Who will we face in the Finals?????

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

You're from Canada.

[thispego]

Sorry but the Lakers will NOT come out of the west this year. too many good teams and Lakers are too broken right now. Actually I wouldn't be surprised if a couple years down the road people start talking about how un-lopsided the kwame for gasol trade was. Gasol is always injured and what he brings on offense comes close to matching what kwame brings on defense. (when you had bynum and kwame points in the paint were not easy to come by.) If the Lakers ever make it to the finals again with kobe and gasol i will be very impressed.

[DazedAndConfused]

Sorry but the Lakers will NOT come out of the west this year. too many good teams and Lakers are too broken right now. Actually I wouldn't be surprised if a couple years down the road people start talking about how un-lopsided the kwame for gasol trade was. Gasol is always injured and what he brings on offense comes close to matching what kwame brings on defense. (when you had bynum and kwame points in the paint were not easy to come by.) If the Lakers ever make it to the finals again with kobe and gasol i will be very impressed.

Are you really this dumb? We didn't lose Bynum in the Gasol trade moron. When he gets back he will be playing ALONGSIDE Gasol and whatever shortcomings Gasol had at the 5 spot will be gone since he will be a 4. Bynum is a better defender than Kwame. This is a win-win trade for LA if there ever was one.

[cash459]

he was saying when you HAD bynum....as in when you had him before he got injured....

[The Nba Is Rigged]

The Dallas Mavericks are chokers plain and simple. I hope that makes all of you guys around here happy. I won't argue anymore with you guys, the Dallas Mavericks are chokers. The fact that Wade was awarded 97 freethrows in 6 games doesn't matter and the fact that Dirk was playing with bone spurs vs the warriors doesn't matter. It all doesn't matter . I pray to god you guys will eat your words.

[MadDog73]

The only thing I know is the Celtics are the team to beat.

The West is mad this year. , if the Spurs lose tonight, the we drop down to 3 and the Suns move up to 4th, right?

[DarrinS]

they play dirty defense and have no interior defensive presence.

Didn't they hold NO to 66 pts? They held Spurs to 64.

Yeah, their defense sucks.

[ancestron]

Premature ejaculation forum.

[Findog]

The Jazz generally play good defense in Salt Lake City. Last night was a bit surprising, but they DID beat Boston in Boston. Of course, historically DWill has owned CP3.

[happy]

Are you really this dumb? We didn't lose Bynum in the Gasol trade moron. When he gets back he will be playing ALONGSIDE Gasol and whatever shortcomings Gasol had at the 5 spot will be gone since he will be a 4. Bynum is a better defender than Kwame. This is a win-win trade for LA if there ever was one.

sarsly dah it souns like ur the stupid one dah. gasol is a baby and sucks in the playoffs dah

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Didn't they hold NO to 66 pts? They held Spurs to 64.

Yeah, their defense sucks.

NO had a TERRBILE shooting night. nothing was falling for them.

the spurs also tend to have low scoring games like that fairly often.

[DarrinS]

NO had a TERRBILE shooting night. nothing was falling for them.

the spurs also tend to have low scoring games like that fairly often.

Sometimes you shoot bad when you're forced to take difficult shots.

Oh well, if you think the Jazz play ty defense, that's cool. We can agree to disagree.

I'll tell you one thing, if the Suns think the Spurs play too physical, just wait and see how much they cry if they have to face the Jazz in the playoffs.

[DazedAndConfused]

The Jazz DO play ty defense. The Spurs just aren't good enough offensively to exploit that.

[Killakobe81]

We (Lakers) should not be making any plans for the FINALS yet ...love Pau but he can be soft defensively we need Bynum Back to share and split time with Gasol

[mavsfan1000]

I could definitely see the Lakers getting through. Mavs beat Spurs, Lakers beat Mavs, Lakers beat Hornets, and Lakers lose to Celtics.

[Killakobe81]

It's possible but i wouldnt bet on it ...we have a chance but im just being honest and realistic ...

[Killakobe81]

Jazz can play physical good defense ...Problem is they can be taken advantage of if you have size inside.. Boozer is not a good defender neither is Okur.
Willams is good not great on defense so you can attack THOSe guys ...Harpring is very physical but slow of foot ...Manu would burn him Kobe destroy him.

