the league wants celtics vs. lakers.

[JamStone]

There are quite a few insecure Spurs fans. Just give the Lakers credit for upgrading their team. Whether you believe it puts them over the top or not, they did improve and they're a lot more of a threat than before.

[Capt Bringdown]

There are quite a few insecure Spurs fans. Just give the Lakers credit for upgrading their team. Whether you believe it puts them over the top or not, they did improve and they're a lot more of a threat than before.

Agreed. I hate the Lakers, but come on, that was a damn good trade.

You gotta recognize that the Lakers are the NBA's premiere franchise. The have their down times, but it seems they always find a way to get it done. les in damn near every decade, right?

[hsxvvd]

Agreed. I hate the Lakers, but come on, that was a damn good trade.

You gotta recognize that the Lakers are the NBA's premiere franchise. The have their down times, but it seems they always find a way to get it done. les in damn near every decade, right?

It helps to have spoiled brats who will only play in LA, but yes they've been thereabouts most years. I know it's also been mentioned in a few of the other threads, but having huge revenue and opportunities for players to earn big bucks in endorsements helps too.

But, I do give the Lakers credit, New York and the Clippers haven't seemed to make anything out of the same advantages.

[Ronaldo McDonald]

i'm by far more pissed off at the fact that this trade happened because stern pushed for it. and let me tell you, stern did push for it. and not only did he push for it, he MADE it happen. He was pushing hard for this. I can't beleive all the ing re s in here that are so naive to believe that this can't happen. that this is an honest league. well, it isn't. this shouldn't have happened. nobody in thier right mind would have made this trade if ur on the griz side of things. if it wasn't ties between both oranizations through jerry west, it was stern orchestrating it all, promising a lot money to the griz and its owners that the nba will certainly make in the near future with this trade- as this trade will definitely bring in more fans, and, needless to say, money. alot of it, too. sells of all things lakers are already going upin span and all across europe because of it, and they haven't proved anything yet. their popularity will go waaaaaaaaaay up if they actually do any damage in the playoffs.

[MajicMan]

i'm by far more pissed off at the fact that this trade happened because stern pushed for it. and let me tell you, stern did push for it. and not only did he push for it, he MADE it happen. He was pushing hard for this. I can't beleive all the ing re s in here that are so naive to believe that this can't happen. that this is an honest league. well, it isn't. this shouldn't have happened. nobody in thier right mind would have made this trade if ur on the griz side of things. if it wasn't ties between both oranizations through jerry west, it was stern orchestrating it all, promising a lot money to the griz and its owners that the nba will certainly make in the near future with this trade- as this trade will definitely bring in more fans, and, needless to say, money. alot of it, too.

Are you an NBA insider or just a re ? I'm assuming just a re .

[LA24]

i'm by far more pissed off at the fact that this trade happened because stern pushed for it.

What the are you pissed off about ? We got a nobody remember ? Just ask your friends here. Gasol is on the 1st-all-pussy team. He's a scrub. He's useless. He's just another Hedo.

Lakers are the ones who got the short end of the stick here. We should be pissed for losing Kwame's "defense."

So please STFU already.

[batboy]

There are quite a few insecure Spurs fans. Just give the Lakers credit for upgrading their team. Whether you believe it puts them over the top or not, they did improve and they're a lot more of a threat than before.

This is not a conversation with Lakers fans. I can't help it if you want to jump into these threads. Anything negative we have to say about Gasol is aimed at the Spurs fans that are ting kittens for no reason.

[Obstructed_View]

The one thing I'd be worried about if I were a Spurs fan is the Lakers are really only going to get better in the next 5 years. They have a great mixture of youth and veteran talent, and none of their players other than Derek Fisher are over 30 years old.

The Spurs OTOH:

Duncan - 32 years old
Manu - 31 years old
Bowen - 37 years old
Barry - 37 years old
Horry - 38 years old
Finley - 36 years old

The big 3 probably have a few more years left in them, but all those role players are pretty much done either this season or the next. I don't see any impressive young talent the Spurs are developing outside of Udoka (Vaughan, Bonner, Elson, Oberto don't scare me). For the Spurs to be a championship team all of the big 3 has to be playing at their peak level, we've already seen how beatable they are when they aren't.

The above is known as "whistling past the graveyard".

Just so you know, Udoka's not all that young, and Mahinmi and Splitter should worry you. And they shouldn't worry you nearly as much as Portland does, because the window for everyone in the West looks to be open for two to three more years max.

[hsxvvd]

This is not a conversation with Lakers fans. I can't help it if you want to jump into these threads. Anything negative we have to say about Gasol is aimed at the Spurs fans that are ting kittens for no reason.

[BonnerDynasty]

There are quite a few insecure Spurs fans. Just give the Lakers credit for upgrading their team. Whether you believe it puts them over the top or not, they did improve and they're a lot more of a threat than before.

Just gotta keep reminding myself that the Spurs won't have to beat all 8 teams to get to the Finals.

[hsxvvd]

That's the hilarious situation here. We're all arguing about Spurs > Lakers, and talking about how Lakers have "over-taken" Phoenix, Dallas and Utah. But just all our luck, New Orleans top us all