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Title: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: 187Proof on September 19, 2008, 04:10:24 PM
Is it L.A.'s turn again?

Yes, it is, according to about half of our panel of 25 ESPN writers, editors and contributors.

Just as they have been throughout most of NBA history, the Los Angeles Lakers are a force again -- and now the preseason favorites to win NBA title No. 15.

Of course, that means 13 members of our panel predicted the Lakers will not win the 2008-09 NBA championship, and the top challenger in our voting will surprise some: the up-and-coming New Orleans Hornets, not the Boston Celtics.

And, don't forget, the Lakers were also favored going into the Finals in June, and we all saw how the Celtics fed on the skepticism about their chances.

But the difficulty of repeating, especially with an older lineup, is reflected in the voting results below: Only 16 percent of our panel sees the C's going back-to-back.

The Lakers might not win the 2008-09 NBA title if ...

• Kobe gets too weary during the next nine months after the Lakers' deep playoff run and his Olympic commitment. Also, if his finger forces him to miss time, that will mean trouble in Lakerland.

• The frontcourt gets too crowded. After Pau Gasol was acquired midseason, he performed well in the frontcourt with Lamar Odom. How will Bynum fit in?

• Derek Fisher shows signs of aging and Jordan Farmar isn't ready to fill the void.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?page=NBAChamps-080911
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on September 19, 2008, 05:08:01 PM
espn picked the PAtriots vs the Eagles in the SB too
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on September 19, 2008, 05:09:05 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?page=HollingerForecastIndex0708


hate to shoot ya dream down but see what they were predicting in 07-08
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: Man On The Moon on September 19, 2008, 05:14:19 PM
Fuck ESPN....but they're right.
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: 187Proof on September 19, 2008, 05:51:56 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?page=HollingerForecastIndex0708


hate to shoot ya dream down but see what they were predicting in 07-08
Not shooting my dreams down at all bro. Bulls are my team.  8)

And ESPN picking them to be # 1 in the East last year wasn't a big surprise or anything. EVERYONE picked them to be right around there. Was a VERY disapointing year. :(
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on September 19, 2008, 06:21:55 PM
the CEltics sure took over with the 29-3 start

how were the Lakers "favorites" in the Finals again??  ???
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: Bch on September 19, 2008, 07:26:57 PM
^ they had the bitchassness factor - pau gasol's flopping
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: Chamillitary Click on September 19, 2008, 07:32:51 PM
is Bynum going to start with Gasol?
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on September 19, 2008, 07:58:34 PM
is Bynum going to start with Gasol?
itd be the smart thing to doi
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: Don Jacob on September 19, 2008, 11:56:39 PM
C- Bynum
PF-Pau
SF- LO
SG- Kobe
pg- Fish
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: S P I C E on September 20, 2008, 12:03:49 AM
I think the Hornets are just as good.
Don't count out the Rockets either
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: wcsoldier on September 20, 2008, 12:07:28 AM
 the Lakers were already better than the Hornets last year .... maybe you consider than Posey impact on the team will be more important than Bynum and Ariza ones then ....
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: S P I C E on September 20, 2008, 12:22:56 AM
the Lakers were already better than the Hornets last year .... maybe you consider than Posey impact on the team will be more important than Bynum and Ariza ones then ....

^^Well    Posey>>>>Ariza   X10

And who knows what type of player Bynum will become

Kobe is the best player in the league but Paul and West are better than any duo the Lakers have hands down.  Odom is terrible, the Finals proved that, I have never seen a NBA starter be as bad in the 4th quarter as Odom is,  he is horrible in the clutch, he is a decent player but thats it,  Gasol is a great player for 3 quarters but in the clutch he is weak also, he plays with no heart and he is soooo soft, and Paul is basically on Kobe's level so yeah The Hornets are just as good if not better.   
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: wcsoldier on September 20, 2008, 12:35:30 AM
the Lakers were already better than the Hornets last year .... maybe you consider than Posey impact on the team will be more important than Bynum and Ariza ones then ....

