Originally Posted by 23ska909red02
Bynum with 23 and 14?
This kid is a man playing among boys.
No, I'm not already thinking about the offseason with this next statement, but I'm saying... if this dude improves as much in Summer '08 as he did in Summer '07, Kobe would be stupid to walk away. Because a prolific scorer + a prolific post presence has ALWAYS proven to be a serious problem in this league, even if it's just those two by themselves and a bunch of scrubs fillinf up the rest of the roster. But this ISN'T a roster full of scrubs; we have a prolific scorer, a prolific post presence, AND a roster full of young, hungry 'basketball smart' types.
And Lamar, Kwame, Vlad-Rad, and Sasha.
Originally Posted by 23ska909red02
Bynum with 23 and 14?
This kid is a man playing among boys.
No, I'm not already thinking about the offseason with this next statement, but I'm saying... if this dude improves as much in Summer '08 as he did in Summer '07, Kobe would be stupid to walk away. Because a prolific scorer + a prolific post presence has ALWAYS proven to be a serious problem in this league, even if it's just those two by themselves and a bunch of scrubs fillinf up the rest of the roster. But this ISN'T a roster full of scrubs; we have a prolific scorer, a prolific post presence, AND a roster full of young, hungry 'basketball smart' types.
And Lamar, Kwame, Vlad-Rad, and Sasha.
Originally Posted by SoHi 23
Originally Posted by 23ska909red02
Bynum with 23 and 14?
This kid is a man playing among boys.
No, I'm not already thinking about the offseason with this next statement, but I'm saying... if this dude improves as much in Summer '08 as he did in Summer '07, Kobe would be stupid to walk away. Because a prolific scorer + a prolific post presence has ALWAYS proven to be a serious problem in this league, even if it's just those two by themselves and a bunch of scrubs fillinf up the rest of the roster. But this ISN'T a roster full of scrubs; we have a prolific scorer, a prolific post presence, AND a roster full of young, hungry 'basketball smart' types.
And Lamar, Kwame, Vlad-Rad, and Sasha.
Really though, Bynum is reminding me of a young Shaq(pushing it I know, but still)
If we can re-sign Kwame for cheap, and add another defese minded PF, we can contend next year for a title
Fro B Giant wrote:
Is it me or are the Lakers fast breaking almost every possession?
Heck yeah.
That's what's up, man. That's how we're the third best scoring team in the league, at 107.03, behind G.S. (#1, with 109.30) and PHX (#2, with108.0.
And to add to that, we're the 9th best defensive team, keeping our opponents to an average of 101.58 points.
Factoring those two together, we've got that 9th best differential in the league, at 5.45, meaning that we are averaging 5 more points a game than ouropponents; 3rd is S.A. @ 6.58, 2nd is DET @ 10.29, and 1st is BOS @ 12.96, meaning that they're beating their opponents by an average of nearly 13 a game).
But still, our average points per game (107.03) + average opponent's points per game (101.5
Originally Posted by 3PLEDOUBLE
Bynum is the best player on the lakers, period. I see the Lakers getting killed in the second half as Kobe continues to brick shots and ignoring Bynum. The Pacers will put this game away by the middle of the fourth.
3PLEDOUBLE wrote:Bynum easily is the most valuable player on the lakers. he's been more consistent than Kobe so far this season. Keep this up, Kobe's ballhoggin%@@+ will be ran outta town, as Bynum Gets all the spotlight, as he should. The Lakers go as far as he does. When he struggles, the Lakers struggle. The Lakers are 17-4 When Bynum scores in double figures. Nuff said.
No, that's not "nuff said," because there's something else that needs to be said in order for your subjective argument to betaken as an objective response worth... anything. What more needs to be said?
The Lakers record when Kobe is in double figures.
And the Lakers record when Bynum is not in double figures and Kobe is the leading scorer (meaning that Kobe is carrying the load as the leading scorer; how dothe Lakers do when that happens?)
And the Lakers record when Kobe is not in double figures and Bynum is the leading scorer (meaning that Bynum is carrying the load as the leading scorer; how dothe Lakers do when that happens?)
I mean, I'd only look those things up if I actually cared about people valuing my opinion. Clearly you don't care about that, so I don't expect youto look any of that up, much less post it.
...then, watched the Lakers woop the pacers. Don'thave too much analysis to say guys, a lot of you already summed up everything im thinkin.
Originally Posted by bright nikes
A couple notes:
-Kobe needs to try attacking the rim in the beginning of the games, to get some sort of rythm when he tries his jumpshots. Most of his shots are flat, maybe not enough lift or knees are involved in his shooting.
-the 2nd unit needs a better initiator than j.farmar - my suggestion let Luke come off the bench and start ariza.
-jcritt dribbles too much, leaves his feet too much - then gets caught in an awkward position.
-kwame showed GREAT footwork, although he did get called for a couple travels & mishandled a ball, it looks like his knee is feeling better, and that's a good sign - did a good job on Jermaine O'neal.
-d.fish is d.fish he gets the job done either way.
-abomb great game all around, I'm just confused why bynum doesn't get as many touches in the 2nd half as he does in the 1st. He should easily get 30-34pnts if they fed him the ball consistently (I'm not really a points guy, would love to see him get 20boards, 5blks than points).
-please leave sasha and radman on the bench, but at this point when sasha comes back healthy - he should get his minutes back.
-coby karl, I am convinced he looks like clay aiken (I'd post pics but sidekickss are gay) - sorry to say he really has no spot on this team, would rather see him develop in the dleague or overseas.
-lamar odom good all around game, very quietly had a dubxdub.
Lakers made this game (at certain moments of the game) closer than it should have been. The second unit is losing its consistency. We need to add the pf/c banger (pj brown, danny fortson, kurt thomas, malik rose - just some random names). Anyone to help us down the road.
Licensed to Ball don't forget to make the following game threads
Sidenote: Marquis Daniels reminds me of Lil wayne x Sideshow bob
