How is LA better than last year?

[Jacko]

Duncan was not on a great team last year, nor the year before. Both of those teams got skull ed 4-1. You call that great?

Seriously, since when was just making the playoffs a qualification for being a great team? In that case Kobe's been on great teams his entire career save one season.

For the last two seasons Duncan's been on subpar teams. One that got trashed 4-1 in the WCF, and one that got trashed 4-1 in the 1st round.

[all_heart]

Seriously, since when was just making the playoffs a qualification for being a great team? In that case Kobe's been on great teams his entire career save one season.

For the last two seasons Duncan's been on subpar teams. One that got trashed 4-1 in the WCF, and one that got trashed 4-1 in the 1st round.

So according to you, what makes a great team? Overall Tim has been on pretty dam good teams, he's won 4 les in the last 10 yrs. Last year's team was by far the worse team he has ever been on. But other than that, Spurs have always been in the mix.

BTW is that you in your pic?

[Man In Black]

You're right. The Lakers are the trendsetters of the league.

The Lakers started the repeat ways, they ended it, and they are poised to start it again.

Remains to be seen. I used to hear talk of a a 4peat but then I remember a lot of crying. There will be no repeat. Book it.Spurs will win an even year le first

[mingus]

Duncan was not on a great team last year, nor the year before. Both of those teams got skull ed 4-1. You call that great?

this is stupid. the Spurs were ranked 3rd or 4th in '08, and arguably, with a healthy Manu, they would have been in that same category last year.

you spew hate for the Spurs no matter what. if Duncan gave half of his salary to charity you'd find a way to make it into a negative . so let me give a non-Spurs related analogy in the hopes that you see things more rationally:

if a guy finished 3rd in a marathon of 30 people, with an injured leg, he'd be a great runner, correct?

it's the same damn thing. anytime you're in the 90th percentile of anything you're doing great, unless it's the special olympics, and don't take that personally, lakaluva.

[Allanon]

I'd be surprised if the Lakers don't get at least a 3-peat out of this.

[Culburn369]

I'd be surprised if the Lakers don't get at least a 3-peat out of this.

That would be then:

Lakers: 17

Celtics: 17

Just a bloody shame we couldn't a somehow managed that '08 Finals. It would look so much better right now:::16 a piece.

[all_heart]

I'd be surprised if the Lakers don't get at least a 3-peat out of this.

I'd be surprised if the Lakers even repeated. I get a feeling it's going to be a long time before you see a team 3peat.

[Culburn369]

I'd be surprised if the Lakers even repeated.

Frankly, I agree. You have to be extremely lucky & good to win it just once. We'll be good, but, I God's we were so lucky. It seemed everything after the Bynum mishap was positive:

* KG going out. You know as soon as it was confirmed he would not be back Kobe locked on.

* Utah sneaking in over the Suns and then promptly rolling over. That was key. The Suns get in there and it's a different expectation. Suns get their hard on, Daddy gets excited.

* Houston's injuries. It was like a dream. Yao was devastating, but, the injury to Mutombo was important as well.

* That idiot for Denver tripping Kobe. It was never close after that. Kobe was incensed.

* Nelson being out like that. Another dream come true. Then Lee missing those layups. It was over then.

* Odom showing up as soon as the Playoffs commenced. WTF was that all about? Like yet another dream.



{* Denotes luck}

[BadOdor]

Your post reeks of so much on your breath, its hard to stomach it. The Spurs were not in the 90th percentile last season. Out of 16 teams that made the playoffs, the Spurs were probably better than 2... and that's stretching it. If you want to go a step further, the Spurs were the worst team in the playoffs for the Western Conference. Would you call the Blazers, Mavs, or Rockets a great team? No you wouldn't, but they all were better than the Spurs.

You Spur clowns are the only ones that and moan about injuries, as if other teams have none. Magic fans were not complaining about Jameer, the Celtics were not complaining about KG, the Rockets were without TMAC and Yao, and yet all of these teams played with much more heart than the Spurs. The Spurs literally crawled on all fours, and took one up the ass from the Mavs.

Your current team only looks good on paper. You better pray to your God that those unproven bench players you have pan out, if they don't, I'll damn sure be here to let you know. You all are expecting a lot from that fruit cake wearing a skirt over there. Lord knows that I want the Spurs to be fully healthy, and the one guy to not be on his period come playoff time, because all these excuses are getting old.

Cul said it best, there is a reason why the spurs never could repeat: in order to win a le, everything for them had to be absolutely perfect: duncan and ginobilli healty, avoiding the mavs, injuries to other plaers, suspensions to others. The smallest hiccup, challenge, and the spurs lose. That ain't a dynasty....it's just being at the right place at the right time....several times.

And spurs fan represent this way of thinking in their excuses:"but but, if ginobili was healthy, but but if duncan was healthy, but but, if if if...."

[Man In Black]

Kori gave you a place to talk hoops but all you guys do is continue your purple & gold circle jerk. And you guys want to continue with the gay resets. phobic with a name like "LUVA"? That's classic. Did they arrest the right person in the Luke stalking case? Or are you trying to complete the set by talking about your mis-aimed love of Jefferson.

Again, getting put into the lottery means that at 1 time, a Kobe Bryant led team failed to make the playoffs. Sometimes...FAIL HAPPENS.

