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[SUPERS212]

LAKERS ARE SWEET. For the first 5 games sacto was getting all the whistles, i don't know what the refs were looking at. And DIVAC is a freakin i love you flopper.

LA ALL THE WAY!

 

[KeyzerSoze]

Souja: The Lakers the Yankees of basketball??? Shows how much you know. Why don't you take a good look over there in Portland? Remember, the Lakers went through years of building the team that they have now. There were years where they couldn't get past the first round no matter how strong they were in the regular season.

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

 

[TheLizardMan]

I could picture Floppy Divac as being an actor in movie where he gets beat up in ever scene, because he sure plays a good actor on the court.

 

[souja]

Originally posted by: SirDante


Damn, do you even know what the hell you're talking about?

I guess I got all my points wrong and you are all right. I'll make sure to read my pro-Lakers NBA history books before I post next time.

Big money , spare parts camp: "Alright Samaki, Lindsey and Mitch. See this ring in front of you. You want it right? All you got to do is take a puy cut and give me 3-4 good minutes every couple of games and it's yours. Just ask Brian Shaw."

Note to self: If you see the words "Laker fan 4 life", look elsewhere for an objective argument.

Actually, I heard Allan Iverson was available. Maybe the Sixers will take our homegrown studs like Fisher and George.

souja

 

[SirDante]

How about responding to my points like I did yours? BShaw? That man SAVED the Lakers Game 7 on the 2000 WCF against Portland. That's the game that got the Lakers rolling all the way to the 2002 Finals.

Pay cut to join a championship team....Did Giambi take a pay cut? Your Yankee analogy speaks wonders of your basketball, specifically Lakers IQ.

 

[JonnYKnoxville]

Ouch, souja, you're hitting us Lakers fans where it hurts, the 3 best players on the team, samaki, lindsey and richmond. *drip drip* If u can post some meaningful tidbit on either Shaq or Kobe's BASKETBALL SKILLS then do it, otherwise keep your mouth shut.

And I cant believe that all you others even think that the NETS will win? McCulloch beating Shaq? I laugh at the thought.

So to all you Laker haters, when any of your teams beat L.A., then you can talk. But for now, shut yo @$$es and let us enjoy the win.

 

[souja]

Pay cut to join a championship team....Did Giambi take a pay cut? Your Yankee analogy speaks wonders of your basketball, specifically Lakers IQ.

Actually that is exactly what I'm talking about. Who would not want to play in LA? LA, Hollywood, movie stars... does that mean that EVERYONE FREAKING PERSON SHOULD? Namely the best two players in the NBA and the best coach. It does wonders for parity I'm sure.

Someone give me a good answer to this:
What makes Kobe so special that he could only play for the Lakers?

The Nets did not draft him because he would not play for them, simple as that. Why would they NOT draft him? Where did Kobe go in the draft, like 8?? It's not that hard to figure out: 1. Kobe is the best talent in the draft. 2. He said that he would only sign with a very "short" list of teams. If you believe what Kobe said after the fact, then you should be his biographer. What would happen if everyone just started to that now? Yao Ming? Stoudemire?

Ok, I love a good discussion and all, but where do you people get this if "I don't think you have anything good to say you need to shut up" attitude? If I can listen to some fanboy drivel then I or anyone else can post whatever the crap we want. Well everything except coupon codes and advertising links .

Enough about the Lakers for me, I'm getting back to some real hot deals.

souja

 

[dongky]

...i just imagine myself being on the nba doing a windmill over kobe's face.

okay where's the free ticket?

 

[huesmann]

Originally posted by: 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.

Oh, you mean aside from Shaq the Haq complaining publicly about the Lakers being cheated earlier in the series? Or did you somehow conveniently forget about that?

 

[ams30gts]

well....Lakers dont complain that much. no more than any other team out there. i know you all saw Divac and Webber crying to the refs. shaq gets hacked like almost everytime he touchs the ball, so dont ever complain about the refs giving the lakers all the calls. if you even watched this series vs Sacramento, you know damn well that they didnt call anything for Kobe. Even with shaq hurt all season, he still showed you all whos daddy

 

[VirginiaDonkey]

since everyone else has neffed, I might as well too


Do you think they will show any of those Bruce Lee vs Coke commercials during the finals?

 

[meccaboy858]

Let it go guys, Lakers won get on with your lives! The Lakers won the series just as much as the Kings lost it. Lose a 20 something point lead? You deserve to lose that game. Shoot below 50% in a game 7 from the line? You deserve to lose that game. Of course the would be bitchin about the calls, Kobe + Shaq were getting hacked all series, and in a series this big, you would be bitchin too. Don't tell me Vlade ain't bitchin' everytime he flops? Or Webber looking like he's going to cry after every foul? Please. Webber and Bibby are great players, and I think the Kings are definitely a better team overall, but they had their chance and they lost it on their own, not the refs. Vlade would probably be getting more calls actually if he didn't build up his reputation as a flopper. And how in the world was Horry's shot luck? He's made shots like that time and time again. Of course the ball getting tapped to him was luck, but damn give the shooter some credit, he made it with Webber flying at him with .9 seconds to go. And as much as I love my Lakers, I ain't looking past the Nets. I already made the mistake of looking past the Patriots

Migs

 

[CSOM]

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bibby is definitely the man. i'd like to see the nets win, but i doubt it's going to happen. shaq vs. t-mac? c'mon.. shaq's gonna have big games.
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Hmm...where are you? T-Mac is on the Magic. Go Nets!! Mike Bibby was great in the game, but too bad the Lakers won...

ojai00 -- He wasn't talking McGrady, he's talking the REAL T-Mac, Todd MacCullough ..... Go Nets!

