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2014 NBA |OT| Let's just wait it out. Be NKY/LAL fans and lose our games together.
- Thread starter UnObtainium17
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He'll get traded and flourish
Do you like Meyers Leonard btw? 7 footer, shoots 3s, good FT clip.
Do you like Allen Crabbe? Local guy for Sac-town and he's got a bubbly personality and a great wingspan!
Do you like Victor Claver? He's like a tall Bruce Bowen in development!
All 3 for Ben.
and its only game 2 of 82
Jmanunknown
Member
It is a bad time for the Lakers to have a bad team because the West is loaded and it will only magnify how bad the Lakers are. Kobe is gonna have a nervous breakdown on the court from all the losses he is gonna have to endure this year.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Worst thing is Kobe is still playing at an elite level. He's got 31 points in 27 minutes tonight while having to carry the entire load because the rest of the team is so inept offensively. Double teams, all the pressure on him, yet still pours in 31 points in 27 minutes. Playing solid defense too. The only other player with double figures is Wesley Johnson with 10 points. This is a damned travesty and will end up being a wasted elite Kobe year. We only have one more after this one and he's done.
UnObtainium17
Member
Not a Lakers fan and I actually feel bad for Kobe. I don't want any ATG caliber player to end their career being with a team as bad as the current lakers. MJ deserved it though because he shouldn't have returned in the first place hehe.
thanks. Ben can stay a bit lol.He'll get traded and flourish
Do you like Meyers Leonard btw? 7 footer, shoots 3s, good FT clip.
Do you like Allen Crabbe? Local guy for Sac-town and he's got a bubbly personality and a great wingspan!
Do you like Victor Claver? He's like a tall Bruce Bowen in development!
All 3 for Ben.
Any day now I'm expecting some Laker to show up in a game with a mysterious blackeye.
LyleLanley
Banned
@BaxterHolmes - "Kobe has 25 FGA. The other four Lakers starters combined have 25 FGA."
This is going to be a fun season.
This is going to be a fun season.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
There's really nothing else he could do. The rest of the team is terrible offensively.
It's kinda sad my last hope for this team is the return of Nick Young.
It's all about the scoring record at this point. Can't wait til the coattail rider retres. Most selfish player of all time.
curlyfriski
Banned
Looking forward to a season of the tears of Kobe stans
LyleLanley
Banned
Tears? This is the year in which he gets a ton of empty stats. Kobe fans will praise him for being the best player on a last place team.
perfectchaos007
Member
ESPN overvalued current Kobe at #40
brianjones
Member
kobe is the only reason to watch the lakers
I don't get the hate
I don't get the hate
Kobe is the reason that Kobe is the only reason to watch the Lakers.
brianjones
Member
Meh
A team can't stay on top forever
melo would rather be mediocre in the east than west
What
BigJonsson
Member
RAPTORS!
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Kings lose :/
Purple Cheeto
Member
OKC without Durant are basically the Lakers with a better version of Kobe.
brianjones
Member
in basketball there are only a handful of teams with legitimate shot of winning it all
BadAss2961
Member
Pretty much what I expect from Westbrook's OKC. He's gonna score a lot of points, but they'll lose.
Henry Abbott was right. PEACE.
Yoooo I hope Westbrook can perform like that (low turnovers/lots of free throws) for the season. That 38 point 2 turnover swagger thanks 7th pick WOOO
Fuckin A. Of course the team for the sport I don't care about at all is our dynasty. Meanwhile the Sharks have disappointed for a decade and the dubs have only recently been relevant, apart from 07 which was fucking incredible.
Nah those guys wouldn't be much better. Best thing I saw tonight was batums aggressiveness later on and the d tightening up in the 4th. Granted it was probably because Russell and okc was gassed but still. Blazers need to keep getting to the basket somehow too when the long bombs aren't falling.
PuppetMaster
Member
You mean, besides 2 time all star and future hall of famer BOOZER right?!
I don't know if I can sleep tonight knowing the Cavs play tomorrow. Been a loyal fan since the disappointment in the early 90's and the last four years have been painful, especially with FS Ohio televising Blue Jackets games instead of Cavs games when they both played. I don't think they'll do that very often this year unless the team's on prime-time.
I love how a lot of Cavs fans have adopted the Wolves as their team in the West/underdog team showing support for Wiggins and Bennett. Wiggins had a rough summer but now he's at least on a young team that's exciting to watch with a good chance of him being their franchise player.
