Why do the Lakers get yet another 2 day break?

[Walton Buys Off Me]

What else will Stern an co. do to ensure Kobe gets his rest?

Where's Vince McMahon with the 'special guest referee'?

:lmao

[z0sa]

If LA loses, the advertisers get pissed

[Trainwreck2100]

It's not Stern its ESPN

[NFGIII]

:greedy:greedy:greedy:greedy:greedy:greedy:greedy

Plain and simple.

Too many games in a night means less revenue. Space them out and show as many as possible means more revenue.

It's all about the benjamins.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

The league office was notified that Kobe was hurting so they needed the Lakers to be as well rested as possible.

Sadly, no one is gonna tune in to a OKC/UTA Round 2.

[DesignatedT]

wtf dude. that is complete bullshit.

[easy7]

Twice has the Lakers had a 3 day rest between games.

[Muser]

They earnt it by getting the 1 seed?

[Cane]

Stern felt bad for calling out Phil Jackson on his whining about refs.

[sonic21]

kobe needs rest

[in2deep]

they have the best record in the West. They deserve it.

[EmptyMan]

It was part of the Gasol trade.

[JWest596]

The only true constant in the NBA Universe is that the Los Angeles Lakers will get the benefit as Stern's favorite NBA Final Choice:
"The Lo$ Angele$ Laker$ versus Lo$ Angele$ Laker$"

Did you think he was just trying to be clever? Where Amazing happens

[BillMc]

It was part of the Gasol trade.

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

This had me laughing for about five minutes.:toast

[Man In Black]

It's a ratings thing. Since they get promoted the most and they're the best big city team, they get preferential treatment. That's another reason why I preferred the LAL in round 1.
They'll probably beat OKC, but I felt, about a month and a half ago, that the Spurs could beat them.

[silverblk mystix]

It's a ratings thing. Since they get promoted the most and they're the best big city team, they get preferential treatment. That's another reason why I preferred the LAL in round 1.
They'll probably beat OKC, but I felt, about a month and a half ago, that the Spurs could beat them.

that is also what I was saying---that the best chance the spurs had to get to the 2nd round---was to play the lakers...

imagine TD & Manu getting 3 days rest and then playing the lakers with the appropriate fear' thing...that would be a nice series...

gotta beat dallas and hope the lakers get pushed/tested somewhere down the road..

[ECZ]

It was part of the Gasol trade.


:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

This had me laughing for about five minutes.:toast

:rollin:rollin:rollin

[Sisk]

It was part of the Gasol trade.

/thread :lmao

[spursfan1000]

The league office was notified that Kobe was hurting so they needed the Lakers to be as well rested as possible.

Sadly, no one is gonna tune in to a OKC/UTA Round 2.


OKC vs UTAH would be a good matchup.

[vander]

they'll have to catch up eventually, hopefully OKC and utah both push them to 7, then if we beat Phoenix, we get a 2 week rest

[itzsoweezee]

they have the best record in the West. They deserve it.

how about the THunder? did they earn it by getting the 8 seed?

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Kobe and the lakers brass are all masters at deep throating the biggest veiniest cock in existence.

Thats why any team that ever beats the Lakers in a series deserves prahps.

Cleveland is reaching that level too.

[Capt Bringdown]

Kobe and the lakers brass are all masters at deep throating the biggest veiniest cock in existence.


You've got it backwards. Lakers are the top, Stern is the bottom.

[Spurminator]

Well, Utah and LA closed out their series Friday night and play Game 1 Sunday. SA and Phx closed out on Thursday and don't play until Monday.

All about TV.

[Flux451]

Clev Boston have a 3 day rest also

[spursfaninla]

LA only gets 1 day off, saturday, and starts against Utah on sun, where we got 3 days. So everybody should agree it is about money and not favoring the big market.

although that sac v. la series back in the day was pretty fishy...

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Everything ever involving LA is fucking fishy.

I hope Kobe breaks his knee

[senorglory]

Because ... 9/11 was an inside job; because vaccinations cause autism; because if you look closely at the back of theone dollar bill, you'll see that the gubernment is really controlled by the illuminati; and because the NBA is fixed.