[Spurs_210]

Your post reeks of so much on your breath, its hard to stomach it. The Spurs were not in the 90th percentile last season. Out of 16 teams that made the playoffs, the Spurs were probably better than 2... and that's stretching it. If you want to go a step further, the Spurs were the worst team in the playoffs for the Western Conference. Would you call the Blazers, Mavs, or Rockets a great team? No you wouldn't, but they all were better than the Spurs.

You Spur clowns are the only ones that and moan about injuries, as if other teams have none. Magic fans were not complaining about Jameer, the Celtics were not complaining about KG, the Rockets were without TMAC and Yao, and yet all of these teams played with much more heart than the Spurs. The Spurs literally crawled on all fours, and took one up the ass from the Mavs.

Your current team only looks good on paper. You better pray to your God that those unproven bench players you have pan out, if they don't, I'll damn sure be here to let you know. You all are expecting a lot from that fruit cake wearing a skirt over there. Lord knows that I want the Spurs to be fully healthy, and the one guy to not be on his period come playoff time, because all these excuses are getting old.

So to be a great team you have to repeat now? Now some Laker homer decides what it takes to be a great team so it must be true huh?

[Spurs_210]

Cul said it best, there is a reason why the spurs never could repeat: in order to win a le, everything for them had to be absolutely perfect: duncan and ginobilli healty, avoiding the mavs, injuries to other plaers, suspensions to others. The smallest hiccup, challenge, and the spurs lose. That ain't a dynasty....it's just being at the right place at the right time....several times.

And spurs fan represent this way of thinking in their excuses:"but but, if ginobili was healthy, but but if duncan was healthy, but but, if if if...."

Don't watch much basketball do ya kid?

[mingus]

Cul said it best, there is a reason why the spurs never could repeat: in order to win a le, everything for them had to be absolutely perfect: duncan and ginobilli healty, avoiding the mavs, injuries to other plaers, suspensions to others. The smallest hiccup, challenge, and the spurs lose. That ain't a dynasty....it's just being at the right place at the right time....several times.

And spurs fan represent this way of thinking in their excuses:"but but, if ginobili was healthy, but but if duncan was healthy, but but, if if if...."

i can't believe some Lakers' fans still aren't over '99 and '03 . you sound like someone who was at Staples for game six of the '03 WCS, right under the Spurs basket, when Kevin Willis, the last person off the Spurs bench, and at the ripe age of 40, threw down one of the nastiest dunks in Spurs' history to put the locks on the shutters in that series.

[BadOdor]

i can't believe some Lakers' fans still aren't over '99 and '03 . you sound like someone who was at Staples for game six of the '03 WCS, right under the Spurs basket, when Kevin Willis, the last person off the Spurs bench, and at the ripe age of 40, threw down one of the nastiest dunks in Spurs' history to put the locks on the shutters in that series.

8-3 head2head, biatch

[mingus]

Your post reeks of so much on your breath, its hard to stomach it. The Spurs were not in the 90th percentile last season.

how does stating the fact that the Spurs were the 3rd best team in '08 fit that description? i had to point it out because of your ignorance in saying they weren't a great team that year when in fact they were, and even injured.

Out of 16 teams that made the playoffs, the Spurs were probably better than 2... and that's stretching it.

you're right about that, but i think it's stupid to say that it hurts the Spurs' legacy in any way when it was completely out of their control. the Lakers, OTOH, sucked for three years due to the FO's incompetency, of which Kobe even admitted to.

You Spur clowns are the only ones that and moan about injuries, as if other teams have none. Magic fans were not complaining about Jameer, the Celtics were not complaining about KG, the Rockets were without TMAC and Yao, and yet all of these teams played with much more heart than the Spurs.

you're on a Spurs board. go to a Rockets, Magic, Celtics, and hang out there as long as you do here, and i'm sure you'll hear it just as often.

I want the Spurs to be fully healthy, and the one guy to not be on his period come playoff time, because all these excuses are getting old.

i want the Spurs to be fully healthy as well. their last two meetings in the playoffs, when Manu has been 100%, were fantastic, classics.

[mingus]

8-3 head2head, biatch

i congratulate the Lakers on that.

[all_heart]

These jackass Laker fans just prove why everybody secretly hates the Lakers.

[Culburn369]

These jackass Laker fans just prove why everybody secretly hates the Lakers.

Big deal.

We're here. We're Champions. We're trollin'.

Ya repeatless thing, you.

[all_heart]

Big deal.

We're here. We're Champions. We're trollin'.

Ya repeatless thing, you.

and you got nothing better to do, you worthless ..
let's see where your candy assess are come playoffs.. when the Lakers go fishing early..

[Culburn369]

and you got nothing better to do

Amen, brother. I've found my new home.

[all_heart]

Amen, brother. I've found my new home.

I personally think you are a big Spurs fan inside, that's why you are really here. Don't I won't tell anybody.. else..!

[Man In Black]

Big deal.

We're here. We're Champions. We're trollin'.

Ya repeatless thing, you.

The Purple & Gold circle jerk continues

and it looks like it needs to be eradicated with a Silver & Black Hammer.

[Def Rowe]

I quite enjoy the trash talk.

[The Gemini Method]

I come here because I like the banter between the Laker fans and the Spurs fans. It is also one of the more liberal boards, so that is always a plus. I don't discredit what the Spurs, because they've provided the sternest compe ion for the Lakers in the West since the dawn of the 00s, so you can't hate on that. Game recognize game...until the next season!

[Muser]

People need to stop biting onto Cul and Laka, the more you bite the more they're gonna troll your ass.