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Quote from: Turf Hitta on January 10, 2008, 06:34:32 PMQuote from: Now_I_Know on January 10, 2008, 06:26:04 PMQuote from: Turf Hitta on January 10, 2008, 06:16:47 PMQuote from: Now_I_Know on January 10, 2008, 06:01:03 PM^Yea...every schedule is the same. The Lakers have the toughest schedule in the league this season. Boston has the easiest. Shits fucked up. That said, we're gunna do extremely well on the road month of February. mark my words.No, Boston has had the easiest schedule this far. They have to play against the same tough teams and the same weak teams. Every team plays each team from their own conference 4 times and every team from the other conference twice. How is the league trying to fuck anybody, especially the Lakers who David Stern loves to death?DAVID STERN LOVES THE LAKERS? LMFAO!!! You just lost all credibility in basketball discussion.Seriously, though, only an idiot would say that all schedules are the same in toughness. Yes, David Stern loves the Lakers. It doesn't take a fuckin genius to understand that the Lakers and the Knicks are the top grossing teams leaguewide in terms of viewership, attendance, merchandise and therefore, income. It is Sterns job to maximize the profit potential of the NBA, so of course, he wants the Lakers and the Knicks to be in the finals every year. Does that mean he's going to go out of his way to make it happen? Absolutely not, but it should also illustrate to you that there is no way that Stern is going to intentionally give the Lakers of all teams a more difficult schedule than any other team. You guys are doing good right now, why are you making excuses already?Ever thought the NBA is tryna expand into other markets? To say that the NBA holds a bias towards the Kobe led Lakers is about as big a joke as you can make in the basketball world. And nobodies making excuses...if you don't think we have an extremely tough schedule compared to most (if no all) teams, then something is wrong with you.
Quote from: Now_I_Know on January 10, 2008, 06:26:04 PMQuote from: Turf Hitta on January 10, 2008, 06:16:47 PMQuote from: Now_I_Know on January 10, 2008, 06:01:03 PM^Yea...every schedule is the same. The Lakers have the toughest schedule in the league this season. Boston has the easiest. Shits fucked up. That said, we're gunna do extremely well on the road month of February. mark my words.No, Boston has had the easiest schedule this far. They have to play against the same tough teams and the same weak teams. Every team plays each team from their own conference 4 times and every team from the other conference twice. How is the league trying to fuck anybody, especially the Lakers who David Stern loves to death?DAVID STERN LOVES THE LAKERS? LMFAO!!! You just lost all credibility in basketball discussion.Seriously, though, only an idiot would say that all schedules are the same in toughness. Yes, David Stern loves the Lakers. It doesn't take a fuckin genius to understand that the Lakers and the Knicks are the top grossing teams leaguewide in terms of viewership, attendance, merchandise and therefore, income. It is Sterns job to maximize the profit potential of the NBA, so of course, he wants the Lakers and the Knicks to be in the finals every year. Does that mean he's going to go out of his way to make it happen? Absolutely not, but it should also illustrate to you that there is no way that Stern is going to intentionally give the Lakers of all teams a more difficult schedule than any other team. You guys are doing good right now, why are you making excuses already?
Quote from: Turf Hitta on January 10, 2008, 06:16:47 PMQuote from: Now_I_Know on January 10, 2008, 06:01:03 PM^Yea...every schedule is the same. The Lakers have the toughest schedule in the league this season. Boston has the easiest. Shits fucked up. That said, we're gunna do extremely well on the road month of February. mark my words.No, Boston has had the easiest schedule this far. They have to play against the same tough teams and the same weak teams. Every team plays each team from their own conference 4 times and every team from the other conference twice. How is the league trying to fuck anybody, especially the Lakers who David Stern loves to death?DAVID STERN LOVES THE LAKERS? LMFAO!!! You just lost all credibility in basketball discussion.Seriously, though, only an idiot would say that all schedules are the same in toughness.
