San Antonio "best team" according to Simmons

[Killakobe81]

Simmons is a Boston homer ...he does respect teh Spurs though ...predicted you guys last year to face Celts ... no biggie who cares he is a better expert at usless trivia and pop culture refferences ...

[TheManFromAcme]

jealousy of what? LOL I didn't have a "but" in my post..I only insulted the Lakers in reply to your illogical post..I wasn't even born for any of the Lakers les before Shaq, so I could care less..

why would I be jealous of a core that hasn't won a le? it doesn't make any sense..I also wouldn't want a rapist leading my team, I have morals..as for your history, I wouldn't wanna look back a les led by an adulterer with HIV..again, I have morals..

[TheManFromAcme]

jealousy of what? LOL I didn't have a "but" in my post..I only insulted the Lakers in reply to your illogical post..I wasn't even born for any of the Lakers les before Shaq, so I could care less..

why would I be jealous of a core that hasn't won a le? it doesn't make any sense..I also wouldn't want a rapist leading my team, I have morals..as for your history, I wouldn't wanna look back a les led by an adulterer with HIV..again, I have morals..

[MarHill]

Bull .

The Lakers were missing 3 rotation players and playing a b2b game and only lost by 1pt because of a fluke Fisher foul at the end of the game. That was hardly the kind of "win" that inspires any sort of confidence or that you can extrapolate anything meaningful from. When both teams faced off at full strength and well rested the Lakers slaughtered the Spurs.

Spurs cannot stop the Laker frontcourt attack with Bonner, Thomas, and Duncan. And they aren't beating LAL in a shootout over the course of 7 games. Until that dynamic changes I don't see how any analyst could pick the Spurs over the Lakers. Especially since the Lakers defeated the Spurs last season 4-1 in the playoffs.

Again..it was a win and it counts on the record.

And there is another game on March 12th!

I'm not going to argue what last happened last year. I've done that enough!

The fact is 1-1 in the regular season and you can't change that.

[2Cleva]

Simmons would say the Clippers are the best team if he can find away not to admit the Lakers are.

[ezau]

Simmons would say the Clippers are the best team if he can find away not to admit the Lakers are.

LOL

[DrHouse]

Again..it was a win and it counts on the record.

And there is another game on March 12th!

I'm not going to argue what last happened last year. I've done that enough!

The fact is 1-1 in the regular season and you can't change that.

Again I say bull .

You're sticking your head in the sand and screaming "la-la-la" because you don't want to accept what you probably know deep inside.

Any team can win a regular season game. A team can get hot for a night and shoot the lights out and win. That's exactly what the Spurs did to the Lakers in their win. They didn't play Spur's basketball to beat the Lakers. They got into a shootout and won by 1 pt. You may think the Spurs can score 112 pts for 4 games straight, but the facts say otherwise.

The Spurs are not going to beat a team in a playoff series they cannot defend. They haven't shown any inclination that they can stop the Laker's offense. Kobe Bryant is no longer the problem. It's Pau Gasol. It's Andrew Bynum. It's Lamar Odom. The Spurs simply have no answer to stopping all 3 of these guys in addition to Bryant and the Laker bench.

Popovich was dead on. The margin of error is so small for the Spurs against the Lakers. They need to play near perfect basketball to win. The matchup is just not favorable to SAS, they matchup better with both CLE and BOS far better than they do with the Lakers.

Can they win? Sure. But I wouldn't bet on it.

[anakha]

Lakers defeated the Spurs last season 4-1 in the playoffs.

So overrated they beat your team 4-1 last season.

You're sticking your head in the sand and screaming "la-la-la"

Pot, kettle, black.

[MarHill]

Again I say bull .

You're sticking your head in the sand and screaming "la-la-la" because you don't want to accept what you probably know deep inside.

Any team can win a regular season game. A team can get hot for a night and shoot the lights out and win. That's exactly what the Spurs did to the Lakers in their win. They didn't play Spur's basketball to beat the Lakers. They got into a shootout and won by 1 pt. You may think the Spurs can score 112 pts for 4 games straight, but the facts say otherwise.

