Lakers a Long Shot to Repeat?

**2daBank** · 04-03-10, 11:33 AM

Originally posted by williams22

Laker fans seem to think there is some magical switch that can be flipped. It's not like the Lakers decided to win last night but decided to lose 3 or the 4 before that. The effort was still there, just not the execution. Yes, they are good enough to beat anyone on any given night, but they haven't shown any ability to do so consistently lately.

so you honestly think that when la gave up 108 to the Hornets that was max defensive effort? i dont think there is anything magical about the switch they flip but it is certainly there how many times you heard the phrase "playoff basketball" or a team isnt "playoff tested" all phrases that point to the level of intensity picking up during the playoffs.... La wasnt the team that blew NBA's dream matchup last year it was your team and it wont be La this year kobe/bron finals NBA where predictability happens (as long as your team holds up there end)

**williams22** · 04-03-10, 11:35 AM

Originally posted by 2daBank

so you honestly think that when la gave up 108 to the Hornets that was max defensive effort? i dont think there is anything magical about the switch they flip but it is certainly there how many times you heard the phrase "playoff basketball" or a team isnt "playoff tested" all phrases that point to the level of intensity picking up during the playoffs.... La wasnt the team that blew NBA's dream matchup last year it was your team and it wont be La this year kobe/bron finals NBA where predictability happens (as long as your team holds up there end)

I'm far more worried about Orlando than I am about the Lakers. The Lakers aren't tough enough to stick with the Cavs.

**williams22** · 04-04-10, 05:01 PM

Another great effort by LA, at home this time.

**jjgold** · 04-04-10, 05:05 PM

LA is slipping

Spurs are very good, watch out for this team

**hoopster42** · 04-04-10, 05:06 PM

meaningless gm. when bynum comes back and the playoffs start theyll be a different team, as much as i hate saying that because i despise them

**williams22** · 04-04-10, 05:10 PM

Not a meaningless game. The Lakers should be taking potential playoff matchup teams seriously right now, especially at home. They showed no fight whatsoever. Losing by 19 at home is embarrassing.

**gabbysabe** · 04-04-10, 05:17 PM

Originally posted by hoopster42

meaningless gm. when bynum comes back and the playoffs start theyll be a different team, as much as i hate saying that because i despise them

You can say the same for the spurs because tony parker wasn't playing

**hoopster42** · 04-04-10, 05:19 PM

Originally posted by gabbysabe

You can say the same for the spurs because tony parker wasn't playing

genius - the lakers have clinched home court, while the spurs are jockeying for playoff position. they are in a 3-way tie for the 6,7,8 spot, and the 8 spot has to play the lakers in the first round. the spurs have EVERY motivation to win this gm to stay out of the race to avoid the 8th spot (along w/portland or oklahoma city).

learn the gm of sports or STFU

**gabbysabe** · 04-04-10, 05:23 PM

Originally posted by hoopster42

genius - the lakers have clinched home court, while the spurs are jockeying for playoff position. they are in a 3-way tie for the 6,7,8 spot, and the 8 spot has to play the lakers in the first round. the spurs have EVERY motivation to win this gm to stay out of the race to avoid the 8th spot (along w/portland or oklahoma city).

learn the gm of sports or STFU

If it was such a meaningless game why would the lakers play their starters?
These excusses are getting old

**hoopster42** · 04-04-10, 05:24 PM

Originally posted by gabbysabe

If it was such a meaningless game why would the lakers play their starters?

because david stern runs the league and no resting starters is allowed until the last gm. this isn't the NFL, son

LMAO - just found this article right after posting the above statement about the spurs not wanting the 8th seed

Popovich: 'We're all trying to hide' from Lakers

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=5054742

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich knows his team is the seventh seed in the West thanks to its two-game winning streak and wants no part of falling back into the eighth seed and a playoff matchup with the top-seeded Lakers.

**hoopster42** · 04-04-10, 05:26 PM

dude, i'm a laker hater not a fan, but you guys running your mouths are clueless. so many championship teams have tanked the reg season over the yrs then turned it on and won the whole thing. how many of the laker teams with shaq and kobe finished first in the west? jordans guys 1st in the east? rockets with hakeem 1st in the west? go look it up. far fewer 1st place teams than you think

**gabbysabe** · 04-04-10, 05:27 PM

Originally posted by hoopster42

because david stern runs the league and no resting starters is allowed until the last gm. this isn't the NFL, son

LMAO - just found this article right after posting the above statement about the spurs not wanting the 8th seed

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angele...ory?id=5054742

You can play the starters the 1st and 2nd quarter and then rest them
And i know this isnt the NFL and im not your son

**hoopster42** · 04-04-10, 05:29 PM

you are clueless

**lakerboy** · 05-14-10, 12:14 AM

Originally posted by williams22

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insid...PERDiem-100331

I know, I know, every Laker fan is going to come in here saying that the regular season doesn't matter and that they will turn it on in the playoffs. However, the Lakers haven't shown an ability to flip that switch this year. As I kept saying around the trade deadline, they screwed up majorly by not getting Hinrich when they could have. Now you have the most unproductive starter in the league (Fisher), a center who is injured worse than people thought, Gasol playing without much confidence, and tension building within the team. The Lakers have a tough next week or two, let's see if they can turn things around and go into the playoffs on a positive note.

