West threats to Lakers are merely mirages

[xellos88330]

You clearly didn't read my post...every backcourt plays well against LAL in the playoffs, but none of them win...why is that do ya think?

They are injured.











































(you walked into that one)

[Mel_13]

Meh.

The Lakers are the two-time defending NBA champs and three-time defending Western Conference champs. Despite their "struggles", they're playing at a 59-win pace. They've got scoreboard. So what?

The Spurs are off to an historic start this year. Next year there may not be any NBA basketball. This could be the last chance to see our Big 3 play together. Enjoy the rest of the season and, if all goes well, the first two rounds of the playoffs. If the Lakers are waiting for the Spurs in WC Finals, we'll have plenty of time to talk about them then. For now, FTL.

[SequSpur]

The Spurs don't have a chance in to beat the Lakers in a seven game series...

You can break the whole laker team down and it doesn't matter. They have kobe...kobe is the best player in the nba, by far. No one on the Spurs is even close to him.

The Spurs HAVE to get bigger to win....Kobe will destroy any big lineup we have in the fourth quarter....

The Spurs record will be fool's gold if they meet the Lakers in West Finals... The Lakers win in 5.

Late.

[JWest596]

Spoken like a true spurfan...when you've lost the argument go cry Stern and collusion

Maybe next time, junior

Typical Laker nonsense. what you can't refute you push a smilie button....you don't see me on LAL fan sites seeking validation out of fear and trolling. Laker fans, the biggest bandwagon fans of them all. No doubt you're the local President.

Keep it up loser, be sure to claim Minneapolis Lakers championships as your own as well.

Fakers

Latest LG thread.

"and people on LG still dont believe that the NBA uses the lakers as a spring board for other teams. to at least make the game close."

"Phil should slam the refs at the post game and tell the media that video evidence of all the blown calls will be sent to NBA head office....and will be shared with the media as well. Embarrass the eff out of the NBA and put some heat on the refs.

"What's the worst that can happen, Kobe continues to get no calls"

"Pathetic performance by the refs. Drew, Kobe getting hacked without mercy."

"Refs knew Knicks couldn't score a bucket with Bynum in so they found the littlest of excuses to throw him out. Easily the worst reffed game of the season for Lakers."

"It's hard to believe there's so much corruption in the nba. It's a disgrace and a joke."

"now you see why the lakers will never go all out every single night and have to deal with this kind of bias officiating. its shameful."

It goes on and on and that's just one thread of many. Laker fans are so full of it.

Worst refereeing of the season

[DeadlyDynasty]

Did anyone catch that Lakers / Thunder game ? I checked in to see if the Lakers were starting to play better. They really aren't. The team that Lakers' fans should worry about is their own.

Kobe was hogging the ball and hoisting up terrible shots. They still don't have their act together. They came off a loss to the Clippers and were in jeopardy of losing another one.

Does anyone realize how tough it is to win 2 Championships in a row, much less 3 ? They may kick it up a notch when the playoffs start but it won't be enough. The Spurs can take them.

Did you watch the entire Lakers/Thunders game or did you just watch the highlights? It was a solid win by the Lakers, and Kobe notably did not go into his chucking mode, particularly during the 1st three quarters.

He's always had the green light to shoot whatever he wants 4th quarter (well, he has the green light to do whatever the he wants, really), but most importantly his 4th quarter stats have always been solid so those shots aren't really ill-advised. His chucking ways become a problem when he wants to go 1 on 1 all the time during the 1st three quarters, and that certainly wasn't the case.

I really doubt you watched the game if you think Kobe was going into "chuck" mode last night.

We know Spurfan doesn't. Sorry, that was too good to pass up like, xello's jab.

As for the rest of your post, I'm glad your fellow spurfan was kind enough to point out your fail. You had a little of bad Kobe games to pick from this year, yet you chose a game he played exceptionally well in

[DeadlyDynasty]

Typical Laker nonsense. what you can't refute you push a smilie button....you don't see me on LAL fan sites seeking validation out of fear and trolling. Laker fans, the biggest bandwagon fans of them all. No doubt you're the local President.

Keep it up loser, be sure to claim Minneapolis Lakers championships as your own as well.

Fakers

Latest LG thread.

"and people on LG still dont believe that the NBA uses the lakers as a spring board for other teams. to at least make the game close."

"Phil should slam the refs at the post game and tell the media that video evidence of all the blown calls will be sent to NBA head office....and will be shared with the media as well. Embarrass the eff out of the NBA and put some heat on the refs.

"What's the worst that can happen, Kobe continues to get no calls"

"Pathetic performance by the refs. Drew, Kobe getting hacked without mercy."

