It is so like you to bring something like Spurs and Lakers history to a topic that has to do with what's being discussed. Not even remotely close.
Lochte IS the closest compe or Phelps has or had. There is plenty to back that claim up.
Google at your fingertips dude.
Son, that nerdy honky is still the GOAT and had a solid olympics. But according to stories he didnt train as hard for London as he did for Beijing...he definitely had the potential to win more medals in the events he swam and possibly even have a bigger program similar to the one in 08'.
It’s a comparison you idiot. This is why I like to comment on your posts. You are just so easy and your posts are full of fail. Perhaps it is you who needs to Google their whole careers. Dooooh!
Look at Phelps and Lochte’s history. It’s 18 gold medals to 5. Look at the Lakers and Spurs history. 16 les to 4. See a similarity?
Have the Spurs been great compe ors over a short period of time and even stepped up on a rare occasion and beat the Lakers when it counts? Sure. But over the history of the franchises it is not even close. Same goes for Phelps and Lochte. Has Lochte won a couple and given Phelps a little compe ion? Sure. But to compare the two is pure stupidity. We have the all-time greatest swimmer and the most storied franchise in the NBA and a couple of good achievers but nothing close to their levels of prolonged excellence. Very similar.
Lochte is not the closest compe or Phelps has had over his entire career but just the last couple years when Phelps wasn’t taking it as seriously. And now when they hit the big stage, Michael showed who was boss.
Move along.
The Boston Celtics are the most storied franchise in the NBA, tbh.
Nope, they have the total victory count by one but that is primarily due to their dominance in one decade. The Lakers are a much more “storied” franchise spread out over the 50+ years of the league. They don’t have a 2 and half decade time frame of crap in their resume.
Most successful in terms of wins is the Celtics no doubt (for the time being). Most storied are the Lakers.
Successful and storied are not the same thing. We’ll have both shortly enough and avoid all confusion on your part.
Cobblerwith the let me claim those les won in Minny too goods.
The Dumbman conveniently forgetting that it is the same franchise that won all 16 rangs.
It's not the same at all. Those two are direct compe ors, they're the same two people going against each other. Spurs and Lakers had completely different teams in that 16-4 which spanned over different eras.
Cobbler with the "individual sports are the same as team sports" bads.... not surprising, since his idol Kobrick feels the same way tbh.....
^ I'm very surprised to see a sexual of all people talking this way
Cobblers statement is accurate and pretty cut and dry..
But over the history of the franchises it is not even close. Same goes for Phelps and Lochte. Has Lochte won a couple and given Phelps a little compe ion? Sure. But to compare the two is pure stupidity. We have the all-time greatest swimmer and the most storied franchise in the NBA and a couple of good achievers but nothing close to their levels of prolonged excellence. Very similar.
Hey Nipple Nation..I'm growing tired of your overnight hubris...so let me hit you with this from here on out...
Luke Walton 2
Clippers 0
Kool
I never realized the US paid $25k per gold medal, and apparently paid Phelps 1m for beating records.
The Spurs didn't exist when Mikan was beasting, tbh...
So it should be Lakers 11 - Spurs 4.
and son thanks to the Democrats they also get hit with a $9k tax bill per gold medal.
27 is old for an olympic swimmer, he did better than alot of us and probably himself expected which is saying alot.
Son, our income taxes are relatively low to other countries that have to pay for useless stuff like "universal healthcare".
Son, our income taxes are relatively low to other countries that have to pay for useless stuff like "universal healthcare".
You try to pick on and you usually end up looking like the idiot you are.
No, comparing NBA teams to Swimming is not the same.
Lochte has 22 gold individual medals overall. Get your half brain in order and toss the Olympics medals out of your tiny head. Those are special events.
And just to be clear nobody was comparing Lochte to Phelps.
I said he was the only one closest to him.
Why dont you tell me who the next guy after Phelp is?
Did you lose half your brain along with your legs or something?
You sir, fail.
Ahhh, I get home from a gorgeous day at the beach only to find another gem by shadowbrains.
I didn't say they were the same. I said they were similar. Look it up moron.
And the comparison continues! You see, you think like a Spurs fan where division and conference les and best win/loss record for the regular season actually matters. I think in terms of the Lakers where only NBA les count.
In the swimming world it’s all about Olympic medals. Gold ones! Pan Am games and world championships are just tune ups for the real deal.
Phelps has had a 15 year or so swimming career. Look it up. Look up names like Crocker and Thorpe in the early years. Clos was a great compe or and beat him the same amount of times this year that Lochte did. And in Phelps best stroke and race to boot. Lochte beat him in a race Phelps didn’t even train for. Just because ESPN hypes up the Lochte vs. Phelps dual in the media to create interest doesn't mean it's the end all. Well, unless you are clueless and a sheep.
And the dissing the handicap comments simply say “I am an immature child and you are right, I’ve got nothing! So thanks for that. Take care.
Last edited by cobbler; 08-05-2012 at 07:29 PM.
No NBA playor is my idol. Kobe is not even in my top 10 favorite Laker list. He is just one in a loing line of great players that has helped lead my team to championships. Not that a Clipper fan would know anything about those. Many before and many after him will do the same.
I'll leave the obsession for Kobe to the people that post about him multiple times on a daily basis. You know, guys like YOU.
Backpedaling .
First you bring up a discussion that is far removed from the subject at hand then you start comparing them and now you're saying only Olympics medals matter? What a joke.
The Olympics are standalone events.
Shall we not count cycling outside of the Olympics, or Boxing, Volleyball, Tennis and the plethora of other sports?
Yeah winning in your sport outside of the Olympics should go by the wayside.
And stop bringing up the ing Lakers or the Spurs. They have no relativity to swimming nor are they similar in any way.
Swimming doesn't have a year to year champion you dumbstick. It goes race by race. Its not a season where wins get ac ulated or have a playoffs bracket where you must win this or that series to get to the championship rounds.
I really didn't think they came as dumb as Avante but you are high on that list.
Ohhhh the obligatory gradeschool " " comment.
The win just gets sweeter and sweeter!
You can count whatever you wish. Like I explained. You Spur fans love to count those regular season wins. And all you guys love your little trinkets like MVP's and in season awards. Heck, you place importance on classiness.
I am all about championships. You ask any real player what they want and they will give all those "other" awards and les for the LOB. It is the same in swimming. Ask them what the goal is. It's not world championship medals or Pan Am game medals. It's all about OLYMPIC Gold Medals. Not race to race or year to year even. You don't think Lochte would give up his 200IM world championship and trials win for the Gold that Phelps took. Could you be any dumber?
And again, the comparison stands. You’re a Spurs fan and find achievement in garnering the little accolades along the way. I’m a Laker fan where we don’t care about such trivialities. We are about the end result and that’s LOB’s. Just like Michael stated when asked about the being beaten in the Worlds and Trails. His reply was it's all good but it all comes down to who wins the Olympic Gold.
If you cannot see the similarities that is okay and quite understandable. It's actually expected.
Catch you in a few weeks or so... I have had enough amusemnt with you for the time being.
Last edited by cobbler; 08-05-2012 at 08:11 PM.
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