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[Tung]

is there any chance at all that the nets will win?

 

[Optical]

absolutiza,

I think I smell a little Jealousy....

People can't stand the fact that they're good and always win...
:Q

 

[kindest]

haha
Lakers won, hats off to them
but at least they realize they are unbeatable now and will doubt themselves.

 

[sql186]

There's a difference between hating and respecting a team for winning fair and square. I mean i didn't like the bulls when they beat teams and won championships but still you respected them because you felt like they won on even grounds. But this kings and lakers series just doesn't seem right... the REFS tarnished the game

 

[OCDuron]

The Nets are just a weaker version of the Kings. The Lakers will now have to handle Kenyon Martin instead of Webber, Van Horn instead of Turkoglu/Stojakovic, MacCulloch instead of Divac, Kittles instead of Christie and Kidd instead of Bibby. The only player on the Nets that's better than his Kings counterpart is Kidd, not to mention that the Nets have less depth on the bench. This series will not be much of a contest. Lakers in 4 or 5. If it goes farther than that, the Nets will have a moral victory. I know all you Kings fans are still crying about your loss, but save your tears, since you will be needing them again next season. The only reason it even went to a Game 7 is because someone from cowtown gave Kobe some bad food.

 

[cHeeZeFacTory]

LAKERS RULE!!! Most of you guys don't like the lakers probably cuz they whooped your team's ass this year, or the last 2 years. There is no way Sac could have beaten the lakers...When was the last time you saw a team win a championship w/o any superstars? I mean the kings got 1/2 a superstar in webber, whom always disappears in crunch time and a future superstar in mike bibby. Not even the coach has confidence in Webber to hit a shot to win the game! The rest of the kings are just guys that throw up bricks with a wide open shot to win the game.

 

[Pixelated]

If you actually looked at the replay, it was Bibby who fouled Kobe first. So if anything, Kobe should have gotten the call. Plus, I'm not sure you can call the Lakers whiners expecially when Divac is on the floor. He probably whines more than the whole Laker team combined! Doesn't matter. Kings had their chance today and they proved they weren't ready.

GO LAKERS!

 

[SuperCyrix]

But this kings and lakers series just doesn't seem right... the REFS tarnished the game

That is exactly how I feel. Not counting game 7, I feel the Kings were seriously screwed in the other 3 losses. How can you chin foul and elbow. The 3 pointer that should not have counted in game 4. The Kobe elbow and rundown of Mike Bibby that should have given the Kings the ball and placed Bibby on the line for the game winning free throws.

I started the series not really caring who won, but seeing how badly the Kings were screwed made me really feel sorry for them.

Kings got screwed

 

[paulieside]

I don't understand why people keep saying lakers are whiners? I thought it was sacramento players and fans coming out of their loses complaining about the officiating. Lakers keep their poise in loses despite some bad calls and take it like men. I see bad calls going for both teams but people are so bias for their teams.. once sac lost game 6 suddenly they blame the bad officiating. In game 5 and the previous sacramento win I saw lot of bad calls that went sacrmento's way but nobody on sacramento mentioned that since they won.. none of the lakers complained about it. You build experience by pointing at nobody but urselves for the loss and trying to fix the problems. You blame it on the refs like flopping Vlade does and you never end up addressing your problems. Its all bias. Stop whining and take it like a man. That is how you grow and become a champion. On the upside I see good things for sacrmento. As long as they don't fizzle like blazers after their game 7 loss, they will build on this .. as lakers did when they got swept by the spurs.
On a side note I totally lost respect for Oscar best actor Vlade and a few other Kings players. I did however gain lot of respect for Bibby the only man I feel bad for not making the Finals. He deserves it. Stepped up big. Someone give him a fat contract.

 

[DealMonkey]

BOW DOWN COW TOWN!! Go Lakers!

 

[Go3iverson]

I'm pulling for the Nets.....and that's saying a lot being a die hard Sixers fan.......We'll be back next year!

 

[jbahseng]

Lakers' tickets are way overrrrrrrrrrprice!

