Lakers: What is it about playing in Los Angeles that gives Timmy a massive

[Koolaid_Man]

I gotta run mid...got a morning 5 mile run to get in....should take me 45 min - I'm not a runner by nature... ;-)

[midnightpulp]

^ you're right..I forgot you do have OCD..from your own admission

if you think you need to let him then by all means do so...it won't change the fact that it's you...and you have a ST Magic2Kobe account and you recently created one on LG. Keep this up and later today I will post all of your ST Magic2Kobe dribble and send it to the ST mods for comparison...this is something I know is a fact...you know it as well...I got you dead to rights mid...we can drag this out for awhile if you like..fine by me..I have evidence you have spin...

If I recall, the SpursTalk Magic2Kobe wrote grammatically poor sentences, while the LG Magic2Kobe seems to write grammatically correct sentences. So good luck with convincing LG mods the two are the same.

Dead to rights are very strong words. Contacting Mr. Kemp now and letting him know he might have a potential stalker on his hands.

[JamStone]

Record is a team accomplishment.

Jordan never beat the Celtics in the playoffs but typically dominated them. Lebron's record against the Orlando Magic is 2-4, roughly the same percentage.

Nice try, though, Jammie

Missing Kobe, huh?

That's pretty disingenuous. If record, and winning or losing, are team accomplishments, then Dwight Howard is a better playoff performer than Magic Johnson, Tracy McGrady is one of the greatest playoff performers ever despite never getting out of the first round, and the criticism of Kobe not making the playoffs in his prime is invalid. But we all know that's not the case with any of those notions. Winning and record do matter on how an individual player is perceived and viewed, and ultimately how his greatness is judged.

My point was that there's hypocrisy in this thread because if it were a player on another team putting up great individual numbers while his team being 5-12 in a series of games, that player and those performances would be discredited by Spurs fans, probably even laughed at. But because it's Duncan, he's praised. I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy.

As for Kobe, him. He's not part of these NBA playoffs. He should be ignored.

[Koolaid_Man]

If I recall, the SpursTalk Magic2Kobe wrote grammatically poor sentences, while the LG Magic2Kobe seems to write grammatically correct sentences. So good luck with convincing LG mods the two are the same.

Dead to rights are very strong words. Contacting Mr. Kemp now and letting him know he might have a potential stalker on his hands.

you just can't stop digging a hole can you...everytime you're losing an argument you resort to the "grammatical error" card... when I also posted a screen shot you PM'ing me encouraging me not to pay DPG you said the following and I quotw:

"I only said that to poke fun at your poor grammatical sentence structure."

now you're playing that card again...you suck at deflecting Mid. I will go through my archives later to further expose your troll...

you thought you had it going on with Magic2Kobe but it failed here and now you're trying to ressurect it LG...thinking you can hide under the various Magic2Kobe monikers...but again Kool sniffed you out...I'm good at sniffing out pussy Mid...

[Koolaid_Man]

That's pretty disingenuous. If record, and winning or losing, are team accomplishments, then Dwight Howard is a better playoff performer than Magic Johnson, Tracy McGrady is one of the greatest playoff performers ever despite never getting out of the first round, and the criticism of Kobe not making the playoffs in his prime is invalid. But we all know that's not the case with any of those notions. Winning and record do matter on how an individual player is perceived and viewed, and ultimately how his greatness is judged.

My point was that there's hypocrisy in this thread because if it were a player on another team putting up great individual numbers while his team being 5-12 in a series of games, that player and those performances would be discredited by Spurs fans, probably even laughed at. But because it's Duncan, he's praised. I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy.

As for Kobe, him. He's not part of these NBA playoffs. He should be ignored.

Neither is Bill Russell...but.....talk about hypocrisy...Kobe's the only reason the NBA is watched globally....just something for you to reflect on.

[DPG21920]

every team plays their hardest during the lakers. its game 7 every day for LA

You're right which is why they lose by 30

[Banzai]

Revenge for the when the lakers tapped dat ass back in 01-02

[DPG21920]

Revenge for the when the lakers tapped dat ass back in 01-02

That was just revenge for when the Spurs tapped that ass in 99.

[midnightpulp]

That's pretty disingenuous. If record, and winning or losing, are team accomplishments, then Dwight Howard is a better playoff performer than Magic Johnson, Tracy McGrady is one of the greatest playoff performers ever despite never getting out of the first round, and the criticism of Kobe not making the playoffs in his prime is invalid. But we all know that's not the case with any of those notions. Winning and record do matter on how an individual player is perceived and viewed, and ultimately how his greatness is judged.

