Lakers @ Grizz - Kobe's Return - Hits game winner, again.

• Hb31187

  

  Lol do you have the exact same roster that we waxed this year?
• SQ_Crazies

  

  The Lakers are stacked and all, but no team will ever lead their conference while on cruise control. You aren't the 2nd team in the league to reach 40 wins while on cruise control.
• Sage

  

  Look, guys, I know you guys blasted us. I'm well aware.
  
  It's just... it's not even the end of February yet. Everybody wants to take the best shot at the King. Everybody.
  
  The fact of the matter is, the Lakers are still wearing the crown until somebody takes it from them in open battle over a 7 game series. I don't even think the Lakers will see the Nuggets (beat by OKC) or the Cavs (knocked by Charlotte).
• Hb31187

  

  Lol The bobcats and the thunder...LOL. You're too much
• Sage

  

  Hb31187 wrote: Lol do you have the exact same roster that we waxed this year?

  We had the same roster that the Orlando Magic waxed last year too. Look how that turned out for them.
  
  You guys have no true big man. You don't really play defense, and you don't have a champion's mentality.
  
  And your Coach... is well... George Karl.
  
  You should know this by now. Weren't you talking shit to me like this last year after the Rockets took the Lakers to 7 games? How did that turn out for you?
  
  Last year, the Lakers won as many championships as the Cavs and the Nuggets combined.
  
  I really fail to see why their fans insist on talking shit.
• SQ_Crazies

  

  Yeah, I only have question Sage, do you REALLY believe that will happen to either team? I'll take your answer assuming you're being completely honest.
• Sage

  

  I'm only half kidding about the Bobcats. But, they will give the Cavs all the want. Said the same thing about the Magic last year and everybody here laughed at me. It wouldn't shock me in the least if the Bobcats knocked em. Nobody wants 'em come Round 1.
  
  And if you don't think the Zombies could give the Nuggets all the want... and that it's the exact situation that they (and before them, George Karl coached teams) have combusted in.... then... you're in for a shock come May.
• cview

  SQ_Crazies wrote:

  Hb31187 wrote: Given us the business? LOL okay, stealing 2 inbounds passes and us taking you 6 games=giving us the business eh?
  
  Why not bring up this years games Sage?

  Everything is last year man, doesn't want to talk about games with the Nuggets this year, just like he doesn't want to talk about the games with Cavs.
  
  

  
  Probably because regular season games don't mean jack shit. The Magic swept the Lakers in the regular season last year. The Spurs were swept by the Cavs in the regular season in 2007. Both the Lakers and Spurs turned around and beat the shit out of both of those teams come June.
  
  Despite the Bobcats owning the Cavs thus far this year, I'd still take Cleveland in a sweep in a playoff series. As would anyone with an ounce of sense. Maybe not necessarily in a sweep, but in the series.
• Hb31187

  

  You mean that Big man thats an inch shorter and puts up the exact same numbers are your "true big man"?
  
  Coaching in the NBA is vastly overrated, Half of phils teams could of coached themselves for christ sake.
• Skyhook79

  

  Hb31187 wrote: Lol do you have the exact same roster that we waxed this year?

  
  Get to the Finals 1 time (and it will be the Nuggets first time) and then you talk smack about regular season waxings.
• Hb31187

  

  cview wrote:

  SQ_Crazies wrote:

  Hb31187 wrote: Given us the business? LOL okay, stealing 2 inbounds passes and us taking you 6 games=giving us the business eh?
  
  Why not bring up this years games Sage?

  Everything is last year man, doesn't want to talk about games with the Nuggets this year, just like he doesn't want to talk about the games with Cavs.
  
  

  
  Probably because regular season games don't mean jack shit. The Magic swept the Lakers in the regular season last year. The Spurs were swept by the Cavs in the regular season in 2007. Both the Lakers and Spurs turned around and beat the shit out of both of those teams come June.
  
  Despite the Bobcats owning the Cavs thus far this year, I'd still take Cleveland in a sweep in a playoff series. As would anyone with an ounce of sense.

  And anyone with an ounce of sense would also realize that Nuggets to the Lakers are a bigger threat then Bobcats to the Cavs. Thanks
• Hb31187

  

  Skyhook79 wrote:

  Hb31187 wrote: Lol do you have the exact same roster that we waxed this year?

