The Official Los Angeles Lakers thread

[h cottie is bac-tive?]

Journalists aren't gonna give any1 else the MVP if Kobe takes the Lakers to the playoffs.

There will be a riot in the streets of LA.

[Teddy Roosevelt]

94-94 were going to OT

[Teddy Roosevelt]

Ugly win, but a W is a W.
Kobe scoring 30 doesn't seem to good for some reason. lol. (7-21 fg% )

[ecrazy]

Did u see Odom Get the shit swatted outta him? DEAR GOODNESS!!!
He Kinda got revenge, but he got fuckin hung!

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

LOL@Carlton over here..."Dear Goodness".

[Juronimo]

Yup, ugly is right. Kobe turned it on when the Lakers needed him to. Good effort by Mihm and Smush as well.

This 7 game trip is crucial for our season. We need to get 4 games at least. I'm looking forward to the Detroit game on Sunday, it should be good.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Yup, ugly is right. Kobe turned it on when the Lakers needed him to. Good effort by Mihm and Smush as well.

This 7 game trip is crucial for our season. We need to get 4 games at least. I'm looking forward to the Detroit game on Sunday, it should be good.

Yea, it should be good if the Lakers show up...Otherwise it'll just be a blow-out.

[acbaylove]

I'm looking forward to the Detroit game on Sunday, it should be good.

Kobe should go for history again and get a big win there. Then nodoby could stop him from getting the MVP throphy.

[ecrazy]

LOL@Carlton over here..."Dear Goodness".

LMAO @ touchy here, still with his feelings hurt, hahahahahahahahahahahahhahhaahahahahhahaha

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

LOL@Carlton over here..."Dear Goodness".

LMAO @ touchy here, still with his feelings hurt, hahahahahahahahahahahahhahhaahahahahhahaha

Yes, I'm very touched. Heeheehee!

[wcsoldier]

4-3 for the trip is "realistic" with these 3 back to back games. As a fan I would be satisfy with 5-2  

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

IF the Lakers beat Detroit tomorrow, they should go AT LEAST 6-1. If not, 5-2 would be nice...

[acbaylove]

Realistically i'd say 4-3. It's in those situations where we miss a 2nd scorer option so much.

[acbaylove]

My personal opinion: this team will be “the one” you don’t want to face in the playoffs. For a lot of reasons. First of all because it’s a defensive-minded team, and teams built like that are extremely hard to beat in the playoffs. Plus they have Mihm, Brown, Odom and hopefully Turiaf who can defend against Garnett, Dirk, Duncan, Amare, etc.. And, other than that, they are a team who surprisingly plays better away than at home. And, finally, obviously, they have Kobe, who can win games litterally alone. Not to mention Phil still gotta have a team who sucked in the playoffs, and for sure doesn’t want those Lakers to be the first one. You have all to loose against them.

But they are still not ready for the “big run”, imo. They miss something. First of all they miss a 6th man who can attack the basket and score 15 points per night constantly. I see a lot of potential in Wafer, but he’s not ready yet. We need somebody to sign for this season and maybe the next one. Somebody like Spree.. wassup with him? If we can add a player like him without trading our prospects we’re def ready for the big run. If not, i hope we will do it for the next season: a lot of players should accept a paycut to play with Kobe (the MVP) and for Phil, being the 2nd offensive weapon of the Lakers. I mean the Lakers!!! I’m pretty optimistic. I’m loving Jerry trading Shaq lately. I’m loving Jerry signing Phil. I’m loving Phil. I’m loving the draft picks. I’m really optimistic now, we’re one step away from being fully loaded for real. And Shaq will not win another ring!

[wcsoldier]

It would be dope to obtain the 6th spot. Here are my reasons :
- first it 's very possible to have the home court advantage with this title division thing. We are currently ahead Denver (by nothing but still ahead) .

2nd : I think there are just two teams against we can"t win a seven game serie . San Antonio has too much experience and bench deep to lose against us (let's be realistic) and Phoenix has just too offensive arms (and Amare will be back). Of course Dallas is a better overall team than L.A.L but with Kobe being hot against them and an interesting Lamar-Nowitzki matchup for us. Plus their inside game isn't that strong. Other teams are very defeatable too. (Don't get me wrong I don't say we are sure to beat the Clippers or Memphis but for me it's 50/50)