"Refs knew Knicks couldn't score a bucket with Bynum in so they found the littlest of excuses to throw him out. Easily the worst reffed game of the season for Lakers."

"It's hard to believe there's so much corruption in the nba. It's a disgrace and a joke."

"now you see why the lakers will never go all out every single night and have to deal with this kind of bias officiating. its shameful."

It goes on and on and that's just one thread of many. Laker fans are so full of it.

Worst refereeing of the season

I think you're on to something bro...this could be bigger than steroids in baseball. I'd contact your local congressman with your findings.

[xellos88330]

Meh.

The Lakers are the two-time defending NBA champs and three-time defending Western Conference champs. Despite their "struggles", they're playing at a 59-win pace. They've got scoreboard. So what?

The Spurs are off to an historic start this year. Next year there may not be any NBA basketball. This could be the last chance to see our Big 3 play together. Enjoy the rest of the season and, if all goes well, the first two rounds of the playoffs. If the Lakers are waiting for the Spurs in WC Finals, we'll have plenty of time to talk about them then. For now, FTL.

This is good. Much better than wasting my time trying to show Laker fans that the game is played with 2 teams, not just one.

[DeadlyDynasty]

The Spurs don't have a chance in to beat the Lakers in a seven game series...

You can break the whole laker team down and it doesn't matter. They have kobe...kobe is the best player in the nba, by far. No one on the Spurs is even close to him.

The Spurs HAVE to get bigger to win....Kobe will destroy any big lineup we have in the fourth quarter....

The Spurs record will be fool's gold if they meet the Lakers in West Finals... The Lakers win in 5.

Late.

You're being a bit harsh bro

w/ HCA LA takes it in 5, in 6 w/o.
but who knows, Spurs could have a bunch of guys channel their inner Jaren Jackson and have a career shooting series.

[JWest596]

I think you're on to something bro...this could be bigger than steroids in baseball. I'd contact your local congressman with your findings.

Spoken like a true Laker fan...when you've lost the argument go cry Stern and collusion

Maybe next time, junior

You're a predictable and typical as a bowel movement.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Spoken like a true Laker fan...when you've lost the argument go cry Stern and collusion

Maybe next time, junior

You're a predictable and typical as a bowel movement.

It took you 30 minutes to think up a comeback and you pull out the "I know you are, but what am I?" defense? Strong work.


The bolded letters were an exceptionally nice touch...they really conveyed your feelings in this post.

[TD 21]

You can continue with this act all you want. The fact of the matter is, you'd have to be a liar, an idiot, or both, to not see the similarities to '03 between the Lakers and Spurs.

If you still want to anoint the Lakers as the clear favorites, fine. But this pretending as if you're not the least bit concerned with the Spurs and they're going to be a cake-walk is more than the typical Lakers fan arrogance/ignorance, it's being in denial and delusional.

Speaking of that term "the favorites", they should be viewed as co-favorites at this point. The Spurs have been the better team this season and as such, figure to have home court advantage. The Lakers are the two-time defending champs.

It's funny, when the Lakers acquired Gasol, no one cared that the Spurs were the defending champs and the dominant team of the previous five years, the Lakers were instantly proclaimed legit contenders and in many cases, "the favorites". Here we are three years later, the Spurs have half the losses of the Lakers at the mid-way point, bludgeoned them in their first meeting, yet some are still hesitant to proclaim them legit contenders, let alone favorites or even co-favorites. This despite having a championship proven core.

Why the reluctance to anoint them, when there was no such hesitation with the Lakers?

[DeadlyDynasty]

You can continue with this act all you want. The fact of the matter is, you'd have to be a liar, an idiot, or both, to not see the similarities to '03 between the Lakers and Spurs.

If you still want to anoint the Lakers as the clear favorites, fine. But this pretending as if you're not the least bit concerned with the Spurs and they're going to be a cake-walk is more than the typical Lakers fan arrogance/ignorance, it's being in denial and delusional.

Speaking of that term "the favorites", they should be viewed as co-favorites at this point. The Spurs have been the better team this season and as such, figure to have home court advantage. The Lakers are the two-time defending champs.

It's funny, when the Lakers acquired Gasol, no one cared that the Spurs were the defending champs and the dominant team of the previous five years, the Lakers were instantly proclaimed legit contenders and in many cases, "the favorites". Here we are three years later, the Spurs have half the losses of the Lakers at the mid-way point, bludgeoned them in their first meeting, yet some are still hesitant to proclaim them legit contenders, let alone favorites or even co-favorites. This despite having a championship proven core.

Why the reluctance to anoint them, when there was no such hesitation with the Lakers?

