It seems Kobe is showing his true leadership. Everyone is pumping this guy up to be so great. But without Pau, his team is struggling to beat the Rockets and the Thunder. Giving the Thunder have a dynamic player in Kevin Durant. But the Rockets? The Rockets will not go to the playoffs unless Yao miraculously recovers or T Mac comes back with a vengance.
Why are the Lakers struggling to beat scrub teams without Pau Gasol? I thought that Kobe and the Lakers we're so deep? You guys should recognize that Pau Gasol is the reason Kobe was finally able to get over the hump and win a ring without Shaq. And it's showing quite early with the Lakers so so play without him.
Sure you guys are still 4-1. That's good. But the comp you've played? Weak. You won all those games against scrub squads by an average of 4.7 ppg. Not impressive at all. But next week is the big measuring stick for you guys. New Orleans at home, and Denver on the road. Interesting. Lakers aren't looking like title contenders. Neither are the Cavs. Right now it looks like the Celtics and Nuggets are the title contenders. But of course it's still early. See you in a month.
But the Rockets? The Rockets will not go to the playoffs unless Yao miraculously recovers or T Mac comes back with a venganceReally? And then you go on to say the Hornets are a tough team to beat at home? Rockets > Hornets
It seems Kobe is showing his true leadership.I know your being sarcastic but i couldnt agree more with this statement. While his team is struggling to find their shot and their #2 option is out with an injury, he IS showing his world class leadership by leading his team to a 4-1 record. All while averaging 33.0 PPG.
If you think ANY Laker fan is worried, think again. Were playing like crap and still have a 4-1 record. What happens when we find our groove? The rest of the league is F'ed.
Im not makin any excuses right now, but ill take a 4-1 record and a 2-0 road record anyday.
Sure you guys are still 4-1. That's good. But the comp you've played? Weak Really! Without their #2 player they are 4-1. That is better than just good. Both the Rockets and Thunder have lost only two games, one of those an overtime loss to the Lakers and the other both to the Blazers, who people expect to be good this year. Yes, there will be more difficult tests for the lakers yet to come, but so far without Pau they are doing very well. Most teams would be happy to trade their record for the scrub Lakers' 4-1, including your healthy Cavs TRIPP. Your hate is shining through.
While his team is struggling to find their shot and their #2 option is out with an injury, he IS showing his world class leadership by leading his team to a 4-1 record. All while averaging 33.0 PPG. Lol! The Lakers we're supposed to be a deep championship team this year. They can't barely beat the Rockets or the Thunder without Pau Gasol. I thought Kobe having a healthy Bynum, having Odom back, and having Artest would make a difference. It looks like they're struggling.
Really? And then you go on to say the Hornets are a tough team to beat at home? Rockets > Hornets Lol! You must be smoking that cali boi. Hornets will get it together. And the Rockets aren't going to the playoffs unless one of those miracles I mentioned above happens.
Hate? I just spit whats real. Everyone pumps Kobe up to be so raw and he can't barely lead his team past non playoff teams. He has Bynum, Odom, and Artest. That's more than alot of star players have around them. And his team is struggling to beat garbage rosters.
For the record, Toronto is projected to be a playoff team. And we lost to them on the second night of back to backs. Mike Brown makes me sick at times with his matchup decisions. Seeing as Barnani was killing us and he kept letting Varejao get pooed on. He did the same thing with Lewis in the Magic series. He better watch out though.
Even still those losses are justified. Since we played the undefeated Boston Celtics tough, and came to Toronto with less energy. At least we took care of the other teams in respectable fashion. Btw, the Hornets took care of the Mavs last night. Didn't the Mavs blow out the Lakers? And you think the Rockets are better than the Hornets? Jokers.
Btw, the Hornets took care of the Mavs last night. Didn't the Mavs blow out the Lakers? And you think the Rockets are better than the Hornets? Jokers. So lets use your same point of logic here. Celtics just "struggled" and "cant barely beat" the T-Wolves last night, only by 2 points. Boston beat down Cavs bad. So this must mean that the T-Wolves > Cavs?