My point was that there's hypocrisy in this thread because if it were a player on another team putting up great individual numbers while his team being 5-12 in a series of games, that player and those performances would be discredited by Spurs fans, probably even laughed at. But because it's Duncan, he's praised. I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy.

As for Kobe, him. He's not part of these NBA playoffs. He should be ignored.

Which is stupid because basketball isn't 1 on 5. A player can indeed play great but his team still lose, as in the case of Lebron vs. the Magic, Jordan vs. the Celtics, Shaq against your Pistons, Jerry West winning the Finals MVP in a losing effort, and so on. And similarly, players can play terrible and their team still win.

If record, and winning or losing, are team accomplishments,

There's is no "if." Basketball is a team game, period.

Furthermore, another thing you missed in your classic Jamstone Devil's Advocate attempt, is that a 5-12 playoff road record (and against the franchise that has won the most championships this generation) is pretty solid. That record translates into winning about 1 road playoff game per series. This isn't the regular season where a road record like that would be totally unacceptable. You're now playing contending teams that often have 30ish and something home records.

And yes, the Tim Duncan era Spurs have a losing record against the Shaq/Kobe/Gasol/Phil Jackson era Lakers, but which Western Conference team doesn't? And which Western Conference team other than the Spurs beat them during that time?

So yeah, playing great against a team of that caliber, especially on their home floor, deserves praise. Granted, Duncan has had his share of bad games against them, but his overall body of work has been more than impressive.

BTW, lol mentioning Howard and McGrady. Their PER, ulative all-time playoff stats get a boost from their relatively small sample size compared to a player like Magic, who's played in close to twice as many playoff games as both of them combined. That said, McGrady just might one of the greatest playoff performers of all-time, that is, if we only count the first 3-5 games of the series' he's played in

[Banzai]

That was just revenge for when the Spurs tapped that ass in 99.

The cycle continues

[mercos]

Duncan's compe ive fire is vastly underrated. He always brings it in the big moments, and has been clutch his entire career. Not surprised at all that his numbers are that good against the Lakers.

[midnightpulp]

you just can't stop digging a hole can you...everytime you're losing an argument you resort to the "grammatical error" card... when I also posted a screen shot you PM'ing me encouraging me not to pay DPG you said the following and I quotw: now you're playing that card again...you suck at deflecting Mid. I will go through my archives later to further expose your troll...

you thought you had it going on with Magic2Kobe but it failed here and now you're trying to ressurect it LG...thinking you can hide under the various Magic2Kobe monikers...but again Kool sniffed you out...I'm good at sniffing out pussy Mid...

Digging what hole?

Even if I were M2K (which I'm not), why would I care that you "sniffed me out?"

You're really in need of a moral victory over Spurfan after the whooping your boys are getting, aren't you? And a 37 year old Tim Duncan, the player you're obsessed with, outperforming your star-studded front line must be whipping up those 100 or so brain cells of yours into a frenzy.

But alas, M2K on LG is Mr. Kemp.

Exhibit A):

A video of Mr. Kemp campaigning for a social media job. In the video, he also reveals he's from New York.




Exhibit B):

Magic2Kobe's profile from LG:



Granted, it is cir stantial evidence, but ultimately, it's more compelling evidence than your wild and speculative accusations.

[Koolaid_Man]

Digging what hole?

Even if I were M2K (which I'm not), why would I care that you "sniffed me out?"

You're really in need of a moral victory over Spurfan after the whooping your boys are getting, aren't you? And a 37 year old Tim Duncan, the player you're obsessed with, outperforming your star-studded front line must be whipping up those 100 or so brain cells of yours into a frenzy.

But alas, M2K on LG is Mr. Kemp.

Exhibit A):

A video of Mr. Kemp campaigning for a social media job. In the video, he also reveals he's from New York.




Exhibit B):

Magic2Kobe's profile from LG:



Granted, it is cir stantial evidence, but ultimately, it's more compelling evidence than your wild and speculative accusations.

actually it's typical mid's form of covering his ass since he's been outed as a M2K troll at LG..now every time you post there I will be on your ass...he has 36 posts at LG from NY and yet trolling ST for material without ever posting on ST....there's only one Magic2Kobe ST troll and it's confirmed by Kori that it's yours....

