am a die hard knicks fan. I haven't miss a game since the 80's. I sit in woody allens seats a few times a year. I know they suck but they are getting much better. I am excited about them this year.
With that said I have always been a fan of the lakers and boston. 2 great franchises. I love watching those teams play. I can't wait for the all star game. I will be out there in LA

its weird seeing shaq in a white and poo green uniform.

GEAUXXXXXXX HORNETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

+1 but he seems to be fitting in ok!

The Miami Lecheat choked last night.

twitpic.com

bahahaha!! that's a funny one.

LOL.

it wasn't a good game for the Lakers last night but glad they got the W.

exactly, Fish was pissed at how we played last night.

I saw a poor effort on both Gasol and Artest in the rebounding. I can't believe Love was beating them on the off. rebounds

I was laughing at Fish when he took that charge and hit the floor laughing at the Timberwolves player, I was like wtf is up with Fisher. It was more of a frustration laugh versus a "you aint shit" laugh". lol

GEAUXXXXXXX HORNETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wrong thread sir /\/\ :P

nba thread is over here: serato.com

This is the winning thread :P

you know the hornets are undefeated right

so your saying i CAN post hornets related material in here you know since they're the only 2 undefeated teams and the hornets are #1 in the western conference right (lakers at #2)

that's because they go by alphabetical order. lol

hey by any means necessary!!!

fixed. now bezzle can't post about hornets in here. :P

Exactly. Should have clarified.

+1

GEAUXXXXXXX SAINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHO DAT!!!!!!!!!

For some reason, the lakers make it interesting when they play crappy teams. Poor rebounding and turnovers are the reason why the game was so close. Anyways, I'll take 8-0.

Thursday's game against Denver should be good.

Shannon brown has improved a lot! Gooooooooooo lakers

Been kinda quiet in here since rose shut down Kobe!!

bleacherreport.com

That dude takes like 5 steps with each drive.

Watchwww.youtube.com

derrick rose vs kobe bryant. haha

go knicks

ahahaha, Derick be like I didnt even get to the second round!!!

My Guy Is Awesome Because He Has RINGS!!!!

GOOOOO HORNETS!!!!!!!!!!! THE OFFICIAL TEAM OF THE NBA!!!

lol @ the official tea of the nba! Gotta love Stein! U know there is talk of them moving Bezzle?

.....ya ...i know. It sucks that the city isnt supporting them, and stern things hes going to get the tax benifits the saints are getting..LMFAO, NAH SON

on the possible positive note, the reason the hornets havent been able to go all the way is the owner nickel and diming the team into medicracy. If a real marc cuban type owner bought the team and put the right pieces into place they cold be contenteds. Paul is a beast but i dont see him putting in 100% with this ownership situation

IDK whats gonna happen. But it looks like a rocky road for the hornets!

YAh I agree, but the same could be said for any team, with a large enough cash injection any team can be a contender.

well this one has a little more credence since chris paul is arguably one of the best point guards on the planet who took his team pretty deep into the playoffs based soley on his shoulders. Give him at least one supporting preimeir players to take some of the weight off his shoulders and its on, he almost did it with tyson chandler who was average at best

You do have a point there.

But right now, Its all about D. Rose!!!! Dude is a beast! & Now with Boozer Noah & Deng (We will not mention Korver) LOL we have a pretty legit squad now!

Should get passed the 1st round this year!

Lakers have been stinking it up lately. Not impressed with their play the last 10 games. In the mean time, the heat have won 9 in a row.

Ron Artest can't hit a shot, Pau looks gassed and I have no idea who Character is.

At least Bynum is back tonight.

Lakers better be ready on Christmas.

yah you guys had an awesome start, then kinda fell off, the polar opposite of the heat start.

Oh man my b-day is on christmas. One of these years I want to go to a Laker game on that day, it would be sick, and it's usually the best game of the year up until that point in the season.

who wants to loose on xmas day?

Lol!

I think we have new york this year.

Not sure who u guys r playing!

Bynum did ayyt tonight. Had 7 points on 1-5 shooting. Said he's ready physically. Just needs to get his timing back.

bye bye sasha!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just heard it on the radio..

Was up with the Lakers getting some Vet's, Theo and now Smith??

The Big 3 are unstoppable!! Lakers have no chance against the Big Green Machine this year!

Can we get a amen for Ray Ray MVP!!!

lol please dude. This is prob one of the best Lakers squad in a while.

We will see on Jan 30th :) - I predict at least a 15 point victory esp with Rondo healthy at that point

Surr they're, we beat them last year (same 3), no??

The celts look pretty good. The Lakers have been playing like shit. I'm not that confident about this team. I'm hoping that Bynum can make a significant contribution soon.

That series woulda been alot different if Perk didnt fuck his knee up - They had nooo big men at all in that final game...That took the jelly out of their donut - But woulda, coulda, shoula - I like the team they got now and they are injured and still playing great - 12 straightttt

dosent matter the teams in the east will be beating the crap out of each other while the lake show coasts to the finals, you know the big green machine and the heat is gonna be a slobberknocker in the playoffs

true it seems the East is way more contested than the west ATM!

It's Basically gonna be Heat Lakers Western Conference Finals.

Or so it seems at the minute.

East is a way harder pick.

But Im guessing

Celtics Orlando.

which will be amasing considering the heat are an eastern conference team

lol my bad!

I get confused with locations. Not coming from america.

lol that shouldnt matter east\west in basketball dosent correspon to their acutual physical locations

..or mabye they do..wow ive never thought about this

Dude all I pay attention to is who the bulls are playing @ that time. Half the time I watch the nba, the commentary is in chinese with all the graphics for the game also in chinese Im not lucky enough to watch the games Via a TV, I have to get them streamed from the internet due to the lack of coverage here n the uk.

*in

Lakers are not playing good basketball :(

Gasol sucks

its not the playoffs yet

Does Kobe have Super Glue on his hands for most of these games lately - Dude is straight hoggin the rockkkk

His dribbling sucks right now.

lakers stink right now. i'm not sure if this is their year.

how was that Pauly D event btw Bandoma?

+1 he needs to step it down a notch or two, get the two bigs (Bynum / Gasol) involved more, they can dominate in the paint.

I hope its just a fluke and we can start to play championship basketball before going in to the all star break and then build the momentum into the playoffs.

it was cool. he actually did ayyt.

here's some vid of my set

djbandoma.com

and my review on pauly

djbandoma.com

sorry about the thread jack...

now back to the lake show

Have you seen Gasol play lately. he is not dominating anything

its hard to dominate when your only exposure to the ball is it clanging off the rim.

Dude kobes playin his game, ballhog until the playoffs then when all the teams have that stratagey in mind BAMM all post game

Yeah I get frustrated with his softyness and now bitchiness on every play.