 

[DTBH]

I wonder why this isn't locked yet

 

[frankqfrank]

Of course it's not a conspiracy, a conspiracy is secret. It's pretty blatent that the NBA is fixed. They make rules up just to make Shaq better (not better i guess just more effective.) Big starts aren't big stars without winning, and without big stars the NBA doesn't sell merchandise, TV rights, everything basically. Remember the NBA is a business, like the WWF. Granted its roots are actually in a sport and there are rules that are generally enforced, its still a business that's out to make money.

Why don't they call more travelling violations? If travelling were called closer there woulnd't be half as many highlights, the game would be less "exciting."

Why don't they call a lane violation on Shaq's foul shots? (he does it at least half the time, often not even a close call.) Shaq doesn't average 30 ppg, Lakers don't win. The Lakers winning is good for the NBA so they do their best to make it happen. The Lakers weren't going to lose this game, the NBA knew that. Game 6, they were worried, so the ref's stepped in.

Next year's draft, the #1 pick will probably be LeBron James coming out of St. Vincent St. Mary high school in Ohio. Will he go to the worst team? Nope. He will go to the Knicks, or another team in a huge market, as he can easily be the next Kobe or even better.

You want a sport, watch the NFL, or college basketball, or the World Cup. For entertainment, check out the NBA or the WWF.

 

[sunnny143]

omg you sac fans call the lakers whiners. whos the biggest baby during the season? thats right you guessed it! its CHRIS WEBBER always having his cry baby game face. hes a good player but needs to lose the cry baby attitude. and if you wanna blame the refs go ahead. game 7 was fair and rick adelman should have took out christie for not shooting well and air balling! Don't blame shaq hes a good player and gets hacked all the time. if the refs called everything shaq would be on the line for half the game.

 

[Mr. Pink]

State of the NBA is pretty sad. I have been thinking about who among the past championship teams the Lakers might be able to beat since I started watching the game (early 80's). The only one team that the Lakers were superior against was the Spurs (maybe). All the other teams would have beaten LA in a 7 game series, even the Bad Boy era Pistons (although it pains me to admit it since I hate the Pistons). I'm not even sure about the Spurs since when they won, they had a good David Robinson along with Duncan. David Robinson nowadays is a shadow of his former self and if he's even near his prime, there's no way Shaq can get by the Twin Towers. Robinson and Olajuwon in their prime used to school Shaq if you can remember as far back as mid 90's....Kings probably would have taken it this year if they had healthy Peja, but them's the breaks.

 

[Kuhlman]

Lakers have struggled this year due to Shaq's injuries. It affects the whole team. The role players dont get as many wide-open shots because teams don't double and triple Shaq as much. But last year the Lakers team was just awesome and dominated in the playoffs with an NBA record 15-1 record losing that one game in overtime. I've been watching the NBA for 20 years and they were playing at a level that is as high as any I have ever seen. They would have matched up with any team in history at the level they were playing at in the playoffs last year. If Shaq gets healthy the Lakers may win 6 in a row.

 

[TheLizardMan]

I'm in LA so I'm rooting for the Lakers.

THIS YEAR... I think the Kings where better then the Lakers. But that doesn't mean jack. How they perform on the finals is all that matters. From game 1-6 it was CLOSE and there where bad calls made on each side. But game 7 seemed to be as fair as any other game I have seen. This game showed who was the best, and the best team turned out to be the Lakers.

I watch the Lakers when I get the chance, and from what I have seen they don't whine any more then any other team. I think that when the Lakers lose that they show the locker room interviews to you guys in selected sequence. When ever I have heard them speak they have a good attitude. So I don't know where you guys get off at calling them whiners. I think its more of you guys whining that you have lost the past 3 years to the same fuckin team.

Now wtf with Horry? Unless you guys watch EVERY single game of the Lakers "I'm guessing not since you don't live in la" Horry is the Lakers 3 point shooter. He ALWAYS puts a basket in the hoop under pressure just as Kobe performs better under pressure when they are losing. The Lakers might suck at the first half of most games but at the end they usually come back to rip the opposing teams up.

