McDonald: Root for Gasol to pull through, Spurs fans

[rascal]

I just want a W and I don't give a sh** about Laker's health.

A W means nothing if the spurs don't address the thin frontline.

[doobs]

The spurs were not beating the lakers in 2008. Give it up. That series was not even close.

That spurs team was not very good. Manu had a great game in that series then stunk, inconsistent as normal. sure he wasn't 100% but he was healthy enough to play. He played well in one game that series. how do you account for that?

Manu is at his best when he's slashing and passing and hustling and rebounding and generally being an unpredictable playmaker. Spurs fans who pay attention know this.

Yes, Manu was healthy enough to play . . . as a glorified facsimile of Brent Barry. Even in his "great" game, most of his points came off of ridiculous outside shooting. He could barely jog down the court, much less throw any opposing defense into disarray.

I'm not saying the Spurs would have definitely won that series if Manu had been healthy. But come on. They had a chance. They nearly won game 1, and that was less than 2 days after having to sleep on an airport runway after beating NO.

[rascal]

Manu is at his best when he's slashing and passing and hustling and rebounding and generally being an unpredictable playmaker. Spurs fans who pay attention know this.

Yes, Manu was healthy enough to play . . . as a glorified facsimile of Brent Barry. Even in his "great" game, most of his points came off of ridiculous outside shooting. He could barely jog down the court, much less throw any opposing defense into disarray.

I'm not saying the Spurs would have definitely won that series if Manu had been healthy. But come on. They had a chance. They nearly won game 1, and that was less than 2 days after having to sleep on an airport runway after beating NO.

If he could barely jog down the court he would not have been playing. Its a lot of exaggeration. Sure he wasn't healthy at top form but he was good enough to play and even healthy enough to play well, he just didn't.

[doobs]

^ I don't think you watched the 2008 WCF, or maybe your memory is poor.

Now explain to me how he was healthy enough to play well. Pointing to game 3---with Manu making some 3-pointers---should not convince you of anything. He got hot and played "well" in much the same way Brent Barry or Michael Finley could have played well.

Like I said, he could barely jog down the court. Watch it again.

[rascal]

^ I don't think you watched the 2008 WCF, or maybe your memory is poor.

Now explain to me how he was healthy enough to play well. Pointing to game 3---with Manu making some 3-pointers---should not convince you of anything. He got hot and played "well" in much the same way Brent Barry or Michael Finley could have played well.

Like I said, he could barely jog down the court. Watch it again.

He was fine enough to play. End of story.

[iggypop123]

ill say what i have always said. at least ginobli was on the floor. bynum ariza werent even on the floor even if it was at a crap crippled state

[UnWantedTheory]

This is a ridiculous argument. Rascal obviously didnt watch the 08 playoffs and the Laker fan is trying to compare an Ariza and Bynum who were non existent to the Lakers success of that year. Who cares? Thats then and this is now. We got a win against a very good team, with or without Kobe and Pau. It would have been sweeter had they been at full strength,but they are still a good team. It was a nice win. We shall see about the rest later. End the stupidity already.