Regular season don't mean anything

[spurtech09]

lol...just face it laker fan the lakers are not the same team from last season....

[romsho]

Did you not watch the game 2 nights ago against New Orleans? Put your money where your mouth is egg roll.

They are 38-7, and you point to one loss to New Orleans. They can and have beat most of the teams you have pointed out, and have yet to play Miami. What the exactly are you talking about? You make an incredibly stupid point. But at least Laker fan enjoys your musings.

[cd98]

Laker fan is envious of the Spurs dominance.

He tries to make something of the Spurs not winning consecutively under the assumption that winning consecutive championships means some unique level of domination. Which is fine, except that the Spurs have won four championships during the Tim Duncan era and will tie the 80s Lakers for the most 50 win seasons (and probably break that record next year assuming no lockout). That, my little Laker friend, is historic dominance.

BTW, Little Laker fan, but for the lockout in 99, we would have already broken the 50 win record, and as recently noted by Hollinger, the lockout year, we won a percentage of the games that exceeded the 50 win mark.

[21_Blessings]

Laker fan is envious of the Spurs dominance.

He tries to make something of the Spurs not winning consecutively under the assumption that winning consecutive championships means some unique level of domination. Which is fine, except that the Spurs have won four championships during the Tim Duncan era and will tie the 80s Lakers for the most 50 win seasons (and probably break that record next year assuming no lockout). That, my little Laker friend, is historic dominance.

Can you count to 5?

[cd98]

Do you mind if we take another of your records?

[21_Blessings]

Do you mind if we take another of your records?

The Lakers have so many it's not like they give a .

Get to like 15 , then we'll talk.

[cd98]

Maybe if we can pull off a couple championships like your '49 or maybe your '50.

[21_Blessings]

Maybe if we can pull off a couple championships like your '49 or maybe your '50.

Maybe they should start with '09 and '10. Watch some of the game film even.

[cd98]

I'm more impressed by your '49. I'm surprised you don't tout it more often.

[DMC]

Can you count to 5?

Do you know Stephen A Smith's phone number? Kobe does.

[Blackjack]

Let's see:

I didn't ask why they made the trade. The original question was 'how do you think those Rockets were after they made the trade for Drexler?'.

Just curious, how do you think the Rockets were after the trade for Drexler?

Yup, technically it was. But ...

What makes you think they couldn't have won a trophy again with Thorpe instead of Clyde?

Used in conjunction with this question gives off the impression you believe a lackluster record after the acquisition somehow means the Rockets didn't improve. As if meshing talent doesn't take time, especially at such a late date. You're implying that the Rockets with Thorpe may have been a better team than with Drexler.

But maybe you should make that more clear; otherwise your questioning comes across as disingenuous -- you'd have to believe that there was a question as to whether the Rockets were better with Thorpe than Drexler, wouldn't you? Maybe you do ... I've yet to see you post anything resembling an opinion.

I think your communication skills are lacking.

It's cute how you try and parse and nitpick posts, attempting to display your intellect and mastery of the interwebs. It really is.

Special, you are.

Are you definitely saying they were better than the previous year's championship squad?

Don't know, and it's irrelevant.

Maybe it's too far away from your memory or you're just not as informed as you may think, but the Rockets avoided a certain team the previous year in the playoffs. They also didn't have a certain league-leading rival to contend with -- someone that had been getting the better of them that year (3-1)

See, without being privy to hindsight, conventional wisdom -- inside and outside of Houston -- was that the team had 2-3 teams really in their way out West. But 2 specifically: one a nightmare matchup, the other an impressive rival on the rise who'd been getting the better of them.

Houston fans were essentially of the same mind as many a Spur or Mav fan in '07 -- they both had a team they were hoping to avoid (Dallas, Golden State). The Rockets, like the Spurs in '07, had the good fortune of seeing their biggest challenge get eliminated in the first round.

So, you see, Blake, last year's result had a good amount of fortune and a different level of compe ion. The Rockets, being cognizant of that and the reality of the current league, felt their team had to make a move to combat two teams they either didn't match-up well with or felt had probably passed them by.

Which brings me to where this all started: Hakeem needed the star talent of Drexler added to his team the next year to go back-to-back. That's my belief, and judging by the actions of the team, it was theirs too.

It's not an especially difficult question to answer unless your communication skills are lacking.

"The Great Communicator" couldn't hold my jock. And you're welcome.

[Proxy]

The Lakers have so many it's not like they give a .

Get to like 15 , then we'll talk.

Weak argument.... at the very least take the le count down from 17 to 11 since 6 of those came before the aba joined...

and, you lakers fans are being pathetic... posting these rants on a spurs board shows how insecure you are. If you really weren't worried, then you wouldn't give a and this thread wouldn't exist.