The Spurs are not going to beat a team in a playoff series they cannot defend. They haven't shown any inclination that they can stop the Laker's offense. Kobe Bryant is no longer the problem. It's Pau Gasol. It's Andrew Bynum. It's Lamar Odom. The Spurs simply have no answer to stopping all 3 of these guys in addition to Bryant and the Laker bench.

Popovich was dead on. The margin of error is so small for the Spurs against the Lakers. They need to play near perfect basketball to win. The matchup is just not favorable to SAS, they matchup better with both CLE and BOS far better than they do with the Lakers.

Can they win? Sure. But I wouldn't bet on it.

First of all, I'm not sticking my head in the sand. I have acknowledge on this forum time after time..the Lakers are a very good team.

Second, you know in the playoffs that both teams will not score 112 points every game. The pace slows down and the games are much tighter.

Also, I will not go on about last year...because that's been done. But, I believe the Spurs have a legitimate shot to win the West if everyone's healthy.

Moreover, Pop isn't going to say our team is better than their team. He's done even in the years when they won the championships.

But you are writing like it's an automatically foregone conclusion...the Lakers are going to win the West. Are they favorites...yes! But, the Spurs have a legit shot and with the Big 3 being healthy I'm not going to count them out yet.

You're right in the regular season wins don't matter much concerning the top teams. However, I could say that about LA beating Boston twice this year. But those wins mean something to LA because of what happened last year

Also, Lamar Odom has been inconsistent at best. Yes he has two great games in the regular season. But I'm not ready to say he's going to be that 2nd option the Lakers want him to be. Or even the 3rd option!!

Lakers are the favorites...yes! But the Spurs have a legit shot and I'm not counting them out until they are eliminated or the Big 3 isn't healthy!!

[coachmac87]

Lakers had the almost exact same team without Bynum.....And we competed with a injured Manu. I feel if Spurs are healthy and Bynum is not 100% Spurs win in 5 or 6.

[ezau]

The problem with this Hugh Laurie guy aka Dr. House is that he tries to convince everyone here that the Spurs will fold easily when they see the Lakers. The Lakers are the favorites right now, but so they were last year, but what happened? LA lost against Boston, regardless of the injuries.

Every person who has followed the Spurs knows that you can never count this team out. I don't think the Spurs would get intimidated with the likes of Bynum who hasn't been in the playoffs or Ariza, who just happens to benefit because of all the attention given to Kobe.

Spurs are contenders just like the Lakers and we'll see who's the better team come playoff time. In the meantime, STFU Hugh Laurie

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I don't get how Spurs fans can't grasp that Lakers 2009>>>>>> Lakers 2008


And I agree with Dr. House, the Spurs win by one on their home floor to a Lakers team that was losing some key players on a back to back, meanwhile SA just flat out quits on the game in LA when they get back to back 3's scored on them in the third quarter.

Lakers would beat the Spurs in 6 if the series started today. Hopefully the Spurs can grab another big. Who knows what happens come April/May, but right now it's gonna be tough for any Spurs fan to talk smack to a Lakers fan.

[Manufan909]

....then don't "But this" and "but" that about the Lakers being the best team. Little fellow you have no idea how long I've been following the Lakers so please don't spew this dialogue concerning recent and non-recent championships. This team called the Lakers oozes history. I am about what this franchise will do the next 10-15 years. The Spurs are but a grain of sand in the hour glass of Championship teams as far as I and many fans are concerned.

Jealousy will get you nothing.

Being a head wil get you nothing either. And "little fellow"? Who are you, Shaq?

Now we know who spursdynasty's counterpart is at least.

[Galileo]

Lakers had the almost exact same team without Bynum.....And we competed with a injured Manu. I feel if Spurs are healthy and Bynum is not 100% Spurs win in 5 or 6.

People are always makin' excuses that the Lakers don't have Bynum. But we don't have Mahimni. No one outside of SA talks about that.

Mahimni > Bynum

[m33p0]

I don't get how Spurs fans can't grasp that Lakers 2009>>>>>> Lakers 2008


And I agree with Dr. House, the Spurs win by one on their home floor to a Lakers team that was losing some key players on a back to back, meanwhile SA just flat out quits on the game in LA when they get back to back 3's scored on them in the third quarter.

