I'm sorry but............. The Lakers are a great team and a contender when healthy

[QUOTE=Fresh Kid]You got some nerve.[/QUOTE]
son, why are you following me around?

[QUOTE=Lakers2877]And that's different from the majority of succesful franchises in sports how exactly?[/QUOTE]
I haven't seen such delusion about simple role players of any other NBA franchise than the Lakers. Some Knicks fans come 2nd, but still far behind those Laker fans.

They get more delusional every year.

[QUOTE=red1]son, why are you following me around?[/QUOTE]
Im not your son, you are my son.

kaman is god awful. have fun with him

kobe/kaman/nick young - all 3 blackholes on the same team. :oldlol:

[QUOTE=Fresh Kid]Im not your son, you are my son.[/QUOTE]
:facepalm

[QUOTE=DirkNowitzki41]kaman is god awful. have fun with him

kobe/kaman/nick young - all 3 blackholes on the same team. :oldlol:[/QUOTE]


kamans per 36min stats last year on YOUR dallas mavericks

18.3ppg, 9.8 rpg, 1.4 blks, .507 fg%, .788 ft%

god awful?

its just cause he was on your sh*ty mavs. everyone looks god awful when you play for a god awful franchise :lol

Nash is getting underrated, he was one of the best PG's in 2012 and one of the best offensive players, if he doesn't get injured again I don't see why can't play at that same level - his game doesn't rely on athleticism at all. Kobe is Kobe. Offense is not the problem tho. DEFENSE is.

Old ass Nash
Old ass Kobe (coming off injury)
No Metta
Pau - slowest player in the league
Kaman - slow whiteboy

They have the potential to be one of the worst defenses of all time.

[QUOTE=Young X]Nash is getting underrated, he was one of the best PG's in 2012 and one of the best offensive players, if he doesn't get injured again I don't see why can't play at that same level - his game doesn't rely on athleticism at all. Kobe is Kobe. Offense is not the problem tho. DEFENSE is.

Old ass Nash
Old ass Kobe (coming off injury)
No Metta
Pau - slowest player in the league
Caman - slow whiteboy

The Lakers have the potential to be one of the worst defenses of all time.[/QUOTE]


old ass nash was an old ass allstar a year ago
old ass kobe was an old ass 1st team all nba player this year
no metta.... but nick young is better than metta
pau - slowest player in the league and an allstar a year ago
kaman - per 36 stats are as solid as some top 10 bigs in the nba

[QUOTE=kennethgriffin]old ass nash was an old ass allstar a year ago
old ass kobe was an old ass 1st team all nba player this year
no metta.... but nick young is better than metta
pau - slowest player in the league and an allstar a year ago
kaman - per 36 stats are as solid as some top 10 bigs in the nba[/QUOTE]
You're missing the point, offense is not the problem. Defense is the problem. Do you realize how horrific the Lakers were defensively when Dwight was on the bench last season?

Then you take away Dwight and Metta - the only 2 good defenders on the team, add a slow 7 footer, add no athleticism, Mike Antoni, 40 year old Nash (never been a good defender), 35 year old injured Kobe = historically bad defense.

[QUOTE=Young X]You're missing the point, offense is not the problem. Defense is the problem. Do you realize how horrific the Lakers were defensively when Dwight was on the bench last season?

Then you take away Dwight and Metta - the only 2 good defenders on the team, add a slow 7 footer, add no athleticism, Mike Antoni, 40 year old Nash (never been a good defender), 35 year old injured Kobe = historically bad defense.[/QUOTE]


defense is all hustle. not much more than that. i think this years lakers will have that hunger/chemistry and a few fresher legs with johnson/young at sf

kobes still good at defense btw. he was slow the first part of 2012-13. but bounced back after the allstar game

If only their core players were 4-5 years younger. Lakers, Blazers and Mavericks are battling for the 8th seed.

A D'antoni designed roster.

I wish we still could of dumped off that useless chucking piece of shit on the court, Jodie Meeks for a real shooter

It's championship or bust every single year for the Lakers organization but saying this time is a 5+ seed is a long shot, so many thing would have to happen right.

first of them being healthy Kobe, 2nd they actually play defense, and 3rd Nash, Wes, Jodie, Young, Blake all turn out to be healthy, lights out shooters (Nash is always a sure thing but the rest are not)

I'm optimistic though and I support the direction the team is going towards though :rockon:

One of the worst defensive back courts in the league.

One of the slowest and worst defensive front courts in the league.

= a great team on paper??????

If im not wrong the Lakers are at the bottom 10 teams in opponents ppg last season, and that's with Metta and Dwight through various point of the season.
like other posters mentioned, the Lakers have MDA as the coach, probably the oldest and one of the worst defensive backcourt in the league, having Kaman defending the paint instead of Dwight, all of that in this guards driven league, it's not looking good.