Lakers: Kobe Bryant rips Russell and Randle after 6th straight loss

[Killakobe81]

What are you talking about? Fishers .4 is still being played regularly as an example epf clutch shots. It was unbelievable.

Clippers this year doesn't have much chance but I'd give OKC a better shot than Cleveland right now.

There are surprises every decade.

11 Mavs
06 heat
04 Pistons
07 Spurs
94 rockets
88 Pistons
Every team in the 70s.

C
88 pistons were not a surprise. WTF are you talking about? They gave Bird's Celts everything they could handle on 1987 and if it wasn't for bird' steal they win that series. All the rest of the teams you listed were all strong contenders definitely more so than the Rox or Clips. When some combination of LeBron/Kobe/Shaq/Duncan/MJ/Hakeem/Magic/Bird/Isiah is on every le team since 1980 ...outside of the 2004 Pistons the 2015 Dubs and the 2011 Mavs that DOES not speak much to being unpredictable. The NBA has been very predictable if you have been paying attention. Outside of that the surprises were all mild at least to me.

[Killakobe81]

Thanks I was trying to find it ... I apologize Splits I meant that for my team which I clarified ... my bad.

[midnightpulp]

I agree with Kirby for once. Brandon Bass 0.5 and Andre Miller-ultra lite deserve a ass ripping for how thoroughly ty they've been.

[ambchang]

C
88 pistons were not a surprise. WTF are you talking about? They gave Bird's Celts everything they could handle on 1987 and if it wasn't for bird' steal they win that series. All the rest of the teams you listed were all strong contenders definitely more so than the Rox or Clips. When some combination of LeBron/Kobe/Shaq/Duncan/MJ/Hakeem/Magic/Bird/Isiah is on every le team since 1980 ...outside of the 2004 Pistons the 2015 Dubs and the 2011 Mavs that DOES not speak much to being unpredictable. The NBA has been very predictable if you have been paying attention. Outside of that the surprises were all mild at least to me.

94 Rockets came out of no where. It was Seattle's or Knicks that year, Houston wasn't really there all the way.

88 Pistons was a surprise, because the Lakers actually won that year ... my bad. I meant 89 Pistons. People still expected the Lakers to make it all the way, but then of course, injuries happened. I admit they weren't a huge surprise, but there were not sure things. 82 Lakers were also a little bit of a surprise. 76ers or the Celtics were primed for it that year.

I don't disagree that the NBA is predictable, but there are still surprises. We are not seeing the Pelicans winning the le this year, but to say that nobody has any chance outside of GSW and the Spurs (admit I am a little shook after last night) is foolish. I still think OKC has a chance (I think they match up with GSW well, and as long as they can avoid the Spurs, they can possibly make it), Cavs is a long shot, and can make it if the West finalist got a number of key injuries in the first few games of the series. Clippers is a longer shot, but if the Spurs plane crashed into the GSW while they were playing OKC, and wiped out all three teams, the Clippers can possibly take out the Cavs in the finals.

[BatManu20]

It's a different culture in sports now. As much as I hate Kobe, he's a dying breed in the NBA. Guys like him, MJ, AI, Timmy, Manu, KG, etc. are few and far between now. Not many people are willing to lay it all on the line for the W. It's much more casual now. Social Media has made everybody much more friendly and the culture of ultimate compe iveness of the NBA has taken a significant hit imo.