[::Official PHX Suns @ LA Lakers THURSDAY (1/17) 7:30pm PT TNT::]

On a sidenote, these Orbitz commercials are hilarious
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LOL at Doug Collins saying Crit is the PG of the future. If Critt doesn't learn to slow down and use his head he'll be the Smush Parker of the future.
 
lol @ Kwame Brown. after his performance in the 1st quarter alone (and Odom's), people should no longer question why kobe was OD'ng like he did theother night in Seattle, or any other night when he takes absurd amounts of shots.
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Originally Posted by 23ska909red02

me:
So Kobe and Fisher are the reasons why we are one of the West's best teams?

It takes a lot of ignorance to believe that.
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NobleKane:
YES. Not ignorance. Its my opinion. who are you to say my opinion is ignorant? oh and andrew bynum is the third reason but hes out
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First off, don't get so offended at the word 'ignorant'. People usually do, but ignorance is simply 'uneducated'. In the reference I'm using it, having the opinion that a team can be an elite team in today's NBA simply because of 2 players, one of which has never even been an All Star, requires a very limited knowledge of basketball. Having the opinion that an elite team can happen simply because of two players requires a lot of ignorance.

That's not to be offensive or anything; just saying, that's not a very basketball-smart belief.
NobleKane:
you actually believe the lakers bench is that good?
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or their defense? what about the coaching? phil's horrific subs anyone? come on now... the bench basically has beat up on weaker teams. thats all.

i actually hope i am wrong and you are right and they go out and kick the suns%%$+ with a team effort but i doubt that very much...

i want you to tell me who on the bench is dependable to go out there EVERY GAME and score without a kobe or bynum on the floor?
Is the Lakers bench good enough to be a elite team? Nope.

Is our defense enough to make us an elite team? Nope.

Is the coaching staff enough to make us an elite team? Nope.

Is Phil good enough to make us an elite team? Nope.

But is our bench, defense, coaching staff, and Phil, along with our veterans, youth, perimeter shooting, perimeter defense, transition offense, transition defense, and post defense, good enough to make us an elite team?

Apparently, because we are.

That why I said in my original response to you: TEAM. I don't think you get that concept, because you keep trying to single things out ("Is our bench good enough?") You keep singling things out, and that's not a basketball-smart (or sport-smart) perspective; it's ignorant (uneducated).

Like the notion that if we blow the Suns out tonight, I'm right and you're wrong. Why single tonight's game out?

Why single anything out? One player, one night, one aspect of the team... anything?

That's ignorant, in terms of sports knowledge. Ask the best coaches in any sport and they'll tell you the same thing; you can't single things out. You have to see the whole, not the individual parts.



you were saying? no really....you were saying?
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Originally Posted by SHUGES

All jokes aside, I think the L is missing not only franchise rivalries (Bos-LA, Knicks-Heat, Hou-Dal, etc), but individual ones as well. Raja v 24 or Shaq v 24 or Shaq v D Rob etc. Rivalries where players truly didn't like each other.

The reason I mention that is b/c Raja just doesn't seem to have the same disdain for "pompous, arrogant" 24.
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You know they started working out together in the summer. From what I understand Raja's wife and Kobe's wife are friends now.
 
I miss Bynum...have I said thta enough? Right now Lakers need to work on getting players like Fisher and Luke shots to stand any chance.
 
Originally Posted by In The Line For VIIs

LOL at Doug Collins saying Crit is the PG of the future. If Critt doesn't learn to slow down and use his head he'll be the Smush Parker of the future.
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Cald down bro, he's a rookie. Check Farmar's jump from his rookie year
 
LO trying to take over right now. He needs to keep taking it to the rack and stop shooting jumpshots.
 
Honestly, with all our injuries, I didn't expect a W from this game. And yeah that is my biggest beef with LO - STOP TAKING 3'S!
 
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