Willy you know alot about basketball but young guys like you never understand the inner workings of the game. The Los Angeles Lakers dont look like a long shot right now do they. stop buying all the espn kool aid and learn that the SMART teams dont waste there energy beating the nets of the world.

**lakerboy** · 05-14-10, 12:15 AM

Originally posted by hoopster42

genius - the lakers have clinched home court, while the spurs are jockeying for playoff position. they are in a 3-way tie for the 6,7,8 spot, and the 8 spot has to play the lakers in the first round. the spurs have EVERY motivation to win this gm to stay out of the race to avoid the 8th spot (along w/portland or oklahoma city).

learn the gm of sports or STFU

see my buddy hoopster knows whats going on

**lakerboy** · 05-14-10, 12:20 AM

Originally posted by williams22

Sure, other teams have a chance, that's not the point of this thread though. The point is to highlight the Lakers struggles and then sit back and watch all the Laker fans come running with the "they'll turn it on in the playoffs" excuse

8-2 so far.

**1UP** · 05-14-10, 12:26 AM

This is why I get so much enjoyment heckling Cavs fans. This thread was atypical of what they've done nothing all season --- put the Lakers under a microscope, scrutinizing their every move as if their team had done anything recently.

Enjoy your off-season Cavs fans.

**Bankroll$10** · 05-14-10, 12:30 AM

I am not a laker fanatic but I think the possability of repeating is very possible

**kobefanatic** · 05-14-10, 12:32 AM

kobe with another possible ring, lebron another season with no ring

**hoopster42** · 05-14-10, 03:38 AM

Originally posted by hoopster42

i hope you're right 'cause i want the lakers to lose but kobe's only 31 and yea 13 yrs in the league but the dude takes great care of himself and gasol, odom in their primes and bynum coming back healthy is scary. nothing would make me happier than the lakers losing in the playoffs but i dont see the western conf having a chance except for ONE team (look in my thread about the lakers and i'll tell you) and only ONE team in the east has a chance but they need to get orlando out of their heads.

**PAULYPOKER** · 05-14-10, 05:14 AM

this thread is over a month and a half old from last post,,Bumped by LB,, I wonder why???

**2daBank** · 05-14-10, 05:23 AM

Originally posted by williams22

I'm far more worried about Orlando than I am about the Lakers. The Lakers aren't tough enough to stick with the Cavs.

looks like you were worried about the wrong team, Cavs mentally tough

far from it

**williams22** · 05-14-10, 09:50 AM

Originally posted by 2daBank

looks like you were worried about the wrong team, Cavs mentally tough

far from it

Boston played incredibly well. Their offensive execution in game 5 was the single best of any playoff team so far.

**Holtgetsback** · 05-14-10, 10:07 AM

Originally posted by williams22

Not a meaningless game. The Lakers should be taking potential playoff matchup teams seriously right now, especially at home. They showed no fight whatsoever. Losing by 19 at home is embarrassing.

not as embarrasing as losing by 35 at home in the playoffs

**bobspicks** · 05-14-10, 10:15 AM

Its funny how the celtics were made fun of so much being called old and slow b4 the playoffs!!!
This team is filled with older/veteran superstars and they wont be swept by the magic if anyone was thinking it!!!

**hoopster42** · 05-14-10, 10:37 AM

Originally posted by bobspicks

Its funny how the celtics were made fun of so much being called old and slow b4 the playoffs!!!
This team is filled with older/veteran superstars and they wont be swept by the magic if anyone was thinking it!!!

only a galactic fukking moron would think the magic would sweep the celtics. the series is going at least 6, probably 7

**ahhlenn** · 05-15-10, 01:45 AM

Originally posted by PAULYPOKER

this thread is over a month and a half old from last post,,Bumped by LB,, I wonder why???

attention?

**Goat Milk** · 05-15-10, 01:48 AM

**311jmp300boy** · 05-15-10, 09:20 AM

Lakers Magic again

**shoebox** · 05-17-10, 11:07 PM

I hate betting these fukks too hard to cap for me lost 3 units on the suns tonight I'm a square

**2daBank** · 05-17-10, 11:09 PM

is it fair to say at this point this thread title was slightly off

**paco** · 05-17-10, 11:09 PM

Lebron: Take notes on how to play playoff ball

**ialcire** · 05-17-10, 11:09 PM

Kobe carry team to repeat! Something lebron couldn't do the past two seasons

**lakerboy** · 05-17-10, 11:10 PM

7 more wins left. I say compared to the cavs they are short favorites.

**paco** · 05-17-10, 11:11 PM

Kobe doin work

the Black Mamba showing the Queen who's the best!