  
  Get to the Finals 1 time (and it will be the Nuggets first time) and then you talk smack about regular season waxings.

  Ahh yes, because that has anything to do with the games played thus far
• Sage

  

  Not saying the Nuggets couldn't knock the Lakers.
  
  Nuggets-Lakers mean more to the Nuggs than it does to the Lakers. I haven't been surprised by any of the results.
  
  
  It's just.... the playoffs are a different monster. The Lakers have proven they can handle it. The Nuggets? Not so much.
  
  I just fail to see why you're talking shit.
• Hb31187

  

  Because lakers fans act like their team is untouchable? And when anything else is brought up they refer to last season as proof of why theyre untouchable
• SQ_Crazies

  

  Thunder have a much shot against the Nuggets than the Bobcats against the Cavs--but I still don't think that'd be a good matchup for the Thunder. I think their best chance to get out of the first round is to match up with the Spurs. The Nuggets can handle the Thunder in more than likely 5 games, maybe 4, MAYBE 6. The Bobcats will get swept by the Cavs--although I don't think they'll ever meet in the playoffs. Playoff experience is a big deal.
• cview

  Hb31187 wrote:

  cview wrote:

  SQ_Crazies wrote:

  Hb31187 wrote: Given us the business? LOL okay, stealing 2 inbounds passes and us taking you 6 games=giving us the business eh?
  
  Why not bring up this years games Sage?

  Everything is last year man, doesn't want to talk about games with the Nuggets this year, just like he doesn't want to talk about the games with Cavs.
  
  

  
  Probably because regular season games don't mean jack shit. The Magic swept the Lakers in the regular season last year. The Spurs were swept by the Cavs in the regular season in 2007. Both the Lakers and Spurs turned around and beat the shit out of both of those teams come June.
  
  Despite the Bobcats owning the Cavs thus far this year, I'd still take Cleveland in a sweep in a playoff series. As would anyone with an ounce of sense.

  And anyone with an ounce of sense would also realize that Nuggets to the Lakers are a bigger threat then Bobcats to the Cavs. Thanks

  No shit. But they're still the Nuggs. I like them as the 3rd best team in the league. Melo can score as easily as anyone, Chauncey Billups is a flat out winner and it's no coincidence everywhere he leaves takes a dip and everyhwere he goes skyrockets up the standings. But outside of those two it's Birdman, a dude with just one name, a really fast backup PG, a dude with more tat's than basketball accomplishments, and George Karl on the bench. They'll make it an interesting series but LA's size will wear them out eventually.
• Sage

  

  Not bringing up last year to prove they're untouchable, I'm bringing up last year to show that you have the same core of guys that self destructed in the 08 and 09 playoffs.
  
  Look up George Karl and some of the epic playoff collapses he has presided over.
• Trueblue23

  

  What kind of playoff experience to the Cavs have? Outside of LeBron and Shaq there aren't many deep playoff runs in that team
• SQ_Crazies

  

  Mo was around for a nice run last year--he at least knows what it's like now.
  Delonte played great last year.
  Z, Andy, Boobie--pletny of playoff experience there.
  Hickson was around last year
  Parker is a vet and I'm pretty sure he's been to the playoffs, Jamison too and I know he's been in the playoffs--played well too.
  Powe has a good amount of playoff experience--he's got a ring.
  I don't think anyone questions LeBron's.
  And there better not be anyone who questions Shaq's.
  
  Not sure how you can overlook all that...
• Sage

  

  Better question: Who has performed well in the playoffs for the Cavs, outside of LBJ and the Ghost of Christmas Past (Shaq)
• SQ_Crazies

  

  Delonte, AV, Boobie.
  
  And it is a new year after all, right Sage? I think that you would agree that experience definitely goes a long way. Which is why I wasn't incredibly surprised to see Mo go cold last year.
• 2quik4u

  

  Sage wrote: Better question: Who has performed well in the playoffs for the Cavs, outside of LBJ and the Ghost of Christmas Past (Shaq)

  lol
• Trueblue23

  

  I expect the Lakers to step it up a little bit soon, gotta get ole mo in your corner heading into the playoffs
• wes_mantooth

  

  Thanks everyone for a great read...lol
• hoops23

  

  Antawn Jamison is a beast in the playoffs.