Haters Take A Seat Please

[Bleu Star]

Well one out of three isn't too bad I guess Bynum's knee is not going to make it through this series it doesn't appear. And the lack of depth at the position for the Lakers is really going to hurt them. You are a championship caliber team no doubt, but you only have one man (Odom) to back up Gasol and Bymum? That's not good management IMO. People didn't give any credit for the pick up of Rasheed Wallace, but throughout these playoffs he's been exactly what we needed... a tough player who's not afraid to foul and foul hard, but more importantly he's another capable player to steal some minutes off the bench with "Big Baby."

Gasol's game changed the minute he set foot in Boston. He's playing scared if you ask me. He's disappearing down the stretch, not moving without the ball, and standing around watching it get dribbled around on the perimeter. However, to his credit, he knows that if he yells like Serena Williams on a backhand smash that he will get a foul called in the paint...

I have to disagree with your assessment of Fisher. He's had one good quarter out of 16... That doesn't equal a beast and a half... if that were Barber out there we'd be screaming for more Farmar... I think him guarding Allen is killing his legs, and his attempts at flailing his arms to draw fouls are killing him, because everytime he does it HE ends up with the foul.

After last night I do agree that your bench HAS to outplay our bench. Then again if your starters can't do it, how can your bench do it? I don't see anyone on your bench that scares me (especially when playing in Boston). Brown scares me in LA because one explosive dunk of his sends the Staples Center through the roof. Otherwise, as long as Big Baby keeps owning Lamar, I think the Boston bench will dominate the Lakers bench...

Pardon any typos. I'm on my phone.

Derek Fisher is indeed a beast and he is not done yet.

Pau is consistent. We can't ask for much more from him. He's not traditionally a banger. He is a finesse player. That all said, he realized that the 2008 version of Pau needed to find the nearest landfill and is mixing it up well with your big guys.

The Lakers just need to play their game and they'll be just fine. Bynum is ok. He has two days to rest the knee and come back with a solid 20-25 minutes of play. It'll happen. No worries.

To address your comment about Pau playing scared in Boston and the Lakers not playing well in Beantown... It's a good thing two of the next three are in the City of Angels baby!!! Gotta love home court advantage.

Sunday can go either way. Boston will be gripping hard if they don't step back up to the plate. All pressure is on Boston at this point.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Slate is owning this thread.

 

[AmericasTeam31]

Pardon any typos. I'm on my phone.

Derek Fisher is indeed a beast and he is not done yet.

Pau is consistent. We can't ask for much more from him. He's not traditionally a banger. He is a finesse player. That all said, he realized that the 2008 version of Pau needed to find the nearest landfill and is mixing it up well with your big guys.

The Lakers just need to play their game and they'll be just fine. Bynum is ok. He has two days to rest the knee and come back with a solid 20-25 minutes of play. It'll happen. No worries.

To address your comment about Pau playing scared in Boston and the Lakers not playing well in Beantown... It's a good thing two of the next three are in the City of Angels baby!!! Gotta love home court advantage.

Sunday can go either way. Boston will be gripping hard if they don't step back up to the plate. All pressure is on Boston at this point.

I think the pressure is on both teams... neither one wants to be in situation where you HAVE to beat the other team two times in a row. Granted L.A. will play those two at home, but they played the first two at home too, and didn't sweep them either. Plus, if Boston wins Sunday, that is two straight and finally gives someone momentum in this series... I disagree with your theory about Boston being the only team playing under pressure.

IMO, if the refs are letting them play, we have an advantage. Typically, Boston is more contact driven than L.A. is. We saw that in 2008. Not to say that things couldn't change a bit, but that is not really a trait that you just pick up one day. That's like telling Felix that he MUST run like Marion... It just isn't there.... he can try to do better at it, but it's still not the same. I'm thinking it goes 7, and who knows who wins. I just wanted to see the rematch, and even though i'm a Celtics fan and i can't stand L.A., I just want to see a knock down drag them out 7 game series, with the game tied in the last minutes, and whoever wins, wins.

