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Lakers surpassing Dallas and Phoenix?
Anyone else sense that the Lakers have surpassed the two choke-artist teams Dallas and Phoenix in the West? Maybe it's more about Dallas and Phoenix playing below LA rather than LA playing above them, but still, the Lakers are playing like a real team again.
It may too early to say, because L.A. is 18-10 right now, same record last year after 28 games.
But something is different this year.
I'm all for a Spurs-Lakers WCF. Beating Dallas and Phoenix is routine for us already.
Lakers surpassing Dallas and Phoenix?
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The only team that's a "real" threat are the spurs.
lakers center is goodLakers surpassing Dallas and Phoenix?
odom and kobe are good
lakers are playing > then dallas right now
suns centers can not play d
I would be more scared of lakers in playoffs then suns
spurs have great postseason success against suns
i'm more scared of hornets than i am of lakers......
Lakers at best are playing as well as Dallas right now, not better. That said, they've been impressive.
Lakers wont beat a healthy Suns team 4 times in a 7 game series but they will give them fits. Diss the Suns all you want but if you let them play their game against you, you wont beat them. If you cant limit their offense (the ONLY team who can do that is the Spurs) you wont eliminate them in a 7 game series.
I am more impress with the Blazers more then Hornets and Lakers.
I can't say that the Lakers are greater than both of those teams but in the case of the Suns, the lakers are BETTER! The Lakers beat them without 2 key players. Those players were starters when they got injured and still played ball. The Lakers have been compe ive every night and I'm starting to see a swagger,...We're Baaack!
premature ejaculation. teams will start to show their true colors later in the season. That said, lakers look solid but so do the hornets, warriors, blazers....
Many teams in the west this year are better, but imo still a gap between them and the mavs/suns and of course Spurs at the very top.
Yeah, the Lakers were 18-10 at this same point last year...but still, they are looking as best as they have since the 2004 Laker collapse.
Bynum is the best center in the league.
I love the Lakers game right now....but Bynum is still a step below the best centres in the L....still I like his game right now and he keeps getting better.
No doubt that the Suns are playing poorly right now, but I am not too concerned. We have seen the 17 game winning streaks in the regular season and where has it gotten them? The playoffs are where they have to prove themselves. Look at the Spurs approach. Pop only really cares about how the Spurs are playing in the last twenty games of the regular season.
lakers seems to match up well against the suns this year. dunno about dallas. the mavs do have some bigs that play defense. this is the first year bynum is showing some signs that he can live up to his potential. however, the playoffs is a totally different animal. except that the suns have always played the same way whether in the playoffs or the regular season. we'll just have to see.
by the way, where's houston in all these talks? aren't they supposed to be the next big thing out of texas?
probably next year to make it more compe ive. bynum is still immature and the role players need more experience.
Don't forget your mom, the third choke artist. Or was she the first... damn, I always screw that up...
I don't know about better as of right now. But definitely up there with them.
OK better than Phoenix, yes.
I'm gonna bump this thread in a month to show how ridiculous this thread is. The lakers will be playing .500 basketball again just like last year.
Nah, the Lakers are for real. I don't think they are ahead of Dallas or San Antonio, but I think they are definitely a better team than the Suns. They actually rebound and play defense. I would definitely say that they are the 3rd best team in the West.
I'd say the Suns are more capable to win games in the regular season, and likely will, but that if the two met in the playoffs, it'd be much closer to a toss up than what last year brought about. Suns can't stop Bynum, Fisher is a crafty thorn and Kobe is still Kobe. Phil can figure things out vs. D'Antoni, so I'd say a series would be decided by homecourt in game seven.
Add that team to the list that gives the Mavs matchup . Lakers are athletic which doesnt bold well for the Mavs if they meet in a series. Guys like Turiaf,Odom,Ariza would throw Dirk out of his comfort zone. If you think Wade and Baron owned us, Kobe would rip a new asshole right in our team. Bynum and Odom would also give us so many fits. The coaching factor is also not in our favor. Avery is a rookie and doesnt bold too well with the coaches like Nelly and Phil Jackson. Oh and Phil's mind games to a team with a questionable mentality doesnt work out in our favor as well.
That's what happens when you don't play a center and Amare needing to stay out of foul trouble. That equals no interior defense.
Even is too strong of a word. You wont beat the Suns 4 times if they get to play their game against you. The Lakers will give them fits but I pick the Suns over them and anyone else not named the Spurs in a playoff series. The Spurs are the only team who has proven they can limit the Suns O in a 7 game series while no one else has. Also Turiaf and Odom dont have to stop Dirk. They are good enough to contain him. They are long strong and athletic enough to take him out of his comfort zone. Posey/Haslem and Jackson/Barnes proved that as well. Also it was 13 years ago when the Warriors won a playoff series but that didnt mean when they kicked our asses last May. Mavs D while it has gotten better, still isnt a championship D and it is pretty vulnerable especially against athletic teams. God I hate being picky about my team!
I think the key thing for the mavs having a chance to beat the suns was Devin Harris getting inserted in the starting lineup. He is by far the best defender on Nash and he can also punish Nash on the other side with his speed. Terry got abused by Nash so I think Avery starting Harris was a great move. Dallas can also kill the suns on the boards and Dampier has shown to be effective on Amare. The Warriors scare me more than the Suns.Even is too strong of a word. You wont beat the Suns 4 times if they get to play their game against you. The Lakers will give them fits but I pick the Suns over them and anyone else not named the Spurs in a playoff series. The Spurs are the only team who has proven they can limit the Suns O in a 7 game series while no one else has. Also Turiaf and Odom dont have to stop Dirk. They are good enough to contain him. They are long strong and athletic enough to take him out of his comfort zone. Posey/Haslem and Jackson/Barnes proved that as well. Also it was 13 years ago when the Warriors won a playoff series but that didnt mean when they kicked our asses last May. Mavs D while it has gotten better, still isnt a championship D and it is pretty vulnerable especially against athletic teams. God I hate being picky about my team!
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