The Regime

I don't think you've ever played basketball in your life.

I wont be one of those guys. I've stuck with this team through the rough, pretty much 2004-2007. Now alot of you guys wont consider making the playoffs a couple seasons a "rough stretch" but to Laker fans we were accustomed to winning championships or advancing deep in the playoffs. Those first rounds exists stung just as bad as not making the playoffs in 2004-05. Generally speaking though I would probably say that well over half the fanbase are bandwagoners or Kobe fans first so I wouldn't be surprised to see people lose interest in the team once they become irrelevant. As for being a fan, I've been a Kobe fan since his rookie season and he'll continue to be my favorite player as long as he plays and even after he retires. It's really similar to the respect and love people have for Jordan. Alot of hardcore fans don't have favorite players outside of guys on their respective teams, but I'm not like that.

Some of the candidates suck. Carlos Dunlap lmao.

Nice win, Kobe and Fish were clutch at the end. Second team to reach 50 wins!

Screw all these overrated #3 seeds....

Pietrus was actually Orlando's best perimeter defender last season, so I'm not sure how you could call him a weak link. Nash doesn't play defense, Carter isn't motivated enough and even when he is he's average, and Gortat is decent. I'll give you Dudley though, and even Grant Hill (for his age). The team as a whole though isn't good defensively, and it's hard to be good when you best player gets torched every night.

I feel bad for Robbie Hummell.

Lopez cant jump and he has a really skinny ass frame, that's why he fails to haul in rebounds. Rebounding has never really been his forte though, even when he played for Stanford. You cant simply rely on height in the NBA. Offensively he's garbage, the only time he scores is when he's spoonfed by Nash.The Suns have always been high on his defense though, and I think that's partly the reason why the organization hasn't given up on him yet. He's one of the few guys who actually plays defense for the Suns.

The Purdue-VCU game doesn't even have a tournament feel to it, it's like a scrimmage out there.

No foul on the putback? That's terrible.

Derrick Williams has failed to make the big plays when Arizona most needed them this half. Excellent interior defense from Texas. Edit: And as I post that Derrick Williams gets the and 1.

Jcovan Brown in carrying Texas down the stretch. They can afford exchanging baskets anymore though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvyelLWnDMo&feature=player_embedded Too bad he got called for a charge though.

Turnovers, turnovers, turnovers for Texas. Every time they make some sort of run they manange to turn the ball over and kill their momentum.

Dwight is going to continue to win this award for the next 3-4 seasons because there simply isn't a player in the league that makes a bigger impact on the defensive end. His shot blocking and presence in the paint forces teams to adjust the way they attack Orlando's defense, the same cant be said by any other player in the league.

Michigan could not have got a better look at the basket. You have to hit that. Oh well, Texas will beat Duke in the next round.

Man, Novak should have secured that rebound.

Damn Hardaway again...1 point game. That's what happens when you start playing it safe in order to chew up clock.

This 1-3-1 zone is giving Duke alot of troubles. Hardaway and Morris need to keep attacking off of iso's.

Nolan just crossed the shit out of that guy lol.

Bucks go back to being the Bucks in the second quarter by sucking on offense lol. Cant say I didn't see that coming.

Blazers catch a break with the Bynum injury. This game is going to tight the whole way through. I wonder how much of Gerald Wallace Kobe will see tonight.

Why are you guys making individual gameday threads when we have this thread? Pretty pointless imo.

Duke is playing some soft ass defense.

Michigan is living off the three ball. Pretty much every white guy on these team can shoot lol.