The 2006-07 Los Angeles Lakers thread

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I always associate that more in line with the mini-Ditkas, and forgot the bulls ones.

"The Bulls, the Bulls, the Bulls, the Bulls, the Bulls, the Bulls"

/rip farley

 

[Mulli]

Look at that. The Laker fans are able to handle talk about the Bulls in the Laker thread without calling for a banning.

 

[Renz]

Look at that. The Laker fans are able to handle talk about the Bulls in the Laker thread without calling for a banning.

I vote that this thread be immediately moved to the Smack Shack!!!...oh wait, never mind.

 

[SO91]

I dont root for the Yankees, thank you very much, but I stopped hating them a few years ago when I realized I was just hating them because of their success.

Oh thank god, I thought an intervention was needed

 

[abomb]

Oh thank god, I thought an intervention was needed

I actually have a theory that no one could really root for both teams.

 

[Gee!]

I actually have a theory that no one could really root for both teams.

Ive met people that were..

Heres the ultimate loser fan trifecta..

Lakers, Yankees and Cowboys fan..

 

[abomb]

Ive met people that were..

Heres the ultimate loser fan trifecta..

Lakers, Yankees and Cowboys fan..

How and the hell is that even possible? Did this person have multiple-personality disorder?!?

 

[SO91]

I've seen that happen. My old roomate was a Lakers fan, a Yankees fan, a Cowboys fan, and an Avs fan. He's hopeless

 

[abomb]

Lakers on inHD tonight against the Knickerbockers.

 

[abomb]

Odom airballs to end the game. F'ing idiot.

 

[D-Dogg]

Sometimes Lamar is incredibly braindead.

Lakers played like crap tonight. They are slumping, HARD.

 

[abomb]

I rewatched the replay and KB was trying to get a TO. There was nothing going on offensively on that play. Lakers shot a massive amount of 3s, but most of them were open looks.

The Knicks made a lot of adjustments offensively throughout the game.

 

[Brian]

Aawww, the Wakers wost.

waaaaahhhh!!!

 

[Renz]

Aawww, the Wakers wost.

waaaaahhhh!!!

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[Gee!]

BALLHOG BRYANT

February 13, 2007 -- EDDIE Jordan could have been accused Sunday of plagiarizing Phil Jackson's words and simply applying them to his own pin-up player except that the Zen Hen had swallowed them.

Shortly after Portland pin-balled his Wizards, 94-73, Jordan said Gilbert Arenas had played like a scorer instead of a leader.

He could just as easily have been talking about Kobe Bryant's unsuccessful extreme takeover in Sunday's duel with King James, who actually allowed teammates to play with his ball in the fourth quarter.

Guess which team looked like a 99-90 winner and which team looked disgusted and lost long before its soloist condescended to share in the final few minutes?

Other than Bryant, who notched a game-high 36 points -five more than any Cavalier and 14 more than any Laker - not a single teammate scored a field goal (a total of five attempts) until Smush Parker hit a jumper at the 2:08 mark to cut Cleveland's lead to 86-85. Four of Lamar Odom's 13 shots (and two of his five makes) occurred in the last 90 seconds.

Exempting Bryant, no Laker apparently understands how to play the game - when it's on national TV, anyway. Every time they're showcased, and the floodlights are directed at him, I could swear Kobe makes sure two or three times minimum to lecture someone on the team (usually Smush, his favorite whipping boy, I'm told) as if he's the coach - almost always at the offensive end.

Jackson, meanwhile, looks like a beaten man - beaten by his own player. More and more often he's targeting the team, player by player, in the press, with one notable exception. More and more he (and Odom) are speaking out about the team's delinquent defense, noticeably never taking the name of Bryant in vain.

In fact, notes someone who regularly (though peripherally) tails the team, "He has not said one unkind word about Kobe since the book. Is this any way to run a dictatorship?!"

"Phil is letting a lot of stuff slide these days regarding Kobe he wouldn't have tolerated last go-around," submits an agent of a current Laker who predicts fur will fly should the 30-22 team tilt below the equator.

"As a rule he allows players more room to make mistakes or act stupid, but eventually he'll confront them. As far as I know, that hasn't happened with Kobe."

Combining those two remarks makes me wonder what ever happened to Jackson's contract extension. A month ago it seemed to be a formality away from finalization.

Who knows? Maybe Jackson is having second thoughts.

 

[abomb]

Boy, if you listen to what Peter Vescey writes, may God have mercy on your soul.

 

[D-Dogg]

I love that Lakers fans have about 20 times thicker skins than Suns fans.

 

[abomb]

I love that Lakers fans have about 20 times thicker skins than Suns fans.

You have to, when everybody knows your name and has you in their sights.

The Suns are a non-threat to fans in the majority of NBA cities.

 

[Gee!]

Boy, if you listen to what Peter Vescey writes, may God have mercy on your soul.

Do I listen to him? Or do I think its hilarious?

 

[Renz]

Do I listen to him? Or do I think its hilarious?

I don't know. You seem to think all of your posts in this thread are hilarious, so it is impossible to put anything you write in context.

 

[D-Dogg]

I don't know. You seem to think all of your posts in this thread are hilarious, so it is impossible to put anything you write in context.

:notworthy

 

[Gee!]

I don't know. You seem to think all of your posts in this thread are hilarious, so it is impossible to put anything you write in context.

Its easy to be amused when it comes to the lakers and kobe.. It aint my posts, its your team that is hilarious..

 

[D-Dogg]

Its easy to be amused when it comes to the lakers and kobe.. It aint my posts, its your team that is hilarious..

Keep that green eyed monster in check, Gee. Jealousy will get you nowhere.

 

[Gee!]

Keep that green eyed monster in check, Gee. Jealousy will get you nowhere.

And just what am I jealous about? I mean, you are nowhere close to the Suns in the standings..

 

[abomb]

And just what am I jealous about? I mean, you are nowhere close to the Suns in the standings..

14 > 0.