San Antonio "best team" according to Simmons

[Man In Black]

Kobe led the Lakers to 3 les.

Oh really, how many Finals MVP's did he get?
And when he clearly tried to take over the Detroit Series, what happened then? A five game sweep and Shaq pissed off saying trade me.

For a Doctor...YOU ARE INCREDIBLY DENSE.

The bottom line is with a healthy Andrew Bynum none of this even matters. The talent disparity is so huge that the little intangibles that might favor the Spurs may not matter at all. They simply cannot compete against a healthy frontline of Odom, Gasol, and Bynum with Bonner, Thomas, and Duncan. It's just not happening, and neither regular season game has shown any inkling that it will.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT HE ISN'T HEALTHY AND PROBABLY WON'T BE FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON.

I don't think you know about Sports Medicine. I know the Lakers just as well as any Laker Fan, even better. While you guys keep drinking that Kool-Aid, there are 5 teams with enough ammunition right now that can beat your team provided they can bring it when it counts.

Oh and Acme...while you fancy yourself as some sort of Deepak Chopra of Laker Fandom, you're inability to comprehend even the most direct points of these posts, show that you lack insight and would prefer to dance in the moisture of your own self-made"Golden Shower".

You know what...that applies to you too Dr. House.

[z0sa]

If Spurs play great defense, they will only need a decent offensive showing to put the Lakers away. It's all riding on just how far we can turn up the intensity on that end of the court. Personally, I believe the Spurs are better than the Lakers and will prove it come playoff time.

I also think Pop will have outcoached Phil clearly this season when its all said and done. Pop always has IMO, but Phil is excellent at exposing player's mental weaknesses. This year, Pop's got proven shooters for Phil's "collapse the paint area" style of defense he loves against our pick n roll/post up driven offense. I don't think Bonner, Mason, Bowen, Finley, and even Parker will be missing many open jumpshots. Manu healthy of course brings a whole new set of ideas to the table.

I think Lakerfan writing us off is very stupid, which again will be proven at the end of the season.

[Brazil]

Props to Doc House ! He is the perfect troll. He is saying the same thing again and again and again and he lights a big fire each time. It's a really good job.

[JWest596]

Because THIS > is what I like to do when I get the chance.
You know West, your a piece of work but I like you. Don't know why but I do.

Your funny. It's a shame you take things so seriously. Lighten up and loosen that neck-tie.

Sometimes doing this > helps.

Relax. Have a martini. Listen to some Sinatra and you'll see that living for your Spurs is not everything unless of course you want to do all that I suggested PLUS catch a Laker game.


Silly guy.

Martinis and Sinatra are for for faux sophisticates from LA. I'll bet you carry a roll of dimes and drink your peach vanilla tinis little finger out extolling the virtues of Gery Goose over Stoli. No thanks.
I don't take myself seriously not do I live "for the Spurs" or troll other team sites to assuage my fears and insecurities. It's a game and a team I like and admire from a town whence I came and have done so since the first Pearl Beer nights in the HemisFair Arena.

And to lighten up and gather some humor I listen to the preachers of Lakerdom extol their hallucinations and basketball a en.

In fact let's check the Laker's fan headlines for today shall we? You can really push those smilie buttons to express your advance psychological basketball sophistication.

"Most talented team in NBA History", Always. Year after year. It's not like it's last years team . LOL!
"NBA Finals tickets", Stern is having them engraved as we speak.
"you be Kobe and here is my interview" A FAcebook reject?
"if this team gets 70+ wins , is it BEST team in nba history?" Winning the rest of your games with no losses? Impressive.
"If there is any question about who the best player in the game is, call me, call me collect if you want to", Somebody got a new Iphone?
"Don't Look Now... Lakers Forming Iden y", Non arrogant, humble,intelligent sincere? Impossible
"Kobe created a new shot", high arching turn around jumper...whoddathunkit?

