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[Pkaz01]

People do that shit all the time.

I have yet to see any other fan forum go out to all the other sites and make a 50 quote first post thread about what fans said during the game. People on here might bring back a couple posts made earlier in the thread but thats just trying too hard


Heres a recent example

http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=154529

 

[perfectchaos007]

Of course it's John Hollinger that goes with the Spurs.

Go to his playoff odds and it gets even more self prophetic. He gives the spurs a 29% chance of winning the NBA finals. Thats higher than any other team in the NBA. Also, he gives the 1 under .500 portland trailblazers an 11% chance of making the playoffs while the 7 under .500 Lakers have a 19% chance of making the playoffs. Holy shit does Portland play the Heat, Spurs, and Thunder every game from here on out?

 

[KidA Seven]

I have yet to see any other fan forum go out to all the other sites and make a 50 quote first post thread about what fans said during the game. People on here might bring back a couple posts made earlier in the thread but thats just trying too hard


Heres a recent example

http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=154529

Here's one on the Knicks

http://www.clublakers.com/lakers-discussion/doomsday-please-put-fan-reaction-other-teams-here-t88771-8475.html

 

[Matrix]

Lmao Kobe's losing it (look at pic)

@kobebryant: Beethovens Moonlight Sonata calms me down when I reach my breaking point #relaxandfocus http://t.co/8GkSU2qd

lol

In the words of the great and calm Royce White...

#BeWell Kobe

 

[h3ro]

http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=155971

i hate reading your arguments..twice.

That place is almost as bad as Sons of Sam Horn.

 

[masud]

Kobe's is on some Phantom of the opera shit. Soon he'll bring the mask back out and start abducting (white) Laker girls holding them prisoner under the Staples Center...

 

[h3ro]

Kobe's is on some Phantom of the opera shit. Soon he'll bring the mask back out and start abducting (white) Laker girls holding them prisoner under the Staples Center...

But for Kobe, it was just Tuesday.

 

[Future PhaZe]

Lakers are going to be fucked if he leaves or stays I reckon

Pretty much.

I mean have you guys seen Kobe play basketball this year? He's on some Lance Armstrong shit. Doesn't look anything like a man who only has one more year left.

He's going to get another 3 year contract at the max from the FO and fuck everything up.

 

[Tom Penny]

5 shots for a dominant post player like D12. No wonder the Lakers lose games.

 

[Future PhaZe]

5 shots for a dominant post player like D12. No wonder the Lakers lose games.

Unless he catches the ball literally directly under the basket the dude is going to turn it over or make a bad decision.

 

[ph33nix]

Unless he catches the ball literally directly under the basket the dude is going to turn it over or make a bad decision.

lol you just got Tom Pennied

also does Kobe actually play the piano or was he half assing Beethoven

 

[DY_nasty]

I think many Lakers fans jinxed their team by acting like bitches with the whole "Well I don't know *giggle* maybe they won't be the best team ever *giggle* I mean, anything can happen *teehee*" thing once the deals started happening.

Should've just rode the wave for what it was. #karmatrain

 

[Barack Lesnar]

I'm liking that forum, might join up today.

Here's a great article from Yahoo about last night, some good quotes:

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--kobe-bryant---this-isn-t-working--101830224.html

 

[iamshadowlark]

Lakers well on the way to that 6 game losing streak. Word to PI.

 

[DY_nasty]

Does LA even have their picks for next season?

 

[obijkenobi]

Does LA even have their picks for next season?

LOL no. I think the Suns get it if its in the lottery. That trade really worked out well for them.

 

[KingKong]

Does LA even have their picks for next season?

I don't think they have any good picks for like the next 3 years

 

[DY_nasty]

LOL

who has more wins next year, Bobcats or Lakers?

TAKE THE BET

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Does LA even have their picks for next season?

pretty sure they have next years pick as you aren't allowed to trade consecutive 1st rounders.

 

[CherryWoodFuton]

Damn imagine if the Lakers situation happened in Miami when LBJ and Bosh signed. Wait don't we have a first rounder (from Philly)?

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Grizz salary-dumped Speights, guess no one wants Gay.

Go to his playoff odds and it gets even more self prophetic. He gives the spurs a 29% chance of winning the NBA finals. Thats higher than any other team in the NBA. Also, he gives the 1 under .500 portland trailblazers an 11% chance of making the playoffs while the 7 under .500 Lakers have a 19% chance of making the playoffs. Holy shit does Portland play the Heat, Spurs, and Thunder every game from here on out?

