#1 in the West

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ElNono
Deadly Dynasty
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[DeadlyDynasty]

The Lakers got handled last season in the playoffs with Jackson, a bench and a year less on Bryant and Gasol. Had the Spurs just stood pat or gotten worse on multiple levels then yeah i would get the Lakers bravado.

Coming on a Spurs message board trying to posture is some weak ass .

The Spurs got handled last season by a franchise (8th seed too) who had previously never won a playoff game, with a year less on Ginobili and Duncan. Had the Spurs not been an utter embarrassment the last 3 postseasons despite decent to great regular seasons, I would get their present optimism and bravado amidst another fool's gold season.

det was easy.

Next.

[ElNono]

selective reading
I talked about the present: "you being deathly afraid of our FC"
you showed classic signs of denial and clung to regular season hope
I even predicted the future: "You will cry about the refs and Stern."
I covered all bases (past, present, future)
You think regular season success translates to playoff success
once again, joke's on you

present = "pop cost you a series "
present = "eliminated by an 8th seed "
don't want to talk about det coach
don't want to talk about det bench
cherry picker pointing fingers
nobody afraid of a underachieving FC
kobe making sure they underachieve
already predicted lakerfan's "it's not mamba's fault "
pretending to know what I think
the joke is your team

[DeadlyDynasty]

Oh, so you just regurgitated the same crap again?

dets cool

[ElNono]

Oh, so you just regurgitated the same crap again?

dets cool

the Lakers present
the turd that's for dinner

[DeadlyDynasty]

You eat turds for dinner?
You're an American citizen now, I thought those days were over

[ElNono]

You eat turds for dinner?
You're an American citizen now, I thought those days were over

great comeback
Lakers still a turd

[Brazil]

DD and Venti fishing GNSF down stairs

[FuzzyLumpkins]

The Spurs got handled last season by a franchise (8th seed too) who had previously never won a playoff game, with a year less on Ginobili and Duncan. Had the Spurs not been an utter embarrassment the last 3 postseasons despite decent to great regular seasons, I would get their present optimism and bravado amidst another fool's gold season.

det was easy.

Next.

Its easy when you lack critical thinking skills. I will not deny that happened. Our frontline could not handle Gasol and Randolph who were playing out of their minds. That is exactly why i said that had we stood pat i would understand you bravado.

However we replaced George Hill with Kawhi Leonard, Richard Jefferson with Stephen Jackson, have watched Tiago Splitter develop into a quality 5 and Danny Green into a quality 2, added Diaw and Mills and brought the rest of the core back. While Duncan and Ginobilli are a year older, Parker is playing the best basketball of his career and his jumper is back. We are dominating on the boards now where we used to be dominated.

Lets be honest, what facet of the Lakers is better than it was last year? Sessions over Fisher? Seriously other than that how have the Lakers gotten better? Brown is a serious step back from Jackson. Odom and Brown, your two best bench players are gone, Bryant, Gasol and Peace are a year older and Brown is playing them heavy minutes.

Despite Gasol, Bryant and Bynum playing nearly 40 mpg with this schedule, you guys are sitting in distant 3rd closer to 9th than you are to 2nd. You can sit there nad posture that your team is relevant but it rings hollow.

What makes it even better is that with the new progressive luxury tax, its only going to get worse. Enjoy.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Its easy when you lack critical thinking skills. I will not deny that happened. Our frontline could not handle Gasol and Randolph who were playing out of their minds. That is exactly why i said that had we stood pat i would understand you bravado.

However we replaced George Hill with Kawhi Leonard, Richard Jefferson with Stephen Jackson, have watched Tiago Splitter develop into a quality 5 and Danny Green into a quality 2, added Diaw and Mills and brought the rest of the core back. While Duncan and Ginobilli are a year older, Parker is playing the best basketball of his career and his jumper is back. We are dominating on the boards now where we used to be dominated.

Lets be honest, what facet of the Lakers is better than it was last year? Sessions over Fisher? Seriously other than that how have the Lakers gotten better? Brown is a serious step back from Jackson. Odom and Brown, your two best bench players are gone, Bryant, Gasol and Peace are a year older and Brown is playing them heavy minutes.

Despite Gasol, Bryant and Bynum playing nearly 40 mpg with this schedule, you guys are sitting in distant 3rd closer to 9th than you are to 2nd. You can sit there nad posture that your team is relevant but it rings hollow.

What makes it even better is that with the new progressive luxury tax, its only going to get worse. Enjoy.

Neat post. Your frontline still sucks and Blair and Bonner still get major minutes.

Yeah, good luck with that, chief

[jestersmash]

Surprised DD caught FuzzyLumpkins in his net of posting

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Neat post. Your frontline still sucks and Blair and Bonner still get major minutes.

Yeah, good luck with that, chief

meh, I am much more interested in results over posturing.

we more than double the Laker's in point differential and our relative rebounding rates are the about the same. we shoot at a much higher percentage and have more points in the paint.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Surprised DD caught FuzzyLumpkins in his net of posting

I actually enjoy working out why the Spurs are a better team this year than the Lakers in a justifiable sense. i realize hes trolling but its not like he has me raging.

its pretty clear that we are not only better but appreciably better and trending up while they are trending down.

[DeadlyDynasty]

meh, I am much more interested in results over posturing.

we more than double the Laker's in point differential and our relative rebounding rates are the about the same. we shoot at a much higher percentage and have more points in the paint.

Guy, you could lead the league in every category and I'd still be here talking . Until the Spurs actually prove they're more than regular season win-collectors and playoff failures I'm going to give you .

You're paper champions again till proven otherwise...and I will wipe my ass with that paper in the meantime

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Guy, you could lead the league in every category and I'd still be here talking . Until the Spurs actually prove they're more than regular season win-collectors and playoff failures I'm going to give you .

You're paper champions again till proven otherwise...and I will wipe my ass with that paper in the meantime

Sure but by that standard the Lakers are not even paper champions. Looking at how memphis is trending you may very well be looking at a home court advantage in the first round.