Trumped Again By The Lakers

[underdawg]

Are you homers delusional?

Signing Jefferson may or may not have brought the Spurs up to par with the championship-winning Lakers.

The Lakers countering with Artest slammed our le window shut again.


Artest is an above-average player on both sides of the the court.

Can't be delusional about your consistency in being wrong - keep preaching brother. You're making me feel better about the Artest acquisition with each one of your posts.

[DrHouse]

I'm sorry - I didn't realize that I was the first person to ever say that he's an attention . He figures he can supplement his lower contract through his record contract I guess. You truly are kidding yourself if you think that he will be comfortable in a reduced role for long. I really am only trying to point out that his mentality is not one of a role player or even a normal person for that matter. Call it belittling or whatever, but don't try to sell us that he is in it for the team and all that b.s. - when has he ever done that?

Ron Artest is coming to a team that doesn't really NEED his services. What he gives will be an added bonus and dimension to an already stacked team.

I sincerely doubt Ron would leave millions on the table and accept a reduced role just for kicks. The man wants to win a championship, he saw LO and Kobe in the Finals and it set something off inside of him. I think he's going to work out just fine.

If I were you I'd worry about the Spurs anemic front court because RJ or not they won't win without some serious additions there.

[hater]

If Lakers keep Odom, yes they are the clear favorites. Above anyone else. But if they lose odom, they have taken a step back and joined the rest of the pack.

Let's also not forget last season the 2 other best teams in the league, Celtics/Spurs were injured so Lakers danced their way to a championship without facing real "tests"

[underdawg]

Ron Artest is coming to a team that doesn't really NEED his services. What he gives will be an added bonus and dimension to an already stacked team.

I sincerely doubt Ron would leave millions on the table and accept a reduced role just for kicks. The man wants to win a championship, he saw LO and Kobe in the Finals and it set something off inside of him. I think he's going to work out just fine.

If I were you I'd worry about the Spurs anemic front court because RJ or not they won't win without some serious additions there.

I was a bit worried, but this does help. Let's be honest - LA needed Ariza last year in a watered down West and they'll need something more next year if some of the pretenders last season get their crap together.

[DrHouse]

I was a bit worried, but this does help. Let's be honest - LA needed Ariza last year in a watered down West and they'll need something more next year if some of the pretenders last season get their crap together.

The Lakers won it all, fair and square. You can't determine who you'll play, the fact remains the Lakers were the best team all season long. There is no disputing that.

[BillMc]

The Lakers won it all, fair and square. You can't determine who you'll play, the fact remains the Lakers were the best team all season long. There is no disputing that.

You guys did win it fair and square, I don't like excuses. And when you lose it, I don't want to hear excuses either.

Laker fans are always going on about how many championships they might have won had Shaq and Kobe stayed together. But part of what made them great, is why they had to part ways. It's just who they were. There were no championships lost.

What makes Manu great is he lays it all on the line every game and his body takes a beating for the way he plays. It happened to Bird, too. Their bodies can wear out. I think Manu is far from done, but his injuries (in the NBA, and for his home country) are also part of who he is. If, as some Spurs fans maintain, he "cost" us a championship by being injured, he wouldn't have been as effective all these years if he didn't play all out and gained so much experience in international play. He will be in the HOF as much for leading Argentina to a Gold Medal and being Olympic MVP as winning 3+ championships with the Spurs. It's who he is.

[TD4THREE]

You obviously haven't watched RJ play recently.



Artest does have a post game. Oh and RJ his way to a 43 field goal percentage on his way to the lottery Meanwhile Artest is winning playoff series.




RJ was exposed on the Bucks, 43% without a super passing PG or wing to create shots for him. He's a volume shooting blackhole

The way you post it seems you obviously haven't watched RJ or Artest play at all. You keep saying that RJ only shot a ty 43 % last season,lol Ok Artest shot 40% from the field last season good argument.

And RJ is the "volume shooting blackhole",you must have a short memory, (see Ron's series against LA).

[DAF86]

Stats help me just fine. Artest held Pierce, Melo, LBJ to 40%~ shooting last season. Elite defense. RJ was busy getting torched every game in Milwaukee leading his team to more lottery balls.

And he was also torched by Kobe and Roy during the playoffs. By the way it would be nice if a reporter on LA asks him if he still thinks that Roy is better than Bryant.

You obviously haven't watched RJ play recently.

No, not much. But I bet you haven't either.

Artest does have a post game. You just don't watch basketball outside of SA. You're ignorance is hilarious.

Last year I watched more Rockets games than Spurs games. The fact that he sometimes got the ball with his back to the basket doesn't mean he has a post game.

Oh and RJ his way to a 43 field goal percentage on his way to the lottery

Which is still better than the 39% that Ron shot playing with Yao and T-Mac.

They don't beat Portland without Artest. It's a fact.

He was by far the worst Rockets player of the series, what the are you talking about?

RJ was exposed on the Bucks, 43% without a super passing PG or wing to create shots for him. He's a volume shooting blackhole that doesn't play defense now. His FG% was inflated by J-Kidd and RJ proved he can't carry a team by himself. Artest has (see the Kings), carried them straight to the playoffs and took the Spurs to 6 games.

RJ won't be the alfa dog on the Spurs, he will have a similar role to the one he had on NJ, so that doesn't concern me at all. While on the other hand, go check Artest numbers when he can be the top guy and compare them to the ones he has when he has to play a secondary role.


Look I'm not talking bad about Artest 'cause he signed for the Lakers, I've always talked this way about him. Go check what I had to say about him when the Rockets played the Lakers last season or when there was a rumour about him signing for the Spurs.

[Sii]

how's that shower rod GW?