Hilarious Laker fan at a bar

[4>0rings]

Should of followed him outside when he left, broke a bottle over his head, and kicked him to the ground.

[Cessation]

lol at this bum west being better than ginobli

[Blue Duck]

It appears as though the question initially asked by Le_Heat Fan hasn't been answered here, so I'll take a shot. Afterall, I've pondered this myself occasionally this season.

I remember the 95 Rockets very well. I was a college kid at SWT in San Marcos at the time and there were quite a few Rockets fans there, from H-town. For those who don't recall, the Western Conference was just ridiculously stacked at that time. The Rockets were the defending champs, and in order to reach the finals, they had to get past Stockton and Malone's Jazz (60-22), then Barkely's Suns (59-23; I'm going strictly off memory so forgive me if I'm off) before finally meeting my beloved Spurs in the WCF (62-20). The Rockets featured Hakeem as their centerpiece and he was surrounded by gritty, tough-minded and wiley players who all seemed to have been blessed with the "clutch gene", especially when it mattered the most; Clyde Drexler, Robert Horry, Kenny Smith, Sam Cassel, and of course, Mario "Junkyard Dawg" Ellie. As a team, they shot the ball from the 3-pt line like it was a layup drill.

I see very few similarities between that team and the current Lakers. Of course, they both have unbelievably gifted superstars leading them, but Hakeem was peaking at that time. During the '94/95' seasons, he went from great to unworldly. Kobe has been there before, but he's clearly not the same player he was 4 or 5 yrs ago. Don't get me wrong, he's still deadly, but for those of you who remember the '95' Rockets, I'm sure you'll agree, Hakeem's game, at that time, was just sick!!! He was dialed in. Jordan did for years, but I'm not sure even he reached that plateau that Hakeem sat upon briefly for roughly 2 yrs.

Secondly, those guys were led by Rudy "Never Under-estimate the Heart of a Champion" Tomjonovich. He was an emotianal coach who wore his heart on his sleeve. His players loved him and the whole team was like a family. The importance of this type of locker room atmosphere cannot be overstated when a team is attempting to pull off the impossible, which is what the '95' Rockets did. The lakers are great, but they have never had this type of bond. Anyone who can read between the lines can tell you that Kobe's relationship with Phil hovers somewhere between business associates and frosty, depending on the state of the team. I'm not saying this approach can't work, it has for them. But not when they're the underdog. they don't rally in those situations, they become irritable, accusatory and eventually implode.

Anyways, that's my take, Go Spurs.

[sendman]

ah son they slipped up the last two games, but still own your good ole boys. you better hope and pray we don't meet in the playoffs

One thing is sure, YOU won't meet anybody in any playoffs.

[Yorae]

Oh how I ing want to meet hornets in the playoffs...

[Giuseppe]

...got a work out better than 2010 when you met the Suns.

tee, hee.

[Jt.ONE]

I ask you this because I honestly don't know much of the championship Pistons in 2004 and the Rockets of 95 IIRC,two teams who eventually won the NBA Finals as a low seeded team. What particular traits or character those teams have in common to this current Laker squad? Can the Lakers really not care about HCA and still willfully win a third championship? Better yest, since this is a Spurs site, can the Lakers easily walk over Duncan and Blair?

the pistons where 2nd seeded in the east that season my man