Real Deal

He'll never forget Blake dunking on him. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=mc-spears_kendrick_perkins_lebron_james_blake_griffin_020712

Kind of odd just how many Celtics fans seem to like this deal. Small sample size, but I'm reading elsewhere as well...here's a link to a short topic about it: http://forums.celticsblog.com/index.php?topic=53233.0

By the way, keep it in mind: Boston has in fact shown interest in Gasol, and according to legitimate sources, they also aren't planning on having Rondo there for the future of the franchise (which many are saying it's because of Austin Rivers, who Doc wants to coach before he retires, and that makes perfect sense).

Horrible play by Golden State, but great defense by the Thunder, too. Fun game.

DURANT with the bank shot! Wow, Westbrook was wide open underneath the basket right before the ball was thrown in, though, lol. Thunder up one, 14 to go. Ellis for 50?

Ouch...not sure if that angle will be good enough to show who it was out on. Looks like it hit Ellis' left hand, because Ibaka's arm was tangled up with Ellis.

Ellis with 48 and counting, new career high. Close game, GS up one with 22 to go...Durant time?

Damn, basic basketball there. Easy play to the rim.

Ellis is kicking Westbrook's ass. That's 45.

Damn...25/10/10 for David Lee. Not bad.

Why do I get a feeling Westbrook will hog the ball in the final six minutes of this game? I hope he makes the right decisions...there were far too many plays he ignored the entire team on.

I don't want Bosh, though.

Found his real IP. Here are his other 27, from proxy servers, lol... http://i39.tinypic.com/256wk6o.jpg

Yeah, he did. No point in bothering with him anymore.

-_- For one, Kobe was injured in the second half of last season, and throughout the playoffs, landing him in Germany for a knee procedure, but you probably didn't know that. Anyway...Kobe never wins elimination games on the road? How many times has he been in that situation? Not in the seven-gamer against Houston, not in the seven against Boston in 2010. He wasn't on the road for an elimination against Boston in 2008. But I do like how you bring up that he never wins "without a vastly superior supporting cast" when talking about those elimination games. The Game 5 vs. Detroit, and the Game 4 against Dallas, according to you, contained those superior supporting casts. Don't contradict yourself. Uh...see, this is why I can tell you're not watching, or just not paying attention. The Lakers played their best basketball in the first quarter, and were up 24-21, and Kobe was already sitting on 14 points. Drew was less involved in the offense, just three points. ONE play was created by Drew that entire first. Guess what? The Lakers were up at the half, 50-46, with Drew still having a limited role in the offense, and Kobe with 24 points, Drew with just seven and still hanging on to his one assist. If you knew what happened in the second half, you wouldn't have said anything about the game. Drew became aggressive, and because the Sixers are a good defensive team, they knew that he holds the ball too long, and Kobe would have to bail out his team OR try and play off of Drew (which is ignorant). It's pretty easy to tear your analysis apart so far. LOL yes, like they were last year... Ah...yeah, that was dumb of you to say. Shaq didn't get 16 shots a night because of Malone and Payton's roles on the team, and even Kobe was shooting 18. LA won 56 games that year, found their way into the NBA Finals. Maybe you were too young for that. That's not hard to figure out...usually happens when the Lakers have to play catch-up to teams. Nobody else is going to take the shots. Suddenly, three or four desperation shots, to crawl back from a 10-point deficit, turns a 16-shot attempt night into a 20. Nice job, though, trying to investigate a primary scoring option's shot attempts during wins and losses. He's the primary option every single game because defenses recognize him as such, hence why that happens. My point was, Drew's shot attempts are irrelevant, because he doesn't do what he's supposed to do with the ball. He will score on one play, then hold it and run down the clock on another, try and shoot over a double team, turn the ball over, or throw a bad pass that results in an offensive reset and a Kobe bailout. It also turns Kobe into a spot-up shooter, which he is not, and that has been a thorn in this offense since the Lakers started the season. If you need educated: http://lakernation.com/forums/index.php?/topic/52391-the-lakers-offense-and-defense It was obvious from the start. You diving into this topic and telling us it's all on Kobe...it shows your ignorance and your misunderstanding of the Lakers offense and all of the players' roles on this team.

I was also on the Oden bandwagon. I remember rooting for him at Ohio State (when KU was eliminated), and he was playing with that tear in his wrist...playing with the non-shooting hand, shooting his free throws, grabbing boards, etc. I thought that was amazing. His defensive numbers (such as oppFG% and oppPER) was as good as Dwight's, at certain points of his seasons with Portland...and while that was in limited action, there was no doubt he would be able to sustain those defensive numbers had he been healthy those years.

Boston would be stupid to do this, in my opinion. LA? It has to be done. Take the TPE and go find a PF.

Yes, you're trolling. Why not post from your actual IP address, instead of using 18 different proxies? Anyway... Kobe had lost a lot of that speed and athleticism back in 2009, his fourth championship...and that carried over into 2010, his fifth. Why would I quote you? The Lakers are going to struggle for far more reasons than Kobe Bryant. You wouldn't look that impressive with a prediction like that, especially after they were swept by the champs last year. Not much of a reach. A Bynum deep catch and DUNK? Haha, you don't watch the Lakers, I assume. Gasol posting up? Would you like for me to provide all of his shot charts? Better yet, would you like to step outside of your trollfest and explain to us all the basics of Mike Brown's offense, and why Gasol does NOT post up as much as he should? Would you like to explain Gasol's quote, that he was going to shoot more threes this season? Oh, this one is good: you want Drew to get more touches? At one point, Bynum was attempting 16 FGA/G. That was more than ANYONE that has teamed with Kobe since the 2002-03 season (Shaq), and even in 2003-04, Shaq didn't attempt 16 shots a night. What were the Lakers doing with Drew shooting all of those attempts? They were playing the same way. The Lakers are 5-2 when Drew takes under 12 shots. They are 4-2 when he takes over 13 shots. In those six games he was most aggressive, he also had 22 total turnovers, and five assists. When he was least aggressive? Seven assists, 11 turnovers. The Lakers' bench, lack of point guard play, lack of play at the SF position, and their inability to defend quick players/teams is the issue. It's very clear you are clueless about all of this.

I completely forgot the Clips signed Caron with their cash. JR hinted at New York or LA, and yeah, I doubt he takes the league minimum. Can Denver still sign-and-trade him, given the circumstances he was in? I haven't looked into that.

I'd rather move Kobe to the three and let JR Smith either start at the two, or play a majority of his minutes off the bench at the two.

The MVP chants were the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen from the Boston crowd, and while there were a few Lakers fans there, you can actually watch that over again and see fans, in their Celtic shirts and jerseys, chanting "MVP" for him. Most teams were doing it during the second half of the season, but when Boston did it, it was pretty sad.

Haha, I wasn't saying he was overrated. I think Ginobili has been huge for the Spurs during their title runs...most visible when he was injured, really, and I never did question his All-NBA spot (although I know a lot of people did). At full health and in his prime, Ginobili was a nasty two-guard to have to deal with, and third behind Kobe and Wade all of those years.

Third. Top three, at least, though. He did hint that he has five years left in him.

JR Smith to the rescue?

Yes, Manu is actually more efficient than MJ, according to the world-renowned TS%. I'm pretty sure the OP is looking at FG% and trolling.