ESPN: Howard to Lakers - Done Deal

[Doomsday]

Pau sucks.

When he wants to play he can be one of the best big men in the game. Problem the last 2 years has been he hasnt seemed that motivated as often. We saw today he still has the skills.

 

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

He has not averaged 20 points per game for his career. His career scoring average is 18.4. He has topped 20 ppg 4 times during his first 8 years in the league.

Close enough. :

 

[casmith07]

What the Lakers have done now is completed the holy trinity of basketball positions -- distributing point guard, elite swingman, and elite post player.

Building off of those three players they have a tough defender in Ron Artest as well as another elite post player in Pau Gasol.

They have improved their bench with Antawn Jamison, who will be able to probably provide 15-18 solid minutes per night.

Also, Nash will be able to better get the ball to guys like Dwight, Gasol, and Bryant where they like to get the ball and where works within their game -- something that Gary Payton didn't do as a veteran PG when the Lakers added him back in '02 (?).

At any rate I think they got a lot better. They still aren't young and fast like OKC, but Dwight in the middle with Gasol will help to contest a lot of those paint points and easy layups that OKC got which was ultimately the Lakers' demise. I wouldn't go so far as to call them favorites in the West, because I think the Thunder will come back even better and more mature this year (Westbrook pending) but to simply wave the Lakers away as "they're still not good enough" is foolish.

 

[Biggems]

Pau sucks. U stop crying yet about the Spares losin ? hahaha:laugh2:

Pau sucks, unless the Mavs signed him today, then he would be great, right you Troll? As for the Spurs losing, I was upset, but I got over it the next day and started focusing on the offseason and the upcoming season.

 

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

What the Lakers have done now is completed the holy trinity of basketball positions -- distributing point guard, elite swingman, and elite post player.

Building off of those three players they have a tough defender in Ron Artest as well as another elite post player in Pau Gasol.

They have improved their bench with Antawn Jamison, who will be able to probably provide 15-18 solid minutes per night.

Also, Nash will be able to better get the ball to guys like Dwight, Gasol, and Bryant where they like to get the ball and where works within their game -- something that Gary Payton didn't do as a veteran PG when the Lakers added him back in '02 (?).

At any rate I think they got a lot better. They still aren't young and fast like OKC, but Dwight in the middle with Gasol will help to contest a lot of those paint points and easy layups that OKC got which was ultimately the Lakers' demise. I wouldn't go so far as to call them favorites in the West, because I think the Thunder will come back even better and more mature this year (Westbrook pending) but to simply wave the Lakers away as "they're still not good enough" is foolish.

Who is Ron Artest?

 

[casmith07]

Who is Ron Artest?

Haha, come on. I'm not calling him by whatever he wants us to call him by.

 

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

Haha, come on. I'm not calling him by whatever he wants us to call him by.

World Peace is a cool name. I like it. :

 

[trickblue]

World Peace is a cool name. I like it. :

No it isn't... it's flat out stupid... and he is stupid... and a thug...

 

[zrinkill]

Who is Ron Artest?

That is what his name was before you started watching basketball.

 

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

No it isn't... it's flat out stupid... and he is stupid... and a thug...

How is it thug?

 

[trickblue]

How is it thug?

Ron Artest isn't a thug? Seriously?

Just because he is a Laker doesn't make him a model citizen... he attacked a FAN...

Are you that dense? Do you not read the newspapers?

I swear to God CLF... you are so jaded you don't get anything...

Laker=Good

It's a team full of jerks...

 

[casmith07]

That is what his name was before you started watching basketball.

 

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

Ron Artest isn't a thug? Seriously?

Just because he is a Laker doesn't make him a model citizen... he attacked a FAN...

Are you that dense? Do you not read the newspapers?

I swear to God CLF... you are so jaded you don't get anything...

Laker=Good

It's a team full of jerks...

He attacked a fan that threw beer at him. If you were in that situation what would you have done?

 

[Doomsday]

He attacked a fan that threw beer at him. If you were in that situation what would you have done?

Ive seen LeBron and athletes from other sports get beer, batteries and other stuff chucked at them and none of them went into the stands.

 

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

Ive seen LeBron and athletes from other sports get beer, batteries and other stuff chucked at them and none of them went into the stands.

MWP lost control. He made a mistake so what? Everyone makes mistakes. Nobody is perfect.

 

[RoyTheHammer]

That is what his name was before you started watching basketball.

:laugh2:

 

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

Haha it's funny to me how people here say I'm immature yet you older posters are just as immature if not more so. I started watching basketball when I was five years old in 1999.

 

[big dog cowboy]

No it isn't... it's flat out stupid... and he is stupid... and a thug...

He was on ESPN Radio the day after the Howard trade. Holy moly that guy is really special. The ESPN guy could cut off the interview fast enough.

 

[RastaRocket]

He was on ESPN Radio the day after the Howard trade. Holy moly that guy is really special. The ESPN guy could cut off the interview fast enough.

[youtube]rZrVRU5G2dg[/youtube]

 

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

[youtube]rZrVRU5G2dg[/youtube]

:laugh2:

I don't know how anyone cannot love that guy. He's simply a hilarious and great guy.