 

[Hostile]

:flipflop:

I haven't been paying attention and I honestly do not know the answer to this.

Do you simply hate the Lakers more than you like any team? I ask because I assumed you were a Cavaliers fan, but now when I see your sig pic I think I was wrong.

I don't care either way, just curious.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

To me, last night was a must win for the Celts. I'm not at all surprised they won last night.

I think that the team that Wins Sunday wins it all. I guess we'll see.

 

[SLATEmosphere]

I haven't been paying attention and I honestly do not know the answer to this.

Do you simply hate the Lakers more than you like any team? I ask because I assumed you were a Cavaliers fan, but now when I see your sig pic I think I was wrong.

I don't care either way, just curious.

I am a Cavaliers fan but I hate the Lakers with a passion. Always have. Not a fan of Kobe at all. Just so happens that there's a player on the Cavs that rivals Kobe as the best player in the NBA.

I lived in the LA area for alot of years and absolutly cannot stand their fanbase. It's an embarrassment. It's similar to your hatred of the Commanders.

 

[Doomsday]

It seems to me it will come down to whether or not the officials will let the Celtics play tough, aggressive, physical defense. If they blow the whistles a lot, Boston has no shot. If they let them play Boston will win the series.

 

[SLATEmosphere]

It seems to me it will come down to whether or not the officials will let the Celtics play tough, aggressive, physical defense. If they blow the whistles a lot, Boston has no shot. If they let them play Boston will win the series.

I made a thread about this. It's like Boston is playing against the refs and the Lakers. I hate how the refs are dictating tempo and physical play. Calling non stop fouls fits the soft Lakers perfectly. They have nothing but scared timid finess players.

I wish the refs would just allow some tough play to go on. That Pau Gasol slip was inexcusable.

 

[Bleu Star]

I'm thinking it goes 7, and who knows who wins. I just wanted to see the rematch, and even though i'm a Celtics fan and i can't stand L.A., I just want to see a knock down drag them out 7 game series, with the game tied in the last minutes, and whoever wins, wins.

Amen bro. This quote sums up the way both of us feel. Just flip the Celtics and LA words for me. Getcha popcorn ready for Sunday!!!

 

[Bleu Star]

:flipflop:

 

[Hostile]

I am a Cavaliers fan but I hate the Lakers with a passion. Always have. Not a fan of Kobe at all. Just so happens that there's a player on the Cavs that rivals Kobe as the best player in the NBA.

I lived in the LA area for alot of years and absolutly cannot stand their fanbase. It's an embarrassment. It's similar to your hatred of the Commanders.

Not really, because I have never had sig pics showing my hatred of the Skins. You just seem obsessed with hating them.

No skin off my nose. I don't even follow the game anymore. Was just curious.

 

[SLATEmosphere]

Not really, because I have never had sig pics showing my hatred of the Skins. You just seem obsessed with hating them.

No skin off my nose. I don't even follow the game anymore. Was just curious.

Right.

 

[Hostile]

Right.

What's right? Or in what way are you not clear?

I do not hate the Washington Commanders more than I love the Dallas Cowboys and do not obsess over them to the point of lunacy and post anti-Commanders sig pics on a basketball or baseball forum, or anywhere else for that matter.

I have never posted a picture of any kind of any other team beating the Commanders. Them losing is not an obsession with me.

Don't blame me if you can't see how cloying your act is.

 

[SLATEmosphere]

What's right? Or in what way are you not clear?

I do not hate the Washington Commanders more than I love the Dallas Cowboys and do not obsess over them to the point of lunacy and post anti-Commanders sig pics on a basketball or baseball forum, or anywhere else for that matter.

I have never posted a picture of any kind of any other team beating the Commanders. Them losing is not an obsession with me.

Don't blame me if you can't see how cloying your act is.