 

[huesmann]

The mods must be sleeping in today.

 

[Tarpon6]

And this is a hot deal because?

Lock this already. :disgust:

 

[khstudios]

Kings lost becuz they couldn't hit any of their free throws. Whose fault is that?
But there's always another season...'til then yall haters better hope the Lakers 3peat,
so u can face them again next year and hopefully get different results.

The skills on both teams r pretty much equal. It all came down to who kept their cool,
and made the shots that really counted.

Anyways...GO LAKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Buz2b]

Remember the NBA is a business, like the WWF

At least the WWF got it right and now call themselves the WWE (for Entertainment). However, it is a moot point. The Lakers won because they could hit the shots when it mattered-Period. The Kings did not-Period. Flops, whines, cheating, crying; it is all just so much "packaging" that helps to keep the fans attention. Just like the WWE, hmmmm?
Personally, I am a Lakers fan. Nothing I saw in game 7 showed me that the Kings were champions; yet. As someone else mentioned, if they don't suddenly fall into oblivion as Portland did after losing yet again to the Lakers, then the Kings should be able to put it all together sometime soon and win a couple of rings. Until then, as the saying goes, "If you want to BE the Champ, you gotta BEAT the Champ!" You can cry foul or "Fix" all you want; the Kings still could not BEAT the Champ.

 

[atsang]

Sacromento's performance in Game 7 can be wrapped up in 1 word and 1 number:

airballs (peja & christie)

53% (free throws)

 

[ScAndal]

Shaq is the worst excuse for an athelete. A player shouldn't be able to dominate just because he's a big fat ogre. He can make a bucket > 10' away and the refs give him way too much. He travels and fouls almost everytime he gets the ball in the paint. I hope the lakers lose and then they can cry all summer. Bunch of babies!

Bibby was unreal. Talk about playing out of your skin. Its really too bad that Doug Christy waited until game 7 to play absolutly Horrid!

Congrats to the Lakers (with all those lakes in Cal.),
and Good Luck to the Nets.

ScAndal

 

[Tung]

gosh. quit complaining people!

Go Nets!

 

[riznick]

Being unbiased, I would definately say that the refs were in the Kings favor. Especially in the
first half of each game, the refs were definately in favor of the Kings.

Originally posted by: BoKingWen
If it is not the stupid ref. in game 6, Kings had won it already.

 

[Eymar]

I'm a huge Kings fan and I thought the refs were fair. They did miss a few critical calls in the series for both sides, but made alot of them too. Kings fan should face their team was done in by their own bad shooting in OT and horrid FT shooting in Game7. You can complain all you want about the other games, but the most important game is the last one you play in.

 

[MysticMan1]

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The Lakers will sweep the Nets 4-0, when does the parade start.

 

[moks78]

I'm a huge Kings fan and I thought the refs were fair. They did miss a few critical calls in the series for both sides, but made alot of them too. Kings fan should face their team was done in by their own bad shooting in OT and horrid FT shooting in Game7. You can complain all you want about the other games, but the most important game is the last one you play in.

....Yup, I agree with you wholeheartedly!...sorry to say that Chris Webber is again a no show during clutch time.


Go Lakers!

 

[Atif]

"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."

I wish this were true, but LeBron is NOT eligible for the draft unfortunately because he's only a junior right now. He has to have graduated to move up to the NBA, it's (one of their only, seemingly) policy.

As far as the Lakers go, I am not by any stretch of the imagination a Laker fan, and I live in Southern California. I have a LOT of respect for Shaquille O'Neal, Devean George, Brian Shaw, Robert Horry, and Mitch Richmond... THAT'S IT. However, here's the bottom line, Bibby alone (who is the man) cannot win a game for his team when his teammates CANNOT HIT FREE-THROWS!

You cannot win a game making a little over half of your free-throws. That's ridiculous! I was watching the game and all I could think was, 'these guys killed themselves at the line.' Bad calls or not, it was game 7, and they had to step up. Bibby showed up (over and over again) but the other guys in general did not execute when needed (namely at the free-throw line, and the two horrible 3-point attempts at the end)

As far as I'm concerned, the team that will hurt the Lakers next season is a team MOST would not expect... the Clippers (YES, you read that right, the Clippers)

Here's why: a.) they already proved they have the talent to hang with the Lake-show, b.) they have two first-round picks in the draft they can use to get new guys, or give away for one veteran, and c.) being in L.A. as well, the refs tend to play it somewhat fairly as the fanbase is now fairly split in the arena.

Fisher vs McInnis (these guys play to a stand-still, Fisher has 3-point shooting ability, McInnis has a nice floating jumper)
Bryant vs Maggette (Bryant gets his 25 or so, and last game, we all saw Maggette SMOKE Kobe for 33, so Maggette plays Kobe 'alright'. Bryant still has advantage though)
Fox vs Odom (Is there honestly a question here? Odom is far more versatile and can easily work Fox with no problem)
Horry vs Brand (Again, Horry has a beautiful 3-point touch, but Brand defines the 'power' in power forward. Brand easily scores more often and more consistently)
O'Neal vs Olowokandi (Shaq will get his 30 points or what-not against anybody, but he has been having his share of problems against the equal-height Olowokandi lately. Olowokandi has improved by LEAPS AND BOUNDS in this past season. Watch for more improvement, and a slightly bigger Olowokandi by next season. He's finally becoming the player he was expected to be four years ago when he was drafted.)

There's my take, it's only worth $0.02, there will be no refunds offered though

Peace