The Lakers are playing like shit to drop all the bandwagon fans... =P

lol. I guess, hope they fall off soon.

lol soon as they win a couple the bandwagon fans will be back.

Laker fan por vida!!! through the good seasons and bad. It's still early, I still have hope!!

+1

Shannon is slumping. When he doesn't score, his whole game goes to shit.
Blake is slumping
Odom is busy with Khloe
Artest just plain sucks
Gasol is back to bitch form, but now he can't make a shot
Fisher still sucks
Bynum is alright
Kobe can't score like D.wade anymore
The rookies can't do shit.
Barnes is alright

+1 on Shannon and Blake
+1 on Odom

it seems like Artest therapy is paying off, dude is not playing like a maniac no more which is sad because that's what the Lakers need from him.

Gasol is plain weak...
Fisher is on his last minutes, but I like how he shows his presence when it comes to playing hard (nm).

Kobe????

Barnes, can do better

I saw some spark with Ebanks, but again needs more playing time to gain that momentum.

Chracter/Theo/Smith/Luke = dead weight

werd

FYI

Gasol and Luis Scola have almost the same numbers this year.

Luis fucking Scola!!

ouchhhh - The Mean Green gave the Lake show a lesson on how to play like a team - Kobe Bryant is the worst ball hog of a player I have ever witnessed - The guy completely takes every one of his team mates out of the game...wow...

The Celtics at 100% health are very scary -

oh and Kobe will soon break the All-Time record for most MISSED shots lol

+1

I think he took 11 consecutive shots. I can't blame him for taking half of those 11 shots to me it looked like none of the other players wanted to be involved. Bynum sucked, Gasol still weak, the only one who stepped up was Odom but Kobe managed to bring down his energy. Regardless it's 5 vs 5 not 1 vs 5.......

Good game for the Celts, too bad they wont make the finals :D

I was pissed at Kobe for ball hogging. He hasn't done that In a long time. Celts are scary. Congrats tig and the rest of you Boston fans. I'm not sure if anyone could beat the celts in a 7 game series if they stay healthy.

yeah the celts showed them..;-P

yea scary team at full health.

hopefully they stay that way...;-P

if paul pierce gets hit on the head like KG did, he would need to have it wrapped like a mummy.

Lol - KG is an animal...

...you could just tell none of the other players on the Lakers cared with like 4 mins left - They basically not only stopped playing offense but they were just letting the Celts cut into the lane under the basket for uncontested layups...

im still laughing about that big ass bandage on KG's head when he walked out from the locker room. It stood out like a sore thumb.

thanks to gasol!

Its a multitude of problems ailing the Lakers.

Tig: What did you think of KG's nut punch of on Petrius? KG tried to get into it with Artest during the game, but I decided against.

Kobe - Ball hogging because nobody else was fucking playing...
Gasol - is still a fucking bitch.
Bench - sucks cock
Bynum - Um..... you guys think he is good, I think he is a big nothing. Slowest motherfucker ever.

Blisk on point /\/\

I agree with blisk (for once)

I didnt see the nut punch - I missed most of the first half actually...All I know is KG looks like a cagged animal and Gasol should def take it down a notch cuz KG would brutalize his ass if they ever went at it...

Artest KG be a good fight tho lol...

Lakers just really arent good...Depth is awful...Bynum is as productive as Shaq is right now...Odom is shunned by Kobe...there is just no chemistry on the Lakers right now and I think the Celtics really exposed that more then any other time all season...Kobe needs to take control but at the same time not completely take out the team ...

I forget what stat the announcers said last night something like the Lakers had 35 FG's and 6 assists or something...

Celtics had 35 FG's and 28 assists...

Goes to show the Celtics trust everyone to score while the Lakers are a one man show

Yah.

Avid Laker watchers know the real truth to the whole one man show arguement with Kobe. Although true, it hasn't really been evident this year. This game is a microcosm of what the Laker team is this year.

Gasol and Bynum get touches but they don't do shit. They pass it back out with a guard with the clock late or shoot the motherfucking ugliest shots ever. I swear Gasol can't back down anybody to save his life. Glen Davis owned him on defense. Bynum can't quick jump anymore. Lamar is good, but a lot of times, he isn't that reliable on offense. Also when the bench comes in, it all goes to hell. The bench really uses the Gasol and Bynum but the Lakers sink b/c Gasol and Bynum can't do shit when they have the ball, now you have Shannon Brown dribbling and shooting (gross). Also, earlier in the year when the lakers were on fire, Brown was on fire, he has now come back down to earth.

Gasol and Artest for Melo and Nene... Done.

on an off topic note -

Ray Ray (the best) only needs 12 3's for the all time records...Next 3 games - 2 are at Home!! oh yeah!

Yay... Lets hope he doesn't choke in a Game 7 ever again.

The problem with the Lakers starts and ends with the coach. Yup Phil Jackson. He's a mediocre coach at best and is a horrible "in-game" coach. Do you ever see him make any significant game changing strategies? NOPE

The problem is much more complex than pointing fingers at any particular player. It's the way the team is built. This team is built to play within the triangle system and PJ likes old, slow moving, experienced players. The teams built don't need to be the most athletic, the fastest, and the most exciting to watch....in fact, the LakeShow is how do I say this -- boring to watch, minus Kobe's footwork and occasional shooting streaks. When you have most of your team as old as I am (over 30), you are going to get burned left and right and have trouble keeping up with the younger teams. Kobe 32, Artest 31 (but playing like his 37), Fisher 36, Odom 31, Gasol 30, Blake 30, Barnes 30, not too mention Joe Smith (37), Theo Ratliff (37), the only you young legs you have are Bynum and Brown plus the rookies....what are their names again? Having old bodies comes along with having experience. Lakers lack youthfulness and athleticism and it's really starting to show.

Lakers rely too much on Kobe and too much on their length to get things done. Kobe forces way too many shots...shit isn't even close most of the time now. We all know that getting burned by quick guards is one of the Lakers biggest weakness. Defense starts at the top and when your PG is constantly getting burned, it causes everyone else, especially Bynum and Gasol to scramble to clog the middle.

Lakers are still up there to threepeat but some changes have to be made in order for them to even make it out of the first couple rounds of the playoffs.

I can't wait for PJ to retire honestly. He's a shitty coach.

Triangle offense may be good for winning championships but is boring as fuck to watch being executed. Who wants to see players pass the ball and space out?

Dear Crackpipe,

Stay off the crack pipe.

-Laker Homers

You seriously think Phil Jackson is a good coach?

how many rings does he have again??

I think he is one of the best if not the best.

LMAO good one

I'm sorry, bad choice of words there.

He's a good mediocre coach, just not a great coach.

ummm... who is a better coach? except for red of course.

Easy.

Poppovich.

possibly.. too early to tell.