Oh I don't know...maybe cause there's a 2-time defending champion sleeping giant in the same conference. IMO.

[DeadlyDynasty]

lol JWest still lurking in this thread. Sup brah, crafting another genius comeback?

[TD 21]

Like I said, when the Lakers acquired Gasol, the Spurs were the defending champs and had won three of the last five, but no one seemed to care. Why should the Lakers be afforded that respect now, when the gap between them, standings-wise, is more than it was in 08-09?

I'm not saying anoint them as clear cut favorites, but I don't see how they could not be co-favorites at this point. What more do they have to do to earn that le?

As usual, people were more than ready to jump on the Mavs bandwagon when they are going through their annual fools gold surge, yet many of those same people are reluctant to hop aboard the Spurs bandwagon.

[honestfool84]

okk, what a joke.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Like I said, when the Lakers acquired Gasol, the Spurs were the defending champs and had won three of the last five, but no one seemed to care. Why should the Lakers be afforded that respect now, when the gap between them, standings-wise, is more than it was in 08-09?

I'm not saying anoint them as clear cut favorites, but I don't see how they could not be co-favorites at this point. What more do they have to do to earn that le?

As usual, people were more than ready to jump on the Mavs bandwagon when they are going through their annual fools gold surge, yet many of those same people are reluctant to hop aboard the Spurs bandwagon.

I hear what you're saying, but the situations are different. It's a personnel issue. The Celtics, Heat, and Lakers have all been anointed as favorites b/c of their big FA/trade splashes. Gaining an Allen, Garnett, Gasol, James, and Bosh makes bigger headlines than signing Gary Neal. People are hesitant to anoint them because--other than getting the big 3 healthy--they haven't added a whole lot else, and the majority of people still think the Lakers are the class of the conference.

[honestfool84]

other than getting the big 3 healthy--they haven't added a whole lot else

it's been a while since the Big 3 have all been healthy... people forget how big of an "acquisition" that is.

[DeadlyDynasty]

it's been a while since the Big 3 have all been healthy... people forget how big of an "acquisition" that is.

Agreed, but time and recent history is not on their side...so naturally people would be hesitant or skeptical of them.

[JWest596]

lol JWest still lurking in this thread. Sup brah, crafting another genius comeback?

Poor DudofaDynasty, poor alienated attention starved Laker troll looking for love in all the wrong places.

Play with your penis.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Poor DudofaDynasty, poor alienated attention starved Laker troll looking for love in all the wrong places.

Play with your penis.

Want me to fire up the webcam for you, like last time?

[phyzik]

Lakers as still a threat to the west is a mirage.

FACT.

[JWest596]

Want me to fire up the webcam for you, like last time?

Fire away.
Your Mom says "Hi"

[TD 21]

I hear what you're saying, but the situations are different. It's a personnel issue. The Celtics, Heat, and Lakers have all been anointed as favorites b/c of their big FA/trade splashes. Gaining an Allen, Garnett, Gasol, James, and Bosh makes bigger headlines than signing Gary Neal. People are hesitant to anoint them because--other than getting the big 3 healthy--they haven't added a whole lot else, and the majority of people still think the Lakers are the class of the conference.

The Celtics, Heat and Lakers all needed to add either entire cores or core pieces. The Spurs didn't because they already had a core; they just needed it to get healthy. They didn't need a whole lot else personnel wise from last season to this season.

We both know that if the situations were reversed, the Lakers would have long ago been anointed as favorites. The situations aren't 100% the same, but they're similar to '08. Now the Spurs are the team with young legs (some, at least), depth and firepower and the Lakers are the team that's old, slow and running on fumes, as the wear and tear borne of deep playoff runs has taken it's toll. Yet none of the so-called experts see that or are willing to admit it.

[honestfool84]

Agreed, but time and recent history is not on their side...so naturally people would be hesitant or skeptical of them.

a 35-6 record would disagree with the first portion of your statement.

i understand why people are hesitant or skeptical of them... they haven't made much noise in the playoffs since their last championship.

but to say they are a mirage? i think that's the silliest thing i've heard all day.

the Lakers are the Spurs' biggest threat in the West, and the Spurs are the Laker's biggest threat, likewise.

i can guarantee you 100% that neither team thinks less of the either team.

[ezau]

It took you 30 minutes to think up a comeback and you pull out the "I know you are, but what am I?" defense? Strong work.


The bolded letters were an exceptionally nice touch...they really conveyed your feelings in this post.

Brah, the West has been locked up by the Spurs and we're all just waiting to find out who were going to face in the first round.

In the meantime, good luck with the Lakers threepeating without HCA