2002 Lakers WTF?!

[TheMACHINE]

Just watched a ESPN Classic game of the Lakers/Portland Game 3 in 2002.

I cant believe we won a title with the starting 5 of:

Derek Fisher
Kobe Bryant
Rick Fox
Samaki Walker
Shaq

:lmao

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Well Robert Horry closed most of the games at PF and Derek Fisher wasn't a scrub back then. Plus there's the fact Shaq in his prime is one of the best 5 players ever, his problem was that laziness stopped his prime from lasting longer.

[TheMACHINE]

yah at the end Kobe made a three followed by horry's 3 FTW. But that just amazes me...hard to believe we beat the Spurs in 5 that year.

[4>0rings]

That's how much better Shaq was compared to Kobe.

[Jacob1983]

How many points did you average in the series?

[Ghazi]

poor Kings.

[eyeh8u]

its easy to win when the games are rigged

[namlook]

its easy to win when the games are rigged

If the games are rigged then so were the Spurs championships as well.

[MI21]

Fisher
Bryant
Fox
Horry
Shaq

was a mean lineup to face in the final 8 minutes of a playoff game.


yah at the end Kobe made a three followed by horry's 3 FTW. But that just amazes me...hard to believe we beat the Spurs in 5 that year.

Pretty sure the Spurs were leading at 3/4 time in either all 5 games or 4/5.. But as I said above, beating that lineup in the 4th quarter was nigh on impossible.

[Giuseppe]

poor Kings.

The got precisely what was comin' to 'em.

Those lousy fucks.

[lefty]

yah at the end Kobe made a three followed by horry's 3 FTW. But that just amazes me...hard to believe we beat the Spurs in 5 that year.
Spurs played very well, but Kobe killed us at the end of games 3 and 4 :depressed

[BlackSwordsMan]

shaq was that good

[Phillip]

Well they had two players that were pretty much unstoppable, who's abilities perfectly complimented each other. Too bad (for the Lakers) that their egos didnt, as they were the most unstoppable duo ever.

[z0sa]

Figures lakerfan can't even remember their second to last title.

[ChrisRichards]

With so many you tend to lose track, much like me with hoes.
jeez i love this guy

:lol:lol:lol

[in2deep]

its easy to win when the games are rigged

:lmao

[scanry]

With so many you tend to lose track, much like me with hoes.

Your pimped up Civic must be coming handy ehhh!!! :lol

[ChrisRichards]

Your pimped up Civic must be coming handy ehhh!!! :lol
:lol. i can see it now, luva pullin up @ a burger king lot, pickin them fine ass hoes as he gladly put it :lol

[Muser]

Figures lakerfan can't even remember their second to last title.

You'd of thought they wouldn't be surprised that they won with that team either.

[Leetonidas]

A Civic would do just fine. My gift to gab is so golden that they don't even notice the car.

I would forget what you were driving if you gave me HIV too

[HarlemHeat37]

LOL yes, how did the Lakers win in 2002 with that lineup?..how did they win game 6? must have been difficult..

[MadDog73]

All I care about is they lost in 2003. And 2004. And 2005.* And 2006. And 2007. And 2008.

*Missed Playoffs. :D

So, yeah, grats on 2002.

[FkLA]

you do know Fisher in his prime was a very solid starting PG that even helped lead the Jazz to the WCF as a starter if Im not mistaken after he left LA? you do know Fox was a very solid defender, that despite the popular belief about how great of a defensive player Bryant was, Fox was the one always guarding the opposing team's best wing? you do know Horry finished games and during that time was one of the best two way players in the league? you do know Shaq during his prime was the fucking MDE right? you do know those lakers had arguably the best big man and arguably the best guard on the same team right?

not surprised though, typical bandwagon lakerfan...

[Giuseppe]

Winning Game 4 was no picnic either/hang a left, fellows, take a ganders:

BIG BAD BOB

Ev'ry mornin' at the Staples you could see him arrive
He stood six foot ten and weighed two thirty five
Kinda narrow at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
And everybody knew ya didn't give no lip to Big Bob.
(Big Bob, Big Bob) Big Bad Bob (Big Bob)

Everybody seemed to know where Bob called home
He’d just drifted into town and stayed all alone
He didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy
And if you spoke at all, you just said "Hi" to Big Bob.

Somebody said he came from the Phoenix deserts
Where he got in a fight over a former team mate
And a crashin' blow from a huge white towel
Sent a Texas fellow to LA LA Land-Big Bob
(Big Bob, Big Bob) Big Bad Bob (Big Bob)

Then came the day at the bottom of the game
When a Daddy cracked and a Kobe started cryin'
Lakers were prayin' and hearts beat fast
And everybody thought that they'd breathed their last-'cept Bob

Through the dust and the smoke of this man-made hell
Walked a giant of a man that the Lakers knew well
Grabbed a caromed sphere, gave out with a groan
And like a giant oak tree he just stood there alone-Big Bob
(Big Bob, Big Bob) Big Bad Bob (Big Bob)

And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
Then a Laker (I think it was D Fish) yelled out "There’s a light up above!"
And twelve Lakers scrambled from a would-be grave
Now there's only one left down there-his name CWEBB.