How about them Clippers?

ehh..

They need a real coach. If you watch them... their offense is disgusting to watch. Their players are for real though.

as for Popovich. I'm gonna have to say no.

Popovich would have murdered himself trying to coach Jordan, then the pippen fiasco, then the Kobe Shaq fiasco, and now his current Lakers who are weak as fuck.

Pat Riley was a Great Coach...

The thing with Phil Jackson is - He's never had to coach a shitty team..He's ALWAYS coached the best players...I'd like to see what he could do with a team like Cleveland or the Clippers - that would show his true legend...RED ftw.

on another note...I just read this thing (prob old news by now) about the Laker ball boy asking KG to sign a ball...

"You have a better chance of catching Bin Laden" he says hahahahahah....oh man - that gave me a deep chuckle.

The Phil Jackson coaching great teams argument is terrible. A couple of coaches before phil got to the Lakers could not get it done with Kobe and Shaq. There were some Bulls team that only had Jordan and Pippen, I remember one year it was randy livingston, jordan, pippen, toni kukoc, and luc longley. yuck.

Tig: please youtube KG running away from Antonio McDyess or KG getting punked by Anthony Peeler.

#fakethug

Class Act

Say what you want.

But Scoreboard

Phil Jackson has 11 rings.

Also: if you were a real basketball fan you would know that Red had it easy since his teams were stacked more than Phil Jackson's teams.

+100000, phil may have had great players but not all coaches can handle a great player, a weak coach will end up in a lebron\clevland situation with the player doing whatever the hell he wants and running the organisation

PJ is good at managing egos and has a different way of motivating players.

He's not a good in-game coach.

true but he has soem of the best players of all times on the floor, most of them can figure out things by the time they get o the NBA, I feel an NBA coachs job is less in in game playmaking and more into managing egos, babysitting players, motivating people ect

You've changed your argument into a generalized rant of PJ not being a good coach to now PJ is good at managing egos but not a good in-game coach. So which is it?

The Bulls won like 73 games and breezed through the playoffs. You'll now probably say that all he did during that year was sit there and did no coaching.

The year the Lakers beat the Blazers for Western conference finals and then beat the 76ers, the last game between the Blazers and Lakers, Phil gave Kobe the ball to dominate and subbed in Brian Shaw, who hit a couple of huge threes to get them back into it.

The year the Lakers almost upset the Phoenix Suns, The line up was Smush Parker, Kobe Bryant, Luke Walton, Lamar Odam, Kwame Brown. Phil had Smush Parker and Luke Walton playing at a really high level. Even Smush Parker was the one that came up with that steal against Nash.

Yah he isn't a great coach.

i KNOW I will get punked for this but at this point in their careers-

Doc Rivers > Phil Jackson *runs and hides* lol

+1 I agree with you totally

Doc's got his players motivated and playing well together.

PJ's too drugged up on pain medication for his hip operation to do any real coaching

no no i agree with you there no need to hide

Phil Jackson 11 rings.

dam, if that's the case then championships ain't worth shit. Yup you better run fast and hide good tig. lol

Doc Rivers: coaches half way to retirement players that have good games/seasons. His run with the Magic was mediocre and only highlight he has is the win over the Lakers in 08 for the title = 1 ring

Phil Jackson:

When it boils down to it, it is MUCH easier and less inpressive to be able to design an offense and read a teams defense and make ingame adjustments than it is to make 5 people who make more money than god and have been bowed down and worshipped since they were in 7th grade to do what the hell you want them to do

So all these reports saying the Lakers need to make a trade (Magic and Cupcake report)

Who should the Lakers target and who should the Lakers try to move?

Bynum, Luke, Gasol, Artest??? should be some of the mentioned although I doubt Gasol will leave.

I think to stir things up they should mention the possibilities of Melo coming to LA. lol

Bynum, Luke and Artest for sure. Gasol might be playing weak but remember all the things he CAN do and is capable of. Someone just needs to bitch slap him and snap him out of it.

If Lakers continue to lose, I think they should shake up the starting line-up. When Barnes comes back and is healthy, he should start over Artest.

Maybe have Odom play PG or even Bryant. Anything but Fisher.

The the Lakers loss to the Spurs last night.

I'm not that pissed, they actually looked like if they were trying hard.

Dear Kobe Haterz, tell me how he lost the game this time.

Can't wait for Fisher to retire. That guy got burned on defense 5 times IN THE SECOND HALF ALONE

GEEEAAAAUUXXXX HORNETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This keep this thread on-topic about the Lakers and elite teams only please. Create a new thread for mediocre teams like your Hornets.

Thanks

you do know the lakers play the hornets in about 4 hours right

and the hornets record is 2 games behind the lake show right?

GOOO COWBOYSSSSS GOOO SUPER BOWLLL

buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurn lmao,

we shall see when tip off comes!

ps GO BULLS

Actually you are 7 games behind. You didn't count the loses.

Lakers won right? :D

yup. hornets were without Okafor and Ariza and the Lakers still had a bit of a hard time.

Laker Defense sucking this year.

Defense is lacking young legs (nm)

I was really upset when they lost to the spurs on (on my bday) that McDyess tip in. WTF.. box the f*** out. I just hate when shit like that happens and every player looks around like wasn't my fault/dumb founded.

Go Lakers!!!

+2 on the road trip!

Bynum for Melo? rumors

sports.espn.go.com

lol holy shit that would be awsome, but its also like saying hey ill trade you your SL4 for this usb drive you can use to download VDJ

I wouldn't trade Bynum for Melo. Their biggest advantage, length, would be considerably less without Bynum. If Lakers want to win now, they need to keep Bynum, however down the road, Melo might be a bigger payoff.

Bynum is their defensive presence in the middle and losing him and gaining Melo doesn't make much sense. Lakers don't have problems scoring, although when Kobe and Pau come out, the Lakers look lost. This is where Melo would pay off as he could give Lakers buckets when Kobe is resting.

Melo's defense sucks and is rather slow footed.

If any trades are to be made, we need a guard who can defend quick guards.

With Melo on the line-up, the Lakers need not play defense. He will provide you with a 30+ points boost...

lol

true, it's not like the Lakers play defense as it is right now.....

Co-sign to the fullest.

I'd rather pass on Melo on the chance that the Lakers could possibly get a Durant/Howard 1-2 going.

This is under the assumption that Kobe is going to pass him the ball. We already know that Gasol has complained in the past about the amount of touches per game he's getting

What's up with the Howard rumors? I heard he wants to come to LA.

Who cares about assumptions, Kobe this, Gasol that. Get Melo to LA for the 3peat period. No trade = no 3peat (no 4peat).

