Lakers: Would you Settle for Leonard in 2016?

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[Killakobe81]

When you register here, you have this all new clean slate where you can choose your user name.

lol "Superfriends".... your posts drip with vinegar. Like Kobe didn't have his superfriends.... like Kevin Love is better than Shaq or Pau or Dwight.... like Kyrie Irving is better than Steve Nash or Gary Payton.

Missing the post season after being historically dismantled by the Spurs is humbling, is it not? All those Lakers flags have been rolled and stowed... now it's just basketball talk and "let's not deify Lebron".... and "I hate the Kobe worshipers".

lol

DMC, We suck no hiding that. Again I like Lebron. he did superfriend it up but it is what it is. It's a new era. And he is the best player of it. I wont waste my time hating him. Right now whether because of humble pie or old age I root for anarchy. Love to see the chickens come home to roost on Goodell, and I love seeing the Stern's CBA blown up by dumb owners, and Lebron (wisely I might add) still dominate in it even though Cuban and others said they did this so other teams can compete. It's a star league he is by far the biggest star and by going back to Cleveland he erases the decision, got a better supporting cast and burnishes his legacy by bringing a le to Cleveland.

All wins in my book. Kobe's legacy is just collateral damage. if he can scare some of the Jordan worshippers who deify Jordan (rightfully so?) more than even Kobe stans do. another win.

You cant fade me here, DMC. The past two seasons have made me numb.

[SpurSwag]

Players that should have max contracts:

Lebron
Durant
Griffin
Love
Curry
Cp3
Paul George
James Harden
Dwight
Aldridge
Westbrook
Anthony Davis
Carmelo

Those are the players I consider 100% worthy of a max contract due to things they have done in their careers and on what they did this past season. Say what you want, Harden is a difference maker in the league and is offensively potent enough to be the best player on a team. He is still developing too and is pretty young, which closes the argument for him. However, there are certain young talents who maybe haven't proven enough yet but due to potential, also deserve a max. Kyrie's extension made a lot of sense, though he might not be a max contract player now he has more than proven that he can be one and that someone will pay him a max so it might as well have been Cleveland. Kawhi is a FMVP and if he demands a max, I think you give it to him. I understand the argument that his FMVP kinda has an asterisk because of how well rounded the spurs were, but he has shown flashes of utter dominance at times and has a bright future.

[urunobili]

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[DMC]

DMC, We suck no hiding that. Again I like Lebron. he did superfriend it up but it is what it is. It's a new era. And he is the best player of it. I wont waste my time hating him. Right now whether because of humble pie or old age I root for anarchy. Love to see the chickens come home to roost on Goodell, and I love seeing the Stern's CBA blown up by dumb owners, and Lebron (wisely I might add) still dominate in it even though Cuban and others said they did this so other teams can compete. It's a star league he is by far the biggest star and by going back to Cleveland he erases the decision, got a better supporting cast and burnishes his legacy by bringing a le to Cleveland.

All wins in my book. Kobe's legacy is just collateral damage. if he can scare some of the Jordan worshippers who deify Jordan (rightfully so?) more than even Kobe stans do. another win.

You cant fade me here, DMC. The past two seasons have made me numb.

You want chaos because your team is . Why church it up? You worship Kobe, he's a Lakers player, you worship the Lakers. They suck , you hate it, you want to go all Sandy Hook on the NBA and Lebron is the 2nd coming of Christ while you're a Muslim.

[Clipper Nation]

Choke absolutely does not deserve a max contract, not when he's so easy for playoff defenses to shut down.... same goes for Harden....

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Choke absolutely does not deserve a max contract, not when he's so easy for playoff defenses to shut down.... same goes for Harden....

You yellow , you.

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Absolutely.

[Killakobe81]

You want chaos because your team is . Why church it up? You worship Kobe, he's a Lakers player, you worship the Lakers. They suck , you hate it, you want to go all Sandy Hook on the NBA and Lebron is the 2nd coming of Christ while you're a Muslim.

I hated stern even when we were still good. so your theory is still ty. I agree my team is and no I dont worship him but definitely a Kobe apologist. I have one pair of Kobe shoes, a couple shirts I got as gifts which I dont even use to hoop or wear except to the gym to workout. I have the Kobe username on 3 places this account, PSN and youtube. (I retired my xbox live one). So yep I am such a huge Kobe disciple.

