Adios Amigos: Big 3 are done

[ohmwrecker]

In 2007 the Lakers were in fact in the playoffs.

Correct! Now can you tell me what happened to that Phil-Kobe led team?

And if we adjusted the premise to Phil-Kobe-Pau it would be 1-0 record as they've only played 1 time. Excellent example of strong critical thinking skills though.

So, you are starting to understand how your premise is flawed and has no bearing on the present?

[history2b]

Okay, we get it. You're a Lakers fan who has nothing better to do on a Tuesday morning/afternoon, but haunt a Spurs fan site and troll. Here's a hint: Move where the jobs are!

You predicted that the Lakers would not play the Spurs in the playoffs last year? ("Really, dude. I told all my friends like before the season even started. Really. You can ask them.") It's not that I don't give a what you supposedly predicted. It's more that nobody gives a what you supposedly predicted. I'm guessing that you're here because none of your buddies on ESPN.com give a what you supposedly predicted.

But other than that, you know, thanks for sharing.

My friends? lol. No. It was Spurs posters on the ESPN board. They know who they are even as they silently lurk over everything I'm posting now and their silence is golden. It speaks volumes.

As it is I'm not concerned with what you believe or what you want to believe about what I say. If you don't like it you can move on and kindly not reply or flame this thread.

But if you want to talk ball all season long, that's what I'm here to do and I'll do so entirely from a realistic perspective, your own personal dose of reality throughout.

[MannyIsGod]

Also,, obvious and predictable troll is obvious and predictable.

[ChumpDumper]

lol ESPN board

[NRHector]

My friends? lol. No. It was Spurs posters on the ESPN board. They know who they are even as they silently lurk over everything I'm posting now and their silence is golden. It speaks volumes.

As it is I'm not concerned with what you believe or what you want to believe about what I say. If you don't like it you can move on and kindly not reply or flame this thread.

But if you want to talk ball all season long, that's what I'm here to do and I'll do so entirely from a realistic perspective, your own personal dose of reality throughout.

When you started to mention ESPN you lost credibility and also lost your man card

[GSH]

As it is I'm not concerned with what you believe or what you want to believe about what I say. If you don't like it you can move on and kindly not reply or flame this thread.


But if you want to talk ball all season long, that's what I'm here to do

Isn't it a little ironic that you come to a Spurs fan site and flame a thread started by a Spurs fan, and then advise another Spurs fan not to reply or flame here? Hopefully this new healthcare plan includes a mental health option. Seriously, that's bizarre behavior even for a Laker troll.

And if you're planning on having nothing to do for a whole year but troll a site dedicated to a team you don't like, you have joined the ranks of the truly pathetic. Maybe you just need something to keep your mind occupied during the day. I'll try it slowly this time.

Move... where... the... jobs... are.

[sandman]

If the Spurs were truly irrelavent to Lakerfan, he wouldn't keep posting on this board.

[Spurs rock]

You do know that the Kobe-Phil Lakers are 4-1 versus the Spurs in the playoffs right?

Don't you mean Kobe-Phil-Stern?

[history2b]

Article is pretty spot on, though I would give the Spurs the "semi-contender" label that the author dismisses. Not favorites anymore certainly (even though there times the spurs won w/out being the favorites). Semi-contender sounds just right as a matter of fact.

The Lakers are great right now, and clearly the conference choice to make the finals (at least), but I think a reasonable person would say that the Spurs have the ability to beat any other team in the Western Conference. Especially when one considers that the both the Nuggets (whether Melo stays or not, at this point the damage is done) and Jazz are weaker teams then they were last year. The Blazers are under new direction, and like the Houston Rockets are only great if their all-star caliber centers stay healthy (I know you can say that about the Spurs as well, but Tim isn't quite as injury prone as Yao, or Oden). A Maverick's series could be considered a toss up since both teams have shown the mental for ude to take each other out in recent years. And despite last year's embarrassing loss to the Suns, I still can't find any traces of fear in myself when considering a possible matchup against them.

While the spurs haven't added a superstar (sorry Tiago, not for a few years, if ever) this summer, a major shift has occurred. While adding young guys over the past several years the Spurs, and their fans, have had the at ude of "If (young guy X) can really step up then we have a shot to go deep in the Playoffs." Going into this season the thought has changed to "Well, we know that George Hill, DeJuan Blair, iand n all probability Tiago Splitter will be positive forces on this team throughout the season and post season."

Down play that if you want, but the difference between a 1 or 2 maybes, and 3 guys with positive expectations from their teammates, and coaches could be the difference in a team not making it out of the 2nd round, and a team that has a shot at upsetting LA.

Finally a post that has some semblance of logic and reason.

[mytespurs]

All this talk about the Spurs demise........and a regular season game hasn't even been played yet. Father time catches up with all great teams, dynasties & mini dynasties at some point-speaking of, saw this interesting article about the world champions in the Sunday paper:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...,1788766.story

[history2b]

When you started to mention ESPN you lost credibility and also lost your man card

No worries. If you aren't capable of logically extracting material with a cognitive understanding of content and would rather choose to categorize, classify and dismiss out of safety, don't let me stop you.

In the process you establish yourself as someone who is simply incapable.

[ChumpDumper]

No worries. If you aren't capable of logically extracting material with a cognitive understanding of content and would rather choose to categorize, classify and dismiss out of safety, don't let me stop you.

In the process you establish yourself as someone who is simply incapable.

Ten cent words aren't hiding what you are doing here.

[history2b]

Isn't it a little ironic that you come to a Spurs fan site and flame a thread started by a Spurs fan, and then advise another Spurs fan not to reply or flame here? Hopefully this new healthcare plan includes a mental health option. Seriously, that's bizarre behavior even for a Laker troll.

