View Full Version : Magic Johnson props the Mavericks, calls Bynum out
lefty
05-05-2011, 11:10 AM
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MagicJohnson (http://twitter.com/#%21/MagicJohnson) Earvin Magic Johnson
Bynum should have never made those comments publicly. Call a players only meeting and discuss those issues internally with your teammates.
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MagicJohnson (http://twitter.com/#) Earvin Magic Johnson
Both Miami and Dallas are playing head and shoulders above the rest right now.
10 hours ago (http://twitter.com/#%21/MagicJohnson/status/66018844615000064) (http://twitter.com/#)
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MagicJohnson (http://twitter.com/#) Earvin Magic Johnson
The Mavs have the Lakers pointing fingers at one another. It's going to be a tough climb to come back and I think their chances are slim.
10 hours ago (http://twitter.com/#%21/MagicJohnson/status/66017947679858690) (http://twitter.com/#)
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MagicJohnson (http://twitter.com/#) Earvin Magic Johnson
I was surprised the Lakers didn't come out w/more intensity & better execution. Dallas is doing a tremendous job keeping them off balance.
10 hours ago (http://twitter.com/#%21/MagicJohnson/status/66013100368855042) (http://twitter.com/#)
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MagicJohnson (http://twitter.com/#) Earvin Magic Johnson
I have never seen a team take it to the Lakers at home in back-to-back playoff games.
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Magic is even more of a heretic now.
ChrisRichards
05-05-2011, 11:15 AM
Everytime someone blew a defensive assigment, everyone was looking at each other like "what, did I do?" there are underlying issues right now the Lakers need to resolve first before pointing fingers out. But Bynum imo deserves the right to call people out. He was the only one out there that really cared, Lamar too but his shot wasn't falling.
BanditHiro
05-05-2011, 11:16 AM
lol more trust issues
What did Bynum say?
Bynum said the team has deep seated trust issues and suddenly TNT cuts away from him back to the studio. I didn't see if he actually finished the interview..
It's OK for Kobe or Phil to say that, just not anyone else.
Koolaid_Man
05-05-2011, 11:29 AM
we'll be fine...Magic is right though....
i MAke GOod POlls
05-05-2011, 11:36 AM
I have never seen a team take it to the Lakers at home in back-to-back playoff games.
Same here, not since the Spurs closed down the forum in 1999.
The Lakers are in serious trouble, it's not just about flipping the switch because they've actually played pretty good in their first 2 games, Dallas just played better. Kobe went off the first game, and then they had the inside game working with Bynum the 2nd while winning neither.
Sure they had some issues on defense, but that's because Dallas is so hard to guard on offense. You either let Nowitzki go 1 on 1, or double him giving other guys open shots. That's what has made Dallas so hard to defend over the last decade. I don't see how LA will pull themselves out of this, Dallas is just on top of their game.
thispego
05-05-2011, 11:37 AM
we'll be fine...Magic is right though....
lolololollollolloooololol
LongtimeSpursFan
05-05-2011, 02:11 PM
Funny how last summer when the Lakers signed Matt Barnes and Theo Ratcliffe all the experts claimed how they just solidified their bench and were clear cut favorites to Three-peat.
lefty
05-05-2011, 02:12 PM
Funny how last summer when the Lakers signed Matt Barnes and Theo Ratcliffe all the experts claimed how they just solidified their bench and were clear cut favorites to Three-peat.
Well, TBH, their signings did look good
SourCandy
05-05-2011, 02:16 PM
Bynum was pretty much saying "i got mine,the others didn't..it's not my fault" his demeanor was very bitch like.
lol more trust issues
:lol
Maybe one day Kobe will have teammates deserving of his "trust."
baseline bum
05-05-2011, 03:23 PM
How can your team have trust when your main guy rats out a teammate to the cops?
crc21209
05-05-2011, 03:24 PM
:lol Who cares what Magic has to say anymore?
johnson sounds like he posts on lakersground
Leetonidas
05-05-2011, 03:29 PM
It seemed obvious to me he was saying "Kobe doesn't want to pass the ball, he wants to take all the shots and doesn't trust anyone else to score"
cobbler
05-05-2011, 03:29 PM
Bynum said the team has deep seated trust issues and suddenly TNT cuts away from him back to the studio. I didn't see if he actually finished the interview..
