Which TX Team matches up best with the Lakers

[tlongII]

i love how fernandez, oden and bayless are all rookies, if they're starting it will be funny for about 2 yrs.

You honestly think the blazers match up anywhere close to the lakers.

I like Oden but Bynum will on him, no offense.

The Blazers are better than the Lakers. Right now. I'm serious.

Oden is so much stronger than Bynum it's ridiculous.

[BUMP]

definitely Dallas. Bynum would have a very tough time scoring on Diop (everybody does) Diop wouldnt be able to do much on offense but he usually doesnt have much of an impact but is just as athletic. Dampier although makes a fool out of himself at times, is a big body that can bang with anybody.

Dirk>Gasol
Howard>Odom
Kobe obviously torches the Mavs but we have bodies that we can throw at him.
LA usually doesnt play well in Dallas anyway

[RsxPiimp]

definitely Dallas. Bynum would have a very tough time scoring on Diop (everybody does) Diop wouldnt be able to do much on offense but he usually doesnt have much of an impact but is just as athletic. Dampier although makes a fool out of himself at times, is a big body that can bang with anybody.

Dirk>Gasol
Howard>Odom
Kobe obviously torches the Mavs but we have bodies that we can throw at him.
LA usually doesnt play well in Dallas anyway

wrong chief


la has been killing even w/o bynum playing like bynum and no pau.


kobe owns the mavs

[BUMP]

wrong chief


la has been killing even w/o bynum playing like bynum and no pau.


kobe owns the mavs

wrong chief.

they are 4-4 the last two years, including the worst
ever loss at Staples

research, kid

[dirk4mvp]

You have to take into account that Dirk has ed on Pau more than anybody else he's played against in his entire career.

[dirk4mvp]

You have to take in account that Kobe and the Lakers have ed on the Mavericks more than any team in the history of sports.

well that's not entirely true since the Heat and Warriors exist

also we can't forget about this

the worst
ever loss at Staples

[TheMACHINE]

Lakers are really tough to match up with. Three seven footers in the front court who are all mobile and can score. Kobe the Shooting Guard and Fisher the point. Vujacic is a good sixth.

Rockets could have trouble with their size and with Sasha Vujacic drilling three ptrs. Yao nullified Gasol. Kobe..nobody can shut him down, probably T-Macs or Battier's job. Adleman would probably use Scola and Landry to tage team Odom or just put Artest on him. Fisher? Guess that would fall to Alston.

Spurs would have to put Oberto on Gasol, Duncan on Bynum, and who's gonna guard Odom? Kurt Thomas? T-Park and Ginobili match up well as a pair against Kobe and Fisher.

Mavs? hahahahaha

Ok, I'll try. Erik Dampier the second best center in the league and Diop Tag Team vs Bynum.
Dirk vs Kobe, Fisher vs Kidd , J. Howard vs Odom? Brandon Bass vs Gasol?

That Lakers team is gonna be really tough to beat. Jax is gonna run a triangle offense with a double post threat from Gasol and Bynum while Odom roams the baseline on either side. Kobe will be scoring from all over the place and Fisher just has to get the ball to the right place. Anytime you put a front court of 3 x 7 footers on the court, what are you gonna do to defense them?

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[bostonguy]

They might not be the best Texas team overall, but Dallas might match up against the Lakers best, even though Kobe has been known to handle Dallas basically by himself.

Dallas has two big, long, bulky centers to combat the Lakers front court in Diop and Dampier. Now, not saying they're great players, but at least that's two big bodies at the center position to contest Bynum and Gasol. They also have multiple athletic wing players with Howard, Stack, George, Wright, Eddie Jones (if he avoids weight room equipment), Green (if he makes the team), Singleton (if he makes the team) to throw at Kobe.

Now, again, that's not to say Dallas is better than the Spurs or Rockets. They probably aren't. But, I think they might match up against the Lakers better than those two.

Stack,George,Jones of today are not athletic.

[Spurtacus]

A healthy San Antonio. That includes Manu.

[BUMP]

Stack,George,Jones of today are not athletic.

Stack is athletic, Jones is an above average defender.

not sure how George got thrown in there tho

[SenorSpur]

An injury-free Horry would have been a good option to throw at Gasol but now id say the Spurs would go with Thomas and Oberto on Gasol and Duncan at Bynum.

Are you kidding me? An injury-free Horry? Horry wasn't injured during the conference finals versus the Fakes, as much as he was virtually ineffective. How do you go from a near-spectacular Game 7 performance against the Hornets to disappearing against the Fakers.

C'mon man. The Horry of today, injury-free or not, is done. A 34 year-old Horry would've been a better comparison.

[JamStone]

Stack,George,Jones of today are not athletic.

Eddie Jones is not athletic. I was just started listing all of their wing players.

Stackhouse, even at his age, is still very athletic. And, Devean George is very athletic as well. I'm not using a LeBron James or Josh Howard or Kobe Bryant standard of athleticism. But, compared to the average wing player in the NBA, Stack and George are right there or above average athletically.

[JamStone]

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I know the Lakers have been talking about experimenting with Lamar Odom at the point guard position, but your starting line-up doesn't make too much sense because it takes away any perimeter shooting out of the line-up. You already move Odom down to small forward and take out Radmanovic who is a very good outside shooter. So, if you slide Odom to point and put Ariza at the forward spot, you take away another outside shooter. That leaves only Kobe as a consistent perimeter shooter in the line-up, you can't spread the floor as well, and defenses will collapse on Bynum and Gasol a lot more. If Odom plays point, the Lakes would likely keep Fisher in the line-up for perimeter shooting and just make the appropriate switched on defense. On offense, Odom is still best at attacking the rim. Ariza is a slasher. With Bynum and Gasol, the lane will be clogged.

