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I will give you a hint... his jersey number is "2!"
Remember that time when the Lakers got Malone and Payton and teamed them up with Snaq and Kobe? Remember how they trounced everyone and won it all because they were unstoppable? Man....that was awesome. They'll surely do the same thing now that Ron Artest is on their team. Who can beat Ron Artest?
I will give you a hint... his jersey number is "2!"
This guy?
exactly!!
you're right, especially since they kept Trevor Ariza.
Yeah, it's pretty hopeless. Just like in '04, a well-balanced team playing great defense would be no match for LA now.
I know, man...the rest of the league should mail it in like they did when the Lakers team of Snaq, Kobe, Malone and the Glove trounced the ranks of the NBA to become the greatest championship team ever...until next year when Kobe and Ron Artest make everyone look silly all year long. I'll be surprised if the Lakers lose three games next year as awesome as they look on paper today.
This move will either work for the lakers or it will blow up in their faces. I don't think there has ever been a middle ground with Ron Artest. I once told a friend of mine all the way back in '04 that Artest is the Mike Tyson of basketball that when he wants to be great he can be great but just like Mike his mental problems won't allow him to be great. Historically he always has a honeymoon period where he behaves the first year wherever he goes but its the second year where things fall apart. It might work out great this year for the lakers but next year for sure it will blow up in their faces. Some people like to compare him to Dennis Rodman but I think thats way off. The problem with Dennis was his partying lifestyle and his lack of respect for teamates. I don't ever recall Rodman punching fans, or getting in fights off the court, getting in brawls with teamates plus Rodman never need to take meds to stay under control like Artest has been told to before. Artest is clearly a mental nutcase the question is for the spurs sake when will he blow up will it happen this year or will it be next year. I do believe he will do something is just a question of when will it happen.
the artest move is more likely to succeed than fail. while the spurs have upgraded more, they started out behind the lakers. spurs still need to pick up a bigman, preferably odom, and the lakers still need to resign odom. i was pretty sure the lakers could only resign either ariza or odom due to the team's ballooning contracts and all that occurred was the lakers giving ariza his money to artest.
i didn't expect ariza to recieve anything higher than $5 million but the lakers are pretty ed when it comes to paying the luxury tax. they are at $82 million without odom and i do not know what they plan to do with shannon brown or at the point guard position. unless they resign odom to like a $2 million contract, the lakers will be paying well over $100 million with salaries and luxury tax combined.
Jeez, Lakers fans lighten up.
Swapping Ron Artest for Trevor Ariza is a good move now, in my opinion. I just think that Ariza would have flourished in LA's system. Developing him into a star was something I worried about when I thought of the Lakers. Now they have Artest, and I think he comes with as many negatives as positives, unlike say Richard Jefferson.
Stop bashing on the Spurs offseason like it was a pitiful one. You know you're fooling yourself if you believe the Spurs' improvements over this offseason are just on paper. The Spurs will come to play, and if the sign a competent big man than they are very serious contenders. Let's just deal with those facts. Some of you LA fans are throwing in the age card. Let's not forget that you got older with the Artest move and that Fisher is 34 years old. From the way you guys are talking it sounds like the Lakers are already next season's champs. We all know its hard to repeat championships and I doubt that this Lakers team will do it.
DeJuan Blair was the steal of the draft. This statement is echoed throughout many over the sports world, not just me, a lowly homer.
Richard Jefferson is a proven SF in his prime. The Spurs gave up mere spare parts and none of our Big 3 players to get him. I think even the most homeristic Lakers fans can agree that this was a good trade for San Antonio. Factor in the Spurs draft, Big 3, RJ, and our existing backups, team, and coaches and that is a very impressive team, or are the Lakers fans going to argue this fact?
They like talking out of their own asses.
GW, like in everything else that he does...is PREMATURE.
Look, you can tell me that Rasheed shoots 40% or that DeJuan Blair was pick #37 or that Richard Jefferson is overpaid or that Ron Artest is completely mental...however I wish you guys would give us more than that.
Questions abound for BOTH teams. I mean really, you guys really think that it's a FOREGONE conclusion that the Lakers are going to repeat?
GHOST. That guy is more mental than Michael Jackson was and it wouldn't surprise me if he lost his genitals in a gerbil fest.
Andrew Bynum is what exactly? A dominant big who perennially makes ALL-NBA D Teams? NO! More like an injury prone big who shows flashes of brilliance countered by his penchant for haphazard defense and mental lapses galore.
Ron Artest has accomplished what lately? Really, Has a DPOY but that was 5 years ago, and any number of peeps could've won it including Bowen and Duncan, but since Carlisle shilled like a carny worker at the county fair, Ron-ron won out. Since then, the Lakers have had a hard on for the guy. If this is their response to being called a "soft" team, well guess what now...you're stupid HARD. There are many who will tell you that even though he as 2nd team All-NBA D last season, like Shane Battier, he was actually the WEAKER of the 2 defenders.
