McDyess vs lakers last season

[lefty]

Sorry about that. So worried about getting the dates right, got the team wrong. You knew what I meant, though.

Of course I did

[lurker23]

And, that would make sense.

There's been a couple of quirks in the schedule over the las couple of years, teams playing 2 or 3 times instead of 4 inside their conference, so I thought that might have been the case.(playing once instead of twice)

Yeah, it used to be that teams in the Western Conference (where there were 14 teams) played everyone in the East twice and everyone in the West four times, and the schedule worked out very nicely.

With the addition of the Charlotte Bobcats, the moving of the Hornets from the East to the West, and the realignment of divisions, both conferences now have 15 teams. This means that teams play everyone in the other conference twice, and then teams in their own conference 3 or 4 times. The teams that you only play 3 times is on a rotating basis, and is never teams in your own division.

As a side personal note, the Spurs only played the Jazz 3 times this past year, with the game that was subtracted being a Jazz home game; quite disappointing that the Spurs only came here once. I'm glad that it's guaranteed that they'll come here twice this year.

[SA210]

Bruce will be back


I'm 99.9% sure

Damn you 0.1%

I sure hope so, cuz I think if he doesn't come back, our new signings don't matter if we have to play the Lakers. I would have to predict that we'd have one of those Mavs or Suns seasons from a few years ago, great the whole season, but then we'll get unraveled by the Lakers in the post season, all cuz Bruce wasn't here to cool down Kobe.

Another horrible scenario would be if Lakers got him. Then Bruce would shutdown Manu or Jefferson too while Kobe gets what he wants. Phil would love this.

[K-State Spur]

Too bad Kobe and Artest will do what they want if we don't bring Bruce back.

artest guards himself half the time by chucking jumpers when he has a mismatch in his favor on the low block.

[SA210]

artest guards himself half the time by chucking jumpers when he has a mismatch in his favor on the low block.

That leaves Kobe. Mark my words.

[coopdogg3]

That leaves Kobe. Mark my words.

Consider them marked.

[poeticism707]

artest guards himself half the time by chucking jumpers when he has a mismatch in his favor on the low block.

[Knoxxx]

If MCDyess is able to cancel out Gasol, we will crush the Lakers.

[HarlemHeat37]

I don't think people realize that Tony Parker has become a superstar this season in regards to his scoring..

yes, we'll have a tough time covering Kobe by putting RJ on him..but it won't be nearly as bad as Derek Fisher guarding Tony Parker..that's going to be disgusting..

also, Kobe doesn't play defense..I know people think he does due to his all-NBA selections, but he hasn't played defense since the early 2000s..if he has to cover Manu, which he will, he's going to get torched..did everybody miss Manu's first game vs. LA this year, where he was fresh from coming back off the injury?..he completely torched the Lakers defense, both Ariza and Kobe..anything to take Kobe's energy away is good..

Kobe also can't be stopped by one guy, it takes a team effort..so our team D has to do it..if our team D isn't great, we won't be winning a le anyways, so it doesn't matter what Kobe does..

LOL @ Artest..he's lymphoma..he can have the ball all game, anything that takes away from Kobe or Gasol is cool with me..

[poeticism707]

I don't think people realize that Tony Parker has become a superstar this season in regards to his scoring..

yes, we'll have a tough time covering Kobe by putting RJ on him..but it won't be nearly as bad as Derek Fisher guarding Tony Parker..that's going to be disgusting..

also, Kobe doesn't play defense..I know people think he does due to his all-NBA selections, but he hasn't played defense since the early 2000s..if he has to cover Manu, which he will, he's going to get torched..did everybody miss Manu's first game vs. LA this year, where he was fresh from coming back off the injury?..he completely torched the Lakers defense, both Ariza and Kobe..anything to take Kobe's energy away is good..

Kobe also can't be stopped by one guy, it takes a team effort..so our team D has to do it..if our team D isn't great, we won't be winning a le anyways, so it doesn't matter what Kobe does..

LOL @ Artest..he's lymphoma..he can have the ball all game, anything that takes away from Kobe or Gasol is cool with me..

[DrHouse]

You don't have anyone to guard Kobe or Artest. You have nobody to realistically stop Odom, Gasol, and Bynum outside of Duncan.

No defense, no rebounding, no rings. The game is won in the paint, and the Lakers completely outclass the Spurs in that regard.

Parker has never been the difference against the Lakers. We couldn't guard him in '04 or '08 and that didn't stop LA from winning both times.

[poeticism707]

You don't have anyone to guard Kobe or Artest. You have nobody to realistically stop Odom, Gasol, and Bynum outside of Duncan.

No defense, no rebounding, no rings. The game is won in the paint, and the Lakers completely outclass the Spurs in that regard.

Parker has never been the difference against the Lakers. We couldn't guard him in '04 or '08 and that didn't stop LA from winning both times.

[Dunc n Dave]

You don't have anyone to guard Kobe or Artest. You have nobody to realistically stop Odom, Gasol, and Bynum outside of Duncan.

No defense, no rebounding, no rings. The game is won in the paint, and the Lakers completely outclass the Spurs in that regard.

Parker has never been the difference against the Lakers. We couldn't guard him in '04 or '08 and that didn't stop LA from winning both times.