Kobe and Shaq are the two players that stand out. As well as any other team there are 1-2 players who stand out, just as Jordan and Pippen did. Who gives a rat ass if Kobe is slightly better then any other teams best player, or that Shaq is larger then any other opposing teams largest player? In the end most the teams are full over average ball players as well as some stars. In this series the Lakers didn't play to their full potential "well as good as the 2 seasons before" but they still did pretty good. and with their luck they managed to fight it to the end to take the lead.

you guys are the whining bicths and need to stop complaining. Because some day enough of the Lakers will be traded off, they will get a new coach or some other NBA team will then develop the next all star team. So wait it out, the Lakers will own the whole NBA for a good while, but not forever.

 

[souja]

I think there are so many Laker haters because there are so man reasons to hate them. Let's see:

- Shaq snubbed the franchise that had taken care of him just to play with the Lakers (LA/Hollywood)
- Kobe entered the draft out of high school and basically told everyone that if he did not go to the Lakers, don't bother drafting or signing him
- Rick Fox used to average over 20 points in Boston but took a diminished role 'just to play on the Lakers'
- Hunter is just 2 years removed from being the starting point guard in Milwaukee and has been one of the best 3 point shooters and he comes off the bench
- Mitch Richmond is a scoring machine but is willing to look lost in the triangle offense and be the the 11th or 12th man just to get a ring (well he may deserve it for a those years on the terrible sac team)
- Jackson grabbed Horry to play the Pippen role when he could not get Scottie
- who can forget all the Ron Harpers, John Sallys and Horace Grants that have put on a Laker uniform just to get that 'ring'

Basically the only players they've developed are Fisher and George and they we outclassed by just about everyone on the Kings.

Lakers are like the Yankees of basketball. Yankees right now want to sign both Vladimir Guerrero AND Cliff Floyd. Sheesh.

Now contrast with the Kings. Sacramento is NBA exile. You guys remember Reggie Theus, Kenny Smith, Danny Aingle, and Mitch Richmond when they played there right?? Webber was sent there with the same intention and lookie what happened. They are now the most exciting team in the NBA. I think they were on TV this year more than the Lakers.

Now today the Kings did let it slip out of their hands with poor free throw shooting and some critcal mistake down the stretch. But overall, everyone knows they played better in the entire series. The Lakers time is short... well unless they go sign both Stockton and Malone in the offseason so they can get their rings too.

souja

 

[VisionsUCI]

omg... quit complaining people. Lakers just won, and luck or skill, they beat Sacramento. Get over it. Enjoy the next couple games.

 

[jadefox]

I don't think Horry is the main 3p shooter. He does not actively looking for 3p, unlike Fisher. However, when in close game, he is a totally different person, and much like Reggie Miller, he delivers those big shots.

Now I don't really understand all the complains on the foul calls on game 7. LA has 33 FT attempt, and SC has 30 FT attempt. I don't know about you, but from those number, I think the foul calls was fairly equal for both teams. SC has no one but themselves to blame, shooting a 53% FT. Even Shaq, possibility the league's worst FT shooter (55%) during the regular season made 73%. If Kings had made 73% FT, they can at least tie the game and send it into 2nd OT. But they basically dug themselves a grave, and with all the bad 3 point shot at the end of 4th and OT, the grave got too deep for Kings to get out. Being a LA fan, I have my deepest respect for Kings. They were indeed the best team to defeat LA this year. However, I believe that it takes a championship team to defeat LA, and Kings has to believe that they are not just a great team, but a championship team next year. Unless Spurs beef up their offense, and Maverics beef up their defense, LA vs SC will be the best show down in the west for years to come.

Go Lakers, makes me proud again.