Rasheed Wallace is what exactly? A talented Big Man, there is a reason why there have been as much as 6 teams(Including the Lakers) who have expressed interest in him. So if Mitch thinks he is worth it then doesn't that counter the LAL Fans assertion that Rasheed sucks? What he has is familiarity with the offense, a low turnover rate, he's good for 7 boards, 1 block, 1 steal, and has the length that Pop couldn't utilize with the likes of Oberto or Bonner or Thomas or Gooden.
DeJuan Blair, for all intents and purposes, should've gone lottery. You say #37, Spursfans say "Steal Of The Draft". But you know what, not only Spurs Fan but many publications and analysts as well. NBA history is littered with failed drafts. Suckmywokandi was a #1 overall, on his best day, he couldn't replicate the effort that Blair has shown these past 4 years. It's not a small feat to be considered the best college offensive rebounder in the last 10
years.
It's like anything else you biatches say. If these players wore Forum Blue & Gold, you'd slob their knobs just like GW and for you So Cal Locals, Vic The Brick. I can imagine you guys saying,"Feeling You!"
Given that you guys got Luke Walton, if you had a choice, would you rather keep Luke or have Richard Jefferson? Answer the question honestly.
Should Manu & Tim come back healthy(Reports say they're on track, it's game on. Some So-called Spurs fans seem to have forgotten that.
yeah, the rockets/lakes series did show me something.That Ronny takes bad shots and disappears at the worst times. He also had some ill-timed technical fouls that didn't help his team in any way. I watched every game of that series and found myself yelling at him instead of the lakers quite often(of course I was pulling for the rockets). I don't think there's any coincidence that every single team he's been on went on to lose in the playoffs, if they made the playoffs at all. Shane Battier was a more effective defender on Kobe in my opinion. I'm glad the lakes did this, because Ariza was a better fit overall. Ariza didn't take that many shots away from kobe/gasol/odom, but ron-ron certainly will. Throw in the combustible and often ridiculous personality and the lakes have a definite net loss. Also, this guy is going to be running lose in LA LA land for much of the season. I'll set the over/under for an off-court incident at 35 games.
"Let's get back to playing championship, soul-crushing defense"
He takes some of the worst shots I Have seen! I watched that series in full and told my friends that too at the time, he thinks he is Ray Allen or some shyt sometimes with those shots.yeah, the rockets/lakes series did show me something.That Ronny takes bad shots and disappears at the worst times. He also had some ill-timed technical fouls that didn't help his team in any way. I watched every game of that series and found myself yelling at him instead of the lakers quite often(of course I was pulling for the rockets). I don't think there's any coincidence that every single team he's been on went on to lose in the playoffs, if they made the playoffs at all. Shane Battier was a more effective defender on Kobe in my opinion. I'm glad the lakes did this, because Ariza was a better fit overall. Ariza didn't take that many shots away from kobe/gasol/odom, but ron-ron certainly will. Throw in the combustible and often ridiculous personality and the lakes have a definite net loss. Also, this guy is going to be running lose in LA LA land for much of the season. I'll set the over/under for an off-court incident at 35 games.
"Let's get back to playing championship, soul-crushing defense"
I hope he does this in LA too and gets Kobe mad and they implode. Ron might be a good teammate at times and a talent, but seriously he does take some of the dumbest shots I have seen at times.
What killed LA was they were unable to guard Aaron Brooks out there, they still have not solved that ability to stop the small fast guards and we have one in Tony and people forget that.
I found this humorous.
please, spurstalkers, look beyond the ostensible nature of this post and take it to heart:
most overrated poster in spurstalk history
I'll bet my life on Artest sucking for the Lakers.
And yet the Pistons destroyed them in 5 games in the FInals
This is one of the most embarrassing threads SpursTalk has ever fielded.
We JUST picked up RJ, for s sake.
Ghostwriter, still an idiot
I feel bad for the little guy, they probably raped him
Given that you guys got Luke Walton, if you had a choice, would you rather keep Luke or have Richard Jefferson? Answer the question honestly.
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on a game of 21
lol what a ing pussy. dont change tho, we need people who give up easily for guys like me to succeed.
Who will guard Kobe now? That worries me more than anything about Laker Defense or Offense. We have no one to guard guys like Kobe or LeBron.
wait a minute that guy has 1 ing million posts. never trust anyone who has that much to say.
And what has San Antonio accomplished lately? Oh that's right. First round exit to the worst Dallas team in years despite having HCA.
The window was closed, Jefferson might have creaked it open a bit but then Artest just slammed it shut once and for all.
Good night, SA.
The sign of fear is when you talk bad about your opponent rather than good about yourself. It is not about LA, it is about SA. Health means wealth for SA. If we are healthy we win and LA fan knows it. This is why they choose to bash the Spurs because they are afraid. They are very afraid.And what has San Antonio accomplished lately? Oh that's right. First round exit to the worst Dallas team in years despite having HCA.
The window was closed, Jefferson might have creaked it open a bit but then Artest just slammed it shut once and for all.
Good night, SA.
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