Should the Lakers be given the title? [Archive] - Message Board Basketball Forum

coin24

03-12-2020, 06:49 AM

They are the best team in the league

Didn't the clippers beat them 2-1?

SouBeachTalents

03-12-2020, 06:55 AM

Nah, if this happened back in 2016, everyone would be saying the same shit about the Warriors. You need the playoffs for a reason

Axe

03-12-2020, 07:19 AM

If there's no postseason for this year because of current events, then the raptors will still remain the defending champions.

Cyrus334

03-12-2020, 07:28 AM

Everyone said the same thing the moment Boogie joined the Warriors in 2019.

And yet the 2019 Champions are the Toronto Raptors.

So no.

NuggetsFan01

03-12-2020, 07:38 AM

I think the Clippers have better stats than the Lakers but somehow the Lakers are winning more than the Clippers

Walk on Water

03-12-2020, 07:49 AM

I think the Bucks should get it. Give Giannis MVP. Davis is the best player on the Lakers. Just cancel the season, get ready to hopefully have a season next year, even if it’s a short one.

Trollsmasher

03-12-2020, 08:10 AM

I think the Bucks should get it. Give Giannis MVP. Davis is the best player on the Lakers. Just cancel the season, get ready to hopefully have a season next year, even if it’s a short one.

Lakers have a better adjusted record

http://www.espn.com/nba/stats/rpi

Stanley Kobrick

03-12-2020, 08:21 AM

i just want to get on with next season already, as a warriors fan it pains me to see steph miss the playoffs this year without durant or klay. but i must digress there are a lot of lakers jerseys on fans up here in san jose who want to see lakers play

Jasper

03-12-2020, 09:33 AM

Best record of all the teams is the Bucks ... they coasted last 4 games and STILL have best record.

THEY ARE the CHAMPS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04854XqcfCY

Real Men Wear Green

03-12-2020, 09:48 AM

"Given not earned."

superduper

03-12-2020, 09:52 AM

Would probably be Bran's most legit title.

Phoenix

03-12-2020, 10:48 AM

No.

bullettooth

03-12-2020, 11:14 AM

Why not? LeBron's been given shortcuts his entire career.

rawimpact

03-12-2020, 11:18 AM

I don't think anyone should be given the title, otherwise what's the point of playoffs if you are rewarding teams based off of record alone.

I would award conferences champions since it is record based as well as individual accolades but that's as far as I'd go.

Sarcastic

03-12-2020, 12:09 PM

Sure, why not. Lebron needs all the help he can get.

FireDavidKahn

03-12-2020, 12:16 PM

It's what Kobe would have wanted.

#ForKobe

LeBron wins another MVP and ring.

AirFederer

03-12-2020, 12:23 PM

Even then Lebron would choke

red1

03-12-2020, 12:27 PM

I've been researching since yesterday, and the answer is yes.

Yes. Absolutely.

Bronbron23

03-12-2020, 01:04 PM

Your gonna just gift a team a title thats lead by one of the most losing players in finals history? Shit bron should of wished for the corona virus in 11 and 14. He'd a be a 6 time champion and tied with mj right now.

imdaman99

03-12-2020, 01:49 PM

Given? :coleman:

ImKobe

03-12-2020, 01:57 PM

Literally all of Lebron's rings are huge asterisks.

2012 - lockout season
2013 - Ray Allen 3
2016 - Curry, Bogut & Iggy get injured, Draymond suspended, Irving game-winner
2020 - Corona

bullettooth

03-12-2020, 02:19 PM

Literally all of Lebron's rings are huge asterisks.

2012 - lockout season
2013 - Ray Allen 3
2016 - Curry, Bogut & Iggy get injured, Draymond suspended, Irving game-winner
2020 - Corona

His fanboys know this but will never admit it.

coin24

03-12-2020, 08:32 PM

Axe

03-12-2020, 08:35 PM

I think the Clippers have better stats than the Lakers but somehow the Lakers are winning more than the Clippers
That's because the clippers lost some games to some of the weaker teams in the league.

Axe

03-12-2020, 08:37 PM

72-10

03-12-2020, 09:17 PM

No. Not even a full (or nearly complete) regular season was played. It would be like acknowledging Elgin Baylor's 1961-62 scoring average in the record books when he only played 48 games. Besides, the title would go to Milwaukee.

