Basketball (NBA, College, etc.)

slashersam016 wrote:great defense by the Pistons damn.... :beatyou: :beatyou: :banghead:
Come on Lakers!!!!!!

a team has to have a good offense to win, but it takes great defense to have a great team and get thru the playoffs...

i am not sure how good the Piston's will be in the playoffs...they don't have the strength and intimidation they had a few years ago, with Ben Wallace.

Lakers/Pistons Halftime 36 - 48... :sweat: if the Lakers cant lead at 3rd.. then this is a Lose... :bleh:

qilver wrote:

a team has to have a good offense to win, but it takes great defense to have a great team and get thru the playoffs...

i am not sure how good the Piston's will be in the playoffs...they don't have the strength and intimidation they had a few years ago, with Ben Wallace.

the Lakers doesnt have those today.. :bleh: :shamefulcry:

the Pistons will be good in Playoffs.. in fact maybe they will be the one in the east that will enter the Finals again...

ok.. it is a Lakers lose... :shakehead:

slashersam016 wrote:ok.. it is a Lakers lose... :shakehead:

That's a Lakers loss... 93-78, not 78-93. ;)

bmwracer wrote:
That's a Lakers loss... 93-78, not 78-93. ;)

Were you expecting the Lakers to win this one???

K.T.Tran wrote:Were you expecting the Lakers to win this one???

Not really, but I hoped that they would've been at least competitive.

kobe was gettin stripped of the ball :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Not really, but I hoped that they would've been at least competitive.

they have.. but still they cant handle Pistons.. or maybe they will not forever... :bonk:

The_Lyrics wrote:kobe was gettin stripped of the ball :sweat:

totally agree to you.. :banghead: :shakehead:

maybe in 2 yrs, the Lakers will be tough to beat...

I'm just hoping the Cavs will do better....after seeing how Lebron played in that one game, i wonder how the Cavs will do if they play a harder team and James isn't playing his A game :sweat: :sweat:

K.T.Tran wrote:maybe in 2 yrs, the Lakers will be tough to beat...

I'm just hoping the Cavs will do better....after seeing how Lebron played in that one game, i wonder how the Cavs will do if they play a harder team and James isn't playing his A game :sweat: :sweat:

so your a Cavs fan.. i love the Cavs too specially Lebron.. he's very exciting to watch.. the only problem about the Cavs right now is Lebron's teammates.. there chemistry to one another is not that solid yet..

"maybe in 2 yrs, the Lakers will be tough to beat..." Phil Jackson will be out before the other 1 year can come... :shakehead: and Kobe will retire after that.. whether we hate it or not, its the truth. Kobe is getting older now.. same with fat Shaq..

slashersam016 wrote:

so your a Cavs fan.. i love the Cavs too specially Lebron.. he's very exciting to watch.. the only problem about the Cavs right now is Lebron's teammates.. there chemistry to one another is not that solid yet..

"maybe in 2 yrs, the Lakers will be tough to beat..." Phil Jackson will be out before the other 1 year can come... :shakehead: and Kobe will retire after that.. whether we hate it or not, its the truth. Kobe is getting older now.. same with fat Shaq..

was recently a Cavs fan since James joined them. before that, i was a fan of Vince Carter for his aggressiveness towards the basket, but he was a ball hog on the Raptors, but mainly because his teammates then looked as if they lacked the skills to keep up with him or it was just that VC was a ball hog.

I use to be a Bulls fan when it was Jordan and Pippen and other players on that team like Tony Kukoch (sp? been so long since i seen his name), and them.

Kobe is still young enough to play in the NBA even in the next 5 yrs..... :sweat: :sweat:

K.T.Tran wrote:maybe in 2 yrs, the Lakers will be tough to beat...

I'm just hoping the Cavs will do better....after seeing how Lebron played in that one game, i wonder how the Cavs will do if they play a harder team and James isn't playing his A game :sweat: :sweat:

i think that the Cav's are a good team, just not a great team...
they may make it into the playoffs again, but with the way their team plays, it will be all LeBron getting them into it, but ultimately, a great team will beat them. I just think LeBron can only do so much, despite how great he is, his team is just average.

K.T.Tran wrote:

was recently a Cavs fan since James joined them. before that, i was a fan of Vince Carter for his aggressiveness towards the basket, but he was a ball hog on the Raptors, but mainly because his teammates then looked as if they lacked the skills to keep up with him or it was just that VC was a ball hog.

I use to be a Bulls fan when it was Jordan and Pippen and other players on that team like Tony Kukoch (sp? been so long since i seen his name), and them.

Kobe is still young enough to play in the NBA even in the next 5 yrs..... :sweat: :sweat:

VC is a ballhog yeah.. when he is in Toronto thats why i didnt like him.. but when he shift to New Jersey Nets he elevates his game.. because of Kidd i think... but still theres something missing in that team to be a championship contender..

we are all bandwagon to the bulls when Jordan are in there... even me... but when Jordan leaves the bulls... i lost interest in Chicago... then my close relative introduce me to the Lakers thats why im a Lakers fan now...

"Kobe is still young enough to play in the NBA even in the next 5 yrs..... " hope so... i hope so.... :shakehead:

slashersam016 wrote:Kobe will retire after that.. whether we hate it or not, its the truth. Kobe is getting older now..

Kobe's only 28 years old......

i hated vc ever since he wanted to be traded out of t dot

My personal opinion.....Kobe, no matter how good he plays will never achieve what the great Michael Jordan accomplished. i think he's too full of himself...but who knows? people change right? i just hope all the young "showy" players right now remember what all the other greats had before....the heart and the love of the game not just the fame and the money quirks. That's why they have Olympic Gold medals and the new ones have none so far!!! :shakehead:

Usagi Yojimbo wrote:My personal opinion.....Kobe, no matter how good he plays will never achieve what the great Michael Jordan accomplished. i think he's too full of himself...but who knows? people change right? i just hope all the young "showy" players right now remember what all the other greats had before....the heart and the love of the game not just the fame and the money quirks. That's why they have Olympic Gold medals and the new ones have none so far!!! :shakehead:

i use to think that....about Kobe, but more recently, i feel he is one of the best out there in the NBA now, but the comparison is with the One and Only MJ, and not many players come close to his caliber. MJ was the ultimate, and I think as great players we have today, MJ is the best.
Kobe, i believe he has change some over the years, and now he trusts his teammates, and at the same time, he still knows how to turn it on, and take over a game with his athletic talents, and dominate. I use to not like him, and thought yea..he was full of it, but i think he has been thru a lot, made a lot of mistakes in his life/on court, but he has learn from them, and on the court. i do respect him as a player, and he is fun to watch as a great NBA star.

Usagi Yojimbo wrote:i think he's too full of himself...

I don't know how you can say that unless you know him somehow or someway...


Lakers lose to the Raptors, 96-92... P-U...... :shakehead:

qilver wrote:

i use to think that....about Kobe, but more recently, i feel he is one of the best out there in the NBA now, but the comparison is with the One and Only MJ, and not many players come close to his caliber. MJ was the ultimate, and I think as great players we have today, MJ is the best.
Kobe, i believe he has change some over the years, and now he trusts his teammates, and at the same time, he still knows how to turn it on, and take over a game with his athletic talents, and dominate. I use to not like him, and thought yea..he was full of it, but i think he has been thru a lot, made a lot of mistakes in his life/on court, but he has learn from them, and on the court. i do respect him as a player, and he is fun to watch as a great NBA star.

It's nice to hear that. I hope with his skills, maybe he can turn things around for team USA and lead them to another Olympic gold and the world FIBA championship. :D