Mark my words, by end of the year the Lakers will be the #1 seed and the Cavs will be either #2 or 3. And the Rockets will make the playoffs, without or without T-wack and Yao.
Poor guy. Still mad because his team and Lebron had home court advantage throughout the playoffs last year and they got their ass kicked. Lakers will be fine. The Cavs on the other hand have not impressed me at all and have more loses than the Lakers already and you're talking smack? Keep it up dude. Just like last year. Keep talking shit**** about us and our team and that you will win the championship and that Kobe sucks, all that dude. Keep it up. That's all you got. We got what matters. The rings and the championships and Kobe. You get a whole lot of losing, and more losing and false hopes. By the way, don;t be surprised if after another Cavs failure Lebron signs with the Lakers to play with Kobe and company. It's all over the radio. Be ready to weep. Who's the joker now?
At least we took care of the other teams in respectable fashion.I must have missed it, when did margin of victory become a stat in deciding teams records? Last time I checked a one point win = a 20 point win.
By the way, don;t be surprised if after another Cavs failure Lebron signs with the Lakers to play with Kobe and company. It's all over the radio. Bulls.com reported this garbage. Lebron would never play with Kome. And even still, it would take a sign and trade. Not likely. Are you that naive? Stop smoking the cali bro.
So lets use your same point of logic here. Celtics just "struggled" and "cant barely beat" the T-Wolves last night, only by 2 points. Boston beat down Cavs bad. So this must mean that the T-Wolves > Cavs? Silly dude. The Celtics we're playing on second night of back to backs. And they just took care of a projected playoff team in Philly by like 30 points. They probably didn't even go all out vs the T Wolves. While the Lakers played hard vs the Thunder and needed ot to pull away.
I must have missed it, when did margin of victory become a stat in deciding teams records? Last time I checked a one point win = a 20 point win. You need to learn something then. Because how you perform against a mediocre team can sometimes factor how you're playing. If you're struggling each game to beat garbage rosters, that means something is wrong. And they affect power rankings and so forth. For instance say the Magic play the same team the Lakers play and blow them all out, while the Lakers win by a point. Who would be projected as the better team? We can only go by what we see. Even in college if a good team struggles vs bad teams, they may lose a spot in the rankings. And if a bad team plays good teams tough, they move up. As far as the W, a win is a win. But how you win vs garbage rosters matters. Stop smoking and living in a fantasy land.
If the Cavs struggled to beat the T Wolves or the Nets we'd get ripped. But when the Lakers struggle vs garbage teams they have excuses for them. Hell our excuse was we we're missing Delonte West vs the Raptors and the Celtics. Look at how we played without him last year. We're a much better team with him coming off the bench and it's showed the past couple games. And it'll show tonight when he guards Derrick Rose.
Im not going to make an assumption on the Lakers squad when everyone isn't healthy. The point of this thread is if Kobe's so good, why does his team struggle to beat mediocre rosters without Pau Gasol? The answer is he's really not as good as you make him. He's a excellent scorer and defender. But he's given too much credit for Pau Gasol, a proven all star caliber forward, elevating their status to champions. It was not Kobe Bryant that did this. Just because I'm one of the few people that recognize this, I'm considered a " hater ". Lol! If I would say Kobe is the best player in the world you guys would be drooling on my posts. But if it's the other way I'm a hater. I call it like I see it. Kobe is overrated. It's sad that a hall of fame player should be considered this. But it's true.
Mark my words, by end of the year the Lakers will be the #1 seed and the Cavs will be either #2 or 3. And the Rockets will make the playoffs, without or without T-wack and Yao. I'm not sure if the Lakers will be the 1st seed. It seems likely if healthy. But I'm certain the Rockets won't make it unless they receive a miracle.