There's a "sports forum" right? I do 99% of my Laker bashing there so I'm not sure what the problem is. If you arn't fond of it then have another Mod check it if it bothers you. I don't bring Cavalier talk into the Fan forum unless someone like Bleu initiates a random comment about LeBron or the Cavs.

And it's not really an "obsession". I just know how much Laker bandwagoners we have on this forum and I like to rile them up.

 

[Hostile]

There's a "sports forum" right? I do 99% of my Laker bashing there so I'm not sure what the problem is. If you arn't fond of it then have another Mod check it if it bothers you. I don't bring Cavalier talk into the Fan forum unless someone like Bleu initiates a random comment about LeBron or the Cavs.

And it's not really an "obsession". I just know how much Laker bandwagoners we have on this forum and I like to rile them up.

Who said it was a problem?

I asked you a question. You gave an answer that included me and I don't see the comparison.

I don't care if you hate the Lakers. I don't care about the entire NBA right now.

I just wanted to know what the purpose of all this is. Like I said, it seems cloying.

 

[SLATEmosphere]

Who said it was a problem?

I asked you a question. You gave an answer that included me and I don't see the comparison.

I don't care if you hate the Lakers. I don't care about the entire NBA right now.

I just wanted to know what the purpose of all this is. Like I said, it seems cloying.

Oh. Well it's prime basketball season and it's just fun to do. When football season comes along then the bball talk will fade. For now, it's pretty slow on the Dallas Cowboys news so I'm just passing time really. The sig will be gone in about a month anyways. It's just what's fresh right now.

 

[Hostile]

Oh. Well it's prime basketball season and it's just fun to do. When football season comes along then the bball talk will fade. For now, it's pretty slow on the Dallas Cowboys news so I'm just passing time really. The sig will be gone in about a month anyways. It's just what's fresh right now.

Okay. Enjoy.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

Cavs. I'll root for him though. Best basketball player in the NBA.

My NBA player rankings.

1.LeBron
2.Wade
3.Nash
4.Derron Williams
5.Chris Bosh
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62. Kyle Korver
63.Kobe Bryant

Man I'm not a Kobe fan by any means but even I wouldn't post something like that.

Not even to try and rib a Lakers fan.

lol



Not to mention the fact that you have no love for Kevin Durant. That's just terrible.

 

[Bleu Star]

Factoid: Michael Jordan is the only player in NBA history with more 30 point playoff games than Kobe Bryant.

Injury Update:

Andrew Bynum said the draining process worked & there is a 100% chance that he's going to play Sunday. Swelling will return, he expects, after the game.

Beast!!! We need him! We also need Artest to get a lil crazy. The beast within Ron Ron needs to come out.


http://my.lakers.com/blogs/2010/06/12/6-12-injury-update-andrew-bynum/

Potentially good news for the Lakers came from the lips of Andrew Bynum on Saturday afternoon.

“I’m going to play, 100 percent,” he stated regarding Sunday’s Game 5.

While the team is still taking a wait-and-see-how-it-feels-before-the-game approach, Bynum was confident that he’d be able to contribute, stating that the draining process he underwent on Friday did its job and that he’s feeling better.

“I think we’re still optimistic that he’s going to give it a shot,” said Lakers coach Phil Jackson. “We have a day to work with him. He’s had a day of therapy and he can start getting some movement and maybe start activating himself tomorrow and get himself going.”

We’d learned on Friday that Bynum had an MRI scan of his right knee that showed no additional damage, and that he’d had the knee drained on Thursday evening after the game.

Many of Bynum’s teammates, not to mention his general manager Mitch Kupchak, praised his toughness and “maturity” (in Kupchak’s words) for playing through the pain, as Kobe Bryant for one has done for so many years.

Bynum’s fully expecting some swelling to return to the knee after the game, but feels that the additional day between games 4 and 5 will have him playing at a high level.

We’ll see in a bit over 24 hours.

 

[SLATEmosphere]

We all know andrew "glass" bynum will reinjure that knee and drag all night on the court. Sorry but that guy is done. Its going to swell right back up at gametime.