^^Well    Posey>>>>Ariza   X10

And who knows what type of player Bynum will become

Kobe is the best player in the league but Paul and West are better than any duo the Lakers have hands down.  Odom is terrible, the Finals proved that, I have never seen a NBA starter be as bad in the 4th quarter as Odom is,  he is horrible in the clutch, he is a decent player but thats it,  Gasol is a great player for 3 quarters but in the clutch he is weak also, he plays with no heart and he is soooo soft, and Paul is basically on Kobe's level so yeah The Hornets are just as good if not better.   

Cocaine is a helluva drug
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: Low Key on September 20, 2008, 01:29:08 AM
ESPN predicts a lot of things. It's too bad they don't have an unbias writer on staff.
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: Antonio on September 20, 2008, 02:22:55 AM
the Lakers were already better than the Hornets last year .... maybe you consider than Posey impact on the team will be more important than Bynum and Ariza ones then ....

^^Well    Posey>>>>Ariza   X10

And who knows what type of player Bynum will become

Kobe is the best player in the league but Paul and West are better than any duo the Lakers have hands down.  Odom is terrible, the Finals proved that, I have never seen a NBA starter be as bad in the 4th quarter as Odom is,  he is horrible in the clutch, he is a decent player but thats it,  Gasol is a great player for 3 quarters but in the clutch he is weak also, he plays with no heart and he is soooo soft, and Paul is basically on Kobe's level so yeah The Hornets are just as good if not better.   

You are on crack. Maybe you missed it, but the Lakers won the Western Conference last year, so they were better than the Hornets. Add Bynum and Ariza in the mix and you know you're in trouble.
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: 7even on September 20, 2008, 02:31:21 AM
"BSPN is full of shit with no credibility at all"
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: Antonio on September 20, 2008, 02:34:08 AM
^ You know the Lakers with Bynum are the fav team to win the NBA.
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: 7even on September 20, 2008, 02:46:01 AM
^ You know the Lakers with Bynum are the fav team to win the NBA.

and it pisses me off.
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: Chamillitary Click on September 20, 2008, 07:57:24 AM
C- Bynum
PF-Pau
SF- LO
SG- Kobe
pg- Fish

well i dk if itheres a better team in the NBA, than that...to be honest (im not a Lakers fan).
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: eS El Duque on September 20, 2008, 06:49:29 PM
C- Bynum
PF-Pau
SF- LO
SG- Kobe
pg- Fish

well i dk if itheres a better team in the NBA, than that...to be honest (im not a Lakers fan).

Boston Celtics  8)
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on September 21, 2008, 06:36:29 AM
the Lakers were already better than the Hornets last year .... maybe you consider than Posey impact on the team will be more important than Bynum and Ariza ones then ....
posey SHITS on ariza LOL
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: wcsoldier on September 21, 2008, 06:42:13 AM
the Lakers were already better than the Hornets last year .... maybe you consider than Posey impact on the team will be more important than Bynum and Ariza ones then ....
posey SHITS on ariza LOL
dyslexia is a sad disease man
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on September 21, 2008, 07:00:32 AM
C- Bynum
PF-Pau
SF- LO
SG- Kobe
pg- Fish

well i dk if itheres a better team in the NBA, than that...to be honest (im not a Lakers fan).

