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[rockstar]

Meeks knows how to pull up them 3's, that's for sure.

 

[three6mafia2007]

I don't see how anyone can say Meeks>Brown w/out a shadow of a doubt, especially in this type of offense. Shannon would beast running the floor and shooting open 3s. I like meeks tho

 

[mrdieselfuel09]

One thing for sure Meeks and Shannon Brown always over dribbles

 

[ag 47]

Shannon Brown does not understand basketball.

 

[ag 47]

The Bargnani trade rumors should be dead now that he's out with an elbow injury indefinitely.

I'm pretty sure I was driving the Bargnani bus

 

[rockstar]

That stat about the Lakers being 1-10 this season when Kobe goes 30+ is so misleading. Kobe doesn't even feel necessary to score, sometimes not until the 2nd or 3rd Quarter, unless he's sure he can trust NO ONE else to make quality possessions.

 

[essential1]

The Bargnani trade rumors should be dead now that he's out with an elbow injury indefinitely.

I'm pretty sure I was driving the Bargnani bus

And you drove it into a ditch

 

[grittyman]

The whole "wait until Nash returns" thing kinda feels like a built-in excuse. The Lakers are still supposed to win some of these games regardless

 

[essential1]

The whole "wait until Nash returns" thing kinda feels like a built-in excuse. The Lakers are still supposed to win some of these games regardless

It is...

But meh....

One good stretch and we're back in it.... We'll see what happens.

I don't think this team is completely DQ'd from Championship Chances... I still think we have just as good a chance as any team in the West other than the Thunder.... But it's better to struggle early as opposed to struggling late.

 

[ez money]

I'd just like to thank all the LAL players for sucking so bad, they won me money since CLE had the (+6) at home against the purp/gold.

As a sports fan, I do hope they bounce back. D'Antoni was a bad move imo, he is GARBAGE. with a GARBAGE resume compared to others who are out there. I've never liked Gasol but benching him isn't smart at all.... at least raise his value with solid play to move his softa** and get better DEFENSE. Nash cant stick defense on this young/PG league so his absence may be missed offensively but idk what the outcome of some of these games would be regardless. Move Pau for some SOLID defensive players, preferably a good pg and pf. And please Dwight, all that joking and giggling aside work on them free throws you BUM hahahaa

Heat fan out  

 

[noblekane]

smh shannon brown is a bum

 

[essential1]

It all makes sense now

Sacre and Duhon: Lakers' family affair

It's been a bizarre season for the Los Angeles Lakers, with coaching changes and a seemingly never-ending array of injuries causing a rocky start for the team.

With that said, it almost came as no surprise in this anything-would-be-believable season that Lakers point guard Chris Duhon and backup big man Robert Sacre aren't just teammates; they're related.

"His momma and my dad are second cousins," Sacre said before the Lakers played the New Orleans Hornets earlier this week.

As Sacre continued to trace back the family tree out loud, he seemed to confuse even himself, getting tripped up when he tried to connect how he and Duhon's grandparents would be related to one another.

"I just know we're third … we're third cousins," Sacre said.

Sacre said that despite being related to Duhon, he met his cousin only once prior to becoming teammates with him this year -- at a Duke-Gonzaga game at Madison Square Garden when Duhon came to see his alma mater play against his cousin and the Bulldogs.

"That's when I said, 'You know, we're cousins,'" recalled Sacre.

Despite not having met face-to-face prior to that, the 23-year-old Sacre and the 30-year-old Duhon kept in touch through basketball as they grew up.

"I just remember whenever he was at Duke, he sent me a bunch of posters and, like, signed pictures from Duke, so I have that," Sacre said. "But we didn't know each other before."

When Duhon was traded to the Lakers in August, he hadn't familiarized himself with L.A.'s roster to the point where he realized the Lakers were carrying Sacre on the team after they drafted the 7-footer with the 60th pick of the NBA Draft back in June.

"I didn't know until I came in and we were playing pickup and it was just kind of one of those things," Duhon said after the Lakers game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday. "You're looking at him and it was like he could notice me seeing him and I was like, 'Yo!' and he was like, 'Yeah, we cousins!'

"I was like, 'Yeah, I thought so. You look familiar.' It was just one of those things."

Duhon grew up in Slidell, La., and Sacre spent some of his youth in Baton Rouge, La., when his father, Greg LaFleur, played football for the New Orleans Saints.

"[Duhon's] momma and my dad went to the same high school in Ville Platte, La., so that's where we're all from," Sacre said. "That's how the lineage is."

The rookie Sacre has leaned on Duhon, a nine-year veteran, for advice as the year has gone on.

"He's been great," Sacre said. "He's been an awesome teammate and cousin. He's definitely helped me out with the plays and just the adjustment of being in the NBA."

Said Duhon: "Just telling him what it is going to take for him to stay in the league. Things he needs to do, things he needs to learn about the NBA game, which is completely different from the college game. Just giving him the nuances so he can enjoy a long career."

 

[essential1]

Nash is out at least 2 more weeks.

 

[rockstar]

Nash probably won't be back until MAYBE Christmas against the Knicks. But I'd rather have him full health and not be back until he's 100%.

 

[essential1]

Nash probably won't be back until MAYBE Christmas against the Knicks. But I'd rather have him full health and not be back until he's 100%.

Think New Year's.

 

[rockstar]

Steve Blake is out until February, he has the effort, just not the speed or consistent 3's.

 

[essential1]

Steve Blake is out until February, he has the effort, just not the speed or consistent 3's.

And Steve Blake can sit out until his contract is over, end of next year for all I care..

Effort doesn't mean anything if you just are not good anymore.

 

[rockstar]

Essential speaks the truth.

 

[trickster360cj]

Have yall given up already. Why did the thread title change to: Draft Lottery, Here we come.

 

[essential1]

Have yall given up already. Why did the thread title change to: Draft Lottery, Here we come.

There's one person who would say something so absurd.



Then LTB ran with it.

 

[trickster360cj]

There's one person who would say something so absurd. The LTB ran with it.

Yea I see. Kobe seemed super calm about the Lakers situation when they were interviewing him on ESPN today

 

[mrdieselfuel09]

It's a marathon not a sprint. Rather have the team struggling now than when playoffs are in the corner.

 

[goldmember]

It's a marathon not a sprint. Rather have the team struggling now than when playoffs are in the corner.

We need to make the playoffs first

 

[scotthallwithapick]

Nash is out at least 2 more weeks.

 

[mrdieselfuel09]

We need to make the playoffs first

Of course!! But lets worry about getting some wins for now. :x