The force needs balance.
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The force needs balance.
Maybe their next coach won't be so hell bent on freezing the best center in the league out of the offense and obliterating gifted point guards.
Red Blaster
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Obliterating? Nelson was just horribly out of shape until maybe 15 games ago.
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
He's not bad at all. Relax.
Dwight Howard is a cocksucker and this video from today's conference makes it so glaring and obvious that it's painful to watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NocsnNyNdCY#!
Dwight walking in like that, coming off so fake...it was just awkward. And the way he was talking to the media? This dude has a death wish.
Black Mamba
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The 1994 Bulls and 2006 Lakers say otherwise.
mmm do they really?
True true. Especially since all of that team were scrabs and they had a passable odom. Though :O on clippers having a better record than them in 2005-2006.
Red Blaster
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CoffeeJanitor
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Impressive for lacking their best player.
Black Mamba
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Any team that is up 3-1, then proceeds to lose by 31 in game 7 while their star player quits on the team... that season is not a good example of great coaching, no matter the roster.
14-7 without Rose is basically expected. Bulls are still a legit, solid, and deep team. The Thunder without Durant and Miami without LeBron with the same, exact schedule should theoretically accomplish the same thing.
Outside of the Miami upset, they have won the games people expected them to and have lost a few games many did not expect them to including a tanking Portland, struggling Denver, and average Houston team. All at home.
Black Mamba
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Up 3-1 and got unlucky with a Tim Thomas shot.
Who cares if they got blown out? One game changes what he did for an entire season? That team would have won much less with any other coach.
Smush, Walton, george, mihm, Kwame all got huge minutes. And they won 45 games.
CoffeeJanitor
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Heat without LeBron would go 14-7? Haven't they been shit without him?
Glen Taylor just Blamed the current Wolves shittiness on injuries. What a piece of work.
ryutaro's mama
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2006 Kobe with the 2008 roster would have decimated the Celtics, even with Wheelchair Pierce on Space Cadet.
People forget how insane he was.
People forget how insane he was.
Black Mamba
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Had KG been 2006 KG, that would have been some kind of epic series.
ryutaro's mama
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Agreed.
05-06 Kobe would rip 08-10 Kobe to fucking shreds on both sides of the ball. Not even close to the same level of player. Problem is dumb media/fans act like Pau/Bynum improvements/etc didn't have to do with any of their success. Know more than one fan who actually thinks the pau era Kobe is better than Smush/Kwame years. "Look at the record!" No look at the production and roster you dense fuck. /rant over
SVG had an all-star point guard until he ***** ******** *** ******* and turned him into Luke Ridnour
Maybe that explains this: http://www.brewhoop.com/2009/1/8/714880/the-votes-are-in-luke-ridn
Everyone just seems to randomly like him?
ClovingWestbrook
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Have to agree. Kobe was, I don't even know what adjective to use about that season. My god.
They have had a very easy schedule.
There is only one other good* team in the east.
*I don't know what to call the Pacers' brand of shitball. Its appalling.
Considering nobody on that team can create their own shot, they have over-achieved.
ryutaro's mama
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They started talking beisbol earlier and I was out.
Every year after the NBA Finals, I leave sports talk radio till pre-season football.
Are you really making the case for the Lakers to be a "nation" of authentic basketball fans? Like you guys are diehards, and know your shit? Fuck, just look at the attendance numbers:
http://www.databasebasketball.com/teams/teamatt.htm?tm=lal&lg=N
You guys disappeared in the 90s. The very definition of fairweather.
MorisUkunRasik
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So stupid, Pau got baptized twice. Next time make sure he doesn't get the ball through the hoop. Otherwise Pau forced Blake into a pretty mediocre game. 6 of 14 for 13 points? Blake can son Pau every game if it means he performs like that all night.
I remember that season clearly...it was baffling.
IF Kobe scored less than 35 it was a bad game....more than 35 it was an average game....more than 40 it was a good game...more than 50 it was a great game
He scored more than 35 points 45 times that regular season
He scored more than 40 points 26 times that regular season
That shit was unreal
I don't think he knows that the Staples Center capacity was larger than the Forum capacity. Our mid 90's numbers and our mid 80's numbers aren't all that different. I don't remember an opposing player getting MVP chants in our building though...did happen in the GAHHHHHHHDEN though just few years back
Prototype-03
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I have no idea what you're talking about. Disappeared?
Edit: Did not become a nba fan until 2004 and I still don't see it.
ryutaro's mama
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Lakers fans are only fans when they win and have superstars. They just did not show up for an exciting team that had NVE - Jones - Ceballos - Elden - Vlade... Lessons given by Lakers fans about Clips fans being bandwagoners? Fuck that noise.
*edit* ryu yeah i get your point, but don't talk about a "culture" then. It's a collective thing, and you might be hardcore yourself, it does not mean Lakers' culture is that much better than new Clips fans
MorisUkunRasik
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/Drake voice
If you don't live in LA...you don't know what you're talking about. Stop comparing Laker Fans in NY or other cities with Laker Fans in LA. Lakers run this town, and have run this town for basically 30 years. I can't attest to what Laker Fans who live in Denver or Charlotte do...but in LA...that's not the case. Any team that wins is going to have people jump on the bandwagon...that's natural...but to act like we didn't have a culture in the mid 90's or the lean Kobe years is just insane.
ClovingWestbrook
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Really? Thats funny because I was going to games when Van Exel, Eddie Jones, Sedale Threat, Vlade, Elden Campbell, and company were leading the Lakers to the playoffs and to the 1994 season in which we missed the playoffs. Still following the team and listening/watching the broadcasts with Chick and Stu. As was my family and friends. You really don't have a clue.
Nah, Kobe would hog the ball and chuck up a shitty shot.
Black Mamba
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yes they did.
Plus you're forgetting that LA hit a slump with the '94 earthquake. And didn't the Forum lose some seats in the 90s for a time?
Most teams don't get those attendance figures you cite on down years.
http://www.databasebasketball.com/teams/teamatt.htm?tm=LAC&lg=n
Here are the Clips for comparison. Also, attendance figures are BS. The Clippers ones at Staples are false. A huge portion of those tickets were given away for free and actual people showing up was much less.
ClovingWestbrook
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ryutaro's mama
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That includes your owner!
To be fair, isn't this the logic we all use to deride the Miami fanbase? I'm not defending them for the apathy I've seen that city show not only the Heat, but the Marlins as well, but this argument can be made of any fanbase that, despite a modicum of success, is unable to sell out their arena.
Honestly, I wish the Knicks didn't sell out the Garden every night after the JVG years, maybe that would have scared Dolan off or something.
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