Lakers would beat the Spurs in 6 if the series started today. Hopefully the Spurs can grab another big. Who knows what happens come April/May, but right now it's gonna be tough for any Spurs fan to talk smack to a Lakers fan.

the phrase, "hallow victory" comes to mind.

[milkyway21]

WOW interesting thread

Spurs? or Lakers?

I don't know yet. But one thing is for sure recordwise after the Shaq/Kobe tandem, Duncan's Spurs are the only capable team in the west who can win a le in the NBA so far.

Dallas choked
Lakers choked

and I am proud of that. Because I am a Spurs fan.

[MarHill]

I don't get how Spurs fans can't grasp that Lakers 2009>>>>>> Lakers 2008


And I agree with Dr. House, the Spurs win by one on their home floor to a Lakers team that was losing some key players on a back to back, meanwhile SA just flat out quits on the game in LA when they get back to back 3's scored on them in the third quarter.

Lakers would beat the Spurs in 6 if the series started today. Hopefully the Spurs can grab another big. Who knows what happens come April/May, but right now it's gonna be tough for any Spurs fan to talk smack to a Lakers fan.

Again, I have acknowledged the Lakers are the favorite in the west. But to automatically say they will win the west....is premature!

I believe the Spurs have a legit shot and to say the Lakers win in six right now is also premature.

I just want the Spurs to be fully healthy and let's see what happens. I know Odom has had two great games....but he's inconsistent and I will need to see that in playoffs.

I will not count out a team with a Big 3 that has 3 rings in 5 years and are still playing very well!

And you know how Pop coaches in the regular season. If a game gets out of hand he will pull Tim, Tony, and Manu. So that's not a big deal.

I believe the March 12th game...will say a lot more about these two teams because it will be the last regular season meeting and closer to the end of the season.

[BlackSwordsMan]

spurs start doing bad when reporters start to like them

[Spur-Addict]

Bull .

The Lakers were missing 3 rotation players and playing a b2b game and only lost by 1pt because of a fluke Fisher foul at the end of the game. That was hardly the kind of "win" that inspires any sort of confidence or that you can extrapolate anything meaningful from. When both teams faced off at full strength and well rested the Lakers slaughtered the Spurs.

Spurs cannot stop the Laker frontcourt attack with Bonner, Thomas, and Duncan. And they aren't beating LAL in a shootout over the course of 7 games. Until that dynamic changes I don't see how any analyst could pick the Spurs over the Lakers. Especially since the Lakers defeated the Spurs last season 4-1 in the playoffs.

DnC says what?

[TampaDude]

I don't think that analogy fits. Bill Belichick is a ing bag coward after every game he loses and the Patroits were rocked with Spygate which I assume was really bad since the NFL took their first round draft pick away and destroyed the tapes.

^ this

[HarlemHeat37]

it's a shame we play Kobe in the conference finals, and not in the NBA finals..since we all know how he does in the finals..

[TampaDude]

The Lakers are the best team in the West...for now...but they still got utterly assraped with a sandpaper dildo last year in the Finals. Kobe without Shaq hasn't won . I'll smack talk all I want, because 3 > 0, no matter how much dope you smoke, Faker fans...

[K-State Spur]

Bull .

The Lakers were missing 3 rotation players and playing a b2b game and only lost by 1pt because of a fluke Fisher foul at the end of the game. That was hardly the kind of "win" that inspires any sort of confidence or that you can extrapolate anything meaningful from. When both teams faced off at full strength and well rested the Lakers slaughtered the Spurs.

Is that anything like a fluke second half comeback in game 1 of a series that was dominated by the Spurs for 40+ minutes even though they had been stuck on the tarmac until all hours the morning before?

(Not excusing that, just making the point for comparison's sake)

[TampaDude]

Bill Simmons discussed his upcoming Trade Value column in a podcast released today, and at the end of it, when his friend asks him who would win between cleveland and SA in the finals, states, "I still think San Antonio is the best team."

Well, seeing as how the Spurs swept the Cavs in 2007, that's a good pick.

[DrHouse]

The Lakers didn't choke against BOS. Choking implies that the better team loses to an inferior team. BOS was a better team last season.

And Marhill I sincerely hope the Spur's FO thinks like you do. We will see if they make a move for another legit bigman. If they do, then you can bet your ass your FO is thinking the exact same thing as what I've explained to you in this thread.