With Bibbys & Predrags they started back down
Then came that rumble way down in the ground
And then smoke and gas belched out of the Magoof Bros.
Everybody knew it was the end of the line for the Sacked Kings
(Big Bob, Big Bob) Big Bad Bob (Big Bob)

Now they never rebuilt that worthless team
They just placed a marble stand in front of it
These few words are written on that stand
”Don’t leave Horry, Chris.”
(Big Bob, Big Bob) Big Bad Bob (Big Bob)

[Fade]
(Big Bob, Big Bob) Big Bad Bob (Big Bob)

tee, hee.

[FkLA]

with that said check the 4th qtr of game 6 of the wcf

[An Unbiased Fan]

All I care about is they lost in 2003. And 2004. And 2005.* And 2006. And 2007. And 2008.

*Missed Playoffs. :D

So, yeah, grats on 2002.
Yet, somehow they managed to win 4 titles in the 00's, win the West 6 times, and beat the Spurs 4-1. Will Spur fans ever learn???

:downspin:

[TheMACHINE]

lol d george and mevadenko

[Giuseppe]

you do know Fisher in his prime was a very solid starting PG

He ain't chopped liver in his subprime either.

And it was really fortunate that his daughter's eye went haywire, eh?

tee, hee.

[Giuseppe]

and mevadenko

That rosey cheeked fuck. And Samaki Walker! No matter how bad he fucked up he'd still trot down the other proud & tall, head held high. At least when Parker "smushed" us he rightfully hung his low to avoid the hateful looks from the Mamba.

[Giuseppe]

with that said check the 4th qtr of game 6 of the wcf

What, do you want me to repudiate the outcome? Hell no. We got rinsed many times in the early '80 vs. Boston. I put up all sorts of protest and angst, and everybody just said: "tougheth lucketh, Cubby, laughing their ass off" leaving me effectively with my dick in my hand--cryin' like a motherfucker. I wised up, the Celtics went south and it was our turn to feed at the trough of dishonesty & guaranteed result.

And daddy-O, I ain't ever looked back.

[MadDog73]

Yet, somehow they managed to win 4 titles in the 00's, win the West 6 times, and beat the Spurs 4-1. Will Spur fans ever learn???

:nope

Seriously, a Cavs fan talking smack?

Spurs won 4 Rings in 9 years, too, dipshit.

And how about sweeping the Lakers in '99?

It goes both ways, believe me.

[Giuseppe]

Then they built the Piston fellows a room. They all go in there together, drink cocoa and talk about us.

[in2deep]

Kobe Bryant
Shaq


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[MadDog73]

Then they built the Piston fellows a room. They all go in there together, drink cocoa and talk about us.

LOL. I wonder why that is....


maybe because Laker fans are such assholes no one can stand to be around them.

[DarrinS]

Was that the year Mike Bibby managed to foul Kobe's elbow with his nose?

[picc84]

The two most dominant players in the league, the best clutch shooter in NBA history in Horry, the definition of a glue-guy role player in Fox, a shooter in Fisher.

Shaq
Kobe
Horry

Thats a deadly 4th quarter lineup to deal with. Two guys who need to be doubled and dead-eye shooters on the wings. We only needed two plays in those days - Shaq post-up, Kobe iso. Run one of those every time down and it was good enough to beat anyone.

[Giuseppe]

Horry and that shot Vs. the Kings. I was already typing the obit (it'd a been 3-1/back up to Sacramento) at the old AZ Central site when the children started a maniacal uproar in the living room.

Matzel, Matzel, good things!

That victory goes right behind that '85 break thru in Boston.

[ambchang]

LOL, that's why they needed all the help from the league they could get to get to the finals.

[Giuseppe]

LOL, that's why they needed all the help from the league they could get to get to the finals.

I know, but, let's face it, they'd a not got that help if Horry had not hit that shot. We'd a been on our own from that point forward. Down 3-1, up in Sacramento. No way we seal the 3 peat.

[crc21209]

Just watched a ESPN Classic game of the Lakers/Portland Game 3 in 2002.

I cant believe we won a title with the starting 5 of:

Derek Fisher
Kobe Bryant
Rick Fox
Samaki Walker
Shaq

:lmao

Kobe, Shaq, and Horry was all they needed...

[crc21209]

Was that the year Mike Bibby managed to foul Kobe's elbow with his nose?

Yup....

[Jacob1983]

I hate the Spurs and hope they become a lottery team but they didn't lose in the Finals in the 2000s. They have also won every Finals that they have played in. The Lakers went to the Finals 6 times in the 2000s. They went 4 for 6. I still think and hope that if the Lakers make the Finals that they get swept by the Cavs or Magic or even the Hawks. That would be fuckin hilarious to see the Lakers lose to the Hawks in the Finals.

[TampaDude]

That would be fuckin hilarious to see the Lakers lose to the Hawks in the Finals.

Won't happen, but if it did, that would be so fucking ridiculously awesome...if that happened, I'd be buying a Horford jersey the very next day...seriously... :lol

[Gutter92]

Yet, somehow they managed to win 4 titles in the 00's, win the West 6 times, and beat the Spurs 4-1. Will Spur fans ever learn???

:downspin:

Shaq was unstoppable during that run, hence why he won 3 Finals MVPs ;)