[cash459]

I could definitely see the Lakers getting through. Mavs beat Spurs, Lakers beat Mavs, Lakers beat Hornets, and Lakers lose to Celtics.

[TheMACHINE]

LOL AT YOU. Your team has done a HUGE amount of choking, you guys are lucky that the media doesn't hate the lakers because you should have been exposed a long time ago. Remember when you had Shaq, Kobe, Karl Malone, Gary Payton and got completely owned by the pistons in the finals? EPIC FAIL. Remember when all of you lakers fans were talking when you were up 3-1 vs the suns? Then the suns came back and whooped that ass? Choke. Remember last year when you got owned by the suns AGAIN? Choke. Remember when you didn't even make the playoffs in 05. Fail. Remember when you got eliminated by 28 points vs the spurs in 03? Choke. Who are the real chokers now? Don't get me wrong I highly enjoy the Lakers games and I respect Kobe big time but you guys have gotten away with a ton of choking because the media likes you guys. YOU FAIL LAKERMAGIC. LOL AT YOU!

PS. I can see why there is so much hate for the lakers, its because of fans like you. I really like the lakers but because of a fan like you I had to completely bash them. Oh well.

Horrible choke analogies.

[mavsfan1000]

Why can't that happen? I'm not saying the mavs will win it all but I think they can get hot for one series and beat your team.

[stretch]

Sometimes you shoot bad when you're forced to take difficult shots.

Oh well, if you think the Jazz play ty defense, that's cool. We can agree to disagree.

I'll tell you one thing, if the Suns think the Spurs play too physical, just wait and see how much they cry if they have to face the Jazz in the playoffs.

I agree that the Jazz do play physical defense, and it works some times, but other times, teams torch them with ease, because just being physical isn't always enough. They really are not a smart defensive team for the most part. Not even AK-47 is that smart of a defender IMO, but he just has such long ing arms and good jumping ability that he can make up for stuff when people blow by him. Thats my opinion.

[DarrinS]

I agree that the Jazz do play physical defense, and it works some times, but other times, teams torch them with ease, because just being physical isn't always enough. They really are not a smart defensive team for the most part. Not even AK-47 is that smart of a defender IMO, but he just has such long ing arms and good jumping ability that he can make up for stuff when people blow by him. Thats my opinion.

They are a pretty big team, so they take up a lot of space inside the arc. When the Spurs last played them, it was difficult for anyone not named Tony Parker to get to the rim consistently. They also played some pretty smart D on Timmy by doubling him late, when he started to dribble. They played good half-court defense on us, but they are probably not as good in transition D or when there's better ball movement.

[Allanon]

During the Finals i'm sure the lakers will be matching wits with various bass and trout

Hahah, good one.

But I fully believe the Lakers with a healthy Bynum and a healthy Ariza will roll over all the West teams. They'll roll the Pistons if they meet up as well.

Lakers have a huge problem on the inside right now because Pau has not learned how to play defense with the Lakers yet. He's only an average defender in the paint. The Lakers right now are a poor defensive team compared to the Elite's like Spurs and Hornets.

However, with Bynum back to shore up the middle (not so much for his offense), the Lakers are instantly lock down defenders once again.

We all like Bynumite for his offense but speak little of the defense. Prior to the injuries to Bynum and Ariza, the Lakers were in the top 3 defensive teams in the league when looking at opponent field goal %. No easy waltzing into the paint or offensive rebounds which is killing the Lakers right now.

With 3 agile Towers, teams that win through guard penetration are screwed ala Suns, Spurs, Hornets.

Healthy Bynum = meeting up with Celtics or Pistons... no doubt in my mind

No healthy Bynum and the Lakers will be fishing with Ernie, Kenny and Charles sooner rather than later.

[DaDakota]

I guarantee the Lakers are going to win it all.



DD

[GaryJohnston]

The Jazz DO play ty defense. The Spurs just aren't good enough offensively to exploit that.

, The Spurs have an off night offensively and suddenly the #2 seed in the west is completly inept offensively. Seriously dude, do you even follow basketball??? Or is it something you hear your boyfriend talk about?