Lakerland

[Billo_Really]

Is it too much to ask the Lakers get a center that has already grown up?

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Kobe took 41 shots last night. Lakers aren't going anywhere if/when he keeps playing hero ball.

We've won 5 in a row and we're playing like a different team now. Nash is so good, he's just sick! He's like a caucasian Earvin Johnson. They outta start calling him "White Magic"!


What was that you said?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm aware the Clippers have won 15 in row, so you don't need to bring that shit up.

Doesn't matter. They were against so-so teams in the regular season. If Kobe thinks he's Michael Jordan; the Lakers will get their asses beat like they did against the Thunder last year and the Mavs the year before that. Trust me. As a bona fide Laker hater, there's nothing I like to see more than Kobe jacking up a bunch of long range shots w/no ball movement.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Is it too much to ask the Lakers get a center that has already grown up?

Dwight Howard has serious maturity issues. I thought it was just the media kicking him last year. Now I see he's got some serious arrested development going there.

 

[Billo_Really]

Doesn't matter. They were against so-so teams in the regular season. If Kobe thinks he's Michael Jordan; the Lakers will get their asses beat like they did against the Thunder last year and the Mavs the year before that. Trust me. As a bona fide Laker hater, there's nothing I like to see more than Kobe jacking up a bunch of long range shots w/no ball movement.

In that case, I'd like to file an ex parte motion for the right to root for the other Los Angeles team.

 

[Billo_Really]

Fuckin' Jody Meeks and Darius Morris are idiots!

They need some basketball brains.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Fuckin' Jody Meeks and Darius Morris are idiots!

They need some basketball brains.

Kobe has made it all but impossible for an SG to be an integral part of offensive success. If the Lakers were smart, they'd at least get a defensive specialist at SG.

 

[Billo_Really]

Kobe has made it all but impossible for an SG to be an integral part of offensive success. If the Lakers were smart, they'd at least get a defensive specialist at SG.

Unless you're David Thompson, those two idiot guards got no business driving the lanes against a team that has bigs like the Clippers.

 

[Papageorgio]

Lakers aren't in the same league as the Clippers. Los Angeles is Clipper City.

 

[Billo_Really]

Lakers aren't in the same league as the Clippers. Los Angeles is Clipper City.

As soon as we figure out our defensive roles, we'll get it going.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Kobe has made it all but impossible for an SG to be an integral part of offensive success. If the Lakers were smart, they'd at least get a defensive specialist at SG.

Unless you're David Thompson, those two idiot guards got no business driving the lanes against a team that has bigs like the Clippers.

I'm talking about Kobe's propensity to want the ball constantly. An SG is just there to take-up space and hopefully draw a man away.

 

[Billo_Really]

I'm talking about Kobe's propensity to want the ball constantly. An SG is just there to take-up space and hopefully draw a man away.

WTF are you talking about? Kobe's the SG! Nash plays the point.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

I'm talking about Kobe's propensity to want the ball constantly. An SG is just there to take-up space and hopefully draw a man away.

WTF are you talking about? Kobe's the SG! Nash plays the point.

He starts at SG. By the time Artest goes out, and Meeks and Morris are on the court, he slides to the 3.

 

[Billo_Really]

He starts at SG. By the time Artest goes out, and Meeks and Morris are on the court, he slides to the 3.

Meeks and Morris shouldn't be on the court at the same time. That's just too much stupid at one time. Blake will be back in 3 weeks.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

He starts at SG. By the time Artest goes out, and Meeks and Morris are on the court, he slides to the 3.

Meeks and Morris shouldn't be on the court at the same time. That's just too much stupid at one time. Blake will be back in 3 weeks.

I meant either or. I guess I'd take Blake at SG.

 

[Billo_Really]

I meant either or. I guess I'd take Blake at SG.

I'm very frustrated right now. Me and my buddy played better defense in pick-up games at the park, than the Lakers are doing right now. If I was behind him and I saw a screen coming up, I'd tell him, "screen right" or "screen left" and "I got him if he goes!" How hard is that? We would also use the first part of a game to find out what our opponant liked to do. Where his favorite spots were to shoot. What mannerisms he used when he shot. Then the 2nd half of the game, we'd take it away. They'd get frustrated. Then pissed. Then they'd start making lots of mistakes. Then we'd turn it up a notch and game over.

You need to communicate and coordinate your actions on the court as you're reacting to the other team. The Lakers weren't doing this on defense.

Another thing that really pissed me off last night was the lack of energy in boxing out on rebounds. I don't understand this. I grew up on Wilt Chamberlain and Happy Hairston. They always got rebounds. You don't have to jump. You just need to box out and back your butt up into their bigs and prevent them from getting position.

 

[Billo_Really]

One other thing, Griffin fucking carried the ball on that one play and the refs let him get away with it.

 

[Papageorgio]

One other thing, Griffin fucking carried the ball on that one play and the refs let him get away with it.

It's not unlike any other player in the league, they all carry.

 

[Billo_Really]

It's not unlike any other player in the league, they all carry.

You do not dribble with your shoulder!

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

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