As for the Lakers, I've never liked Kobe personally but always respected his abilities, so I do feel sorry for him to waste presumably one of his last years in the game on a shitty team, but he's also partially to blame for that. One of the greatest players deserves to go out relatively on top with a supportive team.
I love how a lot of Cavs fans have adopted the Wolves as their team in the West/underdog team showing support for Wiggins and Bennett. Wiggins had a rough summer but now he's at least on a young team that's exciting to watch with a good chance of him being their franchise player.
As for the Lakers, I've never liked Kobe personally but always respected his abilities, so I do feel sorry for him to waste presumably one of his last years in the game on a shitty team, but he's also partially to blame for that. One of the greatest players deserves to go out relatively on top with a supportive team.
chicagocubsfan
Member
Aaron Brooks ain't leaving the Bulls. He's another one of our guards who's going to overachieve here and leave after one year to grab some $. Thibs is the backup PG whisperer.
MKG looked good. 17 points, 6/8 from the field including 2/3 deep jumpers, 5/6 from the stripe. That shot reconstruction, at least one game in, looks like it's translating to real game time and it looks nice.
Kemba struggled early, but became Killa Kemba down the stretch and hit the game tying 3 and game winner in OT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiBckwv0RWQ
Parker had some nice moves, but an overall quiet night.
CoffeeJanitor
Member
I cant post thread anymore
yeah MKG was looking real good. you can tell from his body language that his confidence is increasing. dude's got swagger. if he keeps working he has the potential to be something special. his lane game is going to be ridiculous this season with his jumper improving and Lance dishing out assists.
here's a nice assist from Lance last night
http://www.nba.com/video/games/hornets/2014/10/29/0021400004-mil-cha-play3.nba/
victreeb3l
Member
Saw the highlights from the Hornets game. Kemba was clutch.
Knicks are going to have another brutal season ahead. Hope they start to get it together halfway in the season.
Knicks are going to have another brutal season ahead. Hope they start to get it together halfway in the season.
Not sure if I stated my predictions earlier in this thread but I really cant see anyone but spurs winning it again. I just dont think any team has improved enough to beat us over a 7 game series. People talk about the age thing but Greg knows how to manage effectively with game time, our bench will probably still be one of the most effective in the league and we just move the ball so well offensively that even when we arnt having a great game defensively we can probably out score you. Bulls might be a problem though.
Future PhaZe
Member
Heat Wiz game was sloppy as fuck
fuck Silver for handicapping the Wiz with his bullshit suspensions...we already were missing a bunch of key players and he goes and suspends half our front court rotation for preseason bs
Bosh looked unstoppable. Wades stats look good but I thought he looked bad. He's a lock to waste a good twelve seconds of the shot clock fishing for fouls and disciplined defenders know you just have to stay down on his pump fakes.
Chris Andersen continues to be one of the most underrated guys in the league though.
fuck Silver for handicapping the Wiz with his bullshit suspensions...we already were missing a bunch of key players and he goes and suspends half our front court rotation for preseason bs
Bosh looked unstoppable. Wades stats look good but I thought he looked bad. He's a lock to waste a good twelve seconds of the shot clock fishing for fouls and disciplined defenders know you just have to stay down on his pump fakes.
Chris Andersen continues to be one of the most underrated guys in the league though.
Gully State
Member
Caught bits and pieces of the W's game against the Kings last night. That was the type of game the Warriors would've lost with Mark Jackson as coach. The offense wasn't clicking (22 TO's) and the 3's weren't falling. Thanks to the coaching staff and adjusting the lineups in the 3rd, the dubbs still pulled out a convincing victory against a team they're supposed to beat. Not saying we're chip bound but winning a game like that makes me feel better about the coaching staff in general.
Why would u want a 36 yr old player chuck multiple bad shots and stand at the defensive end of the ball?
last night i wanted to see the suns of pretty exciting offense not kobe
Ninja Scooter
Member
Because eventually he's going to snap and throw the ball at a ref or something.
In their defense, the Bulls should be one of the top teams in the NBA. Knicks can still slide into a top 6 or 7 slot in the east.
Btw, the Lakers might not win 10 games. I've never seen a worse team that has a superstar on it. It's one thing to lose when your best player is a nobody. It's another to lose when you have the Mamba.