It's OK for Kobe or Phil to say that, just not anyone else.
Exactly! The media getting on Drew when he has grown up watching his coach and HOF player use the media constantly in the same manor.
Drew was more talking about how he was getting burned cause he was covering the roller only to look over and see the picker dunking and a Laker shrugging his shoulders.
I actually think its a good thing and shows Drew is starting to stand up and take charge a little.
cobbler
05-05-2011, 03:31 PM
It seemed obvious to me he was saying "Kobe doesn't want to pass the ball, he wants to take all the shots and doesn't trust anyone else to score"
Well, since he has eloborated on the comments being mostly about defense and talking, and kobe has even commented by agreeing with him, you would be as usual...
full of shit!
cobbler
05-05-2011, 03:33 PM
How can your team have trust when your main guy rats out a teammate to the cops?
Reprehensible act. Punk move.
Forgive and forget... live and learm... mature.
ElNono
05-05-2011, 03:45 PM
Reprehensible act. Punk move.
Forgive and forget... live and learm... mature.
They never learn... :rolleyes
NewcastleKEG
05-05-2011, 04:05 PM
Lakers probably don't even look at each eye to eye in the locker room and they are supposed to talk?
There is a reason Lakers always talk in the media. I honestly have never seen a good team and especially championship team do so much talking. Spurs & Boston sure as hell don't
Splits
05-05-2011, 05:21 PM
What did Bynum say?
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Difficult to understand exactly what the hell he is saying with his mumbling.
Killakobe81
05-05-2011, 05:24 PM
Well Magic has a right to his opinion. Me personally, I like the growth and understanding Drew has attained, but that comment wasnt very smart or savy. I always feel if it's true, you cant crucify him for it. Just tell him to be smarter next time.
Bynum was pretty much saying "i got mine,the others didn't..it's not my fault" his demeanor was very bitch like.
That would be a first for any Laker.
Well Magic has a right to his opinion. Me personally, I like the growth and understanding Drew has attained, but that comment wasnt very smart or savy. I always feel if it's true, you cant crucify him for it. Just tell him to be smarter next time.
Telling someone to be smarter doesn't work. You have to hire smart people. If we just needed to know "be smarter", Ron Arrest wouldn't be suspended for game 3 because I am sure he's heard that a few times in his life.
Killakobe81
05-05-2011, 05:30 PM
Telling someone to be smarter doesn't work. You have to hire smart people. If we just needed to know "be smarter", Ron Arrest wouldn't be suspended for game 3 because I am sure he's heard that a few times in his life.
But artest has been smarter ...he just had a "relapse" LOL. and i dont agree with your premise. Drew is young he can learn. Kobe is still an ass but as he has matured he has learned some things. Im not saying you can change personalities but you can learn media savy ...politicians, artists etc. have coaches for stuff like that. That is his agent's job. But by all accounts, his agnet is an ass ...so who knows?
LkrFan
05-05-2011, 05:54 PM
Magic needs to STFU. Yes, he had a stellar playing career and I fully appreciate the 9 Showtime Finals appearances and 5 titles he has. But ever since the Lakers started winning again it's like he feels threatened. His legacy is safe - no need to pop off at the mouth. When the Lakers were not winning titles (after he retired), he didn't say shit. Now that they are he can't keep quiet.
Although he doesn't need the money, the only reason he is on BSPN's payroll is because he is a former Laker who could give those clowns more "inside access" to the team. He is officially a BSPN "company man" now that he sold his 5% ownership to the Lakers.
I wonder if the Admiral ever publicly talked shit about TD or the Spurs in general? I wonder if Larry Bird ever publicly talked shit about Pierce (pre KG/Ray Allen) or the Celtics in general? On both accounts: doubtfull and I'm sure there are other examples.
Magic has done a ton for the Lakers as a player. Even when he popped positive for HIV, the Lakers and their fans (like me) stood by him. Now he talking shit about Bynum would have been thrown off the team if Riley were the coach? Is that a jab at PJ? It's ironic because he got Westhead canned years ago.