That's just sad. And Laker trolls say our expectations are unrealistic? No wonder Laker fans come here. They're home space ports in LALand are contagious bastions of nonsense.

"Silly guy." you say?

Laker trolls on SpursTalk.com....sheer comedy gold.

[ambchang]

One thing that the Spurs will need to do is to shoot quickly. The Laker's have enough length and speed to both collapse the paint and rotate on to the shooters. They can always close the passing lanes quickly.

The Lakers are probably the best team at exploiting weaknesses of the Spurs since the Mavs of 06.

As for who will win in a series, I always predict the Spurs. What kind of fan would I be if I chose otherwise.

[DrHouse]

Props to Doc House ! He is the perfect troll. He is saying the same thing again and again and again and he lights a big fire each time. It's a really good job.

You really make it quite easy.

I know full well many Spur fans have deep seated feelings about the Lakers, in a similar way to how many Laker fans feel about the Celtics. They might not admit it publicly, but based on how easy it is to incite a large number of people on this forum it's quite obvious.

Very few fans can actually be objective and rational when talking about their own team. I distinctly remember hearing last season from some friends of mine, who were Spur fans, how the Spur's offensive droughts in the regular season didn't mean anything and that come playoff time none of that would matter. Well guess what, they did mean something. The Spurs defense did its job, but the offense went through huge droughts and that's why they lost in the playoffs.

This season the situation reversed itself. Offense got better but defense got worse. Can't remember a time when the Spurs let other teams shoot near 46% from the field against them. And I can guarantee my Spur friends will be saying the same thing about the defense this year that they did about the offense. And the result will be the same.

Lakers win.

[hater]

You really make it quite easy.

I know full well many Spur fans have deep seated feelings about the Lakers, in a similar way to how many Laker fans feel about the Celtics. They might not admit it publicly, but based on how easy it is to incite a large number of people on this forum it's quite obvious.

Very few fans can actually be objective and rational when talking about their own team. I distinctly remember hearing last season from some friends of mine, who were Spur fans, how the Spur's offensive droughts in the regular season didn't mean anything and that come playoff time none of that would matter. Well guess what, they did mean something. The Spurs defense did its job, but the offense went through huge droughts and that's why they lost in the playoffs.

This season the situation reversed itself. Offense got better but defense got worse. Can't remember a time when the Spurs let other teams shoot near 46% from the field against them. And I can guarantee my Spur friends will be saying the same thing about the defense this year that they did about the offense. And the result will be the same.

Lakers win.

talk about being insecure.

anybody can go to an opponent site and rile up a bunch of kids. It takes no skill. But if a pat in the back is what you are looking for. Here you go. Props for riling up the under 15 population of spurstalk.

[DrHouse]

talk about being insecure.

anybody can go to an opponent site and rile up a bunch of kids. It takes no skill. But if a pat in the back is what you are looking for. Here you go. Props for riling up the under 15 population of spurstalk.

I enjoy the back and forth debate on here that doesn't exist on homer ass Laker forums where you get banned for saying even the slightest derogatory comment against the team.

[ElNono]

You really make it quite easy.

I know full well many Spur fans have deep seated feelings about the Lakers, in a similar way to how many Laker fans feel about the Celtics. They might not admit it publicly, but based on how easy it is to incite a large number of people on this forum it's quite obvious.

Very few fans can actually be objective and rational when talking about their own team. I distinctly remember hearing last season from some friends of mine, who were Spur fans, how the Spur's offensive droughts in the regular season didn't mean anything and that come playoff time none of that would matter. Well guess what, they did mean something. The Spurs defense did its job, but the offense went through huge droughts and that's why they lost in the playoffs.

The word rational fan and you are mutually exclusive.
We had scoring droughts when our leading scorer got injured. But a like you already knew that.

This season the situation reversed itself. Offense got better but defense got worse. Can't remember a time when the Spurs let other teams shoot near 46% from the field against them. And I can guarantee my Spur friends will be saying the same thing about the defense this year that they did about the offense. And the result will be the same.

