Game 5 Thoughts - The Laker Side - End of an Era

[timaios]

Kobe and practically 100% of the Laker fans were wrong. You're right, Bynum is the saviour.

IF he comes back to playing like he was before he went down, I really don't know if anybody can challenge the Lakers. Having Pau, Kobe, Lamar and Bynum on the same team is a severe unfairness in the NBA.

Salary of Andrew Bynum next year : $2,769,300.
And after that ???

2009/2010
Kobe Bryant $23,034,375
Pau Gasol $16,451,250
Lamar Odom ??? ($14,559,000 in 08/09)

That a lot of money for 4 players, about 70 mil !!!

Future of lakers = salary cap problems.

[TheManFromAcme]

There is a storm in the horizon. It will produce a new type of tornadoe. Forget the F-5 being the most powerful. It's now THE F-17................ANDREW BYNUM.

To hypothesize that that Pau and Drew will not get along is flat out stupid. If you can get along with Phil and Kobe (as evidenced by this years Lakers) you can get along with anyone. Pau and Drew WILL BE fine. Pau is a humble young guy who knows Kobe is "the guy". Enough said.

Spurs fan is in serious denial and actually fears next years Lakers. Bynum is the real deal and to deny that is sheer ignorance.

The Lakers being in the finals is all gravy for me personally as a Laker fan being that we don't even have the presence of Drew in there. The Lakers ARE GOING TO BE THAT MUCH MORE DANGEROUS NEXT year whether you want to fact it or not.

1 year from now Spurs fan, us Laker "trolls" will be back in here. Same time. Same board, putting up with your stupid justifications as to why you lost again and how the Lakere are, as you pea-brains so graciously put it, "not all that".

Be worried Spurs fan. The time is here and your reign is over.

So the Lakers get knocked off this year by Boston........and?
Point is, YOUR NOT THERE and it will be L.A. poised to take it from you more often than you think from now on.

Swim in your ocean of denial all you want. The rest of the basketball world already knows better.

[mikeanthony21]

Congrats to a great year Spurs fans. Your boys lost not because of their head or hearts but because of their legs. All dynasties run their course and it really feels like an end of an era here.



For almost 10 years the Spurs have unquestionably been the Lakers biggest rival - starting with the sweep that took out the Forum. I remember like it was yesterday - where a near silent Forum crowd looks at the damage - one fan yelling "Play with some heart LA" in the final game.

Now, it feels like it has finally came full circle. Yes, LA has beat the Spurs in the playoffs since but now they have clearly took the mantle as the best team in the West and barring a miracle acquisition (like LA got) the Spurs will continue to be dangerous but are clearly a step below LA for the near future. (Will any MLE acquisition be a bigger upgrade than Bynum will be for the Lakers?)

Winning is new to this Laker crew (sorry for the Sasha 3) but they are primed for a long run at the top. Its been fun talking hoops with fans of an organization that I respected and feared but I don't see the Spurs continuing at that elite level.

So, good luck to the Spurs and maybe they can rebuild soon to challenge LA in the future. Your team has done nothing that warrants bashing or for fans to hang their head.



Today likely will be my last day at SpursTalk for a while as well. Been a fun ride but unless SA does something with their roster to step up their game, they won't be true rivals, just as the Lakers weren't true rivals the past 3 years.

Again, its been a great run for the Spurs but all good things come to an end.

The King is dead. Long live the King!

EXTREMELY premature.

[michaelwcho]

it's called a back-handed compliment.

the essence of the post is to declare the spurs 'done' - but it's veiled around some kind words.

Yes, or the "superior person's word" of _charientism_. A charientism is an insult disguised as a compliment.

Kobe, I love your eyes--the way each one is completely different is quite charming! Very T-Mac!

[tmtcsc]

Congrats to a great year Spurs fans. Your boys lost not because of their head or hearts but because of their legs. All dynasties run their course and it really feels like an end of an era here.



For almost 10 years the Spurs have unquestionably been the Lakers biggest rival - starting with the sweep that took out the Forum. I remember like it was yesterday - where a near silent Forum crowd looks at the damage - one fan yelling "Play with some heart LA" in the final game.

Now, it feels like it has finally came full circle. Yes, LA has beat the Spurs in the playoffs since but now they have clearly took the mantle as the best team in the West and barring a miracle acquisition (like LA got) the Spurs will continue to be dangerous but are clearly a step below LA for the near future. (Will any MLE acquisition be a bigger upgrade than Bynum will be for the Lakers?)

Winning is new to this Laker crew (sorry for the Sasha 3) but they are primed for a long run at the top. Its been fun talking hoops with fans of an organization that I respected and feared but I don't see the Spurs continuing at that elite level.

So, good luck to the Spurs and maybe they can rebuild soon to challenge LA in the future. Your team has done nothing that warrants bashing or for fans to hang their head.



Today likely will be my last day at SpursTalk for a while as well. Been a fun ride but unless SA does something with their roster to step up their game, they won't be true rivals, just as the Lakers weren't true rivals the past 3 years.

Again, its been a great run for the Spurs but all good things come to an end.

The King is dead. Long live the King!

Say what ? Like the Mavs ? Dude, you gotta win a ring with this crew first or your season will be just as ty as ours. No ring=failure. This is how we roll - Rings every other year.

Try beating Boston before beating off about the future. Kobe = 3 rings / 0 w/o Shaq.