Kupchak knows what the hell he is doing.

lol us Laker fans think EVERY elite player wants to come to LA.... lol

Howard just made a statement that Lakers are on his radar as one of the teams he'd play for if the Magic don't win a title soon.

wait, they don't? haha

I think the best trade for everyone involved is for the lakers to trade kobe to new orleans for chris paul, chris is a great point with young legs and a great future so the lakers would be set for years, and kobe would be able to play on a team where noone wants to touch the ball

Must suck to be a Cavs, Bucks, Wolves fan... there are never rumors of elite players wanting to go play there.

You guys wouldn't want to fucking trade Bynum for Melo?????????

Are you fucking out of your minds?

Bynum??????? really?????? Look at his fucking averages, watch during the games. Plus kobe ain't gonna be here much longer. We need a fucking superstar. Bitch Gasol ain't it.

Remember Anthony Peeler, Eddie Jones, Nick Van Exel, Sedale Threatt, Cedric Ceballos, George Lynch, Elden Campbell, Vlade Divac???

I'm sure it sucks to be a fan of any team during a rebuilding season(s)

That's cool for perimeter play.

What happens to the middle? LO and Gasol?

If we are talking about winning this season, I rather have Bynum. I mean he's so valuable at the end of the games in the fourth quarter.

hahaha!! I think you are being sarcastic. If you are. then you are the man.

Bynum doesn't even get playing time at the end of games.

Gasol will return to his position as center and running the PF will be Melo and Odom.

Trade, Trade, Trade, Trade...

I don't care.

Plug in theo ratliff or some other fat fuck to rebound to and play defense.

if it happens it will be bigger than the Gasol trade.

Smith and Theo, let them vets earn their money.

Eh...I guess so. Well, its too bad you're not tall enough.

At least your sneaker game is tight.

We won the last two championships without Bynum. Sure he played last year against the celts, but he was playing on an inured knee. His best game was game 2 when he had 7 blocks and 21 points and the lakers lost. He avg'd 7points, 5 boards and 1 block in the finals.

I've been a huge fan of Bynum, but the dood lacks the intensity and heart to be a great big man. He seems lazy and uninterested most of the time and he's INJURY PRONE.

I'd take Melo right now as our best shot ton win the championship, but Howard in the future looks better.

oh for sure Howard in the future dude is a beast in the D.

looks like Jim Buss is killing the deal:

www.foxsportswest.com

"Personal project" of Jim Buss? So if Bynum turns out to be a bust, then we can all blame Jim Buss.

haha.

Scrap the project and get a more atainable goal

bump

Boston on Thursday.

thursday night baby!

Bynum for Melo could have the potential to be the worst trade in NBA history

Hornets trading Kobe for Divac WAS the worse trade in NBA history.

That was before Kobe was an All Star -

Everyone is aware of the talent differential between Melo and Bynum

Kobe obviously had potential, Bynum does as well but he's a high risk.

LOL now there's rumors that they are trying to push a Artest for Gerald Wallace trade. LMAO

Lakers need to get rid of Artest's psychiatrist. He's become too soft and cute (nh). Unstable, angry, agrressive Ron Ron is better for the Lakers.

Someone throw a beer on him!

Now that I'm thinking about it, I want Lakers to get Melo. Just so NYK don't get him. F the championships, let's just screw over NY.

NYK annoy the shit out of me with their whiny ass pleads for superstars to come play for their overvalued franchise.

they beat you to that a long time ago

go spurs go bitches!!!!

J noah, has had his training regime intensified which means he is almost game fit again! U ready for Boozer Rose Noah Deng & Korver???

I think the Bulls have the makings of a pretty sweet team now. We just could do with a decent sg, once we have that we could make @ least the conference finals!

tonite!

Boston is going to win again!

^ thank u! ;-P

your coming to your senses mastermind.

The fake show will take a dump tonight.

there you go :)

When is gasol going to cut that hair. Looks like a birds nest on his head!

Defense needs to step it up tonight. Lakers WIN!!!

Why are you checking out and care about NBA player's hair, homo?

Ha..... (no homo)

caca

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Damn Jerry Sloan is retiring! I don't like the Jazz but respect Sloan for pretty much making the Jazz a playoff team every year

For the talent he had, he is one of the best coaches in the NBA right up there with Greg Popovich.

Look at his playoff run:

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respect and love to sloan

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thanks tehBEN. :P

wait...that's the BEST t-shirt you EVER bought?

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sure is buddy

Lakers should sign a great coach like Jerry Sloan. It's been awhile since we had a great coach. Last time was like Pat Riley.

+1

lol

nice win lake show!

always love it when the celtics lose.

I didnt get to see most of the game - did see Ray break the record that was nice but yeah...from what I saw seemed like the lakers went inside alot more then they did in the last game...seemed like Gasol was alot more of a factor in the win this time...

damn u! ;-p

Gasol is just hurting different guys everytime these two teams play. First game he laid that elbow on KG's dome. Last night he busted up LO's melon with his jaw.

Dude is taking all that "Black Swan" talk to heart!

LMFAO (no shots)

The game against the C's showed how important Andrew Bynum is to the Lakers. He provided a big presence (literally) and was a key player in helping the Lakers win.

My grip with PJ is Bynum never gets burn time late in the 4th quarter. How is he ever suppose to learn to play in crunch time if he never gets the chance.

Artest should NOT be playing deep into the 4th. That guy makes DUMB decisions.

Yes!


Have you seen Bynum's free throw % lol


Think back to game 7 of last season's finals, c'mon son

I have seen Bynum's free throw % and it's a lot better than Ron Artest's...

I thought about that ONE game 7 of LAST SEASON'S finals and I'm also thinking about the 53 games of THIS SEASON of how Artest has played and somehow the 53 games this year is more relevant

That isn't indicative of the point you were trying to make. BTW, if artest is in there late in the 4th, is because of his stellar defense. Bynum is a big body defensively but will get foul as soon as he touches the ball, remember Shaq.


Only when it truly matters.

Good win for the Lakers!!! Hope they can keep that momentum

seem to have their swag back

Lakers pulled a mastermind vs the Bobcats. :(

cavaliers????? wtf

lulz

hahahahaha

this has nothing to do with the lakers but i'm pretty sure i saw a-trak (on tv) at the dunk contest

Man, Bandoma, you never cease to amaze me...

AND You're on some GROWN MAN SH*T with this on Pauly D -



And there you have it...

From someone on here who we ALL KNOW, LIKE and RESPECT...

And even if you DON'T like Bandoma, you HAVE to RESPECT his devotion to the craft.

/End of ALL Pauly D debates.

Fuck Pauly D, I have bigger concerns, Kobe Bryant, he basically stole the MVP last night!!!

James had a triple double, one of only two people ever to manage this & he still didn't get MVP??? (Guess who is the other one) lol

Thats some bullshit right there!

MJ was the other player to get a triple double and guess what? He did not win the MVP, Glenn Rice did.