Lakers win.

If there's something that always come around under Pop, is the defense. The question, if any, is wether we can keep the offense clicking as it is right now. We definitely have some players this year contributing a lot towards that, but everybody can get on a slump.
So the defense will come, and if the offense stays the same, this is not even debatable.

Spurs win.

[Brazil]

You really make it quite easy.

I know full well many Spur fans have deep seated feelings about the Lakers, in a similar way to how many Laker fans feel about the Celtics. They might not admit it publicly, but based on how easy it is to incite a large number of people on this forum it's quite obvious.

Very few fans can actually be objective and rational when talking about their own team. I distinctly remember hearing last season from some friends of mine, who were Spur fans, how the Spur's offensive droughts in the regular season didn't mean anything and that come playoff time none of that would matter. Well guess what, they did mean something. The Spurs defense did its job, but the offense went through huge droughts and that's why they lost in the playoffs.

This season the situation reversed itself. Offense got better but defense got worse. Can't remember a time when the Spurs let other teams shoot near 46% from the field against them. And I can guarantee my Spur friends will be saying the same thing about the defense this year that they did about the offense. And the result will be the same.

Lakers win.

Admit it you're a troll, a damn good troll but a troll. Don't get me wrong it's a compliment, there are so many weak trolls on this board I'm happy to see a good one for once.

You could let the things go but no you come again and again with the same inflammatory arguments, as a result we have a load of outraged posters here that try to convince you you should be afraid to play the spurs in PO. Once again good job.

I wish lakers and spurs an healthy end of season and I hope to see both teams in the WCF, we will figure out then.

Spurs win.

[HarlemHeat37]

did House really write that Kobe led the Lakers to 3 les?..

[hater]

did House really write that Kobe led the Lakers to 3 les?..

you sound surprised

[Nathan Explosion]

I'll bet you carry a roll of dimes and drink your peach vanilla tinis little finger out extolling the virtues of Gery Goose over Stoli.

Hey, don't be going there in a Grey Goose vs. Stoli argument. While Grey Goose is my favorite, Stoli, is a damn fine vodka. The last bottle of vodka I had was Stoli 100 proof. So good.

So, if someone wants to have an intelligent debate as to which is better and why, I say one thing: Who cares?

Both of them taste good, are smooth as silk, and will you up beyond belief if you don't respect them.

I need a drink.

[TheManFromAcme]

Martinis and Sinatra are for for faux sophisticates from LA. I'll bet you carry a roll of dimes and drink your peach vanilla tinis little finger out extolling the virtues of Gery Goose over Stoli. No thanks.
I don't take myself seriously not do I live "for the Spurs" or troll other team sites to assuage my fears and insecurities. It's a game and a team I like and admire from a town whence I came and have done so since the first Pearl Beer nights in the HemisFair Arena.

And to lighten up and gather some humor I listen to the preachers of Lakerdom extol their hallucinations and basketball a en.

In fact let's check the Laker's fan headlines for today shall we? You can really push those smilie buttons to express your advance psychological basketball sophistication.

"Most talented team in NBA History", Always. Year after year. It's not like it's last years team . LOL!
"NBA Finals tickets", Stern is having them engraved as we speak.
"you be Kobe and here is my interview" A FAcebook reject?
"if this team gets 70+ wins , is it BEST team in nba history?" Winning the rest of your games with no losses? Impressive.
"If there is any question about who the best player in the game is, call me, call me collect if you want to", Somebody got a new Iphone?
"Don't Look Now... Lakers Forming Iden y", Non arrogant, humble,intelligent sincere? Impossible
"Kobe created a new shot", high arching turn around jumper...whoddathunkit?

That's just sad. And Laker trolls say our expectations are unrealistic? No wonder Laker fans come here. They're home space ports in LALand are contagious bastions of nonsense.

"Silly guy." you say?

Laker trolls on SpursTalk.com....sheer comedy gold.

Damn that was good West. Epic!