The Blazers' margin of victory is terrible and that generally is more accurate than wins and losses in terms of future results.

The Blazers were winning games previously mostly because of luck and their luck has balanced out in this losing streak.

 

[obijkenobi]

pretty sure they have next years pick as you aren't allowed to trade consecutive 1st rounders.

From ESPN's Playoff Odd's Page


"* If the Los Angeles Lakers' pick is No. 1 to No. 14, it goes to the Phoenix Suns"


http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/playoffodds

 

[theignoramus]

Big Game James predicted shit could go awry among all that back slapping and celebration when the trades went down. posted this shit way back in the preseason thread, along with quotes of him ethering Dwights immature ass.

As for the Lakers chances of winning a championship this season?

Worthy said the team might not be there just yet.

"They look better on paper," he said. "They look really good on paper. So does a counterfeit $100 bill until you try to spend it. They have work to do."

lol

 

[Rodeo Clown]

Wayne Ellington is better than Dion Waiters. Good job, Cleveland.

 

[theignoramus]

whats Hollinger doing trading away one of their few decent catch and shoot guys?

 

[jjasper]

Fuck is Jon Leuer?

We have no bench now. Well we didn't have one before but now there is physcally no one on it.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

whats Hollinger doing trading away one of their few decent catch and shoot guys?

Ellington shoots badly in most games.

They mostly needed to under the luxury tax and I guess couldn't trade Gay to do it.

 

[darkside31337]

whats Hollinger doing trading away one of their few decent catch and shoot guys?

It was a great move for the Grizzlies. It got them under the luxury tax.

 

[theignoramus]

meh, watching yesterdays game, it really seemed like Gays ball dominance and poor shooting is the root of the problem on that team. dude takes Kobe shots all the damn time and hes not even the first, second or third best player on the floor alot of the time.

 

[Rodeo Clown]

Fuck is Jon Leuer?

Big from Wisconsin. He was alright for the Bucks last year.

 

[LiveFromKyoto]

After that Bulls win last night the East is getting cramped:

Atlanta's only one win behind all that at 23. Milwaukee 21.

 

[Future PhaZe]

Well, Granger is a free agent who probably won't get the max but the Wiz might target.

How is he overall as a player? Haven't watched him much over the years. Is he a better option than Gay for the Wiz?

 

[charsace]

I think many Lakers fans jinxed their team by acting like bitches with the whole "Well I don't know *giggle* maybe they won't be the best team ever *giggle* I mean, anything can happen *teehee*" thing once the deals started happening.

Should've just rode the wave for what it was. #karmatrain

I was glad when I thought the Magic would suffer from losing Dwight. The Lakers sucking triples my happiness.

 

[jjasper]

It was a great move for the Grizzlies. It got them under the luxury tax.

The fact that it includes a first makes me question it as "great"

@ChrisVernonShow: BREAKING: Grizzlies are going to sign former Knick Bill Walker and former Celtic Delonte West. Also will sign Sasha Vujacic.

Blah

 

[Future PhaZe]

Sasha Vujacic

oh shit

 

[Ninja Scooter]

From ESPN's Playoff Odd's Page


"* If the Los Angeles Lakers' pick is No. 1 to No. 14, it goes to the Phoenix Suns"


http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/playoffodds

That's this years. They have to have next years pick as the NBA doesn't allow teams to trade away picks in consecutive years. They basically traded every other pick for the next few years in the Sessions and Nash trades.

 

[LiveFromKyoto]

I still don't even get how the Lakers' record is this bad. It's logic-defying with that roster.

 

[jordan0386]

I still don't even get how the Lakers' record is this bad. It's logic-defying with that roster.

Bench is expansion team bad.

 

[darkside31337]

I still don't even get how the Lakers' record is this bad. It's logic-defying with that roster.

Dwight Sucks.

 

[Red Blaster]

I still don't even get how the Lakers' record is this bad. It's logic-defying with that roster.

Dwight is a malignant cunt

Kobe's the worst perimeter defender in the league

Pau is Pau

 

[theignoramus]

Bench is expansion team bad.

their starters look like ass. apathetic too. the only players with a pulse on that team are Bean, Earl Clark, and Metta World.

 

[ph33nix]

Damn imagine if the Lakers situation happened in Miami when LBJ and Bosh signed. Wait don't we have a first rounder (from Philly)?

yes we do

hopefully that pick is more of a norris cole and not a wayne simien

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I still don't even get how the Lakers' record is this bad. It's logic-defying with that roster.

