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Duncan OWNS Gasol. and i can see Bonner staying in front of Odom and see Bowen even get some time on him while Mason guards Kobe for awhile.
Im telling you guys, with Bynum out (while its unfortunate for LA) the playoffs really favor the Spurs now.
I'd like to see the Spurs face la w/ a healthy bynum, but in all honesty it's not THAT hard not to feel sorry for them when their team is still capable of beating anybody w/ or w/o him. It's not like w/ the spurs, where if one of their big 3 is out or playing 50% (like manu last year), everything is over.
the way I see it is this pretty much levels the playing field. It negates that bs trade last year w/ memphis.
W/ a heathy manu, a bonner that was better than last years' horry (if he can keep doing what he's doing, but also in big games/crunch time), a way better finley, mason this team is pretty good.
If they can not shoot 5/24 from three land I like there chances against anyone, and that inlcuded La w/ or w/o Bynum.
Duncan OWNS Gasol. and i can see Bonner staying in front of Odom and see Bowen even get some time on him while Mason guards Kobe for awhile.
Im telling you guys, with Bynum out (while its unfortunate for LA) the playoffs really favor the Spurs now.
Lakers are deep, and have Kobe + Gasol. they still have great chance to beat Spurs. Spurs still have to play a flawless series to get by
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Sucks for Bynum. Here's hoping he has a complete recovery.
Bummer. I hate seeing people hurt. I'd rather beat 'em full strength to see the tears flow with no excuses.
I think we will see at least 30 MPG from Bowen in a series against LA. Hes the only guy that can remotely slow Kobe. Mase is not the answer. It may look like hes sticking with Kobe, but Kobe elevates and shoots right over the top of him whenever he feels like it and he cant get a hand up past his chin to effect his shot. And when he drives, as soon as Mason bumps him the slightest or lays a finger on him - you will hear the whistle.
Im ok with Mase on Kobe for short stretches, say 10-15 minutes total, but no more. Too small.
Bowen is the answer.
Bynum would be back come playoff time, wouldn't he ?
keep looking for that big man........... ing spurs.
I think the Lakers are being conservative with the 8-to-12 week estimate. Last week, Bynum drew some heat from fans and the media for not meeting the timeline the Lakers set for him. This time, I'm guessing the Lakers gave an ulta conservative timeline to make sure that doesn't happen.
An MCL tear, as long as it isn't completely torn, is usually about a 4 week injury.
By the time we met them, with things as they are of course, he'd be back either way. Being they beat us without him I don't see any great advantage for the Spurs.
I just want OUR guys to be healthy. And no broken down planes sitting on the runway for a back to back game 7 to game 1 of the WCF. That was ridiculous.
ouch. hopefully the Spurs can make up some ground and take home court advantage.
They have a shot immediate term...Lakers have the Cavs and Boston coming up, after NY.
But we still have our RRT to contend with.
well, is the unfairer selfish Stern would have suspended bynum for even just one game, this would not be happened.
how long will the G.Wallace will be out?
god is watching....stern!
Kobe just said "They can win a championship without Bynum"
sounds to me like its really serious and there is a VERY good chance he might be out the whole season.
The Spurs had to face the Lakers in the WCF with a gimpy Manu, and then had to start the season with no Manu. On top of that, we were missing Tony for a chunk of the season, so I have to hope this balances the playing field a little and helps us gain a little ground on the Lakers. I doubt it'll be enough to let us catch up, but we'll see.
And maybe it's all a bit of karma, not only for the Gerald Wallace injury, but for the very suspect Gasol trade.
Eh. Gasol, Fisher and Odom could retire tomorrow and Kobe would say a championship is well within his grasps.
Nah i think theyre really anticipating the worst. And they get a feeling it might be the end for Andrew.
An la sports DJ brought up that the injury is severe enough to hold him out the full 12 weeks.
Kobe said that before the MRI was released. It looked pretty bad with the way Bynum went down - but he was probably just being Kobe.
I think after last years debacle, id be inclined to agree with timvp and say they were a little more conservative with the prognosis this time around. It puts less pressure on Bynum too.
Can't you not be a ?
A quote of Kobe being confident doesn't mean anything. That's like finding a quote about rain saying it's wet.
When Bonner tore his MCL, he missed five weeks. And that's playing for Pop, who always gives at least an extra week of recovery cushion.
8-to-12 weeks doesn't make sense unless it's completely torn ... and it doesn't sound like it is.
Yeah, I still can't get over that one. Us getting #5 this year would make that a lot easier to deal with.
My point was how the team is preparing for the loss of Bynum. Kobes confidence is not in question.
Maybe the Spurs win with a healthy Manu last year, that is a big assumption. Just because Manu is healthy does not mean the Spurs are the better team or the favorites, even with Bynum out.
It helps the chances, but by no means automatically catapults the Spurs over the Lakers who did not have Bynum last year with a healthy Ariza this year and Pau playing even better.
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