Lol at the religous analogies when you one of the most soulless suckers on this forum ...

[spurraider21]

DMC, We suck no hiding that. Again I like Lebron. he did superfriend it up but it is what it is. It's a new era. And he is the best player of it. I wont waste my time hating him. Right now whether because of humble pie or old age I root for anarchy. Love to see the chickens come home to roost on Goodell, and I love seeing the Stern's CBA blown up by dumb owners, and Lebron (wisely I might add) still dominate in it even though Cuban and others said they did this so other teams can compete. It's a star league he is by far the biggest star and by going back to Cleveland he erases the decision, got a better supporting cast and burnishes his legacy by bringing a le to Cleveland.

All wins in my book. Kobe's legacy is just collateral damage. if he can scare some of the Jordan worshippers who deify Jordan (rightfully so?) more than even Kobe stans do. another win.

You cant fade me here, DMC. The past two seasons have made me numb.

kobe superfriended it up too. the difference is that LA's front office had the resources and competency to arrange it for him. lebron didn't have that fortune in cleveland the first time around

[DMC]

I hated stern even when we were still good. so your theory is still ty. I agree my team is and no I dont worship him but definitely a Kobe apologist. I have one pair of Kobe shoes, a couple shirts I got as gifts which I dont even use to hoop or wear except to the gym to workout. I have the Kobe username on 3 places this account, PSN and youtube. (I retired my xbox live one). So yep I am such a huge Kobe disciple.

Lol at the religous analogies when you one of the most soulless suckers on this forum ...

You're the one who used "deify".

[DMC]

kobe superfriended it up too. the difference is that LA's front office had the resources and competency to arrange it for him. lebron didn't have that fortune in cleveland the first time around

And they weren't actually Kobe's friends. He doesn't have any.

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And they weren't actually Kobe's friends. He doesn't have any.

Amy was Tim's friend.

tee, hee.

[DPG21920]

I admire Lebron. But I would say this is false. Not a great team by any account. But if you look at their team metrics especially on defense (since so many love stats here) I dont think you can say they were anywhere close to as bad as these Minny teams. Lets not deify James. Great player with a slim but fading chance at GOAT but no need to exaggerate.

lol so salty at Lebron. I don't see how you can say it's "false" or think that it's an exaggeration. From a talent perspective, I don't see how Kevin Martin, Pekovic, Rubio, Corey Brewer, Barea ect.. is worse than Big Z (at that stage of his career), Boobie Gibson, Larry Hughes, Varejao, Eric Snow & Drew Gooden.

[Venti Quattro]

Nope

[Killakobe81]

lol so salty at Lebron. I don't see how you can say it's "false" or think that it's an exaggeration. From a talent perspective, I don't see how Kevin Martin, Pekovic, Rubio, Corey Brewer, Barea ect.. is worse than Big Z (at that stage of his career), Boobie Gibson, Larry Hughes, Varejao, Eric Snow & Drew Gooden.

Yep that's me so salty. I wont even bother I am one of the few that are non Lebron nut huggers that thinks he still has a a shot at MJ ...
Defensively Id rather have Cavs crew. Lebron a passer by nature helps make any offense better. Lebon is great that part I agree but just feel some of it gets exaggerated. Same happens to Kobe, Mj and even Tim.

when anyone is praising a player they diminish the supporting cast.

1. David couldnt win without Tim!
2. Kobe couldnt win without shaq.
3. MJ couldnt win without Scottie
4. Lebron couldnt win in Cleveland so he joined Wade.
5. Kobe needed Pau.
6. Pau hasnt won a playoff game without Kobe
7. Mj pushed the Celts to 5 games by himself.
8. Lebron carried a JV team to the Finals.

Technically true except 8, but also also bull . All those players needed help. All those players made crappy casts better than they would be without them. We just pick apart the players we dont like and make excuses for the ones that we do. It's the crutch of the average fan. And i expect better from a real nicca like you, DPG. But sure oversimplify andjust call me salty. Since we havent talked in a while Im gonna let it slide.

How is that house you have been there over a year, no?