spearsy23 wrote:...in this thread the thunder made the finals because of Kendrick Perkins
Isn't it obvious? Perkins carried Durant, Westbrook, Harden, Ibaka & Sefolosha to that Finals appearance.
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spearsy23 wrote:...in this thread the thunder made the finals because of Kendrick Perkins
NJ_YANKEE_45 wrote:FlashKing wrote:NJ_YANKEE_45 wrote:There's no telling how Mayo would have performed in Boston. We know how good and how deadly Ray Allen was under Doc Rivers. The Celtics were a dominate force and won a title with him,KG and Pierce. Boston so far has been a .500 basketball team without him.
The Thunder having more finals appearances has absolutely nothing to do with them, not Boston, having Perkins. Besides, Boston had two chances to meet them there last year
Keep telling yourself that.
spearsy23 wrote:Stolen Team Fan wrote:Catchall wrote:The Lakers will rebuild the way the Knicks and Heat did. Start with an All-Star caliber player (Dwight), attract 1 or 2 more big-name FAs, draft great athletes in the late first and second rounds, attract vets who will take MLE to play for a contender. They just need to get Gasol off their books and dump Metta.
Shazaam! New era.
Kobe's contract is a much bigger albatross than Pau's contract. $50M tied up in 2 players is absurd. If Kobe was so intent on winning, he would renegotiate the rest of his contract. That right there (and finding a new home for Pau) would help the Lakers tremendously.
I believe the new cba made it so players can't restructure.
smith2373 wrote:spearsy23 wrote:...in this thread the thunder made the finals because of Kendrick Perkins
Isn't it obvious? Perkins carried Durant, Westbrook, Harden, Ibaka & Sefolosha to that Finals appearance.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
Stolen Team Fan wrote:spearsy23 wrote:Stolen Team Fan wrote:Kobe's contract is a much bigger albatross than Pau's contract. $50M tied up in 2 players is absurd. If Kobe was so intent on winning, he would renegotiate the rest of his contract. That right there (and finding a new home for Pau) would help the Lakers tremendously.
I believe the new cba made it so players can't restructure.
What a bunch of crap. Which side decided to throw that gem in? It seems like it would be beneficial to both owners and players to have that option.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
smith2373 wrote:spearsy23 wrote:...in this thread the thunder made the finals because of Kendrick Perkins
Isn't it obvious? Perkins carried Durant, Westbrook, Harden, Ibaka & Sefolosha to that Finals appearance.
FlashKing wrote:
When did I say that? All i'm saying is that Boston is a tougher team defensively with a guy like Perkins patrolling the middle. FYI, lets not act like OKC didn't become and better team defensively when he arrived.
You gotta be the.....Ito wrote:Lakers.. It's all bout Kobe breakin the points record I doubt they will make the playoffs again with Kobe and Dwight on the same team.. Celtics will be good until pierce and Garnett retire
SmartWentCrazy wrote:It's extremely unlikely that they end up in the top 3.They're probably better off trying to win and giving Philly the 8th pick than tanking and giving them the 4th.
FlashKing wrote:Question: Is Boston better off without Perkins at the moment and the future than with him? please answer me this.
“If you're getting stops and you're making threes and the other team's not scoring, that's when you're going to see a huge point difference there,” coach Billy Donovan said.
spearsy23 wrote:FlashKing wrote:Question: Is Boston better off without Perkins at the moment and the future than with him? please answer me this.
At current contract? Absolutely! At current level of play? ABSOLUTELY!
FlashKing wrote:Question: Is Boston better off without Perkins at the moment and the future than with him?
MetalFingaz wrote:Clearly he was trying to go off the backboard to the ghost of Rik Smits, but he forget Rik was still alive and that ghosts can't dunk.
KDBG wrote:I want to kill Jamal Crawford. Murder his 80 year old a$$. But he is probably a cool guy in real life.
FlashKing wrote:Celtics easily.
They were a mediocre team for 20 years before KG and Ray came along. Once KG retires, it might happen again unless they get a high lottery pick in the future. Lakers always find a way to reload to contend.
Debaser wrote:Celtics have the better young talent Rondo,Bradley, Green, Sullie, Melo
Celtics have all their draft picks
Celtics have the better coach
Rondo To KG wrote:I'm confused as to how anyone can look at either roster and say the Celtics are in a worse position than the Lakers. Celtics have more young talent, one of the best coaches in the league, and they have their best player signed for another three years under a cheap contract.
Lakers on the other hand have no young talent on their roster outside of Dwight, a coach that doesn't fit their needs in D'Antoni, and a franchise player who might bail in free agency. Kobe might not even stick around with the team past 2014 unless they prove to him that they can still compete and if Howard does leave, they might be forced into full rebuilding mode.
Not saying that the Lakers won't end up having a better future than the Celtics, but from a pure GM perspective, the Celtics have the better assets and are in a better situation for a rebuild than LA at the moment.