they is a bunch of showboating crybabies... who would be afraid of that?
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they is a bunch of showboating crybabies... who would be afraid of that?
gotta always support and believe your team has a chance to win it all every year.
I'm more worried about the officials than the the Lakers themselves. It seems like the only way the NBA gets respectable ratings nowadays is if the Lakers are in the finals. I can easily see the Spurs suffering the same misfortune that the Celtics had in Game Seven.
ginobili is agile and quick. artest really doesn't do too well against lithe, quick players. someone like kevin martin/brandon roy will torch artest. against bigger, physical players, artest's D really shines.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nathan89
artest is perfect against the likes of lebron/melo and showed he could take durant out of games. artest and battier shut down lebron in 2008-2009 one of the games, and i couldn't believe how good they were defending him. artest is a great match up against lebron. will he shut him down alone? nope. but it's more favorable than than people think it is.
you had decent points until you mentioned bosh being as good as KG defensively. i don't think you understand how soft bosh is. bosh is amare's level on the defensive end. no debate on that. he should be a SG to be honest, the way he plays on both ends.
KG is losing a lot of steps, but he's still a very capable defender down low. good reason why pau never had a breakout game in the finals.
yes, miami is going to be a handful. but let the season and post-season prove that. i personally think that wade as the lead man will torch it up, seeing how he doesn't have as much pressure to carry the team on his back alone.
What exactly have the Spurs done lately to make anyone think they are on the Laker's level?
You guys are funny.
The Lakers are the champs until proven otherwise. You don't have to fear them, but you better believe they are going to be one hell of a team next season. The bench will be the best it's been in years, and the core has another year of experience together.
If by some miracle Bynum has a healthy season the Lakers will be a tough out.
Artest was absolutely horrible against Lebron this past season..he looked extremely slow next to him, and Cleveland ran Lebron in various types of plays, and Artest was killed against all of them..Quote:
Originally Posted by duhoh
Another reason is that Artest's main strength as a defender nowadays is that the refs allow him to handcheck more than any other player in the NBA, and it's not even close, TBH..
Against Lebron, he doesn't have this luxury..refs will call any contact against King for the most part..
For the Spurs fans that don't go downstairs, DazedAndConfused is a Laker fan that actually quit on the Lakers during the Thunder series, saying they weren't going to win the title and he was looking forward to next year instead..Quote:
Originally Posted by DazedAndConfused
Artest is perfect for guarding melo because melo is a big and strong player that will bang in the paint with artest. Melo blow by his defender to often. Durant is a dominant shooter and not going to blow by the defender as well. James will be able to battle in the paint and blow by artest. If artest can lockdown james why did the lakers lose both games to the cavs last year? Was it because the cavs roll players are so dominating.Quote:
Originally Posted by duhoh
I did not say that bosh was going to be just as good as kg on defense. I mentioned that kg was overated on defense and he did not get destroyed. I think bosh will step up his defense now that he is on a team that is a contender. If steps up he should be able to hold his own on a guy like pau. He is going to have to muscle up though he is a little soft. Like I said he should be able to off set any contribution pau has on offense with his own offense.
Something to chew on:
Heat lineup-BigZ,Bosh,Miller,Wade,James
With that lineup the heat will have two bigs and one sf that can shoot from midrange or the three point line. Who will be protecting the paint on the lakers?:wow
:lol I hardly ever look downstairs. Now I know what kind of fan DazedAndConfused is. I guess he underestimated the power of the official in the NBA.Quote:
Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37
i think it has less to do with handchecking as harlem wants to talk about its more about the type of attack against artest, and similarly kobe. if you isolate against these two, give up they will shut you down, but the second you set a screen its over for the defense, they cant go through them which is why teams just zone up or load up on the strong side
LBJ、wade、bosh：are you afarid us？
the Lakers are champs of last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by DazedAndConfused
and the question is what have the Laker's done too prove that they are head and shoulders above the Spurs?
nothing. their championship last year and the year before dont speak to the matchup, which has been very even the last couple of years in spite of injuries. and i dont consider the Spurs to be on the Lakers level. that doesn't mean that the Spurs cant beat them. the chances arent great, but it's not farfeched at all. i wouln't be shocked if LA lost the Spurs.
If they are healthy they will probably win the Western Conference for the 4th consecutive season. They have got a better bench now and are the defending NBA champs. However I do believe they can be given a tough 7 game series and it could work in the opposing teams favor, Boston almost beat them in LA. They also might be due for the injury bug, with all the going deep into the playoffs the past 3 seasons it might take it's toll on them as a team which would effect their ultimate goal to 3peat.
Miami and Boston got better in the offseason, and in the NBA finals could give them a tough series.
Artest wasn't healthy when LA played LeBron this season. His D those games against LeBron was bad but he healed up after the last game and his D was much better.Quote:
Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37
I'm not worried about LeBron getting the whistle because all of LA's perimeter players play physical on D. The refs won't call them all. Someone may get ticky-tack calls but the rest will be able to do their thing.
Never afraid of anything. As long as both teams are healthy this year it will be a good barn burning series coming down to Kobe or Manu making the last bucket.
Both teams will beat the miami cold as will the Celtics which means QUEEN lebron will once again walk away with his head dragging on the floor like the spoiled asshole she is. :ihit