Kobe and Bynum out for season opener vs. Rockets

[Giuseppe]

Phil is sandbaggin' ya's.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

while it's hard to imagine the Rockets not improving from last season (with Yao or not).

It's not hard for me. Carl Landry was a big reason they started the season off so well, once K-Mart and Yao get injured they'll be worse than they were last season.

[Muser]

Who are you guys going to put on him when you have to play? Don't say D Wade. He's historically been Martin's Queen to be when they play head to head.

And what about LeBron? Kobe? You still think old man Battier can defend them?

[Ace]

Who are you guys going to put on him when you have to play? Don't say D Wade. He's historically been Martin's Queen to be when they play head to head.

care to provide numbers backing this claim? Last game Martin was 1-7 hardly anything worth mentioning.

[Iceman101]

Damn, look at all the Miami Cheat fans

[Ace]

Damn, look at all the Miami Cheat fans

There's a thread if you wish to provide numbers on how great Martin is.

[HeatTheBestEver]

Damn, look at all the Miami Cheat fans

We in that thang homie, we'd destroy that scrub Rockets team by 50

[Ace]

We in that thang homie, we'd destroy that scrub Rockets team by 50

I concur

[The Franchise]

care to provide numbers backing this claim? Last game Martin was 1-7 hardly anything worth mentioning.

Martin was coming off of wrist surgery and hadn't played basketball in months. That's like comparing 29 year old Kobe to 40 year old Jordan and being shocked if Jordan didn't win the matchup.

[Iceman101]

Martin was coming off of wrist surgery and hadn't played basketball in months. That's like comparing 29 year old Kobe to 40 year old Jordan and being shocked if Jordan didn't win the matchup.

Good God you're re ed

[Ace]

Martin was coming off of wrist surgery and hadn't played basketball in months. That's like comparing 29 year old Kobe to 40 year old Jordan and being shocked if Jordan didn't win the matchup.

Care to provided numbers from the year before? I already looked BTW...

[Baseline]

Sucks, but, we've been extremely fortunate the last several years injury wise.

Yes, you have. It's been like witchcraft. Exactly as Stern planned it. Historically brittle guys like Gasol and Odom staying healthy through two straight playoff runs, Bryant staying healthy, along with Fisher, a 35-yr-old stump.

But that will all change this year. You morons will see how the rest of the league feels.

[Giuseppe]

If your prediction comes to fruition it'd be a sea change for me. I ain't ever spent a day on this Board that I ain't been NBA Champion of the World.