any lakers fans here?

Exactly what you guys needed to be the best in the West.

 

I would try to shop Gasol & see what I could get. If he doesn't get the ball like he wants, which he won't w/ Howard in the middle, I could see locker room drama happening real quick. Kobe has a hard enough time playing for / respecting Mike Brown he doesn't need Gasol crying in his ear. Do they really even need him anymore ( Gasol ) anyway ?

 

As a Sixer fan, I say thank you. Bynum has injury concerns but he's our first legit center since Moses. I'm sad to see Iggy go but we got Richardson too. We are an instant contender in the East

 

Well, there's a team in South Beach and our old (and yours too) nemesis the Celtics. The Bulls will stuggle if Rose is out till March. Also, Indiana is a tough team now. So, those 4 teams would be our biggest competition.

I say we are at best, the #2 team in the East, realistically, 4th.

Sixers-Lakers would be nice but I think it will be Heat-Lakers in the 2013 Finals

 

NBA Source: Lakers fire Mike Brown - ESPN

Ouch

 

I am sure by now everybody has heard:
Mike D'Antoni hired as next coach of Los Angeles Lakers - ESPN Los Angeles

 

The combination of talent and that coaches style of play just doesn't mesh. Let's be honest, Dwight and Kobe aren't fast break type players.

 

kobe dead stares now on gasol

 

lakers with 8-10 record wow

 

I bleed purple and gold. When I lived out of state, I paid extra to have NBA League Pass on DirecTV so I could watch the Lakers as if I were back here in LA. Thank goodness I had that option, because otherwise I would've missed out on many years of the incomparable, golden throat Chick Hearn calling the games. (RIP, Chick.)

I'm extremely upset and unhappy about how Little Buss is handling the team. When Dr Buss was calling the shots--even when I disagreed with him--I knew that, *gasp*, he actually knew more than I did about professional basketball. So I'd be pissed, like when they chose to send Shaq packing rather than risk losing Kobe [who was acting like a spoiled brat], but I'd get over it eventually. Now? OMFG. I am beyond pissed off at the way the Lakers had Phil Jackson *THIS* close to being back, and then unceremoniously blew him off and hired D'Antoni instead. If Phil had come back, even in light of the injuries thus far (Nash, Gasol, etc.), I think we'd be doing MUCH better.

And how ironic is it to watch the Clippers...the CLIPPERS for heaven's sake...rolling like they are right now? Whoever thought that people would be talking about Los Angeles basketball, the best team in the league, a 17-game winning streak, etc., and NOT be talking about the Lakers?

 

I LOVE that. It's absolutely brilliant.

Just think if Phil had come back. We wouldn't have to talk about combining different coaches' skills.

I'm glad he finally spoke up the other day about being unhappy being benched. I don't get DNPing a player who's doing well, AND has the experience Jamison does. It's not like he has nothing to bring if on the court, so why on earth has Antoni DNPed him? It really doesn't make sense.

Ha ha, I can just imagine! Don't fret, though. All you have to do is ask, "So...HOW many titles do the Clippers have?" or "HOW many statues represent the Clippers outside Staples Center?" or "HOW many NBA records have the Clippers set?" :evil:

 

Hang in there ocn!

 

You're much braver than I am. I opted NOT to watch. Well, after the Lakers were down by 10...at 22 to 12...I just couldn't stomach it. So I checked in every once in a while, and kept updated via the LA Times.

Just remember, there is no "D" in Antoni.

 

Like I said, I didn't actually watch the game. Judging from Rob Fukuzaki's comment to Michael "Coooooooooooop!" Cooper that the Lakers could've used some of his defense today, I thought our D must have been awful.

EIGHTEEN?! Do you happen to know how many of those turnovers were converted to points by the Spurs?

Honey, I don't think it's going to matter... *sigh*