Three Little Things That Can Throw off Lakers

[Culburn369]

no, more like:

The Spurs will most likely win it, but happens sometimes.

tee, hee.

[Mr. Body]

The Lakers will have been one of the more unworthy repeat champions if they win it this year. But, maybe they will.

[Culburn369]

The Lakers will have been one of the more unworthy repeat champions if they win it this year. But, maybe they will.

You'd give yer left nut (to Jazzy for his Corn Flakes) to be so unworthy a repeat champion.

[da_suns_fan]

No Problem, I like Richardson. Just dont discredit what RJ can bring to the Spurs as a FOURTH option, doing so is rediculous. I would agree with your arguement if he was MAYBE the 2nd or 3rd option, but he is not.

the 15th best SF in the league (acording to PER which I dont follow religiously) is the Spurs 4TH option!!! Im not saying its a guaranteed LOB at all, but just think about that. A 1st option on another team is the Spurs 4th option. Seriously... think about that.

Also, not to discredit your eye for talent as far as chamionships go, but you ARE a ing Suns fan.

Wow. That went right over your head. You like Richardson? I dont! That was my point. He's a completely one-dimensional player just like Richard Jefferson.

Also, any team with Jefferson as a first option would win 10 games. Any team with Jefferson as a second option would win whatever Milwaukee won last year (actually, maybe he was the thid option). They whole "options" talk is LAZY because basketball is not football. Theres no quarterback looking at different receivers, making reads. If Richard Jefferson only gets to take shots when the "option" of Parker, Ginobili and Duncan have fallen through, then Spurs are really ed considering Jefferson doesnt do anything besides take shots! They'll basically have a useless player anytime all four are out there. Lastly, before you get too giddy about having the 15th best SF as your "fourth option", take a look at the list and see how many players ABOVE Jefferson in PER that are the respective "fourth options" for their team:

Artest (actually, I guess he's the "fifth" option for the Lakers), Corey Maggette (or STephen Jackson..take ur pick), Marvin Williams, John Salmons, Josh Howard (maybe...Kidd, Dirk and Terry are a higher priority?), Caron Butler (same).

Also, youre a ing idiot. My eye for talent is bad because Im a Suns fan? So you werent a Spurs fan until they won a championship? Are you calling yourself a band-wagon fan. Nice job, -bag.

[Allanon]

Also, youre a ing idiot. My eye for talent is bad because Im a Suns fan? So you werent a Spurs fan until they won a championship? Are you calling yourself a band-wagon fan. Nice job, -bag.

Clueless sunfan.

[da_suns_fan]

Some takes from Spurs fans angry at me for calling the Jefferson trade a mistake:

he is a near allstar, can create his own plays, can defend the bigger guards/SF, can score 20ppg and shoots 40%+ from 3.

yeah, he does not fit our needs at all

So Suns fan, if you think you are so smart, why aren't you working in some front office somewhere?! Like I mentioned before, Spurs weren't winning with the roster they had last year, even Pop admitted it. But now all the players including coach Pop are feeling good about their chances.... however you being the armchair GM think you know better?! You sound like a closet bandwagon Lakers fan, I guess it still hurts 2 years later huh?!

You have no idea what you are talking about. I guess that comes with being a Suns fan and watching that garbage team with that garbage front office.

Adding RJ might not be enough to beat the Lakers, but that does not mean it was a mistake.

One of the Spurs problems was scoring droughts, RJ should help alleviate this. While he won't put up big numbers, he'll contribute on both sides of the ball, so big numbers aren't really required. It's not like Bowen and Udoka were scoring and rebounding machines. As far as rebounding, Dice and some young guy named Blair will help that.
As far as next year's free agency, the Spurs most likely weren't going to land an over the top player. Spurs are in a win now mode. RJ will be fine, so will the Spurs.

I dont know about you, but I'll take the 15th best SF (based off of PER) in the league as my 4th man. , chances are, him not being the go to guy will probably help him increase his PER if anything. Nevermind that him and the GREAT Artest are only separated by a mere 2 tenths of a point in that category.

Yea right, wishful thinking on your part. You'll be surprised how just a couple talented players can close the gap significantly.. and add in a healthy Manu. The Lakers bench is going to get exposed big time this year.

There is no need to explain things to someone like you. You can say throw away lines such as "grow up, ", but the fact of the matter is you are either trolling or you are so dumb with regards to basketball nothing anyone will say can help you.

Being a Suns fan has certainly not helped you.

Just the typical Im used to dealing with. Im the bringer of truth.

[DPG21920]

You are wrong. The trade itself was not a mistake - re-signing him was.

[midnightpulp]

All those posters, aside from DPG, are irrelevant or consistently bring bad takes (hater).

And DPG tends to be optimistic about things, so I can understand him propping up RJ.

Furthermore, you're on a Spurs forum. Of course fans here are going to be hopeful about their new high-profile free agent. But any objective fan knew RJ was a big gamble. I wasn't too thrilled with the signing at the time.