(http://www.nba.com/media/celtics/CelticsLogo_History.gif)
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on September 21, 2008, 07:01:21 AM
the Lakers were already better than the Hornets last year .... maybe you consider than Posey impact on the team will be more important than Bynum and Ariza ones then ....
posey SHITS on ariza LOL
dyslexia is a sad disease man

ya'll musta blocked the finals outta your memory

i forgive ya
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: wcsoldier on September 21, 2008, 07:08:54 AM
the Lakers were already better than the Hornets last year .... maybe you consider than Posey impact on the team will be more important than Bynum and Ariza ones then ....
posey SHITS on ariza LOL
dyslexia is a sad disease man

ya'll musta blocked the finals outta your memory

i forgive ya
I didn't see Bynum playing in the Finals .. did you ? If you think Posey impact on the Hornets will be more important than Bynum one on the Lakers , man I don't know what to say
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on September 21, 2008, 07:29:08 AM
the Lakers were already better than the Hornets last year .... maybe you consider than Posey impact on the team will be more important than Bynum and Ariza ones then ....
posey SHITS on ariza LOL
dyslexia is a sad disease man

ya'll musta blocked the finals outta your memory

i forgive ya
I didn't see Bynum playing in the Finals .. did you ? If you think Posey impact on the Hornets will be more important than Bynum one on the Lakers , man I don't know what to say

now you're putting words in my mouth?


what about "posey SHITS on ariza LOL" makes you think i'm refering to Andrew Bynum??
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: wcsoldier on September 21, 2008, 07:39:45 AM
the Lakers were already better than the Hornets last year .... maybe you consider than Posey impact on the team will be more important than Bynum and Ariza ones then ....
posey SHITS on ariza LOL
dyslexia is a sad disease man

ya'll musta blocked the finals outta your memory

i forgive ya
I didn't see Bynum playing in the Finals .. did you ? If you think Posey impact on the Hornets will be more important than Bynum one on the Lakers , man I don't know what to say

now you're putting words in my mouth?


what about "posey SHITS on ariza LOL" makes you think i'm refering to Andrew Bynum??
I never said Ariza was better than Posey ... read my 1st post
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on September 21, 2008, 07:56:23 AM
maybe i mis-interpreted what you were writin'


either way the lakers are the new Ohio State lol
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: wcsoldier on September 21, 2008, 08:07:17 AM
maybe i mis-interpreted what you were writin'


either way the lakers are the new Ohio State lol
when the Lakers constantly  kick the Celtics ass in the upcoming years and it starts this season , trust me you will talk a lot less shit ...
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: Chamillitary Click on September 21, 2008, 08:15:44 AM
C- Bynum
PF-Pau
SF- LO
SG- Kobe
pg- Fish

well i dk if itheres a better team in the NBA, than that...to be honest (im not a Lakers fan).

Boston Celtics  8)

lol na, even though NIK overrates him & says hes greater than Wilt Chamberlain, if he was playing they won. no doubt about that, yall will see this year.
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on September 21, 2008, 09:54:07 AM
C- Bynum
PF-Pau
SF- LO
SG- Kobe
pg- Fish

well i dk if itheres a better team in the NBA, than that...to be honest (im not a Lakers fan).

Boston Celtics  8)

lol na, even though NIK overrates him & says hes greater than Wilt Chamberlain, if he was playing they won. no doubt about that, yall will see this year.

if "if's" and "buts" were candy and nuts......

celtics aren't softee's
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: eS El Duque on September 21, 2008, 10:01:22 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5Egcl2YXWc


Who remembers that^^^^^^^
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: wcsoldier on September 21, 2008, 11:10:58 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5Egcl2YXWc


Who remembers that^^^^^^^
lol you just point out sth that would have not happened with Drew as a defensive anchor ... lol at Gasol being non existant when it comes to D rotation
Title: Re: ESPN Predicts The Lakers Will Win The Championship This Season
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on September 22, 2008, 07:29:29 PM
the Lakers were already better than the Hornets last year .... maybe you consider than Posey impact on the team will be more important than Bynum and Ariza ones then ....

* Posey>>>>Ariza   X10

* And who knows what type of player Bynum will become

* Paul and West are better than any duo the Lakers have hands down. 

*Odom is terrible...he is a decent player

*Paul is basically on Kobe's level

*The Hornets are just as good if not better.   



LMFAO!


Lakers=2008 Champs

Spice=Poster of the Year