We can only go by what we see. Even in college if a good team struggles vs bad teams, they may lose a spot in the rankings. And if a bad team plays good teams tough, they move up. As far as the W, a win is a win. But how you win vs garbage rosters matters. Stop smoking and living in a fantasy land.Last time I checked the NBA goes by standings not rankings, A 50-32 team that won all their games by a combined 50 points gets in the playoffs ahead of a team that went 49-33 that won their games by a combined 600 points.
i really dont see san antonio as much of a tough challenge. They are old and will be fine for most of the year but if they struggle and have to work at the end of the year, theyre gonna be exhausted come playoff time. Denver is the only legit challenge.
To be honest, you can put the Lakers at 3rd, 4th, 5th, whatever you want in the power rankings. Just ask the Cavs how much that mattered last year. Whether the Lakers make the #1 seed or #8 seed, they will be ready to win come playoff time, cuz thats what champions do.
You suck really bad at hateing on teams. At least Hurricane, Whoosh, and WCF can articulate their hatred in something that kind of makes sense or is at least comical. Your logic is just retarded. I know your upset because you've realized your Cavs unless Shaq finds the fountain of youth or you make a trade will not be able to beat the Celtics or Magic but come on, stop PMSing like a girl.
I cant take you seriously at all. Take the second best player of any title contending team and I'm pretty sure they would struggle a little bit. Your a joke.
Silly dude. The Celtics we're playing on second night of back to backs. And they just took care of a projected playoff team in Philly by like 30 points. They probably didn't even go all out vs the T Wolves. While the Lakers played hard vs the Thunder and needed ot to pull away.
The Lakers were playing the on the second night of back to backs on the road. You excuse the Celtics but rip the Lakers. Just like you excuse Lebron for not being able to win a championship without help yet bash Kobe for not being able to lead a team of scrubs to a title. You don't see it how it is. You make ridiculous claims like how the Celtics probably weren't going all out against the T-Wolves, but off course the Lakers had to play as hard as they could to beat the Thunder. Silly dude.
So the struggling Lakers are 4-1. Kobe is averaging 33+ PPG. The Big Spaniard hasn't stepped on the court yet. Things aren't so bad.
Im not going to make an assumption on the Lakers squad when everyone isn't healthy. The point of this thread is if Kobe's so good, why does his team struggle to beat mediocre rosters without Pau Gasol? The answer is he's really not as good as you make him. He's a excellent scorer and defender. Kobes really not that good? Hes overated? Haha. Okay, please explain this to me. I agree with you hes very overrated I mean he only scored 40 points and shot over 50% from the field against the trash defender Shane Battier.
Same crap, different day...Laker fans stop responding to these egg-heads. Same applies to CP3, and others. The Hornets aren't winning much, why isn't he stepping up and being a leader? Kobe and the Lakers are the current Chapms, Kobe will be in the Hall one day...things U can never take away from him. You can create ALL the scenarios U want. It is what it is...Ask, NAsh, James, CP3, AI, DIrk, U get the picture...LOL
Some of you guys are figuring out the idiot that is Tripp. I just ran across this post. He makes more excuses about his team's shortcomings then I have ever seen. I am fan enough to admit and have admitted the Magic struggle with the Pistons and have for years. He can't accept the magic have owned the cavs to a tune of 12-5 over the past 3 yrs. He only looks at the playoffs. Yet in the same thread he states the Cavs have finished with a higher seed the last two years? So what the magic still whooped the Cavs arse. Then he states the reason why the cavs lost to toronto was because it was a back to back. Excuse me, but don't all teams have to play back to backs? Is that an excuse for losing? Isn't that when a great team distingush themselves from the pack with the ability to win back to backs and on the road?
I'll ask some of you Laker Fans because of the championships you guys have won. Were back to backs ever viewed as an excuse for losing? I mean I am a fan of Pat Riley, I respect Phil Jackson, I even had Doc rivers as the magic coach when we were right around a .500 team. I never heard a coach excuse a lost just because it was a back to back. SVG doesn't exuse loses period but Tripp does. No wonder the Cavs play as they do.
I find it very funny that when I told him the magic will own the cavs again this year, he tells me it is still EARLY. Yet he comes on here and blast the Lakers after a 4-1 start without Pau!!! This guy has serious issues.
Tripp is by far one of the most weakest posters on this board. That is not debateable!!!
