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Kicking off the best shooter from last year's team (granted that isn't saying much).
Aight.
Aight.
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Kicking off the best shooter from last year's team (granted that isn't saying much).
Aight.
Only better three point shooters are Meeks like you said and Nash.
Everybody else is league average or below.
I totally forgot we signed Meeks.Only better three point shooters are Meeks like you said and Nash.
Everybody else is league average or below.
Metta: 'I don't see anybody getting past us'
Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Peace joined the Max and Marcellus Show on 710 ESPN radio on Friday to discuss the team's upcoming season and share his thoughts on the reconstructed roster.
"With the way the Lakers are looking this year, I don't see anybody getting past us this year at all," World Peace said.
Despite the Lakers' exit in the second round of the NBA playoffs last spring, World Peace says he believes the team developed good chemistry under coach Mike Brown.
"Not only does he have confidence in his team, he also has confidence in himself," World Peace said. "I gotta trust in myself, trust in my teammates most importantly."
World Peace also talked about what the addition of small forward Antawn Jamison will mean.
"I saw Jamison today," World Peace said. "People forget how much a great rebounder he is. He's one of the greatest rebounders of the game, he has the best touch out of everybody in the NBA, best touch out of all the big men in the game."
James Worthy says he wasn't a fan of Dwight Howard
Dwight Howard lost a lot of fans as he oscillated between NBA teams during the off-season.
Among them, count Laker great James Worthy.
"I wasn't a fan of Dwight Howard," Worthy said during a conference call Thursday morning to announce his new role as main studio analyst for Lakers games on Time Warner Cable SportsNet.
Worthy said that he likes players who put their head down and do their job. He lamented that with Howard, "there was too much conversation."
"Who said this, I don't like this coach. To me, that's nonsense," Worthy said. "Your job is to come in and play and deal with the situation that's there."
Worthy also greatly disapproved of Howard's reticence to play for the Lakers.
"I was a little bit taken back. I think I heard him say ... if the Lakers drafted him, he wouldn't take it," Worthy said. "I knew that was gibberish."
Worthy, however, made it clear that now that Howard is on the Lakers, he welcomes him to the team. He just thinks that the superstar with a larger-than-life personality needs a minor attitude adjustment.
"This is not Orlando," he said.
After all, as Worthy pointed out, the Lakers have had a long history of great centers, including George Mikan, Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul Jabbar.
"It's not like he's bringing this onetime thing to the Lakers," Worthy said.
Worthy thinks that Howard will adjust. He even suggested that the center could thrive alongside superstar Kobe Bryant -- provided that he understands one small thing.
"We already have one superman in this town," he said.
As Worthy cautioned Howard, he praised Steve Nash, the Lakers other slam dunk acquisition this off-season.
"I think my favorite move of the summer was professor Steve Nash," he said. "We haven't had a point guard like that since Magic Johnson."
Worthy said that the team's success this season will hinge on whether Bryant will allow Nash to do what the Lakers brought him aboard to do.
"The key is gonna be if Kobe can defer to Steve Nash and let him run the show," Worthy said.
Worthy called Nash a second coach on the court.
"He's going to make Mike Brown's job so much easier," he said.
As for the Lakers chances of winning a championship this season?
Worthy said the team might not be there just yet.
"They look better on paper," he said. "They look really good on paper. So does a counterfeit $100 bill until you try to spend it. They have work to do."
Worthy, however, was quick to acknowledge that Bryant is hungry for his sixth championship and with both Howard and Nash, his chances greatly increase.
"They should be expected to make the Western Conference Finals, at least," he said.
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Nets & Suns are not pursuing Barbosa... Based on how the other teams are playing it no one else is either..
Value Signing since he is obviously not getting anything above Vet Min for whatever reason...
i want Barbosa too, hes exactly what we need as far as guard depth.
i think Meeks can handle the ball well also but not if hes being coached by Mike Brown. hopefully he listens to Nash more often
Why do i get the feeling from watching that interview that Dwight is most likely leaving after this season ... SMH .. hope i'm wrong
First Unit
Chalmers
Wade
Lebron
Battier
Bosh
Bench
Cole
Ray Allen (James Jones)
Mike Miller
Rashard Lewis
Joel Anthony (Vet Big Man)
Possible Closing Lineups
Any combination of....
Wade, Chalmers, Lebron, Allen, Miller, Lewis, Bosh, Battier
The versatility in this squad is unbelievable. They will have trouble guarding the Lakers 2 bigs, but you can say the same thing the other way around. How is Dwight Howard going to guard Chris Bosh if you pull him out to the corner 3 pointer? How will Pau Gasol guard Battier all around the perimeter? It only leaves gaping holes for two of the best slashers in the world. Then you bring Howard/Gasol inside to take away those lanes and you have an arsenal of 3 point shooters with wide open shots. Steve Nash does not have the quickness to shift defensively to contest those shots. Kobe might but you're going to wear him out defensively by doing that. I don't think the Lakers are deep enough to keep up with the Heat, but if their squad can keep the score close until the end of the game, their starting 5 will create some serious damage to whoever they are playing.
Sorry for turning this into a Lakers vs. Heat discussion
Why do i get the feeling from watching that interview that Dwight is most likely leaving after this season ... SMH .. hope i'm wrong
This was a response of mine in the season thread, thought it might be more appropriate in here
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And IMO there is no chance Dwight leaves after this season