Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol and Jordan Hill will all miss Wednesday's game

[chapnis]

The lakers advantage over the Spurs is their front line.

Probably not for this next game though...

[Mel_13]

Don't be so damn condescending.

Which franchise has the brighter future for success, the franchise that is strapped financially and can only get good players through their draft picks or the franchise that can overhaul a roster on the fly with bold moves to acquire impact stars in their prime?

Once again, you destroy your own case. The Lakers have the greater chance for future success because of their market and their money, not because of the proficiency of their front office.

Look at where the Lakers were after the 2002 season. Three straight les, Kobe and Shaq in their primes, and Phil Jackson on the bench. Add the advantages of their market and their money.

What have they accomplished from that position of strength?

2 les in 10 years. Looking at 2 les in 11 years and a second trip to the lottery in that time frame. A great front office would have done so much more with such an embarrassment of riches.

One last point. Maybe this one will penetrate.

If the Laker front office is so much better than the Spur front office, why do so many franchises around the NBA choose to hire disciples of Popovich and Buford? Why don't they hire former Laker assistants to run their franchises? Think about it. The answer is obvious.

[rascal]

The Spurs future after Duncan: St. Louis Spurs

San Antonio won't support a losing team for long.

[Mel_13]

The Spurs future after Duncan: St. Louis Spurs

San Antonio won't support a losing team for long.

You really can't wait.for the Spurs to start losing. One wonders why...

Also irrelevant to the beating you're taking in this thread.

[chapnis]

Maybe a losing team won't last long in San Antonio (I have no idea), but maybe they won't be a losing team? A team with Splitter, Green, Kawhi, Parker and others is still a playoff team.

[rascal]

You really can't wait.for the Spurs to start losing. One wonders why...

Also irrelevant to the beating you're taking in this thread.

Lakers hoist up more hardware than the Spurs built on their bold roster moves. Take that beating.

[rascal]

Maybe a losing team won't last long in San Antonio (I have no idea), but maybe they won't be a losing team? A team with Splitter, Green, Kawhi, Parker and others is still a playoff team.

That is not a playoff team if that is the core and best players.

[chapnis]

That is not a playoff team if that is the core and best players.

With a good system in place it is.

[Ice009]

But seriously it might be the end of the Lakers this season, or maybe if Howard is out Pau will start playing better although it's tough to play with the plantar faci..something

I thought that he had tendinitis? This is the second time I've now read Plantar Fasciitis? Has he got that too?

[rascal]

You really can't wait.for the Spurs to start losing. One wonders why...

Also irrelevant to the beating you're taking in this thread.

I have been a Spurs fan before you were even born. Just because I don't like the front office and many of the players they settled on after getting the top two bigs in the game from lottery luck doesn't mean I want the Spurs to fail.

I don't believe the city will support a losing team for long and I can see the team moving to St. Louis.

[RD2191]

MOVING TO St. Louis???? LOL

[Mel_13]

Lakers hoist up more hardware than the Spurs built on their bold roster moves. Take that beating.

You really do like the Lakers.

Anyway, 5-4 since MJ left the NBA.

Bold roster moves = outspending the Spurs by tens of millions of dollars every season.

It's really bold for the richest guy on the block to buy the most toys.

If they had a better a front office they would have a much bigger advantage. The fact that the margin is so close is a tribute to the Spurs front office.

[Mel_13]

I have been a Spurs fan before you were even born.

No, you haven't.

Just because I don't like the front office and many of the players they settled on after getting the top two bigs in the game from lottery luck doesn't mean I want the Spurs to fail.

Really? Your posting history tells a different story

I don't believe the city will support a losing team for long and I can see the team moving to St. Louis.

Still irrelevant.

[Mugen]

my favorite rascal moment is when he said an Artest elbow to the head wouldn't even knock him down

[spurraider21]

Houston is one of the few teams that pushes the pace as fast (if not faster) than we like to do. The Lakers will be dead tired from that game alone, and with the lack of frontcourt depth, it will be their non-conditioned backups being tired. Sheesh. The only way we lose this game is if Pop sits the big 8 (not a typo)

[Old School 44]

The thing I'll be curious to see is how many Laker bandwagon fans show up to this game. Usually, there's a huge turnout. I bet a lot of them will sell their tickets or just won't show up.

[maverick1948]

I'm totally pi$$ed off. I bought my wife and I tickets to this game. Paid $165 each. Got us room at the motel and had dinner and breakfast plans made. Now the fricking Lakers are going to rest their team? STERN?????????????????????????????????????? WHERE ARE THE FINES?????? Nationally televised game and we get to see the backup for the Lakers and it is alright? STERN REFUND MY MONEY OR REFUND THE SPURS $250000 FINE.

I checked with my bookie and he said the Vegas book has Kobe going out by the half with back spasms and Nash will lay on the floor the entire 4th quarter.

[Mel_13]

The thing I'll be curious to see is how many Laker bandwagon fans show up to this game. Usually, there's a huge turnout. I bet a lot of them will sell their tickets or just won't show up.

It will be the smallest turnout of Faker fans since the years between Shaq and Gasol.

[Captivus]

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WOW...I was actually implying he could do it...but hey...sorry to bother you...
260!! yeah!!! my son loves me more now!!

[chapnis]

I'm totally pi$$ed off. I bought my wife and I tickets to this game. Paid $165 each. Got us room at the motel and had dinner and breakfast plans made. Now the fricking Lakers are going to rest their team? STERN?????????????????????????????????????? WHERE ARE THE FINES?????? Nationally televised game and we get to see the backup for the Lakers and it is alright? STERN REFUND MY MONEY OR REFUND THE SPURS $250000 FINE.

I checked with my bookie and he said the Vegas book has Kobe going out by the half with back spasms and Nash will lay on the floor the entire 4th quarter.

[phxspurfan]

The Spurs future after Duncan: St. Louis Spurs

San Antonio won't support a losing team for long.

Seattle Spurs?

[letmk]

If they put Bryant on Parker, then he will score at will. Kobe no longer has the speed and stamina required to play defense on a player who is smaller, quicker and faster. And of course, almost 5 years younger. Good luck with that plan. The Spurs should stay focused, play hard and win with ease. Don´t fall into the trap and relax.

To me, KB is even 10x more overrated as a defender than as an overall player. For at least 5-6 years, his defense capability has been at most above average in NBA, and how he plays defense has been half-joke after Shaq left and he became the No.1 choice (sans nationally televised games, and even in those high-profile games he plays only fake hustles like JVG used to say).

And that he constantly gets voted into all-defense team is a total joke in itself, even more laughable than Derek Jeter got voted into Gold Glove.

[rascal]

Seattle Spurs?

No Seattle will get the expansion team.

[ffadicted]

tbh lakers wll prob play better and win

[Johnny RIngo]

Houston is one of the few teams that pushes the pace as fast (if not faster) than we like to do. The Lakers will be dead tired from that game alone, and with the lack of frontcourt depth, it will be their non-conditioned backups being tired. Sheesh. The only way we lose this game is if Pop sits the big 8 (not a typo)

Rockets haven't looked good against the Lakers this season though