Loved Magic for what he did for the Lakers, but I'm done with him. Just how he says Bynum should have kept that private, he should have kept his comments private too. And what 52 year old goes on Twitter anyway? Oh well.
Greg Oden
05-05-2011, 05:59 PM
Magic needs to STFU. Yes, he had a stellar playing career and I fully appreciate the 9 Showtime Finals appearances and 5 titles he has. But ever since the Lakers started winning again it's like he feels threatened. His legacy is safe - no need to pop off at the mouth. When the Lakers were not winning titles (after he retired), he didn't say shit. Now that they are he can't keep quiet.
Although he doesn't need the money, the only reason he is on BSPN's payroll is because he is a former Laker who could give those clowns more "inside access" to the team. He is officially a BSPN "company man" now that he sold his 5% ownership to the Lakers.
I wonder if the Admiral ever publicly talked shit about TD or the Spurs in general? I wonder if Larry Bird ever publicly talked shit about Pierce (pre KG/Ray Allen) or the Celtics in general? On both accounts: doubtfull and I'm sure there are other examples.
Magic has done a ton for the Lakers as a player. Even when he popped positive for HIV, the Lakers and their fans (like me) stood by him. Now he talking shit about Bynum would have been thrown off the team if Riley were the coach? Is that a jab at PJ? It's ironic because he got Westhead canned years ago.
Loved Magic for what he did for the Lakers, but I'm done with him. Just how he says Bynum should have kept that private, he should have kept his comments private too. And what 52 year old goes on Twitter anyway? Oh well.
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Isitjustme?
05-05-2011, 06:02 PM
BSPN is such a great pun. Nice work LkrFan.
21_Blessings
05-05-2011, 06:24 PM
Magic should have worn a condom.
Giuseppe
05-05-2011, 06:40 PM
Magic should have worn a condom.
Or, insisted that his partner did.
Or, insisted that his partner did.
Talk about peanut humor. :rolleyes
Giuseppe
05-05-2011, 06:51 PM
Talk about peanut humor. :rolleyes
There is some in the medical community who claim to this day that it is virtually impossible to transmit twixt woman to man in vaginal intercourse.
Splits
05-05-2011, 07:26 PM
There is some in the medical community who claim to this day that it is virtually impossible to transmit twixt woman to man in vaginal intercourse.
There are some in the foreign policy community who claim to this day that bin Laden is alive
There are some in the space community who claim to this day we never landed on the moon
There are some in the political community who claim to this day that Obama was born in Kenya
There are some in the defense community who claim to this day that the Jews and Bush ordered 9/11
There are some in the Middle East community who claim to this day that the Holocaust never happened
There are some in the science community who claim that global warming is a hoax
Then there is the rest of the world, who treat these people like the lunatics they are
Giuseppe
05-05-2011, 07:35 PM
:rolleyes
LkrFan
05-06-2011, 01:30 AM
Kobe seems fed up with Magic's Twitter comments. Can't say I blame him.
Kobe Bryant, who is tied with Johnson with five championship rings as a member of the Lakers, did not pay much credence to the franchise legend's stance on the subject.
"What the hell do I care?" Bryant said. "It means nothing, whether he said it or not doesn't really mean a damn thing. We just got to win a game."
Proxy
05-06-2011, 02:54 AM
The team seems fed up with Kobe being a bitch all the goddamn time
But artest has been smarter ...he just had a "relapse" LOL. and i dont agree with your premise. Drew is young he can learn. Kobe is still an ass but as he has matured he has learned some things. Im not saying you can change personalities but you can learn media savy ...politicians, artists etc. have coaches for stuff like that. That is his agent's job. But by all accounts, his agnet is an ass ...so who knows?
He's been more reserved, but not smarter. You aren't going to make Cro-Magnon smarter without evolution.
Giuseppe
05-06-2011, 01:27 PM
He's been more reserved, but not smarter. You aren't going to make Cro-Magnon smarter without evolution.
No, but, you can make him back up Pierce long enough to get it off.
tee, hee.
There is some in the medical community who claim to this day that it is virtually impossible to transmit twixt woman to man in vaginal intercourse.
You should know better.
Giuseppe
05-06-2011, 01:31 PM
You should know better.
:rolleyes
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