WTF is Boston doing? Trading away Perkins for Jeff Green? Well I guess the LakeShow doesn't have to worry about the C's in the Finals. They only have to worry about Miami or the Bulls now LMAO

Uh you do realize that Celtics beat the Heat twice this season already without Perkins, right? And they had the 2nd best record in the NBA without him?

Perk has two awful knees and isn't the same guy as last year. Your analysis is poor.

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Bulls!!!!!
Wooot Woot!

if they get past the Thunder!!! hahahaha

yes yes yes...many bigs now

thunder up!

I could have sworn all you Cs fans were bitching how "If we had Perkins in game 6/7 of the Finals, C's would have won". Well at least you have Shaq who will most definitely be healed fit and in game shape by the time playoffs roll around. LMFAO.

Seriously though, I thought the C's FUTURE was going to be built around Rondo and Perkins. A top 5 point guard with one of the better centers in the league is a good core to build around. There has to be something behind closed doors that we don't know about the situation.

Thunder is going to be a tough team to beat now that they added some toughness inside.

Anyone see the bulls vs the heat game last night!! was dope as fuck, came down to the last shot, i love games like that!

Great game, really entertaining.

What the hell was Chris Pussy Bosh trying to fake that foul for? So glad the bulls won!

did you see his shooting percentage for the night? He had to do SOMETHING that night

Tru that Bezzle, I just hate when so called PROFESSIONAL players fake that shit.

STOP FLOPPING!

Thanks to Vlade Divac from imrpoting the Flop from Yugoslavia.

Co-sign. and what better way than to cap off a great game with a Miami loss

LOL at Chris Bosh's new nickname

"CB1"

LMAO

& with a lebron miss too, to sweeten the deal.

Lakers are playing good ball. Great start after the all star break. Hopefully they can continue with that same energy.

Gooooo Lakers!

I know this is a Lakers thread but these Lebron memes were too hilarious.

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lol

Even though I don't rank Miami currently as a top-5 team in the league, I still think they are going to do some damage in the playoffs, possibly going all the way to the Finals.

lmfao @ refresh. nice

For all those who thought the Lakers should have traded Bynum for Melo, Bynum has been a key factor in winning a lot of games like the Spurs and the Hawks last night.

IF he can stay healthy (big IF), the Lakers are the team to beat.

Still think Jackson needs to let Bynum play in the 4th quarter in big games.

Something happened to Bynum because he seems like a different player. At least the rumors help (is that was the case) of the potential of him being traded to boost up his game, still he his prone to injuries but hopefully he is able to maintain good health which will be good for the Lakers down the road.

I think he's just getting into game shape and getting his legs and swag back.

They'll definitely make the playoffs, possibly even go to the 2nd round. However, the numbers don't lie and their performances against the elite teams haven't been great. They already had to worry about Boston, Chicago and Orlando. Now NY is a problem for them.

And you can't really make a direct comparison to LA and Boston. As LA fans like to joke, LA has "a switch" they like to flip come playoff time (they flipped it 5 weeks early for Sunday's game against the Spurs). Last year, Boston admitted to taking it easy and taking some losses during the close of the reg season so that the starters could be healthy and rested come playoff time.

Miami has no similar line of reasoning. They look like they're playing as hard as they can but just coming up short. They're a young team that's relatively healthy. No switch to flip and no injuries to blame it on.


Agreed

Bynum has been killing it and is finally getting burn time in the 4th quarter


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13-1 since the break! The team is peaking at the right time. I was at the game last night and it was probably the best laker games I witnessed in person.

I'm not happy with the way they played because they we're up by 21 and had several opportunities to put it away. It was just very entertaining to see both teams hitting big shots towards the end of regulation and the 3OT's.

Go lake show!

Pissed I missed the game, I was at the Raphael Saadiq show :(

terrible win for the lakers! I am glad they won though, you could tell they were missing the presence of Bynum in the middle.

bandoma, you lucky!! Did you get a towel with the "Los Lakers"? :)

@ deck, I was late to the game and they didnt have anymore.

dam, those look nice, still lucky for being there and getting your moneys worth lol

you gotta stop running on Filipino time.

Playoffs star next week and the lake show is not playing well.

They will be fine. Rather have em have a lose streak now than in the actual playoffs.

true, I thought about that.

GOOOO HOOOORRRRRNNNNN.....aww fuck it

Playoff Party at Steve Dub's and his 55 incher (NH)

lol

fixed :D

lulz

Pissed off about the 5 game slide, but for some reason I'm not worried. The team showed that they could play well when they went 16-1 after the break.

My thoughts exactly.

werd

The thing I'm worried about is if the Lakers have to play against Portland the first round or if they fall to the 4th/5th seed and have to play OKC.

Those are the two teams that give the Laker fits.

No1 Spot for my beloved Chicago Bulls!

Let's go playoff's!!!!!!

Excited about things or us this year!

See you in the finals?

That will be great Nicky, Bulls are playing good.


+1

Bynum's injured. AGAIN. Big fuckin surprise, I'm telling you, they need to get rid of that bum. He's too damn injury prone.

I didn't hear anyone complain about him when he was grabbin' 20+ rebounds per game, lol.

Hyperextending a knee is common in basketball, shit just happens...

and those 20+ rebounds dont count for diddly if hes sitting on the sidelines durring the playoffs each year, he needs to learn from shaq the technique of faking a toe injury early in the year so youll be fresh for the playoffs

and faking a toe injury has brought how many rings to shaq?

.......4

Actually playing a big role in positioning the Lakers high up in the seed does mean diddly in the playoffs....

ya your right who needs rebounds in the playoffs

More like 0 He didn't fake while with the Lakers or Miami...

really he didnt??

Lakers 2001 season " A month before the 2001–02 season's training camp, O'Neal had corrective surgery for a claw toe deformity in the smallest toe of his left foot. He was ready for the start of the regular season, but the toe frequently bothered him."


Lakers 2002 "After the season, O'Neal told friends that he did not want another season of limping and being in virtually constant pain from his big right toe. His trademark mobility and explosion had been often absent. The corrective options ranged from reconstructive surgery on the toe to rehabilitation exercises with more shoe inserts and anti-inflammation medication. O'Neal was already wary of the long-term damage his frequent consumption of these medications might have. He did not want to rush a decision with his career potentially at risk"

Lakers 2003 "O'Neal missed the first 12 games of the 2002–2003 season recovering from toe surgery.[32] He waited the whole summer until just before training camp for the surgery and explained, "I got hurt on company time, so I’ll heal on company time."["


Miami 2005 " In the second game of the 2005–06 season, O'Neal injured his right ankle and subsequently missed the following 18 games. Many critics stated that Heat coach Riley correctly managed O'Neal during the rest of the season, limiting his minutes to a career low. Riley felt doing so would allow O'Neal to be healthier and fresher come playoff time."



