Congratulations Tim Duncan

[midnightpulp]

honestly sons the Spurs should trade Duncan to the Lakers for Gasol straight up. Gasol was able to give Kobe 2 rings, but it looks like their chemistry died off last season. The Spurs are going to be rebuilding and moving on from the Duncan days so considering that this is the final year of his contract, they may as well go ahead and unload him so they can get something in return. The Lakers made it clear that they wanted to trade Gasol before the season, but Stern stepped in and stopped it from happening.

Lakers get Duncan and maybe another scrub player to try and get one last run at a championship with Duncan holding Kobe's hand.

Spurs get Gasol who is a relatively young PF to take Duncan's place.

Man, son. How 'bout all the shooting Kobe is doing this year? And all the freethrows he's getting despite not driving to the basketball? It's like the NBA is actively trying to manufacture his ascent up the all-time scoring list, the next name to be surpassed on the list being LSU great Shaquille O'Neal.

They're salivating for that headline, "Kobe passes Shaq!"

Disgusting.

[DPG21920]

Maybe NO should trade Brees for Eli so NO can have a shot at a SB with that stacked team. Sucks it goes to waste with that TOSB of a QB.

[DMC]

check Pau's and Tim's numbers in their careers, almost identical

And you got swept with a Timmy double, the Mamba, Bynum and Artest....

How ty can your franchise get?

[midnightpulp]

Gasol couldn't win a single playoff game till Kobe took him in.

Please.

Yeah, but Kobe couldn't win a playoff series sans Daddy until Gasol settled in LA.

[midnightpulp]

honestly sons the Spurs should trade Duncan to the Lakers for Gasol straight up. Gasol was able to give Kobe 2 rings, but it looks like their chemistry died off last season. The Spurs are going to be rebuilding and moving on from the Duncan days so considering that this is the final year of his contract, they may as well go ahead and unload him so they can get something in return. The Lakers made it clear that they wanted to trade Gasol before the season, but Stern stepped in and stopped it from happening.

Lakers get Duncan and maybe another scrub player to try and get one last run at a championship with Duncan holding Kobe's hand.

Spurs get Gasol who is a relatively young PF to take Duncan's place.

Man, son. How 'bout all the shooting Kobe is doing this year? And all the freethrows he's getting despite not driving to the basketball? It's like the NBA is actively trying to manufacture his ascent up the all-time scoring list, the next name to be surpassed on the list being LSU great Shaquille O'Neal.

They're salivating for that headline, "Kobe passes Shaq!"

Disgusting.

[Giuseppe]

Yeah, but Kobe couldn't win a playoff series sans Daddy

Though it ended up:::

Kobe: 2

Daddy: 1

[midnightpulp]

Though it ended up:::

Kobe: 2

Daddy: 1

Because of Gasol's arrival. Kobe's bread ain't got no butter without him.

[Giuseppe]

And you got swept with a Timmy double, the Mamba, Bynum and Artest....

How ty can your franchise get?

You got swept by the Suns and then followed in up with 8.

Talk about ty.

[Giuseppe]

Because of Gasol's arrival. Kobe's bread ain't got no butter without him.

Though Gasol couldn't win a single playoff game till Kobe took him in.

[LkrFan]

It's Lkrfan, someone who doesn't understand the concept that PFs can guard centers and vice-versa. Like his re ed claim that Duncan feasted on undersized PF his whole career, when everyone knows the opposing team always matched up their best interior defender with Duncan.

He did. Do you deny it?

[LkrFan]

Against Gortat, tbh.

That changes EVERYTHING

[midnightpulp]

He did. Do you deny it?

Yeah. When Camby was in Denver, he'd guard Duncan. In Portland, Sheed would guard him. Shawn Bradley/Diop in Dallas. Kurt Thomas in Phoenix when they acquired him. Just because he abused the much smaller Robert Horry since Shaq was too fat and slowfooted to stop Duncan, doesn't mean it was the order of things for all teams.