Sorry, but your starting line-up makes little sense, especially from an offensive standpoint with respect to having good balance and spacing the floor.

[BUMP]

What the are you talking about, the Heat have a le, and so do the Warriors. The only thing the Mavs have are stains in their panties from choking in the finals against an inferior team. The Mavs and the Suns are the new Kings of the league. You guys are going straight into oblivion after a few years of compe ive play. Maybe you can take solice in the idea that the Spurs or Miami somehow cheated you guys out of a le, just like the Kings have with the Lakers. I dont know, just go choke on one.

you missed the point entirely.

congrats

[Allanon]

I know the Lakers have been talking about experimenting with Lamar Odom at the point guard position, but your starting line-up doesn't make too much sense because it takes away any perimeter shooting out of the line-up. You already move Odom down to small forward and take out Radmanovic who is a very good outside shooter. So, if you slide Odom to point and put Ariza at the forward spot, you take away another outside shooter. That leaves only Kobe as a consistent perimeter shooter in the line-up, you can't spread the floor as well, and defenses will collapse on Bynum and Gasol a lot more. If Odom plays point, the Lakes would likely keep Fisher in the line-up for perimeter shooting and just make the appropriate switched on defense. On offense, Odom is still best at attacking the rim. Ariza is a slasher. With Bynum and Gasol, the lane will be clogged.

Sorry, but your starting line-up makes little sense, especially from an offensive standpoint with respect to having good balance and spacing the floor.

The Lakers are messing around with Odom at the point and Kobe at small forward which works pretty good if Odom can handle the PG duties.

LO - PG
Fish - SG
Kobe - SF
Pau - PF
Bynum - C

It's kind of a brilliant idea since it solves the perimeter shooting problem of LO and keeps him happy since he's still a starter. In addition, as the initiator, he brings the opposing team's big out to the perimeter which leaves even more room inside for Bynum/Pau. This also leaves Kobe on the block with a PG or SG on him. After he initiates the offense, Odom can roam.

A sub pattern of Odom/Farmar/Sun Yue at PG, Kobe/Ariza/Luke at SF and Fisher/Sasha/Coby at SG looks doable as well.

That's going to put alot of pressure on defenses, I just don't know if Odom is good enough to be a PG 24/7.

[dirk4mvp]

What the are you talking about, the Heat have a le, and so do the Warriors. The only thing the Mavs have are stains in their panties from choking in the finals against an inferior team. The Mavs and the Suns are the new Kings of the league. You guys are going straight into oblivion after a few years of compe ive play. Maybe you can take solice in the idea that the Spurs or Miami somehow cheated you guys out of a le, just like the Kings have with the Lakers. I dont know, just go choke on one.

Well, thanks for telling me that flew right over your head.

[MrChug]

If it's the REGULAR season (the real preseason) it's the Rockets or Hornets IMO. The real season? I like the Spurs chances against anyone.

[Mr.ChugDynasty]

If it's the REGULAR season (the real preseason) it's the Rockets or Hornets IMO. The real season? I like the Spurs chances against anyone.

My thoughts EXACTLY bro, The LAKERS will NOT beat THE spurs EVEN once THIS season! TAKE that to THE bank!

off and die

[Allanon]

My thoughts EXACTLY bro, The LAKERS will NOT beat THE spurs EVEN once THIS season! TAKE that to THE bank!

off and die

Whot? Hahaha. Sorry, but without any major trades, the Spurs cannot possibly match up with the Lakers this year, just ask Segu for the straight answer.

One of the things lost behind Manu's injury story last year was that Bowen was having a hard time keeping up with Kobe. It will be harder this year cuz Bowen is 1 year older and Fabs/Duncan will be too busy to help cuz they can't leave Pau/Bynum.

[Findog]

The Mavs match up pretty well with SMU and Baylor.

[MrChug]

Short of Fin, the homers are being pretty rediculous in this thread...

[JamStone]

The Lakers are messing around with Odom at the point and Kobe at small forward which works pretty good if Odom can handle the PG duties.

LO - PG
Fish - SG
Kobe - SF
Pau - PF
Bynum - C

It's kind of a brilliant idea since it solves the perimeter shooting problem of LO and keeps him happy since he's still a starter. In addition, as the initiator, he brings the opposing team's big out to the perimeter which leaves even more room inside for Bynum/Pau. This also leaves Kobe on the block with a PG or SG on him. After he initiates the offense, Odom can roam.

A sub pattern of Odom/Farmar/Sun Yue at PG, Kobe/Ariza/Luke at SF and Fisher/Sasha/Coby at SG looks doable as well.

That's going to put alot of pressure on defenses, I just don't know if Odom is good enough to be a PG 24/7.

What's your point? That's basically what i said, keeping Fisher in the line-up and just make switches on defense. Of course Kobe is still going to be in the line-up.

You basically tried to make it more complicated than it was when all you did was essentially reiterate what I already posted.

[Allanon]

What's your point?

What's your problem?

That's basically what i said, keeping Fisher in the line-up and just make switches on defense. Of course Kobe is still going to be in the line-up.

You basically tried to make it more complicated than it was when all you did was essentially reiterate what I already posted.

I'm agreeing with you and expanding on what you said.

It's kind of a brilliant idea

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Spurs

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

The team that matches up with the Lakers the best isn't in Texas.

I think Boston will start declining though.