Now i realise several of these injurys were legit but he always had if worked on RIGHT before or in the begining of the season and milked the hell out of it

Shaq was a great center.

Yes, he was lazy, yes, he felt self entitled, yes he took games off.

But Good Shaq is better than Dwight Howard and Bynum combined.

Kobe fined 100K for his "faggot" comment. what a horribly reffed game last night. anyone see Blair step about 2 feet out of bounds with the ref looking right at it and not calling it out?

kenyon martin said the same thing. did he get fined?

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Trey Johnson >>>>>>>>>>>> Shannon Brown

Trey johnson looked good last night. He's quick and looks like he'll be able to keep up with those speedy guards the lakers always have trouble with.

if anyone is looking for me durring the 1st round of the playoffs ill be in the corner angerly cursing at all of you

because the hornets will be getting their ass handed to them

Bulls playoff run starts tonight!

Hoping to see the pacers get their ass handed to them!

there have been some great games

Crickets.

WILL BE??!?...MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HORNETS!!!!!!!!! the quarters are poppin off right now! YESSIR

Great game by Chris Paul.

Gasol for dwight howard please

lakers last night,

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Anyone else think that was a bullshit call against Melo with 30 sec left in a playoff game.

Granted he took a horrible shot, and they should have dont a million other things to win, but that call took the friggin wind out of our sails.

Last time I checked, this was a Lakers thread so I doubt anyone is going to care...just sayin!

It's not a bullshit call. It's a real call. Just because its the last 2 minutes of the game doesn't not make it a foul.

Odom 6th man of the year!! Well deserved IMHO.

Didn't deserve it on Game # 1 IMHO

word! I'll tell you who did deserve something, Gasol getting hit by DJ MBenga in the face.

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hahaha, nice one

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It's getting more difficult to defend these shitty performances...SMH

The team is fucking Annoying to watch and root for except for Kobe, Artest, and Bynum.

Somebody kill Shannon Brown for me. Thanks.

+1


fixed

lulz

Fisher - Still good not b/c he is good, actually b/c he tricked us with his late game shots.
Kobe - Yo Dawg!!! Your skills are declining and you're not as strong as Jordan. Change your game and pattern it after Steve Nash! trust me.
Ron Artest - No complaints.
Gasol - I don't care how good you supposedly are, I would trade you in a second for Chris Paul.
Andrew Bynum - I hope we trade you for Howard.
Lamar Odom - eeeehhh..
Shannon Brown - Die
Steve Blake - Trey Johnson is better you than you you asshole
Theo Ratliff - stealing money
Luke Walton - stealing money
Joe Smith - stealing money
Ebanks and Caracter - No comment.

thats not saying much chris paul is the best PG on the planet, hell if you really take a step back and look at the big picture i would trade KOBE for chris paul, kobes on the downghill portion of his career where paul still has a career ahead of him

just watch, dont be suprised if you see howard and paul playing on the same team next year

You sir, are fucking crazy.

You have no idea what you are talking about. Just sayin!

He called him "sir"...lol.

That's some polite *ish rite thurr..

which part, about being the best pure PG or trading for kobe??

Paul being the best. He had a couple of good games, Derrick Rose and Williams are good too.

Really? what do you think isn't right?

quote from kobe bryant

Reading is fundamental "You're dealing with ONE OF THE BEST point guards in the game"
"When it’s all said and done, he’ll be one of the best"

one of is not the best.

if your "one of the best" you could possibly be THE best, its not mutually exclussive, fact is hes currently leading a hornets team whos roster consists of himself ariza a team busdriver and 2 fans randomly selected from the crowd o a tied 4 game series against the defendign NBA champs includign kobe bryant ron artest bynum and gasol.

Hes showed in previous years that with just ONE qwualified supporting team member hes capable of leading a team pretty deep into the playoffs, dudes a BEAST,derrick rose at least has a good team to help with his performance, pauls doing this shit with paper and yarn

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Good win last night but I still got RayBan Cynical Vision, word to CyHi and A-Trak. Hope they can close it out in NO tomorrow and get some rest.

All props to FRObe making an appearance but the unsung hero of the game was definitely Artest (yeah Bynum played well too but Ron was cleaning up out there).

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HORNETS!!!!!!! CP3 CP3 CP3 CP3 CP3 CP3 CP3 CP3 CP3 CP3 CP3 CP3 CP3 CP3 CP3 CP3

they will be going alright..........NOT to the next round!

i dunno...i thought it flowed better *kanye shrug*

hahahahahah

Phil Jackson Reaction To Justin Bieber Song:
Watchwww.youtube.com

sooo......

Fisher - Still good not b/c he is good, actually b/c he tricked us with his late game shots. First time I heard anyone say Fisher is "still good". He's a decent shooter and makes an occasional defensive stop, but he gets burned left and right with anyone with two legs and two feet. He's the biggest defensive liability on the court. Just because he makes one or two late game shots a season doesn't not make him "still good".
Kobe - Yo Dawg!!! Your skills are declining and you're not as strong as Jordan. Change your game and pattern it after Steve Nash! trust me. SKILLS DECLINING YES. WHAT DOES "NOT AS STRONG AS JORDAN" HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH 2011? HE'S NOT PLAYING AGAINST JORDAN, HE'S NOT PLAYING WITH JORDAN, HE'S NOT PLAYING WITH JORDAN'S TEAMMATES NOR AGAINST JORDAN'S OPPONENTS.... PATTERN HIS GAME AFTER STEVE NASH?!?!?!??! WHY WOULD HE PATTERN HIS GAME AFTER NASH WHEN HE'S NOT EVEN THE SAME TYPE OF PLAYER?!?!?!?!? LAST TIME I CHECK, KOBE'S GAME WON HIM 5 CHAMPIONSHIPS. NASH'S GAME WON LET'S SEE....ZERO
Ron Artest - No complaints
Gasol - I don't care how good you supposedly are, I would trade you in a second for Chris Paul. - Why would you give up your biggest advantage, height for a point guard who isn't really fully utilized in the triangle offense. Just because Gasol had a few pussified games, doesn't mean he should be traded. Lakers wouldn't have won 2 championships without him.
Andrew Bynum - I hope we trade you for Howard. - Bynum was a beast in this series. Yes Howard is better, but Bynum is the arguably the second best center in the league. He's no slouch, just injury proned.
Lamar Odom - eeeehhh.. - no love for the 6th man of the year award? (nh)
Shannon Brown - Die - I'll get the shotgun
Steve Blake - Trey Johnson is better you than you you asshole - www.talk-sports.net nuff said
Theo Ratliff - stealing money
Luke Walton - stealing money - seen him around Manhattan Beach shopping and eating more than I have on the actual bball court LMFAO
Joe Smith - stealing money
Ebanks and Caracter - No comment.