And if you're planning on having nothing to do for a whole year but troll a site dedicated to a team you don't like, you have joined the ranks of the truly pathetic. Maybe you just need something to keep your mind occupied during the day. I'll try it slowly this time.

Move... where... the... jobs... are.

If what you believe is true, then what does that say about you taking the time wade through this nonsense and respond?

[ChumpDumper]

If what you believe is true, then what does that say about you taking the time wade through this nonsense and respond?

It didn't take much time to figure out what you are doing here.

[ElNono]

Weird this guy wasn't posting when Kobe was missing the playoffs in '05 and Kobe and Phil were getting their asses handed to them in '06 by the D'Antoni Suns of all teams...

[history2b]

Ten cent words aren't hiding what you are doing here.

I think I'm being fairly direct and upfront. There's nothing to hide.

What I have to say happens to be true and the weak minded delusional will take offense and spend vast amounts of time disputing it until the moment comes when they make the realization that what I've said is true and they eventually submit and foresake the will.

I hope you hang in there for the long haul.

[history2b]

Weird this guy wasn't posting when Kobe was missing the playoffs in '05 and Kobe and Phil were getting their asses handed to them in '06 by the D'Antoni Suns of all teams...

Where were you in 1987? Lol. Please.

I love when Spurs fans like to attempt to talk "history" even though their timeline only spans from the day Duncan was drafted to the present. As if the NBA didn't exist before 1997.

[Solid D]

All this talk about the Spurs demise........and a regular season game hasn't even been played yet. Father time catches up with all great teams, dynasties & mini dynasties at some point-speaking of, saw this interesting article about the world champions in the Sunday paper:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...,1788766.story

Thanks for posting the article. It's reality. Teams get old and the Lakers are old but the Lakers are still good now...or at least, they should be.

A funny & ironic scenario would be for the Lakers to lose a championship bid this year. Then a temporary NBA lockout occurs next year... with the Lakers winning the championship in a 50-game season and full-length playoffs and watching Phil Jackson holding the symmetrical 12th *trophy.

[ElNono]

Where were you in 1987? Lol. Please.

This forum didn't exist in 1987.

I just find it kind of weird that you decided to show up now talking just when the Lakers won the last two... Frontrunning much?

[ohmwrecker]

Where were you in 1987? Lol. Please.

I don't think anybody was talking basketball on an internet message board in 1987 . . .

I love when Spurs fans like to attempt to talk "history" even though their timeline only spans from the day Duncan was drafted to the present. As if the NBA didn't exist before 1997.

You've got to be kidding. Spurs fans, in general, are pretty well-versed on the history of the team and the NBA in general. I know you are here to "talk straight" and dispense your wisdom or whatever, but you have yet to achieve anything but basic Trolling 101. You're a joke. Lakaluva is more knowledgeable than you, and he is a moron.

[history2b]

This forum didn't exist in 1987.

I just find it kind of weird that you decided to show up now talking just when the Lakers won the last two... Frontrunning much?

I've been posting on another forum since 1999 before Shaq and Kobe ever won a thing but nice try. I'll give you style points.

And thanks for neglecting the pre-1997 NBA comment reaffirming the notion that Spurs fans do in fact believe the National Basketball Association started the year Tim Duncan entered the league.

[history2b]

I don't think anybody was talking basketball on an internet message board in 1987 . . .



You've got to be kidding. Spurs fans, in general, are pretty well-versed on the history of the team and the NBA in general. I know you are here to "talk straight" and dispense your wisdom or whatever, but you have yet to achieve anything but basic Trolling 101. You're a joke. Lakaluva is more knowledgeable than you, and he is a moron.

It was a general question, not a demand for cyber whereabouts.

If what I'm doing is trolling then you guys are failing miserably.

[Harry Callahan]

All this talk about the Spurs being too old to win the le this year might be true. However, there is another team in the western conference that has two 15 year veterans starting in the backcourt this year.

I would not be surprised at all if said team took a significant step back due to physical problems in 2010.

Kobe has 14 years of heavy minutes for the regular season and even a few long playoff runs in the last three years (after a couple of less than successful years as "The Man". The trolls seem to think this guy will go on forever when he could break down at any moment and hit the wall.

I'm looking forward to that day actually because of the bandwaggoner Laker dwebes on ST.

San Antonio has the second or third highest winning percentage in the NBA since 1976 by the way. There has been one down period (1984-1989) where the Spurs were a non-contender. One bad year since that time - a 20 year span.

[ChumpDumper]

I think I'm being fairly direct and upfront. There's nothing to hide.

You couldn't hide it if you tried.

and you did try.

What I have to say happens to be true and the weak minded delusional will take offense and spend vast amounts of time disputing it until the moment comes when they make the realization that what I've said is true and they eventually submit and foresake the will.

What you have to say is the opinion of a frontrunning lakerfan. There is no need to dispute it considering the content and the source. I never understood the motivation of posters like yourself, effectively begging others to accept your belief that your team is the bestest evah and being a fan of any other team is a waste of time. It's really kind of pathetic.

I hope you hang in there for the long haul.

I hope you take your incessant lakerfapping back to the ESPN boards.

[ohmwrecker]

It was a general question, not a demand for cyber whereabouts.

If what I'm doing is trolling then you guys are failing miserably.

Well, in 1987 I was driving an El Camino and my interests revolved mostly around weed and pussy, but if you are asking if I was a Spurs fan . . . then, yes . . . yes I was.

I'm bored, but I won't be around much longer because you are failing to entertain me.