Real Deal

http://i47.tinypic.com/f054kp.jpg Peace.

Ugh. Why can't he just go out East, and anywhere but Boston or Miami? I don't like him as a player, but having five rings with us...it just sucks seeing him on the opposite side of the court in a playoff series (like he was in OKC).

http://i54.tinypic.com/11hw5ef.gif I personally invited you back, thinking you weren't going to spend 100% of your time doing the same shit you have done since registering here in 2005 (actually, you were a pretty good poster for a while when you were much younger, and I considered sticking you on our writing team because of it...but then you fell off a cliff). What has actually changed since you were given the boot, honestly? I mean, dude...at this point, I'm not even intrigued to come in and debate with anything you're saying. Almost did, but I'm already having flashbacks...and it's more of a nuisance now. Aside from you saying that you SEE Kobe playing the worst basketball he has ever played...everything else (from offensive basic stats, like FG% and TS%, to defensive advanced stats) prove otherwise. You point to team record, and your topic didn't consider Nash playing just one game for us this season...or that we had a coach that has no offense (who had to rely on Kuester back in Cleveland, to draw up all the plays). And I know you're actually smarter than that, so you're trolling. It's hard to really care at this point, though...and you're not even in high school anymore (at least I don't think you are).

He's trolling. That means there's little to no logic for anything he says, guys. Numbers only matter for his argument. LeBron puts up great numbers, he's great. Same with Shaq. If he actually grew up since using his old username, he'd dive into some other topics and debate something different, instead of recycling the same shit from 2005.

Stop trolling, Matt.

I'm assuming the site he's looking at takes a few more things into consideration. ORtg and DRtg are basically points per 100 possessions, not taking into account FG%, turnovers (for and against), 3PT%, etc.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20121127_MIN@SAC

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20121127_DAL@PHI

I also doubt we'd be 7-8 with Nash playing more than just the 1 1/2 games he has played so far. Nash/Howard P&R would help us greatly.

In addition to that, Miami didn't have three different coaches in their first 11 games. Anyone who has been watching LA knows that it's not on Bryant. We are starting our third-string PG, and Kobe is actually running the point most of the time (in fact, he's literally playing the position sometimes). It also doesn't help that Gasol is shooting 42% from the floor, and putting up more shots than Dwight Howard. Out of our nine active players... Dwight Howard (60%) Kobe Bryant (50%) ------------- Jordan Hill (44%) Chris Duhon (44%) Ron Artest (42%) Pau Gasol (42%) Antawn Jamison (42%) Darius Morris (39%) Jodie Meeks (35%) That's ridiculous, and why Kobe had 40 last night...and why Kobe/Howard had 57 of our 77 points.

Okay, I now retract all previous positive statements about Gasol to Toronto. You guys don't want to deal with this. I don't care much for your franchise, as you're out East and likely won't be a Finals opponent of ours, ever...but the fans are cool, and I don't want your blood pressures at dangerous levels. Stress kills.

I'm not going to gripe about the idea of Varejao being an all-star out East...but the statement above is stretching it, lol. And I can't call him the best center in the NBA. Byron Scott would, though, for obvious reasons...much like Doc Rivers would say that Kevin Garnett is still the best big man in the game today.

Believe that was on the Duhon "block" that they called, when he was clearly outside of the cylinder (by about two feet) and set. I usually always see the ref make that running call (that weird motion) on a charge, but it's whatever. He was probably excited and rooting for Indiana. I don't know of any Lakers fan that likes Crawford.

Pau Gasol just lost us the [expletive]ing game.

KOBE FOR THREEEEEE! Tied up!

Oh wow...Duhon was there. What a horrible call. Yikes.

KOBE! And he fouled out Hibbert.

Kobe 3-7 from three. The rest of our team? 1-15. I swear, KB and D12 would have 15 combined assists if the rest of the team would hit all of these wide-open shots they are getting. It's insane how many bricks we've thrown up. Morris is 0-6. Jamison is 1-7. Gasol is 2-9. Artest is 1-7. How are we close?

Kobe has 32 of our 62 points.

Kobe can't keep playing the PG position. This shit is ridiculous. It's so easy to crowd him and rip the ball. Kobe and Howard doing everything out there.

Well, right now, I don't think Gasol should be in the NBA, so I'll come back and answer some of that after the game.

Kobe has five turnovers already, but 3-4 of them are blocks, and three of those are fouls that weren't called. He's getting pissed, dropped the F bomb twice already. I'm surprised he doesn't have a tech yet.

Kobe, keeping us alive, despite having the flu. He is unstoppable right now. Did I ever mention how much I hate Pau Gasol? I hope D'Antoni keeps Jordan Hill in the game for at least 30+ minutes...but I know he won't.

I'd imagine that Gasol would be your starting center, with Valanciunas backing him up...and then Amir and Davis at the PF slots. If Gasol goes anywhere else, maybe with the exception of a few teams I can think of, I'm pretty sure he'll be used as a center. It's where he plays his best.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20121126_DEN@UTA