Who Do You Want? Sacramento or L.A.
With the laker loss tonight, the kings only trail them by one game, w/ the kings ahead a few games in the tiebreaker (conference record). That poses the questions who would rather play the suns?
A lot of people seem to be afraid of sacramento because of all the "names" they have. Also a lot of people worry about them, because of the recent "run" they had, but during the past few weeks they showed, (w/ home losses to gs, wash w/o arenas, and some blowout road losses) that while the changes they've made have improved the team, they are far from being a serious/consistent threat.
Including their best players, they are not an athletic team. Thus I think they would have a tougher time guarding the suns than the lakers would.
They don't have very strong big man post offense. Neither do the lakers for that matter, because Kwame is a horrible finisher, but against our midget front line his big body could cause some issues.
And Sacramento's best players scare me a lot less than the lakers' best players. Artest is a very good offense player, but has a lot of trouble with marion's defense (going back to the first game of the season when the suns played the pacers).
On the other hand Kobe Bryant in a playoff series is scary. He could go 10-33, but he can also get on fire, and be unstoppable (no matter how well he is defended), specifically in clutch moments of the game. Lamar Odom hasn't played at an all-star level since joining the lakers, but has all-star talent. Specifically, I remember him really putting it on Marion in the post when given the chance.
The home court advanatage provided by Sac worries me, but ultimately I think they pose a much easier foe than the lakers.
With the laker loss tonight, the kings only trail them by one game, w/ the kings ahead a few games in the tiebreaker (conference record). That poses the questions who would rather play the suns?
A lot of people seem to be afraid of sacramento because of all the "names" they have. Also a lot of people worry about them, because of the recent "run" they had, but during the past few weeks they showed, (w/ home losses to gs, wash w/o arenas, and some blowout road losses) that while the changes they've made have improved the team, they are far from being a serious/consistent threat.
Including their best players, they are not an athletic team. Thus I think they would have a tougher time guarding the suns than the lakers would.
They don't have very strong big man post offense. Neither do the lakers for that matter, because Kwame is a horrible finisher, but against our midget front line his big body could cause some issues.
And Sacramento's best players scare me a lot less than the lakers' best players. Artest is a very good offense player, but has a lot of trouble with marion's defense (going back to the first game of the season when the suns played the pacers).
On the other hand Kobe Bryant in a playoff series is scary. He could go 10-33, but he can also get on fire, and be unstoppable (no matter how well he is defended), specifically in clutch moments of the game. Lamar Odom hasn't played at an all-star level since joining the lakers, but has all-star talent. Specifically, I remember him really putting it on Marion in the post when given the chance.
The home court advanatage provided by Sac worries me, but ultimately I think they pose a much easier foe than the lakers.
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