Quote from: Now_I_Know on January 10, 2008, 06:01:03 PM^Yea...every schedule is the same. The Lakers have the toughest schedule in the league this season. Boston has the easiest. Shits fucked up. That said, we're gunna do extremely well on the road month of February. mark my words.No, Boston has had the easiest schedule this far. They have to play against the same tough teams and the same weak teams. Every team plays each team from their own conference 4 times and every team from the other conference twice. How is the league trying to fuck anybody, especially the Lakers who David Stern loves to death?
^Yea...every schedule is the same. The Lakers have the toughest schedule in the league this season. Boston has the easiest. Shits fucked up. That said, we're gunna do extremely well on the road month of February. mark my words.
If you are basing this on David Stern strictly being a business man then what he would ideally want is a healthy balanced league where there is high competition because that would generate more ratings than just Los Angeles and New York doing well. And if you look at the West right now, that is what is happening. The league is designed to keep teams in check. If you're theory was actually correct about Stern loving the Lakers then why the hell would Stu Jackson and Stern be so hard on the Lakers with suspensions the last couple years when that only hurts ratings.Remember the Knicks - Lakers game last year? Well let's see here. New York is the largest grossing city right? Why would they suspend Kobe for that game and piss off that many fans? Kobe was suspended numerous times last season for NOTHING. Yet I've seen numerous violent fouls this season which have received no punishment from the league.
Quote from: Now_I_Know on January 10, 2008, 06:48:55 PMQuote from: Turf Hitta on January 10, 2008, 06:34:32 PMQuote from: Now_I_Know on January 10, 2008, 06:26:04 PMQuote from: Turf Hitta on January 10, 2008, 06:16:47 PMQuote from: Now_I_Know on January 10, 2008, 06:01:03 PM^Yea...every schedule is the same. The Lakers have the toughest schedule in the league this season. Boston has the easiest. Shits fucked up. That said, we're gunna do extremely well on the road month of February. mark my words.No, Boston has had the easiest schedule this far. They have to play against the same tough teams and the same weak teams. Every team plays each team from their own conference 4 times and every team from the other conference twice. How is the league trying to fuck anybody, especially the Lakers who David Stern loves to death?DAVID STERN LOVES THE LAKERS? LMFAO!!! You just lost all credibility in basketball discussion.Seriously, though, only an idiot would say that all schedules are the same in toughness. Yes, David Stern loves the Lakers. It doesn't take a fuckin genius to understand that the Lakers and the Knicks are the top grossing teams leaguewide in terms of viewership, attendance, merchandise and therefore, income. It is Sterns job to maximize the profit potential of the NBA, so of course, he wants the Lakers and the Knicks to be in the finals every year. Does that mean he's going to go out of his way to make it happen? Absolutely not, but it should also illustrate to you that there is no way that Stern is going to intentionally give the Lakers of all teams a more difficult schedule than any other team. You guys are doing good right now, why are you making excuses already?Ever thought the NBA is tryna expand into other markets? To say that the NBA holds a bias towards the Kobe led Lakers is about as big a joke as you can make in the basketball world. And nobodies making excuses...if you don't think we have an extremely tough schedule compared to most (if no all) teams, then something is wrong with you.I didn't say that there is a bias towards the Lakers. What I said was that the league is not going to intentionally try to fuck its cash cow over. If you got a tough stretch on your schedule, oh well. That means you have an easy section of the schedule too. How is the Lakers schedule more difficult than any other team in the Western Conference?
Quote from: doggystylin on January 10, 2008, 06:43:19 PMIf you are basing this on David Stern strictly being a business man then what he would ideally want is a healthy balanced league where there is high competition because that would generate more ratings than just Los Angeles and New York doing well. And if you look at the West right now, that is what is happening. The league is designed to keep teams in check. If you're theory was actually correct about Stern loving the Lakers then why the hell would Stu Jackson and Stern be so hard on the Lakers with suspensions the last couple years when that only hurts ratings.Remember the Knicks - Lakers game last year? Well let's see here. New York is the largest grossing city right? Why would they suspend Kobe for that game and piss off that many fans? Kobe was suspended numerous times last season for NOTHING. Yet I've seen numerous violent fouls this season which have received no punishment from the league.I'm not calling you a liar, but a source would be nice.
