Lakers discussion
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Where are those Suns fans? LOL. They were so happy to beat the Celtics, they can't even beat the Sixers. Shaq with 6 points and 6 rebounds. 
What i hate most about this resurgence of the Lakers is random lakerfan in a public place in Sacramento talking trash again. Just the other day I overheard some bozo going on about kobe and his team stomping our local team when they play soon, with the usual lame epithets. I think the best thing about when the Lakers were losing is that I didn't have to hear this drivel. Whee.
I would prefer hearing from that silly San Antonio fan who calls 1140 all the time to this. Can I get some Golden State trash talk instead? Maybe some Utah smack? When San Antonio ran off their championships over the last few years, I didn't hear their fans being abusive to other people in public. Why do some LA fans do it? total bupkis.
I would prefer hearing from that silly San Antonio fan who calls 1140 all the time to this. Can I get some Golden State trash talk instead? Maybe some Utah smack? When San Antonio ran off their championships over the last few years, I didn't hear their fans being abusive to other people in public. Why do some LA fans do it? total bupkis.
This is a Laker discussion thread that has gone on quite nicely for a long time. It's not gonna dissolve into a bashing of Laker fans, in particular or in general. The Laker fans who are active here at KF follow the rules and are welcome to continue.
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hoopsie - Gotcha, although I think Big Saguaro would be more fitting.
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hoopsie - Gotcha, although I think Big Saguaro would be more fitting.
Oh, that wasn't a threat. It was a pre-emptive reminder. Can you honestly say ANY Laker board would be as tolerant of Kings fans as we are of you all?
Come on, Futuristic. I'm just making sure there's no misunderstanding about what is and isn't acceptable since, unless you've been here before under a different name, you haven't been around to experience a Kings-Lakers game.
It's all good.
Come on, Futuristic. I'm just making sure there's no misunderstanding about what is and isn't acceptable since, unless you've been here before under a different name, you haven't been around to experience a Kings-Lakers game.
It's all good.
The Lakers will be scary when Bynum gets back (they are already really good), but I wonder if we'll even see the young guy before the playoffs? I know a lot of people thought what happened to him wasn't really that serious and we'd see him back well under the 8 week mark. However, 8 weeks is pretty close by and it sounds like the knee is still a fair bit away from being even practice ready...
http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=7735
And I seriously doubt the Lakers want to take a chance on injuring the big kid further, so I don't see them pushing him -- especially with the Lakers doing just fine without him ATM.
http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=7735
And I seriously doubt the Lakers want to take a chance on injuring the big kid further, so I don't see them pushing him -- especially with the Lakers doing just fine without him ATM.
I have a feeling that Jackson has his fingerprints on the extension. The consensus before the Gasol trade was that everything was nominal. As soon as they got back from their 9 gm trip, Jackson says Bynum "isn't where we want him to be". This was a day or so after Kupchak said he was scheduled for a mid-March return. Bynum and Kupchak have totally changed their diagnoses since Phil's comment.
I remember Phil being pleased that Kobe was going to miss the first 15 gms of the 2000 season so he could establish the flow thru Shaq. Don't exactly know how that would equate to Gasol, but I do know Phil's weird.
I remember Phil being pleased that Kobe was going to miss the first 15 gms of the 2000 season so he could establish the flow thru Shaq. Don't exactly know how that would equate to Gasol, but I do know Phil's weird.
I would doubt that this is anything concocted by Laker management... but I do agree that the need to get Bynum back is much lessened by the arrival of Gasol.
If there were any risk to Bynum at all from returning too soon, I would imagine most Laker fans would be more than happy to just play it safe and have him wait until next year -- although being around for the playoffs could provide valuable experience.
After all, your window just got quite a bit larger; no need to rush it if there's even a hint of a question on the medical front.
If there were any risk to Bynum at all from returning too soon, I would imagine most Laker fans would be more than happy to just play it safe and have him wait until next year -- although being around for the playoffs could provide valuable experience.
After all, your window just got quite a bit larger; no need to rush it if there's even a hint of a question on the medical front.
LA Times, 3/21:
Jackson may have been putting out faulty information, because center now is expected back before the playoffs.
"I threw that out there [Tuesday] to kind of take everything off the table," Jackson said. "We're [now] saying it was three weeks as of [last] Sunday. It would give him a week -- four games, three games."
"The reality is if he comes back and he plays the Sunday game and the Tuesday game before the season's over, great. It's still not going to get our rotation [settled]," he said. "It's going to be an exercise in kind of getting him back on the court."
He makes it sound like it's a bummer trying to get Bynum into the starting 5. Philip Douglas Jackson..................
Jackson may have been putting out faulty information, because center now is expected back before the playoffs.
"I threw that out there [Tuesday] to kind of take everything off the table," Jackson said. "We're [now] saying it was three weeks as of [last] Sunday. It would give him a week -- four games, three games."
"The reality is if he comes back and he plays the Sunday game and the Tuesday game before the season's over, great. It's still not going to get our rotation [settled]," he said. "It's going to be an exercise in kind of getting him back on the court."
He makes it sound like it's a bummer trying to get Bynum into the starting 5. Philip Douglas Jackson..................
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