Moderators: dVs33, Cowology, theBigLip, Snakebites
( - ) V's 
( - )
Allen Iverson
Rasheed Wallace Kobe Bryant Pau Gasol
Trevor Ariza
Andrew Bynum
whatchaknow wrote: I would rather have Batum than Monroe...
JES12 wrote:Bass just barley turned 23 and is a starting PF on any team without a 8 time all-NBA PF in front of him!
Yeah, Odom is really weird. He seems best suited to being a 3rd option, although arguably his best season came Wades rookie year in Miami when the Heat ran the offense through Odom.Pistons#1 wrote:^I was skeptical of the Lakers new-found supporting cast. It looked like Kobe finally had a good cast around him early on last season (when they also got off to a hot start), only to prove Odom and co. still didnt have the consistency to keep it going through the stretch run.
But with Bynum as a legit second guy (assuming he bounces back in the predicted 6 weeks or so), Fisher returning and Farmar emerging, the whole group looks really solid.
May not have liked Odom much as a number two guy (which is why the Lakers could be in for a mediocre month), he seems fine as the third guy on the team.
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.
So is Dice, both Chauncey and Dice were both out injured for our first meeting in LA.DEEP3CL wrote:Man I have to admit I came in thinking the usual of most boards thoughts on the Lakers, mostly people saying we suck or we'll get beat by 20.
Fact is we've only been dealt with only a couple of times by 10 or more.
I really respect you guys analysis of the Lakers, at least there's some real b-ball IQ here instead of the usual stuff like I mentioned above with no valid reason on why it will happen.
Well as you guys know were taking off on this 9 game 14 day trip starting with your Pistons on Thursday. Billups is playing this time so I definitely expect a different game. I like how CB just runs everything for that team.
Really I just hope we can do about 6-3 or no worse then 5-4 on the trip. Haven't seen much of the Pistons so I'm not going to front and say this and that about them all I know is you guys are my pick to make the Celtics cry come late May.
DEEP3CL wrote:Man I have to admit I came in thinking the usual of most boards thoughts on the Lakers, mostly people saying we suck or we'll get beat by 20.
Fact is we've only been dealt with only a couple of times by 10 or more.
I really respect you guys analysis of the Lakers, at least there's some real b-ball IQ here instead of the usual stuff like I mentioned above with no valid reason on why it will happen.
Really I just hope we can do about 6-3 or no worse then 5-4 on the trip. Haven't seen much of the Pistons so I'm not going to front and say this and that about them all I know is you guys are my pick to make the Celtics cry come late May.
JES12 wrote:Bass just barley turned 23 and is a starting PF on any team without a 8 time all-NBA PF in front of him!
Detroit will have a deeper squad tonight than they had when the two teams met on Nov. 16. In that game, the Pistons were playing without Antonio McDyess (left shoulder) and Chauncey Billups (left knee). Both will play tonight. The Lakers, meanwhile, will be playing without Andrew Bynum (left knee).
The Pistons are happy to be getting off the road. Tonight's game against the Lakers at The Palace marks the end of a tough January. The suitcases can be put away for a bit; eight of the Pistons' next 10 games -- through Feb. 22 -- are at home. That's after a January in which 10 of the Pistons' 15 games were on the road.
A side effect of being gone so much is less time to practice. Pistons coach Flip Saunders thinks his team has weathered the worst of the schedule without too much damage. "I really think when people look at us right now, we're flying under radar," Saunders told WDFN Wednesday. "Look at the schedule after the All-Star Game. We have 13 (actually 14) road games, and pretty much only one more multi-game road trip."
The Pistons' next big trip starts Feb. 24, a swing through Phoenix, Denver, Utah and L.A. At the other end of the spectrum are the Lakers, who are on game three of a nine-game trip. The Lakers will be gone from home until Feb. 13. And they are missing some important parts: center Andrew Bynum (knee) and forward Trevor Ariza (foot). Luke Walton (hip) also might miss time. Still, Lakers coach Phil Jackson remains hopeful about his team being able to use this trip as a springboard. "I was looking forward to this trip as one in which the team would unify and build the kind of resolve you need for the playoffs, because you're out on the road a lot," Jackson told the L.A. Times. "We'll see how we do."