Quote from: Turf Hitta on January 10, 2008, 06:59:00 PMQuote from: Now_I_Know on January 10, 2008, 06:48:55 PMQuote from: Turf Hitta on January 10, 2008, 06:34:32 PMQuote from: Now_I_Know on January 10, 2008, 06:26:04 PMQuote from: Turf Hitta on January 10, 2008, 06:16:47 PMQuote from: Now_I_Know on January 10, 2008, 06:01:03 PM^Yea...every schedule is the same. The Lakers have the toughest schedule in the league this season. Boston has the easiest. Shits fucked up. That said, we're gunna do extremely well on the road month of February. mark my words.No, Boston has had the easiest schedule this far. They have to play against the same tough teams and the same weak teams. Every team plays each team from their own conference 4 times and every team from the other conference twice. How is the league trying to fuck anybody, especially the Lakers who David Stern loves to death?DAVID STERN LOVES THE LAKERS? LMFAO!!! You just lost all credibility in basketball discussion.Seriously, though, only an idiot would say that all schedules are the same in toughness. Yes, David Stern loves the Lakers. It doesn't take a fuckin genius to understand that the Lakers and the Knicks are the top grossing teams leaguewide in terms of viewership, attendance, merchandise and therefore, income. It is Sterns job to maximize the profit potential of the NBA, so of course, he wants the Lakers and the Knicks to be in the finals every year. Does that mean he's going to go out of his way to make it happen? Absolutely not, but it should also illustrate to you that there is no way that Stern is going to intentionally give the Lakers of all teams a more difficult schedule than any other team. You guys are doing good right now, why are you making excuses already?Ever thought the NBA is tryna expand into other markets? To say that the NBA holds a bias towards the Kobe led Lakers is about as big a joke as you can make in the basketball world. And nobodies making excuses...if you don't think we have an extremely tough schedule compared to most (if no all) teams, then something is wrong with you.I didn't say that there is a bias towards the Lakers. What I said was that the league is not going to intentionally try to fuck its cash cow over. If you got a tough stretch on your schedule, oh well. That means you have an easy section of the schedule too. How is the Lakers schedule more difficult than any other team in the Western Conference?its not lol. Oh, except for the Spurs, Suns, and Mavs. All these teams are better then the Lakers. Which means they play the Lakers (a lower quality team) and the Lakers in turn play them (higher quality teams). So in that aspect, the Lakers have a harder Westcoast schedule. Likewise, the worst team in the West has the HARDEST western conference schedule (opponent win% based).
Quote from: Turf Hitta on January 10, 2008, 07:00:34 PMQuote from: doggystylin on January 10, 2008, 06:43:19 PMIf you are basing this on David Stern strictly being a business man then what he would ideally want is a healthy balanced league where there is high competition because that would generate more ratings than just Los Angeles and New York doing well. And if you look at the West right now, that is what is happening. The league is designed to keep teams in check. If you're theory was actually correct about Stern loving the Lakers then why the hell would Stu Jackson and Stern be so hard on the Lakers with suspensions the last couple years when that only hurts ratings.Remember the Knicks - Lakers game last year? Well let's see here. New York is the largest grossing city right? Why would they suspend Kobe for that game and piss off that many fans? Kobe was suspended numerous times last season for NOTHING. Yet I've seen numerous violent fouls this season which have received no punishment from the league.I'm not calling you a liar, but a source would be nice.http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2748084http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2790534Keep in mind those are from ESPN which is biased as shit, but just take a look at the plays for yourself and see it deserved the suspensions.
Its always ironic how Laker fans got so paranoid about some make believe bias against their team as soon as they started sucking. lol The league would gain nothing by being biased against the Hollywood boys.
Quote from: Now_I_Know on January 10, 2008, 06:01:03 PM^Yea...every schedule is the same. The Lakers have the toughest schedule in the league this season. Boston has the easiest. Shits fucked up. That said, we're gunna do extremely well on the road month of February. mark my words.yep im sure the NBA is sitting there thinking "OK what can we do to give the LAkers a losing season?"
I didn't say they want us to be a losing team, they just want to keep us in check, we already won 3 rings this decade, according to the league, the wealth needs to be spread so people don't lose interest and fan bases don't die down while only L.A. peaks