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Alright, Derek Fisher and PJ know a few things.
Wow Spur fan is completely delusional.
How many of those players have rings? Now count the rings on a few of our roleplayers fingers.
Wow Spur fan is completely delusional.
Alright, Derek Fisher and PJ know a few things.
Wow Spur fan is completely delusional.
How many of those players have rings? Now count the rings on a few of our roleplayers fingers.
How many rings did KG, PP, and RA have before they won last season?
Experience matters. And the Lakers have more than enough.
Who says that can't beat the elite teams in the NBA? That's absurd....when they're only 2 months into the season!!!!
They don't play Lakers until Jan 14th, They don't play Celts until Feb 8th, and they play the Cavs until Feb 27th!!
Yikes!!!!
They have averaged over 58 wins over the last six seasons and won three les and reached at least the 2nd round of playoffs in the years they didn't win the le.
So wait until March is a true statement....the Spurs fans have facts behind that statement!!
Absolutely Amazing!!
Hey, DrHouse. Kobe and Derek have 3 rings, and Phil has 9. The whole team knows what it's like to get to the finals. If we get there again, we can win it...Kobe doesn't need Shaq to get a le. Gasol+Bynum+Odom+rest of rotation > Shaq and any old rotation we had.
However, it's too early to crown us. We were doing that when we were 7-0. Now we beat the Celtics and Laker fans are doing it again.
Barring injuries or a killer key mid-season acquisition by our western compe ion, we will be favored to represent the west again. Yes, we have the best team in the west. That's something we have to prove come playoff time. It's something any team must prove every season, that they are the best. Until the playoffs, we are just one of the favorites. True we have a great shot, but the rules say: playoffs! Champions aren't crowned on paper. If we talk smack, we eat plenty of crow if things don't work out a we wish.
Just relax and enjoy the good people on this board. Not everyone is a Laker fan here. They are fellow basketball fans who happen to prefer other teams.
nobodys panicing just yet. Theyre just doubting this teams ability to win a championship with what they currently have. Which is believable. I dont think they can beat this lakers team with this current squad right now.
They need some MINOR changes. Like a Big and a athletic 3.
I'm not crowning the Lakers at all.
I'm just saying the Spurs are simply not going to be a major threat this season. I stand by that and nothing I've seen from the Spurs thus far scares me in the slightest. Our front court will dominate them.
It's the Celtics and Cavs that worry me the most.
I understand that and that is a fair analysis.
But to post the Spurs have no shot...is just silly! I'm sorry!
I have posted the history throughout this thread and they are on the pace to win 53 or 54 games again this season. Also.....last year's playoffs should have prove how experience and savvy can win you a series or two.
I don't they need a big or athletic 3......especially if the offense plays well which means that Mason and Finley have to score. That was the big problem in the Lakers series (even though Barry did play well in games 3 & 4)....they had no else to score when Manu (outside Tim and Tony) went down.
well, the topic is who will challenge the Lakers in the west. Cavs and Celtics play in the east. Most feel the Spurs are the Lakers biggest compe ion, so when you say they have no chance, you are crowning the Lakers western champs. I, too, believe we are better than the Spurs but damnit, we have to prove it! If they beat us in the playoffs, they are better.
Bynum hasn't done anything special yet this season. He's been average at best. Gasol has played well and did show some toughness in the game against the Celts.
But Tim has his way Gasol last year and Bynum isn't that a big of difference yet!
How is your front court going to dominate anyone? I'm sorry, but Bynum is completely worthless and can't stay on the floor against legit big men, and Pau Gasol is a soft piece of trash.
Beware of teams with good front courts. Lakers don't beat any team with their starting 5, it's all that bench. The bench and only the bench are better than most teams 2nd units. The Starting 5 for the Lakers is worse than the starting 5 for nearly every other playoff team in the West.
I think January 14th will be a very telling game for the Lakers/Spurs.
I'll be at the game, in the nosebleeds but oh well
If the Cavs and Celtics worry you the most, why'd you make a thread like this? For self-assurance, nothing more. Maybe deep down inside you do really know the Spurs could rip your heart out once more. I have faith they're going to do just that (if NO doesn't do it first).
The thing is, everyone is en led to their opinion. I could say this, you could say that forever, and neither one of us will change our minds about the situation. I don't see us switching around our favorite teams either, so it is what it is.
This is still going to be the main WC rivalry for a couple more years, health permitting.
yeah....Nosebleeds or not, you have some enviable tickets. That place should be rocking that game. I hope both teams give it their bestI'll be at the game, in the nosebleeds but oh well
The West??????
HA
No challenges there.
It's not the Lakers that need to prove they can beat the Spurs. They already did that last season and have done so 3 other times this decade.
It's the Spurs that need to prove they can beat the Lakers.
DrHouse is really making a fool of himself right now.
See you in this thread again soon buddy.
I couldn't pass up Spurs/Lakers first matchup this season. We'll see how the new guys do.yeah....Nosebleeds or not, you have some enviable tickets. That place should be rocking that game. I hope both teams give it their best
As a LA resident and non Laker fan, thanks for the objective POV. Imho, the Lakers are the best team in the West and I expect, barring any major injury, that they will represent the West in the finals however they aren't a lock...anything can happen...it's a long season.
I would agree at this point the Spurs are an older team and perhaps not as potent offensively & defensivelyn as the Lakers, Celtics or Cavs but I wouldn't underestimate them......major threat or not.....they're a 4 time NBA champion in this decade...not exactly mush.
Helped you fixed it.I would agree at this point the Spurs are an older team and perhaps not as potent offensively & defensivelyn as the Lakers, Celtics or Cavs but I wouldn't underestimate them......major threat or not.....they're a 4 time NBA champion past ten years...not exactly mush.
By the way, DrHouse, you said chalenge, you didn't say defeat them. Well, the Hornets are a challenge, the Spurs, Rockets(if they are healthy which is like never) or even the Suns/Blazers/Jazz. So if the Lakers think the Western Conference championship is going to come on a silver platter to them, they are wrong. They are not going to come out of the Western Conference without a tough fight.
Tough to say because apart from the Lakers every other team is pretty much a crapshoot. It could easily be the Spurs/Lakers WCF or Mavs/Lakers or Suns/Lakers. Then you have Utah,Houston,Portland and Hornets. I know some Lakers fans have the tickets punched for the Finals but don't overlook the other teams in particular the Spurs. The one team I think has the best chance of crashing LA's party.
Spurs are old and done. Not even a contender at this point.
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