Sorry for yelling, forgot to take off caps. LOL

Gasol is a bitch.

So pissed about that game.

you guys aint got no bench outside of odom. brown can dunk, but cant shoot. everyone else is dead weight. sasha and farmar were far from perfect, but im sure you wish you still had em.

lol, nope.

hell no.

Shannon shooting is pissing me off, what pisses me off more he fucking doesn't throw it down low to bynum and he doesn't fucking move the ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hate that guy. Him and Gasol can die.

GOOOOOOOOOOOO DALLAS MAVS!!!!!!!!!!

+1

Phil needs to put in Johnson both Blake and Brown are not doing shhh...t!!!!

o.0

so if you could put them on the bench, you wouldn't want them? i guarantee kobe would disagree.

nope x 2

CRICKETS.

Crickets.

and how are your celtics doing?

lakers looked terrible. gotta give it up to the mavs who are playing really well on both sides of the ball.

i'm pretty upset, but not surprised. if you watched most of the lakers games this season, you could tell that this hasn't been their year. i hope they prove me wrong, but you gotta admit that it's pretty difficult to come back down 2-0.

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"we have deeply rooted trust issues" - bynum.

Hate to be a pessimist but Heat are going to win it all this year.

mavs, oh and btw, lakes bench had 12 pts tonite. odom was +-18. so if you had farmar and sasha, you could at least get something out of the minutes steve blake is getting?

.........

:/

Steve Blake sucks.

....you guys have no clue what's really going on....

what clue do we need? Lakers ain't going to win it this year.

It's a ploy to get more TV revenue. The Lakers are going to come back and win the series. WOTCH!

Miami vs Lakers?

this sounds more plausible after yesterday

can't win em all...

acutually the way im seeing it you KINDA right, except i see it as a way to build these next gen teams ie; memphis, oklahoma, miami and the bulls

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You old people and your conspiracy theories.

Things get worse. Artest suspended one game for that 4th quarter foul.

Worse? That's better!

Too bad that can't suspend Blake!

Artest is one of the best defensive players in the game. Period.

Some people just don't know basketball.

+1

Blake had a bad game. He isn't as bad as everyone thinks he is.

Artest WAS one of the best defenders and still makes an occasional defensive stop and given the right matchup he can make a it hell on someone, but this series he's been making very bad offensive decisions, like hosting up ridiculous 3's with no Laker in uniform around to rebound. Artest is old and slow and most of his defense comes in from reaching in swiping away for a steal or using his arms, not his feet.

Artests defense hasn't been all that great.

Yes he is.

Whatever you say dude.

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Look at the stat sheet please, it isn't just 1 player. The lakers starters outscored the maverick's starters. Now look at the bench scoring, see where we got beat.

You won't win a damn game making only 1/3 of your baskets overall and having your bench shoot for 26%.

ummmm.... see kevin durant's numbers and play last year... you know what... forget it... you win.

Oh trust me, I'm not blaming just one player (blake) or two players (blake and artest), I'm blaming three player (blake, artest, gasol) lol jk..somewhat

The whole Laker squad isn't playing well and no one on the Lakers can stop Dirk.

blake is soft. marshmello soft. memory foam soft. he's not that bad, he's not that good. he should be the 10-12 man on a championship team. not getting 20 minutes with the line of 0 pts, 0-5 from the field(all 3s), 1 ast, and 2 tos. thats beyond horrible.

have you seen blake play at all besides this year? obviously not. He's having a terrible year and right now would be the perfect time to get out of whatever he's going through.

Crackpipe, it's the whole team. Jackson and Bynum said it best, it's about their lack of defense.

and lack of offense LOL

^^thought i already mentioned the lack of the bench's contribution a few posts up. But really, this ain't over yet.

Any true Laker fan will keep and still have faith and definitely not mentione that fool Farmar...we're ok with the current roster, capable of beating ANY team (in 7 games).

he killed on his HS team..... I dont care if he was the 10x mvp, he sucks this year and hasnt contributed much of anything his first 2 games. what has happened in the past has no bearing on may 2011.

everytime blake shot the ball the other night i was like.....NOOOOO!!! PASS IT!!!!!!! And then when he hit that brick against the backboard I flipped and accidently kicked over my beer. Damn he sucks

We lost two on the road to a higher seeded team.

excuses just like last year.

Not really. What's the old line about a playoff series? "It's never interesting until the home team loses a game."

It sucks, but it's true. Heat held home court advantage, now the Celtics have to respond and take the next two to even things up.

Meanwhile, the Lakers got flat-out EMBARRASSED at home two games in a row. In the worst and most ugly way possible. Blowing a HUGE lead in one game and then getting blown out. Nice.

Nice try to get a reaction about last year, though. 20 more free throws -- hope you enjoyed the refs in your pocket.

I'll say this much: the Lakers are completely capable of winning 4 of the next 5. I'll be shocked if they don't.

Blake's shot looks FLAT and maybe has a small hitch in it, because it's definitely not smooth. I have no problem with him taking shots when open, but when he starts turning over the ball and getting burned by the guy he's defending, I have a problem with him.

^^^
it's called the Chicken Pox Shuffle.


agreed....4 out of 5 is def do-able.

Steve Blake shot 57% from the 3pt line last series against the Hornets and averages 39% on his career. Last 2 games he's 0-6, he is DUE for his average and hopefully more!!

2011 playoff avg

10-11 LAL games 7 minutes 16.1 fg% 0.250 3pt%0.308 ft%0.000 0rb0.1 drb1.3 rb1.4 ast2.4 to 0.71 ppg 1.7

good luck with all that

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and prolly the gheyest pic ever by an nba player

The perils of a small sample size.

fianlly someone that understand statistics...

anyways enough about blake, it's not like he was, is, or ever will be a big part of the Lakers squad.

I still vote for playoff party at Dubs. There might only be two more playoff games to party to.

My bad ya'll.

I heard a commentary on ESPN breaking down Ron Artest and how he's been the best on-ball defender this series and they throw out low shooting percentages of all the players he's faced.

Maybe I'm just caught up on the mistakes he's made offensively.

Tonight's game is going to be interesting:

Starting lineup

Fisher, Kobe, Lamar, Gasol, Bynum

Yeah Artest is a great defender? Still one of the best playing today. Of course he's getting older and with that his D will suffer.

hahahahahahahahahahahaha

I heard the Mavs are about to make things real tough for the Lakers...

*****runs****

lakers fail again..... get the broom

cant wait to see who you cali cats blame for this fail, blake,artest,gasol?

I'll say Kobe.

Lakers bench built an 8 point lead without him in the game and then he entered the game and it promptly went away.

m.bezzle

kobe is trying to be MJ and take over the game......News Flash " He aint MJ"

Dallas is the real deal. Congrats to them. If they play this well, I doubt that anyone could beat them.

