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Originally Posted by Foam shox
Originally Posted by xsalvioutlawx
Lebron needs more help.
? it's not enough to be playing with 2 All-stars? What else does LeBron need?
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Originally Posted by Foam shox
Originally Posted by xsalvioutlawx
Lebron needs more help.
? it's not enough to be playing with 2 All-stars? What else does LeBron need?
Originally Posted by CP1708
Do you think Kobe is the reason the Lakers have been relevant for 62 years?Originally Posted by Peep Game
Originally Posted by CP1708
What the @#$%?
Son, the day Duncan retires, we'll never hear about the Spurs ever again. The Lakers are the Lakers, with or without Kobe, they will always be around. Forever.
I couldn't think of any other western teams with a serious shot at the finals, would've said the Grizzlies, but they could easily fall off.
The Lakers have been very fortunate that they have never had transition periods. The day Kobe is not a Laker and not replaced
by somebody who even comes close to him, it's a wrap, and they are fighting the Bobcats and Cavs for draft picks. Do you seriously think Odom and Artest could
lead the Lakers to the finals, along with Brittle Bynum and soft-as-Charmin Gasol?
If it ain't Kobe, it'll be somebody else someday. It's how we work.
Mikan to West/Baylor to Kareem to Magic to Shaq to Kobe. On and on and on it goes. 6+ decades man.
Originally Posted by Foam shox
Originally Posted by xsalvioutlawx
Lebron needs more help.
? it's not enough to be playing with 2 All-stars? What else does LeBron need?
Originally Posted by polorico
nope.
the new kings of ball will be the knicks , and the thunder.
Originally Posted by Peep Game
Well not nearly as bad as the Cavs, but if for awhile they were fighting for an 8th seed or even missing out for a little while, it's pretty realistic.
Originally Posted by jcbacall
like it matters. LeBron will just perform the same ol' disappearing act he does in the finals. whats the point?
the new kings of ball will be the knicks
Originally Posted by 2o6
DAT REVENUE
this would EASILY double the superbowl revenue if it went 7 games
floor seats would be 90k each
$1135 x 19,600 x's 7 games= 155,722,000 in tickets , and thats if mavs/heat woulda went 7.
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Originally Posted by CP1708
Originally Posted by Peep Game
Well not nearly as bad as the Cavs, but if for awhile they were fighting for an 8th seed or even missing out for a little while, it's pretty realistic.I don't think you're getting this. They moved Shaq, and missed the post for 1 year, 1 of 5 in 62 seasons. I said 5.
They also missed out once in the 90's........
So, we goin all the way back into the mid 70's, and the LA Lakers have missed the post 2 times. TWO times. You still with me here?
Kobe/Shaq had nothin to do with over 20 of those years, and we still did pretty good, wouldn't you agree?
Now, fast forward. Kobe gone. Pau, gone. Lamar gone. Artest gone. All of em, all gone. What would we do? Gee....hmmmm.....I dunno, how about the fact that we would then be under whatever the cap is by about 45 million dollars?If we ain't payin those guys, then we ain't payin anybody. Which means we have A, a ton of money, B LA to live in/play in, C the history/background of proven winning.
So I ask you, do you not see some sort of NBA young stars that have grown up the past 10 years watching the LA Lakers win titles and coming into the league, and NOT wanting to make a ton of money and play in LA? You don't find that possible?
Maybe it's Dwight, maybe it's Durant, maybe it's Blake G, maybe the kid is still in colllege, maybe it will all 3 of these guys, I don't know, but I do know people will join LA when the time comes. It's been happening for SIX DECADES. Why would you think that would stop suddenly? Cuz Kobe left?Said the same thing after Magic, said the same thing after Shaq, it'll be the same thing after Kobe too. It's what LA does.
Ok, so what are you saying? A year? 3 years? This current roster has 2 years left (ya know, if we play NBA next year of courseOriginally Posted by Peep Game
Apparently you missed that part, but being that you're a Lakers fan, I expected that. It's a realistic possibility that that COULD happen, and I mentioned unless they make trades (if you
actually read, I mentioned Dwight Howard and Chris Paul), that that could full well be the case. New coach, new system, an aging roster and guys they keep holding on too, all key
variables that make that a possibility, and a pretty high one with other teams moving up. Yes, LA is an attractive city to be, but not if a losing culture develops. Yes, the Lakers always
manage to reload, but they are in a position now where it would be very hard to do with the people they have and the amount of money they have invested in those players. I know you
support the Lakers through and through, but my dude, get out of that box you in cause you sounding like the average delusional Laker fan.
Yes sir that would definitely be missing awhile, but either of them are realistic possibilities. But to get back to the OP question though, a Lebron/Kobe finalsOriginally Posted by CP1708
Originally Posted by Peep Game
Ok, so what are you saying? A year? 3 years? This current roster has 2 years left (ya know, if we play NBA next year of course)
So that's up to 2013
Then they all leave.
So 2014 we either reload then, or take that year off, save up all our money and go for broke by 2015 or so. Which is easily possible.
So, is that missing out for a while, or do you expect us to sit on our thumbs for 3-4 years, something that has never happened before? That's what I was getting at.
Originally Posted by laker4lifeman
Originally Posted by polorico
nope.
the new kings of ball will be the knicks , and the thunder.
Originally Posted by nYcHipHopHippo
i think Derrick Williams and Kyrie Irving more likely
Originally Posted by dyyhard
as Skip would say, depends on if Dwyane Wade can get Lebron to the finals next year.
Originally Posted by Beware The Underdog
kobe dont want it with lebron...
just like how la fans never wanted to see the spurs in the playoffs
Originally Posted by Peep Game
The only way Kobe and Lebron will meet in the finals in the next couple of years is if:
1) Kobe joins a western powerhouse at that point, coming off the bench (probably for the Spurs or Thunder)
2) Kobe joins Miami, and they are both on the court at the same time