Jadefox

 

[VisionsUCI]

jadefox started a new account just to cheer for the lakers

good fan

 

[KrayzieKMF]

heh i dont know how the nets are going to guard shaq
it could turn out to be a slaughter which wouldnt be too fun to watch

 

[SirDante]

Originally posted by: souja
I think there are so many Laker haters because there are so man reasons to hate them. Let's see:

- Shaq snubbed the franchise that had taken care of him just to play with the Lakers (LA/Hollywood)
- Kobe entered the draft out of high school and basically told everyone that if he did not go to the Lakers, don't bother drafting or signing him
- Rick Fox used to average over 20 points in Boston but took a diminished role 'just to play on the Lakers'
- Hunter is just 2 years removed from being the starting point guard in Milwaukee and has been one of the best 3 point shooters and he comes off the bench
- Mitch Richmond is a scoring machine but is willing to look lost in the triangle offense and be the the 11th or 12th man just to get a ring (well he may deserve it for a those years on the terrible sac team)
- Jackson grabbed Horry to play the Pippen role when he could not get Scottie
- who can forget all the Ron Harpers, John Sallys and Horace Grants that have put on a Laker uniform just to get that 'ring'

Basically the only players they've developed are Fisher and George and they we outclassed by just about everyone on the Kings.

Lakers are like the Yankees of basketball. Yankees right now want to sign both Vladimir Guerrero AND Cliff Floyd. Sheesh.

Now contrast with the Kings. Sacramento is NBA exile. You guys remember Reggie Theus, Kenny Smith, Danny Aingle, and Mitch Richmond when they played there right?? Webber was sent there with the same intention and lookie what happened. They are now the most exciting team in the NBA. I think they were on TV this year more than the Lakers.

Now today the Kings did let it slip out of their hands with poor free throw shooting and some critcal mistake down the stretch. But overall, everyone knows they played better in the entire series. The Lakers time is short... well unless they go sign both Stockton and Malone in the offseason so they can get their rings too.

souja

Some counterpoints:

- Shaq left Orlando due to the intense media scrutiny. Big fish, small pond. Webber would of left *for the same exact reason* but no other team could give him the money Sacramento could. Basically Webber stayed for the money. Shaq left because he didn't think management had his back and the local press were too critical and intrusive (see Webbers tirade earlier this year). Of course the $120+ million contract helped, but he would of gotten the same money from Orlando minus a few mil.

- John Calapari was damn close to drafting Kobe but chose Kittles instead. Kobe recently said he would of played for NJ had they drafted him. Arn Tellum did make it difficult for *some* teams to look at Kobe, but did not issue a "Laker or no one" ultimatum. West made a brilliant move and that's why he's the best GM in the business.

- Rick Fox averaged big numbers for a crappy team as their #1 option in the east. Rick Fox turned down a huge contract from Atlanta to play for a chance to win a championship. A chance since the Lakers had not won when Fox turned down the big money. So I don't see why you see this as a negative. Fox turned down money for a chance to win a championship when one was definately not guaranteed. That garners respect in my book.

- Did you watch Hunter during the last PO's with the Bucks? That's when he lost confidence.

- Mitch Richmond came off injury with the Wizards and has definately lost a step. He's old. The days of RUN TMC are past. Did you expect him to be a "scoring machine" when he signed with the Lakers?

- Horry was on the Lakers before Jackson came. Damn, do you even know what the hell you're talking about?

- Ron Harper, Horace Grant and John Salley had multiple rings before coming to the Lakers. Your analogy of Malone and Stockton coming to the Lakers is crap.

The Lakers are not like the Yankees. Jerry Buss does not spend big money for spare parts. Buss in fact is one of the more purse tight owners in the NBA.

 

[KeyzerSoze]

I'm a Lakers fan 4 life, but I'll give credit where its deserved. Sac is a great team and played a great series, but all you Lakers haters need to stop whining. You guys want to see any team but the Lakers win. Well, the Lakers aint' just gonna step aside. Somebody needs to step up and beat them. The Kings had them and lost it. They have only themselves to blame for it. 53.3% free throws in a game 7 of a conference final? If you're doing that, you don't deserve to advance. So stop with the "Kings deserve this...Kings deserve that" Vlade deserves an emmy, but he ain't getting one. They choked, Lakers didn't. Simple as that.


2 words why the Kings will not win a championship: VLADE DIVAC.