well the Heat aren't losing so.. (unless Bron gets a season ending injury)
sorry to ruin the surprise?
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2012 NBA Offseason |OT2| Lakers Fans Despise Freedom.
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well the Heat aren't losing so.. (unless Bron gets a season ending injury)
sorry to ruin the surprise?
Which Nash are you referring to? Are you talking about prime Nash, or the Nash that the Lakers just got?
OKC wins 3 of the 5 matchups on the floor, offensively and defensively. How that translates into a clear Lakers advantage is still yet to be explained. PEACE.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Their best player is Asik.
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Are you arguing that Harden is better than Kobe or that Ibaka is better than Pau?
shira
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MorisUkunRasik
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Where the fuck is shadowlark, he has a whole lot of d to e.
Knux-Future
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My sister is all pissed.
She's like we gave to too much yo.
I'm like the draft pick is going to be at worse a 15th pick..who cares?
Bu-but his knees are bad...
Yeah but if it doesn't pan out...we rebuild. With cap space.
Then why didn't we keep Lou...
wa...
It now makes sense.
She's like we gave to too much yo.
I'm like the draft pick is going to be at worse a 15th pick..who cares?
Bu-but his knees are bad...
Yeah but if it doesn't pan out...we rebuild. With cap space.
Then why didn't we keep Lou...
wa...
It now makes sense.
Because
Mitch doing work!
I was at a bar when I heard the news. Though originally I had heard Gasol was going to be included.
Needless to say when I found out Gasol was still a Laker I bought beers for 15+ people.
It's like a dream!
Yes, we are still weak on perimeter D outside of MWP. However most of OKCs offense involves reckless driving to the rim where we have Dwight motherfucking Howard patrolling now.
I was at a bar when I heard the news. Though originally I had heard Gasol was going to be included.
Needless to say when I found out Gasol was still a Laker I bought beers for 15+ people.
It's like a dream!
Yes, we are still weak on perimeter D outside of MWP. However most of OKCs offense involves reckless driving to the rim where we have Dwight motherfucking Howard patrolling now.
MorisUkunRasik
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Because
You so scary, it's funny.
Pickles the Firecat
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That's my biggest concern. All of these hypothetical series hinge on two old, hurt guys; a young, hurt guy; and an old, healthy guy.
Fuck it! We already won, not one not two not three, etc.
StickSoldier
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See I wasn't expecting them to win if they had kept Bynum, but Howard, as long as he's back to normal, has the potential to be the most dangerous player against the Heat team. Now he has a franchise PG to feed him easy baskets, and two other all stars in Pau and Kobe to play next to. I mean Howard alone made a team good enough to make the Finals if he played up to his standards, but now he is surrounded by some badass players.
The only thing that will hurt the Lakers would have to be injuries or them just not meshing well together, which I just don't see that happening with Nash. Their bench might not be great, but Jamison can score and Hill really showed a lot last year in the games he played.
Nash/Kobe/MWP/Pau/Dwight; I'm scared of that team.
madmaxx350
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He averages 11 assists when YNB is on the floor and that's without Kobe, Dwight and Pau to pass to.
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This is why you beat a sibling up at times.
Iron E Man
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They finally signed Teague and that's about it.
*sigh*
okay, lets compare guys who have different roles and entirely different situations that influence the game in completely different ways with per36 and act like that's the end of the discussion.
:|
First thing from these entire shenanigans that actually made me LOL
ItWasMeantToBe19
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When Ryan Anderson and Dwight Howard were on the bench last year, the Magic got outsourced by over nine points per 100 possessions which is similar to the margin of teams that go 15-67
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Knux-Future
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dat Russian ball movement, comrade.
Byakuya769
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Not 1, not 2, not 3....
bans when the post season Lakers collapse occurs
Ninja Scooter
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Bynum the Goon is in the east now so he has 3 or 4 chances to make that happen instead of just 2. Mitch still sending out sleeper agents.
MorisUkunRasik
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Pretty awesome. You want our money? What money mufuka?
Westbrook and Durant win their matchups. Like I said, and linked, this isn't prime Nash we're talking about.
As for Harden and Kobe, it depends on what Kobe shows up. Kobe this summer looks like he's done. You can't blame the lack of a PG, because he's playing with the best PG in the league, and still shooting like shit against players worse than Harden. There hasn't been any reason to think he's gonna discover some fountain of youth between now and the season, so I expect that poor play to continue and Harden to be the winner of that matchup. The notion that Kobe is capable of being a Top5 SG, much less a Top5 player in this league is become harder to swallow as time goes by. Allen Iverson could put up big numbers on bad play too. PEACE.
Khalifa Jayy
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Knux-Future
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Gonna go eat lunch....
let me know if Doug says anything on the trade (Russia v Spain is on now.)
let me know if Doug says anything on the trade (Russia v Spain is on now.)
I won't say that the Lakers are a lock to win, but this trade makes them competitive with OKC and MIA and with some luck I could see them beating them in a 7 game series. We had no shot last year with the team as presently constructed. Bynum is never going to amount to anything. Howard is a game changer for our team. I am still worried about whether Brown is smart enough to take advantage of this roster, but even if he doesn't this is the first time I thought the Lakers were championship material since Lamar left.
And Westbrook is an athletic beast but Nash is going to pick and roll everyone to death with Pau and Howard. That is going to be really tough to defend. Nash is also one of the best 3 point shooters in the league. Lakers still have some issues, but everyone does at this point. OKC was the one team that seemed like they didn't, but when Harden is not balling they look pretty ordinary.
MorisUkunRasik
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Has a player ever been as open as Metta will be this season?
Anyone know what time we are handily beating Argentina tonight? I dont want to miss that.
Teams with a handful of excellent top tier players. Most people seemed to hate the whole Lebron + Wade + Bosh thing, and I expect much hate will be directed at the Lakers for Nash + Kobe + Howard, but I don't give a single fuck. I love watching those games.
Teams with a handful of excellent top tier players. Most people seemed to hate the whole Lebron + Wade + Bosh thing, and I expect much hate will be directed at the Lakers for Nash + Kobe + Howard, but I don't give a single fuck. I love watching those games.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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When did the Thunder look like they had no issues? Their starting big men are horrible.
madmaxx350
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oh i'm enjoying this lol
Simmons :
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LMAO so a few bad games in London makes Harden better than Kobe? Delusional
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
But Ibaka almost won Defensive Player of the Year.
People call Bynum Big Bynum??? this is the first I've heard of this, I feel like I missed out
i dont think i've ever seen anyone within 5 feet of bill walker.
dude was awful so there was no reason to guard him. he was just going to chuck up a 3 anyway.
darkside31337
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Dragic/Lowry, Scola, Budinger
turns into:
Lin, Asik, Donuts and other young promising players. I believe in Lin though, I really don't think this years team is all that much worse than last years. Maybe a drop off, but I don't see bottom 5 in the league bad.
Yep. Resigning Jameer to the same god damn money Ryan is making is proof enough that Hennigan has no clue what hes doing.
ClovingWestbrook
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MorisUkunRasik
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But Perk/Ibaka inside passing is almost good now and YNB is really fast.
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