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Marion, Butler?????
and really matters, who guards Kobe...?
a 6'2, unathletic Jason Terry?
a 6'4 35 year old Jason Kidd?
CMON MAN, this isn't even trolling, you mavs fans fail to realize that you have no one to put next to Kobe.
At least we've got Manu and Hill.
Marion, Butler?????
Poor guy, not even able to check statistics
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/...&type=Fielding
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/...PKB4?year=2009
I think the Mavs will drop the Lakers out in the second round of the PO
So, Terry guards Artest? That should go well. You can't put a SF on Kobe, cause they your 2 guard, Terry or Kidd, whoever you want to say, will be on Artest and that's a post up all night long.
Luke Walton in a gay club?
Why does Spurs fan still think their team plays/wins with defense? They're the 7 seconds or less Suns right now, nothing more.
Do you even watch the games?
Mavs played allready plenty smallball with Kidd guarding the SF. , several times he took Artest out of the game when he was with the Rockets.
They can also stick Stevenson on him and let Kidd with Fisher
So, you're saying that the Mavericks are going to win with: Barea Terry Kidd Dirk and Tyson? Please tell me you're kidding, right? Smallball against the Lakers, THATS your plan?
God you are an idiot.
They have Stevenson, Marion or Butler that can defend Kobe 1on1, even Kidd is able to do it in a nice way during stretches.
And if they wanny play the Terry-Kidd-Marion for stretches they can put Marion on Kobe, Kidd on Artest and Terry on Fisher/Blake.
Do you see it now?
Btw, how'd you guys do last year in the playoffs?
And don't even bring up the Suns, YOUR team are the Mavs, don't be bandwagons!
I think Mavs have some decent options on defending Kobe IF Stevenson continues to shoot at the rate he is shooting now. But if not you sacrifice too much offense to leave him on kobe. Terry has no shot guarding him and if you put Kidd on him for too long you are asking for trouble as well ...but he does a good job, because he gets the most respect from refs of any defender on the Mavs roster.
Besides the Mavs will play zone anyway. So it helps when they play small defenders hide their weakness. Lakers will have to move the ball and hit open 3's to beat the Mavs. Good news is we (my team re s) have 2 excellent passing big men and bynum though not a good passer has improved to where he is not a liability in passing either ..
Mavs are a good team, and a legit contender ... but I thought they were one last year and they got rolled by the spurs so we shall see ...
BTW, Miami should of forced the issue more last night in the paint or from mid-range they took way too many 3's ...if they drive and get tyson in foul trouble they win that game...
The current success of these teams (Boston, Miami, Mavs, Spurs) and all of the current Laker losses are nothing more than consolation prizes for their fanbase for those teams that ultimately won't win the le. Of all these teams the Champs are just quietly moving along with no fanfare...and this exactly how a 3peat is carried out. You always want to lull to sleep just a little and then pounce. I'm surprised most basketball fans don't understand this...this happens every year...I guess fans let emotion get in the way of reality...party on it's your consolation prize...Kool won't get in the way of it...
You have a point, but don't you see the Celtics as legit? we had our hands full with them LAST year ...this year KG seems stronger and you know if they get to the Finals Shaq will give us ALL of whatever he has left ...that doesn't make you a "little" concerned?
between stevenson, butler, marion, and kidd, they have several different types of defensive looks to throw at kobe when in man. but when the mavs go to zone, it won't matter who is guarding kobe directly. it will be interesting to see how they battle against the Mavs zone. most teams have had a real big problem against it, especially since they have a pair of guys who control the middle very well in Chandler and Haywood, and they seem to communicate extremely well on their rotations. Chandler and Kidd commmunicate among the team extremely well to make sure everything is covered in the zone. The Mavs currently are executing a zone as well or better than any team has ever executed one.
You do realize Terry doesn't start right?
Oh wait this is probably mono just ing with us
nice troll job
Kobe is shooting 39% from the field against +.500 teams this season, and the wear and tear hasn't even hit him yet..we'll see how he looks later on in the season..
Killa no it doesn't...Maybe I'm an eternal optimist. But the argument is transparent and common knowledge though not openly acknowledged. In 2008 LA wins with a Bynum and Ariza. In 2010 the series goes 5 games with a healthy Bynum. LA played with Bynum's injury all play-offs and we beat them. They lose Perk for a game and a half and they crying like es. Trust me Perk gave them nothing offensively and nothing defensively when Bynum was in the game. Sheed was more damaging to LA les hope that a Perk could ever be.
As for you argument on Shaq...listen it will be LA v. Boston in the finals...Shaq and Kobe will overshadow KG, Allen, Pierce, Gasol, Bynum, Odom, Artest...this will be the final battle on who was worth more to the NBA and their les. Kobe or Shaq...and I'm riding with Kobe...he's had to listen to Shaq's rants and insults all these years and don't think for a minute it's not the single most important thing driving him. Kobe will put an end to Shaq next June once and for all time and he's going to do it in dominating fashion.
Boston has the bigs but they ed up when they got rid of their best wing defender who made Kobe expend too much energy. Now that we have Artest to lock up Pierce..there is absolutely no one on that Boston team that is going to check Kobe...He's going to be running wild on Boston...You think game 5 in Boston he put on a show wait till he playing Shaq for all the marbles this will be the defining moment and crowning achievement of his career. Beating 3 All-Stars like he did last year is something MJ never did. But beating 7 if you throw in Shaq, Rondo, plus Jermane Oneal's previous All-Star ( I think) is something unprecedented. But the way Boston is currently constructed without over aggressive wing defenders fits right into Kobe's game.
You and your useles random stats ... the lakers have played how many +.500 teams that makes up that number? I dont care if you bash kobe, you call him a rapist every other day ...but Posts like this (no offense) is why i hate stats.
Because most people post them without context ...or when they do provide context (against .500 teams) do not provide the supporting data (how many games or what teams) to back said stat. That is why I dont care for them because so many people "juke the stats" in sports, education, governement ...you watched the Wire you should KNOW better ...Harlem
and this is not to flame you Harlem, most of your posts have been more than fair lately even on the heat, Gary neal and Kobe ... except when you are trolling.
Who's going to guard Bynum, Gasol and Odom?
Well thought out response but I guess i just respect KG and what he brings defensively a bit more than you do ...plus Pau has shown signs of shrinking when beat up (hibbert and noah especially) to be as confident as you are. Also bynum's knee and Ron's shooting woes doesnt inspire much confidence either ...I think ron will figure things out i think XMAS will be a good test.
tht is another place we disagree ..i expect us to lose that day we have only had one really good XMas performance the past 5 years and that was when Bynum shat on teh suns and Rza dunked all over Grant Hill ...
We suck on christmas but I still dont see the heat making the finals so I am not overly worried if we lose to them anyway ...
The answer, as always, is Barea.
Butler, Marion or Stevenson. No one needs to guard Artest.
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