But yeah, it would make sense for the opposing team to put their biggest and best interior defender on an ancient David Robinson, Nazr Mohammed, or Rasho

[LkrFan]

Yeah. When Camby was in Denver, he'd guard Duncan. In Portland, Sheed would guard him. Shawn Bradley/Diop in Dallas. Kurt Thomas in Phoenix when they acquired him. Just because he abused the much smaller Robert Horry since Shaq was too fat and slowfooted to stop Duncan, doesn't mean it was the order of things for all teams.

But yeah, it would make sense for the opposing team to put their biggest and best interior defender on an ancient David Robinson, Nazr Mohammed, or Rasho

Pop hid Duncan against Shaq during the 1st 3 qtrs. He did guard Shaq in the 4th though. Why? Because when the games on the line Shaq ain't the same player. That's why Kobe closed for us. Pop hid him on players like Horry - otherwise he'd foul out.

Duncan feasted on players 3-4" smaller than him. Smart, tbh. Made him a HOFer.

[Killakobe81]

My ass. Kobe hit at 50% last night. Bynum didn't.

Kobe will handle the 20 feet on out area. He doesn't need Gasol loitering the same ing ground.

Jesus ing Christ.

Lay the smacketh down Cully ...

[BRHornet45]

Gasol couldn't win a single playoff game till Kobe took him in.

Please.

son at least he took his ty Memphis Grizzlies to the playoffs. what did Kobe do during that 3 and a half year span when he didn't have daddy there? oh yea that's right! he didn't do !!!

Kobe as team leader without Shaq or Gasol ...


2004-05

Lakers: 34-48 (failed to even make playoffs)


2005-06

Lakers: 45-37 (stomped out by PHX in first round)


2006-07

Lakers: 42-40 (stomped out by PHX again in first round)


2007-08

Kobe cries to be traded because he knows he can't lead a team so Stern sends him Gasol and the Lakers immediately hit a 10 game winning streak that started on Gasol's third game as a Laker and they finish the season 27-9 since Gasol's arrival.

[ElNono]

son at least he took his ty Memphis Grizzlies to the playoffs. what did Kobe do during that 2-3 year span when he didn't have daddy there? oh yea that's right! he didn't do !!!

Kobe as team leader without Shaq or Gasol ...


2004-05

Lakers: 34-48 (failed to even make playoffs)


2005-06

Lakers: 45-37 (stomped out by PHX in first round)


2006-07

Lakers: 42-40 (stomped out by PHX again in first round)


2007-08

Kobe cries to be traded because he knows he can't lead a team so Stern sends him Gasol and the Lakers immediately hit a 10 game winning streak that started on Gasol's third game as a Laker and they finish the season 27-9 since Gasol's arrival.

Lay the smacketh down son ...

[Jelloisjigglin]

Lay the smacketh down son ...

Just make sure you lay off Timmy

[ElNono]

Just make sure you lay off Timmy

Oh he won't

Plus he's seething mad I put money on the 49ers this weekend

[crc21209]

TD can still pull out a vintage TD game....props to him. It's awesome to watch thats for sure....

[DMC]

You got swept by the Suns and then followed in up with 8.

Talk about ty.

But all we had was Timmy.

We didn't have Timmy + Kobe + Bynum

So...

[DMC]

Shaq couldn't win a single le till Kobe took him in.

MJ couldn't win a single le till Pippen took him in

Kobe never won a single le without Fisher.

[LkrFan]

Oh he won't

Plus he's seething mad I put money on the 49ers this weekend

Alex Smiff with the calculated BOMB on them ain'ts!

[Giuseppe]

TD can still pull out a vintage TD game....props to him. It's awesome to watch thats for sure....

He's still a tired old bag, but, last night he looked pisser.

[cheguevara]

teams still have to double team 34 year old Duncan

[Giuseppe]

^Quite an accomplishment for a tired old bag I'll grant ya.