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If I recall correctly this was the same poll last year that predicted the mighty Lakeshow would repeat. Now the players are predicting a 3-peat. I guess the Laker opponents really know they're playing for second place.
What intrigues me though is how Tim Duncan voted. It wouldn't surprise me if Timmy voted for LA as well. I'm just tickled purple that the Spurs and Heat doing so well only got 1 and 3 % of the vote respectively.This from their peers.
Well here it is read it and weep hatas.
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...again/related/
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welcome to the board! this is a wonderful place with kind people.
If I recall correctly this was the same poll last year that predicted the mighty Lakeshow would repeat. Now the players are predicting a 3-peat. I guess the Laker opponents really know they're playing for second place.
What intrigues me though is how Tim Duncan voted. It wouldn't surprise me if Timmy voted for LA as well. I'm just tickled purple that the Spurs and Heat doing so well only got 1 and 3 % of the vote respectively.
Well here it is read it and weep hatas.
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...again/related/
Nice first post lil welcome to the Laker Nation...
lol mental notes.
Nice first post lil welcome to the Laker Nation...
Lol ignore list
LOL. NBA players know what's up. Threepeat coming....
This is what Laker fan has resorted to? Polls and surveys to prove the Lakers worth. Just like Spurs fan, not accepting its over.
Welchers really have no room to be talking about resorting...
You win HO.... Congrats on being the class act you are.
It's been fun guys.... Enjoyed the bantar with one and all and even you Ho . But thats a line that should never have been crossed.
I'm outta here. Good luck to all your teams in the future and go Lakers!
Your pole is rising...
That was our bet, Cobby. Mine & Ace. I offered grace. I implored him to take it. And I'd a asked Ace for it had the roles been reversed.
You're wrong here, Cobby.
Kobe has never won the championship when his team did not have HCA in the Finals.
Has Duncan's?
Don't be dense.
Didn't know you offered up the grace Cully so my bad there. I guess I'll have to give his ACE ego a pass.
Didn't know you offered up the grace Cully so my bad there. I guess I'll have to give his ACE ego a pass...
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It would take a great twin towers defensive team like the '99 or '03 Spurs to beat the current Laker team. Kobe + the front line create such an advantage that they are able to carry an astonishing amount of dead weight in their lineup.
I don't see how they can be beaten in a 7 game series. Maybe someone can finally punish them for suiting up the likes of Ron Artest and Derek Fisher.
^.....pretty much says it all.....
I assume this non-scientific poll was taken (where are the methods, was it a random sampling of all players on all teams) before:
1) Miami blasted LAL then SAS did as did a string of mediocre teams - to date the LAL have only a few quality wins and the softest schedule by far (0.442 http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/powerrankings ) of the major contenders, and not only a relatively mediocre record but also until they crushed the Cavs had a mediocre point differential relatively speaking.
2) Celtics had a string of injuries, and if Garnett not 100% they are certainly vulnerable.
3) Kobe revealed again he is not practicing to save his knees (probably the biggest potential issue http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...-lakers-again/ - now to be fair there are no back to backs in the playoffs but also Bynum to date has not been overwhelming and Gasol is off and on. Odom has been the glue saving the Lakers and he certainly has shined at moments in the playoffs the last few years but he has a history of extreme variablility in key moments so time will tell.
LAL is still a very strong and deep team and seems to be rolling again and deserve to be favored, but they nor the Celtics are invulnerable. If Kobe really has knee issues certainly all bets are off and/or if any of the other big four on the LAL goes down - during the last two years they have had their stars there albeit Bynum not at 100%. At this point in the year any of the top tier teams are true le contenders including the Magic who have the inside and outside game gelling as well as anyone in the league right now and certainly the Heat who will benefit from all the calls all the time. Dallas is still a stacked team with size and depth, the player I consider the MVP right now in Dirk, and a potential star in Roddy Beaulois (spelling?) coming back sometime soon.
Meanwhile, the SAS are surely not intimidated by the Lakers and are playing their stars less minutes than any other contender and I for one would love 1:100 odds for their chances to not only come out of the West but to win it all. They also have their number one draft choice in James Anderson returning and Neal is a cold bloodded assassin type that seems to thrive on big moments, Hill plays Kobe as tough as anyone in the league right now, and Manu when healthy brings to the table in the clutch everything that Kobe does (and over a 5 year period was the most clutch player in the NBA http://www.nba.com/2009/news/feature...ame/index.html (and Kobe was not even close) and with him gelling, a healthy and rested Duncan and the speed of Parker plus the Spurs great bench and knowing Pop he is liable to bring in another quality veteran to add to that depth as he has several times in previous le runs = bring it on.
Last edited by Rummpd; 01-12-2011 at 08:17 AM.
I assume this non-scientific poll was taken (where are the methods, was it a random sampling of all players on all teams) before:
1) Miami blasted LAL then SAS did as did a string of mediocre teams - to date the LAL have only a few quality wins and the softest schedule by far (0.442 http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/powerrankings ) of the major contenders, and not only a relatively mediocre record but also until they crushed the Cavs had a mediocre point differential relatively speaking.
2) Celtics had a string of injuries, and if Garnett not 100% they are certainly vulnerable.
3) Kobe revealed again he is not practicing to save his knees (probably the biggest potential issue http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...-lakers-again/ - now to be fair there are no back to backs in the playoffs but also Bynum to date has not been overwhelming and Gasol is off and on. Odom has been the glue saving the Lakers and he certainly has shined at moments in the playoffs the last few years but he has a history of extreme variablility in key moments so time will tell.
LAL is still a very strong and deep team and seems to be rolling again and deserve to be favored, but they nor the Celtics are invulnerable. If Kobe really has knee issues certainly all bets are off and/or if any of the other big four on the LAL goes down - during the last two years they have had their stars there albeit Bynum not at 100%. At this point in the year any of the top tier teams are true le contenders including the Magic who have the inside and outside game gelling as well as anyone in the league right now and certainly the Heat who will benefit from all the calls all the time. Dallas is still a stacked team with size and depth, the player I consider the MVP right now in Dirk, and a potential star in Roddy Beaulois (spelling?) coming back sometime soon.
Meanwhile, the SAS are surely not intimidated by the Lakers and are playing their stars less minutes than any other contender and I for one would love 1:100 odds for their chances to not only come out of the West but to win it all. They also have their number one draft choice in James Anderson returning and Neal is a cold bloodded assassin type that seems to thrive on big moments, Hill plays Kobe as tough as anyone in the league right now, and Manu when healthy brings to the table in the clutch everything that Kobe does (and over a 5 year period was the most clutch player in the NBA http://www.nba.com/2009/news/feature...ame/index.html (and Kobe was not even close) and with him gelling, a healthy and rested Duncan and the speed of Parker plus the Spurs great bench and knowing Pop he is liable to bring in another quality veteran to add to that depth as he has several times in previous le runs = bring it on.
come again I didn't quite understand your gibberish...
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