Even though Dirk had some wide open shots and so did Peja, the Lakers played pretty well overall. They just lost to the better team plain and simple.

Bynum was a beast, but did not get any looks towards the end of the 4th. Odom played a good overall game. Kobe wasn't great, but he wasn't horrible. Brown made some nice plays. Fisher still getting burned left and right. Geezus, he got burned TWICE by the defender going baseline with in a few minutes.

Hats off for Phil hitting Paula in the chest. Homegirl looked like he was going to cry.

Lakers got burned by 3s

so you got 15 out the bench and blake and brown were -2 and -1 respectively.


lemme say it again, U(as in laker fans/team) have no bench.

Artest is more important than Lakers fans realized. He's 30 minutes of a good player on the court. It pushes Odom to the bench, and then limits the minutes of bad players.

i just clicked this for the lulz

FFFFUUUUUU lakers

Sweep or no sweep?

This years team fucking choked.

Fuck Gasol.

so you want to keep gasol or bynum?

everybody recite this speech: Watchwww.youtube.com

:P

Blow out!!!!

Horrible

Ron Artest's layup getting blocked by the rim, sums up it perfectly: Laker's game is comical. Pretty mind boggling you go from winning 10 championships to ending your career with the biggest embarrassment in NBA HISTORY.

That's what happens when almost everyone on your team is over 30 and you have some slow footed guards who couldn't guard their own shadow (Blake, Fisher, Brown, Artest). Time for Phil and Fisher to retire, keep the core of Kobe, Odom, Bynum, Gasoft in tact. Get rid of Blake, Brown, and somehow dump those horrible contracts of Artest and Walton. Time to get younger and faster.

Thanks Phil and Fisher for 5 championships. Now time for ya'll to move along and pick up some younger, quicker guards who can close out shooters and guard their own shadow.

bynum: thank you for proving further that the lakers truly lack class.

I'm not watching the game. What happened and why the ejections?

odom just checked nowitzki for no reason and bynum elbowed the point guard in the ribs while he was going up for a layup

+1
Go Bulls! ;)

Yikes.

Them dudes are pissed

till next season..

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What a bitch faggot dick breath face Bynum is lol.

he's young, dumb

Goodbye bynum. Thanks Phil for the run. Congrats to Dallas, not sure if anyone could beat them.

doesnt give him the right to be a douche.

he has issues. lakers are gonna trade him.

They should get Howard and move Bynum to shitty team like 76ers so he can get mugged and shot to death

Nothing but class.

I just had a Laker fan tell me that Bynum is a WAY better player than Dwight Howard.

must be a bandwagon fan.

Lakers lost but Bynum was NOT the reason they lost. Why is everyone hating on Bynum? Just because he checked Barrera who was KILLING fisher, blake and everyone else the Lakers put in front of him?

It's not Bynum's fault the lakers guards got clowned and couldn't guard shit

not hating on bynum. he played well but that foul was uncalled for.

this

That foul wasn't directed at Barrera. It was more of a message to the Lakers slow ass defensiveless guards. Shit I would knock some guy on the ground if my guards got burned and clowned left and right. Fucking Fisher, Blake, Artest, Barnes, Brown were fucking HORENDOUS closing out on shooters and getting burned left and right.

Defense starts with the guards and makes it hard on your bigs if you keep getting burned.

LMFAO all my neighbors were taking down their laker flags from the car and taking their laker signs off their house hahah BANDWAGON FANS. Im still reppin the lakers win or lose.

I don't understand your reasoning behind that one. That was clearly a "I'm getting my ass kicked, and can't take a loss like a man" foul.

Thats what barrera gets!!!! Right before that, he pushed off blake with his forearm which allowed him to run to the hoop.

Admit it, the Lakers got very frustrated with the shortest man on the court.....LOL. He shredded their defense. The Refs let Kobe get away with an elbow to Barrera's face earlier in the game.

lol someone needed to punk that little shit. Props to bynum.

blake was -17 and mavs got 86 off the bench

And why are you getting your ass kicked? Because the guards on your team can't guard shit.

Exactly!!!!

look at Dirk flopping like a little bitch causing the ejection to Odom. C'mon Man!!!

Dallas was motivated and played like it. This series was a reflection of their season.

Bye Bye bandwagon fans, next year true and loyal fans, oh and................
























































GOOOOOOOOOOO LAKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

w0rd.

Do most of you guys actually play real ball or are you armchair fucking scrub fans that never played ball b/c you sucked dick.

Trying to reason out Bynum's foul wasn't a bitch ass punk move b/c the guards suck is stupid. If that is the case Bynum should have been calling out his teammates and decking one of them, not Barrera. Bynum would have gotten his ass beat anywhere else, I was suprised Dallas let him punk them like that.

Like I said on the post I wrote in April, we sucked. Read below, you guys that talked shit about it, Crackpipe are trippin.

Fisher - Still good not b/c he is good, actually b/c he tricked us with his late game shots.
Kobe - Yo Dawg!!! Your skills are declining and you're not as strong as Jordan. Change your game and pattern it after Steve Nash! trust me.
Ron Artest - No complaints.
Gasol - I don't care how good you supposedly are, I would trade you in a second for Chris Paul.
Andrew Bynum - I hope we trade you for Howard.
Lamar Odom - eeeehhh..
Shannon Brown - Die
Steve Blake - Trey Johnson is better you than you you asshole
Theo Ratliff - stealing money
Luke Walton - stealing money
Joe Smith - stealing money
Ebanks and Caracter - No comment.

The Mavs knew they had the series wrapped up so why do something stupid to jeopardize the roster for the next series? Especially when NBA tends to fine and suspend players over little pussy shit

^^^ pretty much what I was thinking. (nm)

They sh*tted on Phil.

yah... true. but nobody even got in his face. Haywood saw it and just sort of stood there. Kidd was the only one that ran up.

I play 2 times a week pickup, played in many leagues (no time for leagues anymore), played in high school (didn't get much burn time though lol). What about your 5'4 self Blisk? You going to school me on the court?

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That's true but imagine if Haywood did get up in his face and pushing and shoving started. Haywood will most likely be out for the game 1.

Yah but he didn't even say anything.

If you played that much basketball, then you must understand your reasoning about Bynum's elbow to Barrera is soft... like your game. Don't talk shit about 5'4 dudes, Barrera only 5'9 playing in the NBA!

lol

I give Barrera props for being a non-black small guard tearing up the Lakers. He's not even that quick or athletic, just a smart player.

.....we get props for these things??? I usually get made fun of for both?

You should give him props for his fiance

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lol I like how the article says he's "always beat the odds"

BAREA.

His name is Barea. Jesus.

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