[Koolaid_Man]

Which is stupid because basketball isn't 1 on 5. A player can indeed play great but his team still lose, as in the case of Lebron vs. the Magic, Jordan vs. the Celtics, Shaq against your Pistons, Jerry West winning the Finals MVP in a losing effort, and so on. And similarly, players can play terrible and their team still win.

If record, and winning or losing, are team accomplishments,

There's is no "if." Basketball is a team game, period.

Furthermore, another thing you missed in your classic Jamstone Devil's Advocate attempt, is that a 5-12 playoff road record (and against the franchise that has won the most championships this generation) is pretty solid. That record translates into winning about 1 road playoff game per series. This isn't the regular season where a road record like that would be totally unacceptable. You're now playing contending teams that often have 30ish and something home records.

And yes, the Tim Duncan era Spurs have a losing record against the Shaq/Kobe/Gasol/Phil Jackson era Lakers, but which Western Conference team doesn't? And which Western Conference team other than the Spurs beat them during that time?

So yeah, playing great against a team of that caliber, especially on their home floor, deserves praise. Granted, Duncan has had his share of bad games against them, but his overall body of work has been more than impressive.

BTW, lol mentioning Howard and McGrady. Their PER, ulative all-time playoff stats get a boost from their relatively small sample size compared to a player like Magic, who's played in close to twice as many playoff games as both of them combined. That said, McGrady just might one of the greatest playoff performers of all-time, that is, if we only count the first 3-5 games of the series' he's played in

Jammie in your ass this morning causing all kinds of confusion

[midnightpulp]

actually it's typical mid's form of covering his ass since he's been outed as a M2K troll at LG..now every time you post there I will be on your ass...he has 36 posts at LG from NY and yet trolling ST for material without ever posting on ST....there's only one Magic2Kobe ST troll and it's confirmed by Kori that it's yours....

But I ask again, if I was M2K on LG (which I'm not), why would I care if was outed?

[Koolaid_Man]

Duncan is 5-12 against Kobe and Gasol is 0-15 without him oops better make that 3-12 against Kobe since the last 2 games don't count with Kobe out

[Koolaid_Man]

Duncan is 5-12 against Kobe and Gasol is 0-15 without him oops better make that 3-12 against Kobe since the last 2 games don't count with Kobe out

correction better make that 2-12 since the last 3 games don't count...and even more wretched record against Kobe than I thought

[midnightpulp]

Duncan is 5-12 against Kobe and Gasol is 0-15 without him oops better make that 3-12 against Kobe since the last 2 games don't count with Kobe out

Road games, homie.

12-18 against Shaq/Kirb/Gasol/Phil all-time.

On a side note, Kirb is 0-4 against Dirk and 8-10 against Nash/D'Antoni

[Koolaid_Man]

Road games, homie.

12-18 against Shaq/Kirb/Gasol/Phil all-time.

On a side note, Kirb is 0-4 against Dirk and 8-10 against Nash/D'Antoni

Boiled down to:

Kobe 5 TOSB 4

Kobe 5 Dirk 1

Kobe 5 Nash / Dantoni 0

[Koolaid_Man]

But I ask again, if I was M2K on LG (which I'm not), why would I care if was outed?

because then they'd know how to treat you...right now your masquerading as a Laker fan on a Laker site...on ST you're just get ed by me...pretty big difference

[midnightpulp]

because then they'd know how to treat you...right now your masquerading as a Laker fan on a Laker site...on ST you're just get ed by me...pretty big difference

But you still can't prove it

Keep digging, Sherlock.

[Nathan89]

He just hasn't had that many impressive games in his career tbh.

What is sad is last night wouldn't register as an impressive game because he only had 9rebs. Despite the fact he dominated the game.

[whitemamba]

But that doesn't translate into excellence most of the time against your club, especially in the Phil Jackson era.

Most superstars themselves against LA on the road in the playoffs. Why your homecourt advantage record is so outstanding over the past 13 years.

times have changed.

[Latarian Milton]

timmy has the personality of a spring. the more you stretch it the harder it pulls

[Relevancy]

The most boring hall of famer in my life time, we can't deny what he accomplished and the numbers he put up while doing so of course, I would be heading into the full ignorant road, but in terms of flashiness he brought nothing to basketball, but in terms of fundamentals he did. That's why I view Bryant higher then him, Kobe had/has everything.