It's not like you guys deserve the team you have, getting Pau for free. Timmy has never received free HOFers via trade or free agency. It must be easy being an obnoxious lakers fan.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Like anybody cares what a Laker fan has to say.

[Martin R]

Can you count to 5?

can you put this in there ?

[cd98]

I think any Austin Toros championships would compare or be more impressive than Laker championships in the 40s and 50s. I barely even count our 99 it was so long ago.

[Blake]

Used in conjunction with this question gives off the impression you believe a lackluster record after the acquisition somehow means the Rockets didn't improve. As if meshing talent doesn't take time, especially at such a late date. You're implying that the Rockets with Thorpe may have been a better team than with Drexler.

But maybe you should make that more clear; otherwise your questioning comes across as disingenuous -- you'd have to believe that there was a question as to whether the Rockets were better with Thorpe than Drexler, wouldn't you? Maybe you do ... I've yet to see you post anything resembling an opinion.

You never asked for my opinion.

Common sense to me says they were better off with Thorpe than Drexler.

You say common sense says they were better off with Drexler. I'm trying to get a simple answer from you.

It's cute how you try and parse and nitpick posts, attempting to display your intellect and mastery of the interwebs. It really is.

Special, you are.

It's cuter how evasive and butthurt you get over extremely simple questions.

Don't know, and it's irrelevant.

I'm just trying to figure out what common sense you are using that says the Rockets would not have won again if not for Drexler coming.

Feel free to say "it's just my opinion" and leave it at that.

Maybe it's too far away from your memory or you're just not as informed as you may think, but the Rockets avoided a certain team the previous year in the playoffs. They also didn't have a certain league-leading rival to contend with -- someone that had been getting the better of them that year (3-1)

See, without being privy to hindsight, conventional wisdom -- inside and outside of Houston -- was that the team had 2-3 teams really in their way out West. But 2 specifically: one a nightmare matchup, the other an impressive rival on the rise who'd been getting the better of them.

Houston fans were essentially of the same mind as many a Spur or Mav fan in '07 -- they both had a team they were hoping to avoid (Dallas, Golden State). The Rockets, like the Spurs in '07, had the good fortune of seeing their biggest challenge get eliminated in the first round.

So, you see, Blake, last year's result had a good amount of fortune and a different level of compe ion. The Rockets, being cognizant of that and the reality of the current league, felt their team had to make a move to combat two teams they either didn't match-up well with or felt had probably passed them by.

Which brings me to where this all started: Hakeem needed the star talent of Drexler added to his team the next year to go back-to-back. That's my belief, and judging by the actions of the team, it was theirs too.

so why do you think the 1995-1996 Rockets squad had a similarly mediocre regular season record before getting swept in the 2nd round by Seattle?

"The Great Communicator" couldn't hold my jock. And you're welcome.

Good communication involves a message that is clear and direct. Reagan's message was always simple and basic enough for the ordinary man to easily understand.

Your posts are verbose and ambiguous. I'm not sure you could hold ducks' jock.

Thanks for nothing but cheap entertainment.

[FTLSpur]

insecure Laker fan being insecure what's new?

[K-State Spur]

The Lakers have so many it's not like they give a .

Get to like 15 , then we'll talk.

How many of those 15 are sitting in your living room?

[21_Blessings]

I'm more impressed by your '49. I'm surprised you don't tout it more often.

'49 was more impressive than the joke which was 2007. A convicted felon handing you game 3 and Stu Jackson suspending the Suns best player on a technicality while ignoring the fact that Duncan did the same thing.

Notice how the Spurs stopped winning after the Lakers stopped rebuilding. Must suck to be the Lakers doormat.

e;

Pau Gasol says lolwut?

tanking for Timmy says lolwut?

The Lakers earned their recent back to back through savvy front office movements.

[spursfan09]

rebuilding smack.

I'd say it's pretty impressive the Spurs have not had a rebuilding mode since 97-98.

[Blake]

Notice how the Spurs stopped winning after the Lakers stopped rebuilding.

Pau Gasol says lolwut?

[Rummpd]

Give the LAL their full due they won the last two and are still the legit favorites going forward; but don't believe the crap for a second that the regular season has no bearing. LAL does not want to go potentially through both the Mavs and the Spurs to even get to the Eastern champ in the finals.

[slayermin]

lol @ Laker fan counting the five les won by Minneapolis.

lol @ Laker fan disparaging the '99 championship when we all know that most, if not all of you are Dodger fans. And you proudly count the '81 Dodger World Series le as a regular championship.

[21_Blessings]

I'm disparaging 07, not the 99 season where nobody really practiced due to work stoppage.

Those 5 les were won by the Lakers, fyi.

[21_Blessings]

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad tanked for Duncan. I'd rather see the Spurs win 5 before Boston wins 1.