Actually the Lakers DID guard him in 04 after the first 2 games by forcing him to shoot jumpers by clogging the lane and sagging off him by going under screens. He's become a great jump shooter now, so that strategy is out the window.

The Lakers also used to let Kobe rest on D by putting him on Bowen and having him double the post in the 4th when Phil would finally decide to double Duncan. Can't do that now either with Jefferson out there. Status quo for the Lakers defensive gameplan won't cut it against the Spurs this year.

[DrHouse]

Actually the Lakers DID guard him in 04 after the first 2 games by forcing him to shoot jumpers by clogging the lane and sagging off him by going under screens. He's become a great jump shooter now, so that strategy is out the window.

The Lakers also used to let Kobe rest on D by putting him on Bowen and having him double the post in the 4th when Phil would finally decide to double Duncan. Can't do that now either with Jefferson out there. Status quo for the Lakers defensive gameplan won't cut it against the Spurs this year.

The Lakers couldn't stop Parker in '08 and still won that series despite not even having Bynum or Ariza available to play (2 starting players).

Until I see some legitimate help alongside Duncan the Spurs have no realistic chance. You aren't stopping our 3 7fters from dominating the paint and scoring easy buckets with the front court you have now. The only way to stop the Lakers is to do what BOS did, which is insanely hard to replicate.

Play Kobe with some excellent defenders (i.e. Posey) that can force him into tough shots. Clog up the paint with some scary good interior defenders (Garnett and Perkins). They took all of the Laker's weapons away from them with their defense. Can the Spurs do the same with what they have? Not likely.

And don't think you're going to beat LA in a shootout. Orlando found out the hard way. Their offense can't be matched in a 7 game series, the only way to win is on the defensive end.

[lefty]

You don't have anyone to guard Kobe or Artest. You have nobody to realistically stop Odom, Gasol, and Bynum outside of Duncan.

No defense, no rebounding, no rings. The game is won in the paint, and the Lakers completely outclass the Spurs in that regard.

Parker has never been the difference against the Lakers. We couldn't guard him in '04 or '08 and that didn't stop LA from winning both times.

You forgot to mention: no help from Stern

[poeticism707]

You forgot to mention: no help from Stern

[SA210]

You don't have anyone to guard Kobe or Artest.

This is true. We need Bruce back, or these signings mean nothing.

[poeticism707]

This is true. We need Bruce back, or these signings mean nothing.

It won't matter. Put an average defender on Bryant, and he'll score a bunch. Put an above average defender on him, and he'll make it up in questionable free throws.

I say let him torch whoever is guarding him, don't double, don't rotate:

MAKE HIM BEAT THE ENTIRE SPURS TEAM.

He's not dropping 100 points.

[Knoxxx]

Let's not be pussies here. Paker-Manu-RJ will more than hold their own against Fisher-Bryant-Artest on offense. Artest mostly just chucks up bad shots anyway. Fisher, he'll hit a few but as mentioned above absolutely no match for TP.

Suddenly we seem to have much more front-court depth than the Lakers too. If they can't resign Odom (for what, $20 million more luxury tax), the losses of Ariza and Odom actually make them worse net of the Artest signing, not better.

[poeticism707]

Let's not be pussies here. Paker-Manu-RJ will more than hold their own against Fisher-Bryant-Artest on offense. Artest mostly just chucks up bad shots anyway. Fisher, he'll hit a few but as mentioned above absolutely no match for TP.

Suddenly we seem to have much more front-court depth than the Lakers too. If they can't resign Odom (for what, $20 million more luxury tax), the losses of Ariza and Odom actually make them worse net of the Artest signing, not better.

Yep. The Spurs have to play very good defense on the Lakers, but have to have great offense.

Finally they have the tools to do so.

Lest we forget in 2008 WCF, the offense failed, not the defense.

[21_Blessings]

Odom has no where to go besides LA. Stop dreaming.

Paker, Manu, RJ with Hill, Finley, Mason off the bench?

Easily one of the worst perimeter defenses in the entire NBA. The corpse of Bruce Bowen isn't going to save you either. Kobe made Bruce his in 2008, it would be even worse next year.

[poeticism707]

Odom has no where to go besides LA. Stop dreaming.

Paker, Manu, RJ with Hill, Finley, Mason off the bench?

Easily one of the worst perimeter defenses in the entire NBA. The corpse of Bruce Bowen isn't going to save you either.

[lefty]

Odom has no where to go besides LA. Stop dreaming.

Paker, Manu, RJ with Hill, Finley, Mason off the bench?

Easily one of the worst perimeter defenses in the entire NBA. The corpse of Bruce Bowen isn't going to save you either. Kobe made Bruce his in 2008, it would be even worse next year.

If you take your gay purple and gold glasses off, you will see that Manu, RJ and Hill are excellent defensive players

But all bandwagon Laker fans like you are dummies

And I wouldn't brag too much about 2008 if I were you

[poeticism707]

If you take your gay purple and gold glasses off, you will see that Manu, RJ and Hill are excellent defensive players

But all bandwagon Laker fans like you are dummies

And I wouldn't brag too much about 2008 if I were you

[21_Blessings]

Manu and RJ are not excellent defensive players. Take those colored black and silver sucking glasses off.