The Official Los Angeles Lakers thread

[LooN3y]

LMAO @ Ron Artest, what an idiot. I'd probably be opposed to that under normal circumstances, I just hate the Thunder so much, and Harden has zero Seattle ties, so fuck him.

james haarden deserved it, he talks so much shit. and ron does not like the dude, in that away game when harden was jawing at kobe, ron ron and harden was having a shoving match (which obviously artest won)


lol there was no reason for harden to up to artest, in a sense he basically provoked it, he wanted to give hima gentle bump to make a fake "tough" guy statement, he should of known better.


i swear if ur gong to make a statement for your team that u didnt liek the last play and how artest was flaunting, go charge him, hit him hard, y go for a lil gentle foul? might as well not do it at all.


the pussiness of this newer generation of players is ridiculous. esp with all this fake "humble" shit that all the younger players have. what happened to the fierce "win at all cost" players like kobe, AI, shaq, KG, etc etc

the league is way too soft. sometimes i wish the NBA drops in its tv ratings/views so they can get the game alot more physical.

I agree with most of what you said, but he gave the dude a concussion. I hate Harden personally, but you can't say that wasn't a cheap shot lol

yea but i dont care i was giving artest a standing ovation.im behind my team 100% regardless.

dude is gonna think twice about being a fake tough guy now.

[Sccit]

LOL, shit was fucked up, but i don't think he was tryna level him like that.

[M Dogg™]

If you want to be a tough guy, there are many other players to get tough with than Artest. Artest is a nut that would rush all of Detroit. Harden tried going at Kobe and Artest is like a pit bull, he'll protect Kobe. Artest is loyal to a fault, which is bad for the league. I know why Kobe wants him around. The presents of Artest keeps many people from trying to hard foul any Laker, especially Kobe. With Artest around, it makes people think twice. I still remember that Rockets/Lakers series in which the Rockets with Artest were trying to muscle the Lakers. It took Fisher delivering a hard foul to put the series in check. Now Artest is a Laker, and he puts that physical play in check. You can call Artest an idiot, but his doing exactly what Kobe wants. After all, we all know Kobe actually runs this team.

[Sccit]

harden is a bitch, he's known for tryna run through people like that, lowkey instigating....



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harden sneaking a peek at the refs while he's on the ground:

http://static.foxsports.com/content/fscom/img/2012/04/22/042212-NBA-Harden-PI-AM_20120422192828542_660_320.JPG

[LooN3y]

all this fake tough guys shit really bothers me, with bosh, harden, kenyon martin (lol remember when his ass got dropped by mcgrady? and i know he has a good amount of pounds over him, he was a PF, mcgrady was a swingman)

dudes talk a lot, never get physical.


harden got what he deserved he isn't tough, hell most of the league isn't tough,  when the hell  have u seen basketball players fight when u were in high school? u weren't intimidated by them at all, they were good lil squares with nba dreams, and all of a sudden when they get to the NBA they think their tough, lil fake wannabe ass thugs.

just play the fucking game u pussy shits, and if ur gonna be tough, be tough, hit the other guy hard, charge him, be tough. james harden gentle love tap as a being a statement is just pathetic as he is, in terms of cowardice.



this is how you really bump somebody when ur upset, not no lil pussy "get in the way of another player and then flop" shit.


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[The Watcher]

artest suspended for 7 games

[M Dogg™]

Not surprised. Very called for, but is the risk Artest is willing to take for his team. When the Lakers play the Thunder in the playoffs, this will be in the Thunder's mind and could impact the level of physical play. The message was sent.

[Sccit]

WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST WITNESS

[Hack Wilson - real]

WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST WITNESS

your team choking like George W Bush on a bag of pretzels

[Sccit]

WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST WITNESS

your team choking like George W Bush on a bag of pretzels

true

[Hack Wilson - real]

WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST WITNESS

your team choking like George W Bush on a bag of pretzels

true

on the bright side the series goes to LA

[The Watcher]

looks like that whole artest thing is really messing with the lakers heads..

[LooN3y]

looks like that whole artest thing is really messing with the lakers heads..

what artest thing?

[Sccit]

looks like that whole artest thing is really messing with the lakers heads..

highly doubt that has anything to do with the losses...first loss can be attributed to fatigue, and second loss can be attributed to not executing down the stretch.

[Remedy360]

Please god let the Lakers come back and bounce Seattle's Sloppy Seconds.