Da_Realist

03-12-2020, 10:28 PM

They are the best team in the league

So no excuses if the season recommences and the Lakers lose.

Axe

03-12-2020, 10:37 PM

So no excuses if the season recommences and the Lakers lose.
I'd take his word with a grain of salt, to be honest, until this season and postseason concludes if it ever resumes.

Lakers Legend#32

03-13-2020, 12:38 AM

It's Our's. We are entitled to it.

bobopenguin

03-13-2020, 12:46 AM

to be hoenst, we are probably going get it anyway.

DoctorP

03-13-2020, 01:02 AM

to be hoenst, we are probably going get it anyway.

yep. might be better t o get it and beat it and then give your kids the code so they can beat it without a vaccine after you reproduce them

FireDavidKahn

03-13-2020, 01:20 AM

It's Our's. We are entitled to it.

Can anyone seriously think that Kobe would turn down a championship for the Lakers? puhlease

The real Kobe would be rooting for LeBron.

#ForKobe

Axe

03-13-2020, 01:38 AM

Can anyone seriously think that Kobe would turn down a championship for the Lakers? puhlease

The real Kobe would be rooting for LeBron.

#ForKobe
Using Kobe's sudden demise just to imprint on everybody else's mind that the lakers should be the instant champs this year. Yeah right. 😹

FireDavidKahn

03-13-2020, 01:41 AM

Using Kobe's sudden demise just to imprint on everybody else's mind that the lakers should be the instant champs this year. Yeah right. ��

So are you saying that Kobe would turn down a championship for the Lakers?

:roll:

#ForKobe

Axe

03-13-2020, 02:04 AM

So are you saying that Kobe would turn down a championship for the Lakers?

:roll:

#ForKobe
No, i mean he didn't ask lebron or anything like that. So the greatest tribute that can be given to him is to induct him into the basketball HOF. 🙂

Stanley Kobrick

03-13-2020, 06:45 AM

https://i.postimg.cc/SQDy6tW2/qUXOAEa.jpg

ImKobe

03-13-2020, 06:48 AM

No, i mean he didn't ask lebron or anything like that. So the greatest tribute that can be given to him is to induct him into the basketball HOF. ��

Yup. He didn't ask/challenge Lebron to win the title, he challenged Giannis.

Axe

03-13-2020, 04:44 PM

Yup. He didn't ask/challenge Lebron to win the title, he challenged Giannis.
Hmm what do you mean.

deathawaitu

03-13-2020, 04:54 PM

"Given not earned."

Lebron's career in a nutshell

superduper

03-13-2020, 05:12 PM

Using Kobe's sudden demise just to imprint on everybody else's mind that the lakers should be the instant champs this year. Yeah right. ��

Bran stans are straight up shameless.

They get the pathetic nature from Bran.

Axe

03-13-2020, 05:54 PM

Bran stans are straight up shameless.

They get the pathetic nature from Bran.
Well, lebron says he needs to carry Kobe's legacy but to me, it just doesn't seem to make any sense. Even stephon marbury says he's not a real laker. 🤦

Manny98

03-13-2020, 06:03 PM

Given not earned :applause:

dreamshake

03-13-2020, 08:11 PM

No, we last watched them lose to the lowly Nets.

Stanley Kobrick

03-13-2020, 08:12 PM

Bran stans are straight up shameless.

They get the pathetic nature from Bran.
Bran

bladefd

03-13-2020, 08:35 PM

Nothing has been given to the Lakers. We have fought for all our chips and earned them through hard work and sheer domination. We battle, we dominate and we win. That's the Laker way. Nothing is ever handed to us.

We are the Rocky of basketball.

https://media.giphy.com/media/xmxGoENM1V81q/giphy.gif

https://media.giphy.com/media/W9G8OK82R3dfO/giphy.gif

Vino24

03-13-2020, 08:48 PM

You really think the league would hand them a title that would tie them with the Celtics? No.

Axe

03-14-2020, 03:06 AM

You really think the league would hand them a title that would tie them with the Celtics? No.
Even if they do, they still needed 32 years of being in the finals just to get their 17th ring compared to Boston's 21 years to get theirs. 😹