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[.:DaYg0sTyLz:.]

Nail-biter at the half at Staples center tonight lol The Cavs are so terrible this year....25 points at half?!?

[LooN3y]

u know what it is 

[7even]

lmao the cavs are gutter trash ever since they lost to the heat... don't worry cleveland, you gon have another first pick soon. he probably won't stay for full seven years, though.

[.:DaYg0sTyLz:.]

lmao the cavs are gutter trash ever since they lost to the heat... don't worry cleveland, you gon have another first pick soon. he probably won't stay for full seven years, though.

I still remember arguments on here during the offseason claiming that LeBron had such an amazing supporting cast, and that they wouldnt be THAT bad without him. Maybe even close to .500! Not to turn this into a Lebron/ Kobe thing...but Id be willing to bet the Lakers wouldnt be THIS bad without Kobe. As horrible as the Pacific is...they might even win it without him lol.

[LooN3y]

kobe clinic  period.


lol 48 mins for ellis to score 38


36 mins for the ONE to score 39

[Meho]

lmao the cavs are gutter trash ever since they lost to the heat... don't worry cleveland, you gon have another first pick soon. he probably won't stay for full seven years, though.

I still remember arguments on here during the offseason claiming that LeBron had such an amazing supporting cast, and that they wouldnt be THAT bad without him. Maybe even close to .500! Not to turn this into a Lebron/ Kobe thing...but Id be willing to bet the Lakers wouldnt be THIS bad without Kobe. As horrible as the Pacific is...they might even win it without him lol.

You do know how injury prone the team is this year and that several crucial player besides Lebron left the team. So that argument is pretty much no longer valid.

[theremedy360]

lmao the cavs are gutter trash ever since they lost to the heat... don't worry cleveland, you gon have another first pick soon. he probably won't stay for full seven years, though.

I still remember arguments on here during the offseason claiming that LeBron had such an amazing supporting cast, and that they wouldnt be THAT bad without him. Maybe even close to .500! Not to turn this into a Lebron/ Kobe thing...but Id be willing to bet the Lakers wouldnt be THIS bad without Kobe. As horrible as the Pacific is...they might even win it without him lol.

Obviously Kobe had the better supporting cast, but you can't forget that they're playing without Illgauskas and West who were two of the more important players on the team with LeBron.

[7even]

They also acquired Sessions and well Gibson is like a new addition for them as well as he has a major role now and was a piece of benchwarming shit back then.. Hickson is pretty good too with more minutes now... Varejao injury is hurting, of course... then again they also have a much better coach now than during the LeBron era

[.:DaYg0sTyLz:.]

They also acquired Sessions and well Gibson is like a new addition for them as well as he has a major role now and was a piece of benchwarming shit back then.. Hickson is pretty good too with more minutes now... Varejao injury is hurting, of course... then again they also have a much better coach now than during the LeBron era

Cool...so take Kobe AND Artest off the team, and they still wont be as bad as this team is right now lol. I just remember ALL this praise towards Mo Williams and Antawn Jamison during the offseason and last year from Kobe supporters who felt LeBron had SO much help.

Not to mention, with Delonte beatin up LeBrons mama....I'm sure he would have wanted to stay in Cleveland if LeBron stays! 

[.:DaYg0sTyLz:.]

kobe clinic  period.


lol 48 mins for ellis to score 38


36 mins for the ONE to score 39

Kobe had a really good game. But you gotta give Ellis credit too man. He wasnt even gonna play leading up to the game due to illness. Pretty good performance. I like seeing two players duel it out like that. Go back and watch Larry Bird vs Dominique Wilkins in the 88 playoffs, Game 7, Eastern Conference Semifinals. One of the greatest matchups ever (IMO)

[LooN3y]

wow blakes been so ineffecient that it makes me wonder if jordy should of stayed, defense looks the same. the only thing is that blake actually passes to the post which also might be his weakness because his unselfishness is also his weakness

[Teddy Roosevelt]

NBA rescinds technical fouls against Lakers' Ron Artest, Clippers' Blake Griffin

It's getting to be a common occurrence around here.

Referees assess a technical foul to a Lakers player, then the NBA rescinds it a day later.

On Monday, the league retracted the technical fouls assessed to Ron Artest and Clippers forward Blake Griffin in the final seconds of Sunday's 99-92 Clippers victory.

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Last week, it was Andrew Bynum and his infamous "Are you serious?" set of technical fouls, one of which was erased by the NBA the following day.

Artest was apparently hungry to get back the $4,000 he would have forfeited had his ejection not been overturned.

"I could've bought 10,000 In-N-Out Burgers," he said. "I rather would've done that than give it away. I'm going to get 10 burgers [after Monday's game]. I love In-N-Out. It's addicting. It's the only reason I'm here in L.A. If it wasn't for In-N-Out Burger, I probably would've gone to Memphis or something."

Artest then transitioned from fast food to men's underwear, as only he could, saying one unidentified NBA referee "definitely has Fruit of the Looms that are super tight."

"He should do a commercial with extra-medium Fruit of the Looms, the tight ones," Artest said. "He should do a little kid commercial of a man wearing little kid underwear."

Meanwhile, Coach Phil Jackson said he wasn't surprised by referees' quick whistles when it came to technical fouls.

"I think we were kind of warned about that about four years ago when one of our great referees, Joey Crawford, gave a technical and a flagrant foul on a player and said, 'Look, we were warned by the league, we're just going to let them sort it out. We're not going to make any mistakes here and get chastised.' "

Jackson added that the NBA "rightfully" rescinded Artest's ejection. Artest simply pulled Lamar Odom away from Clippers guard Baron Davis with 5.7 seconds left to play in Sunday's game.

Jackson is less certain about Artest's workout regimen, which often includes running on a treadmill after games in which he doesn't play much in the fourth quarter.

"He's working out maybe too much, too often," Jackson said. "You look at Ron, he's got a body like a bear. It's wide and broad. He's not built to get through screens and all those kind of things like Trevor [Ariza] was. This is a guy that's got to use his body and his muscular nature to defend."

Jackson added, however, "I think he'll do fine."

Full tilt

Odom complained after the game that Griffin rammed into his back while pursuing a rebound despite a large Clippers' lead in the final seconds, but Jackson said some players simply go all-out play after play.

" Mark Madsen used to be like that all the time," Jackson said. "He used to get in practice and guys were like, 'Come on, Mark. Take it easy.' "

Madsen played for the Lakers from 2000 to 2003.

[wcsoldier]

Damn this thread is dead during the regular season ... we used to post for every game when we were a 1st round exit and now that the championship years are back , nobody cares 

[wcsoldier]

btw , what happened to Antonio ? was a cool member and had some good B-Ball knowledge

[Teddy Roosevelt]

Damn this thread is dead during the regular season ... we used to post for every game when we were a 1st round exit and now that the championship years are back , nobody cares 

Those were the days. Back when we were debating wether Kwame Brown, Smush Parkers and Luke Walton were quality starters. The decline of dubcc was magnified in this thread. NIK, MDogg and Stone Cold need to get back in here.