The Laker Threat

[Wild Cobra Kai]

Lakers may not be playing their best ball but they are a still a threat to anyone until the final whistle stops for them in a season - they still have three of the top 20 players in the game and improved PG - to discount them is sublime especially since their coach knows Pop's system.

Brown knew our system in 2007 too, and got broomed for his trouble.

This is the worst Laker team since the summer of Shaq and Kobe happened in 1996.

[swaggerjackson]

I am not super scared of the lakers, but after last years playoffs I would rather not go up against a team with such a huge starting frontcourt. Also writing off this team is much like writing off the Spurs. I am very weary to write off a team with two talented seven footers in their starting lineup, Kobe Bryant, and the experience this team has. While I think we would pull it out. I would much rather the Spurs somehow steal the number one spot. Then we get Houston/Denver first the Clippers second round. This to me is a much more favorable path. But there is still a lot of basketball to be played.

[pgardn]

The only real Laker threat, that they trade more of their clutch players to Western conference contenders, is passed for this year. Though, to be truthful, their current most clutch player, Metta World Peace, isn't likely to have any trade value to them in the offseason.

This is a joke I hope.

[Rummpd]

Brown knew our system in 2007 too, and got broomed for his trouble.

This is the worst Laker team since the summer of Shaq and Kobe happened in 1996.

Yeh I am sure Kobe would rather have some of those motley squads before Gasol arrived and Bynum developed?

[Spurs da champs]

He lost to the Magic and Celtics even though the Cavs were the best team in the NBA those years.

Yes it's his fault that Mo Williams was a choker & LeBron was a 1 man team... Dude is tho at making adjustments & that was particularly evident in the Celtic series before LeBron left even tho he quit.

[Wild Cobra Kai]

Yeh I am sure Kobe would rather have some of those motley squads before Gasol arrived and Bynum developed?

Top to bottom, those squads weren't any worse. The current squad has 3 reaaaally good players, maybe 2-3 NBA rotation caliber players, and the rest are borderline NBA/d-leaguer players. No Laker squad in recent history has fallen off so badly after player #4 or 5.

I have been following the NBA since the early 80s, and this may be the worst offense I have ever seen in LA. It's really that bad.

[Solid D]

The upcoming 3-games series with the Lakers over a 9 day period will tell us a lot. Like it is with Chicago and Derrick Rose, the Lakers have the Kobe factor to close out close games. The way the Spurs perform in 4th quarters has been exceptional this season. It should be fun to watch, but the Lakers are still a tough matchup for the Spurs.

[DeadlyDynasty]

This is a joke I hope.

Knowing him, trust me it's not

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Spurs will run their ass right out of the building AND the parking lot if they meet up in the WCSF.

[Obstructed_View]

This is a joke I hope.

It's a joke that any Lakers player is called clutch, but Artest is the last one to make a big play in a meaningful way in the playoffs.

[Spurs da champs]

The upcoming 3-games series with the Lakers over a 9 day period will tell us a lot. Like it is with Chicago and Derrick Rose, the Lakers have the Kobe factor to close out close games. The way the Spurs perform in 4th quarters has been exceptional this season. It should be fun to watch, but the Lakers are still a tough matchup for the Spurs.

Yes it is, but honestly this all depends on Pop & how comfortable he is giving Splitter minutes with Tim, but based on his utter lack of intelligence & just plain ignorance I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't play him at all with Tim.

[ElNono]

The upcoming 3-games series with the Lakers over a 9 day period will tell us a lot. Like it is with Chicago and Derrick Rose, the Lakers have the Kobe factor to close out close games. The way the Spurs perform in 4th quarters has been exceptional this season. It should be fun to watch, but the Lakers are still a tough matchup for the Spurs.

I think some of them are back to back... I expect Pop to rest a few guys, at least in the game @ Staples...

[therealtruth]

I think some of them are back to back... I expect Pop to rest a few guys, at least in the game @ Staples...

It would be a good chance to get a playoff warmup and test playoff rotations. The team is certainly not going to get better from just playing non-playoff teams.

[Spurs da champs]

It would be a good chance to get a playoff warmup and test playoff rotations. The team is certainly not going to get better from just playing non-playoff teams.

Pop just loves to waive the white flag.

[ElNono]

It would be a good chance to get a playoff warmup and test playoff rotations. The team is certainly not going to get better from just playing non-playoff teams.

The game at Staples is the middle game of a back to back to back, 10 days away from the end of the season. And you know how emotional some of these games get. After what happened with Phoenix last season, and provided the Spurs keep the comfortable lead they have over seed #3, I can see where Pop would just rest them.

The other two games are @ golden state and @ sacto... both winnable games.

[Spurs da champs]

The other two games are @ golden state and @ sacto... both winnable games.

Those are the real meaningless games tho, Pop rested Manu, Tim & Tony on 1st day of back to back @Staples against the Lakers (that year a potential match up in PO's at the time) then he played them in a pointless game against a ty Phoenix team & Manu ended up breaking his arm.

[ElNono]

Those are the real meaningless games tho, Pop rested Manu, Tim & Tony on 1st day of back to back @Staples against the Lakers (that year a potential match up in PO's at the time) then he played them in a pointless game against a ty Phoenix team & Manu ended up breaking his arm.

Regular season games are meaningless at this stage, other than seeding.

You can draw enough conclusions about LA when we play them twice at home.

[Johnny RIngo]

We should be worrying about coming out of the regular season injury-free. We talked all kinds of last year and then china-doll Ginobili had his yearly injury that kept him out of the playoffs. Everybody's looking fine so far but I'm not holding my breath.

[GrandeDavid]

Mike Brown is the coach and the Lakers are old(er). The Lakers can't beat the Spurs.

[ElNono]

MEM, OKC tapping that ass at home

[ElNono]

5-4 since Sessions arrived
savior

[sventhedog]

show mike brown a photo of lebron and he'll stop calling plays and hide in the locker.

[bus driver]

with the lakers in a slump, i wonder if the tshirt fans will be out at the att center for the games

[SenorSpur]

The only key element to remember about this is - the Fakers are currently imploding from within. They're rebelling against Kobe's shot-happy ways and Bynum and Bryant are seemingly about to stage an internal mutiny against head coach Mike Brown. The
Fakers are not long for these playoffs.

[maverick1948]

Pop will go after the two home games, forget the one in LA. He will most likely rest one of the big 3 each night like he did on the other b2b2b. Tony rests in the 1st game, Manu the second, and Timmy the 3rd.

The thing we need to win the next 5 games, @Cleve, @Boston, New Orleans, Utah and @Utah. Winning those 5 games would leave us 11 games to win 5 more to force the Lakers to win every game they have left. And we all know that aint gonna happen.