It was bringing in DAntoni. Had they just run with Bickerstaff they probably would at least be contending for a playoff spot right now. Bringing in Pringles midseason just fucked up an already fragile team. Now instead of guys feeling like they had to perform now that their scapegoat (mike brown) was gone, it caused all this tension and drama over who does and doesn't fit into DAntoni's system. Ultimately this team wasn't winning a title either way so maybe it doesn't matter, but I really believe they wouldn't be as embarrassingly bad as they are now.

 

[LiveFromKyoto]

I wasn't here to talk about this yesterday. Can we talk about this?

According to Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan has instructed his front office to be aggressive at the trade deadline.

The Bobs are desperate for a big man, so they may take aim at some potential targets who may well be available like DeMarcus Cousins, Al Jefferson or Andrea Bargnani. The trouble is they don't have much in the way of assets beyond what is sure to be another high draft pick in this year's draft. Perhaps that would be enough to pry Bargnani away from the Toronto Raptors.

http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/nba/rumors/post?id=516

I mean, a high draft pick? I don't know if that's enough for deadly sharpshooting 7 footer Andrea Bargnani and his Dirk-like potential. I think he would be a natural fit for the Bobcats team culture though.

 

[CommonSense]

Trade alert...

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/team/1358866910-891-246/nba-source-confirms-cavs-trade.html

Looks like Gay is staying put.

 

[charsace]

It was bringing in DAntoni. Had they just run with Bickerstaff they probably would at least be contending for a playoff spot right now. Bringing in Pringles midseason just fucked up an already fragile team. Now instead of guys feeling like they had to perform now that their scapegoat (mike brown) was gone, it caused all this tension and drama over who does and doesn't fit into DAntoni's system. Ultimately this team wasn't winning a title either way so maybe it doesn't matter, but I really believe they wouldn't be as embarrassingly bad as they are now.

The Lakers fired a defensive coach when defense was and still is their problem.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I wasn't here to talk about this yesterday. Can we talk about this?



http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/nba/rumors/post?id=516

I mean, a high draft pick? I don't know if that's enough for deadly sharpshooting 7 footer Andrea Bargnani and his Dirk-like potential. I think he would be a natural fit for the Bobcats team culture though.

C'mon Mike. You know you want Pau like a pair of JNCOs.

 

[LiveFromKyoto]

Dwight is a malignant cunt

Kobe's the worst perimeter defender in the league

Pau is Pau

Dwight Sucks.

Bench is expansion team bad.

Everybody looks terrible when you're 2-8 in your last 10 and getting beat by the Raptors. But really, LA has 4-5 guys who can play 36 a night, the bench shouldn't matter much. And say what you want about Dwight + Pau, that should still be one of the best front courts in the league. They're not fundamentally incompatible.

It was bringing in DAntoni. Had they just run with Bickerstaff they probably would at least be contending for a playoff spot right now. Bringing in Pringles midseason just fucked up an already fragile team. Now instead of guys feeling like they had to perform now that their scapegoat (mike brown) was gone, it caused all this tension and drama over who does and doesn't fit into DAntoni's system. Ultimately this team wasn't winning a title either way so maybe it doesn't matter, but I really believe they wouldn't be as embarrassingly bad as they are now.

That makes more sense, but even still, they were underperforming under Brown too. Unless you want to say both coaches suck and only succeeded in the past with a particular mix of players around an MVP in their prime, that I'll buy.

 

[dalVlatko]

Speights, Ellington, Selby, and a first round pick for a scrub that was picked up off waivers

whats not to like?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Everybody looks terrible when you're 2-8 in your last 10 and getting beat by the Raptors. But really, LA has 4-5 guys who can play 36 a night, the bench shouldn't matter much. And say what you want about Dwight + Pau, that should still be one of the best front courts in the league. They're not fundamentally incompatible.



That makes more sense, but even still, they were underperforming under Brown too. Unless you want to say both coaches suck and only succeeded in the past with a particular mix of players around an MVP in their prime, that I'll buy.

I'm not saying DAntoni is awful or blaming his coaching ability as much as the timing of the hire. I don't particularly care for Pringles but if you are bringing him in, do it in the offseason so he has time to get his system integrated and the FO has time to give him a roster equipped to run it. As for Brown, he's just incompetent and they should have fired him after last seasons collapse when it became clear he had no respect from the team and had no business coaching a veteran group.