Enjoy tonight Boston

[MyInsatiableOne]

thanks we are enjoying ourselves. it must suck to have a rapist as your best player and an A hole for a coach.

Touche!

[MyInsatiableOne]

JEALOUSY, We are the best franchise in sports we better get use to this.

[Grahf]

"Hungry" Lakers learned a lesson in the Finals? By Game 6 the only lesson they learned was "roll over."

[JellosJigglin]

Eh...I don't know why this guy posted this here. But anyway, Portland may be a lottery team, but they have given the Lakers fits over the years. Even when the Lakers were winning championships, Portland had their number. So coming out and putting this young team in their place still feels good. You just have to know the history between these two teams. Kobe has had some amazing, clutch game-winning plays against them over his career, both in the playoffs and reg season. It's why Portland may be the only city in America that hates Kobe more than Boston.

Regarding Bynum, it was his first game in almost a year. It's his first time playing with Gasol as well. I don't think we'll see the old Bynum until maybe December or January. The timing will come back sooner, but the explosion will take a little longer.

Good luck.

[bruno sundov]

thanks we are enjoying ourselves. it must suck to have a rapist as your best player and an A hole for a coach.

LOL. YES!

You didn't know that kobe isn't a felon. he never even went to trial. He is a felon and the coach is an egomeniacle tool.

[Taget]

Hopefully there will be a rematch and we'll get to prove you wrong. If not it is perfectly respectable to beat the Spurs in the finals.

[TheCelticTruth]

Eh...I don't know why this guy posted this here. But anyway, Portland may be a lottery team, but they have given the Lakers fits over the years. Even when the Lakers were winning championships, Portland had their number. So coming out and putting this young team in their place still feels good. You just have to know the history between these two teams. Kobe has had some amazing, clutch game-winning plays against them over his career, both in the playoffs and reg season. It's why Portland may be the only city in America that hates Kobe more than Boston.

Regarding Bynum, it was his first game in almost a year. It's his first time playing with Gasol as well. I don't think we'll see the old Bynum until maybe December or January. The timing will come back sooner, but the explosion will take a little longer.

Good luck.

weve got our nuts on the Celtics side as well, but if more lakers fans were this objective, we could have some better discussions as opposed to sports-hate mongering. im fierce in my opposition to our sports rivals but i prefer it being respectful (like pats-colts).

i expect portland to be a good team this year, and i have no intention of writing off andrew bynum, the kid has potential, but its definitely heavy on the potential side still, and not the finished product side.

[campybatman]

I don't have a real problem with a fan of another team believing that their team will do it this year. However, it can become repetitive after a while if your team doesn't live up to your lofty expectation. But, then fans don't play the game, do they? What I dislike is when fans of other franchises act as if your team has done something wrong by earning a place in the finals and succeeding where they didn't. And you've won what was intended for them. As if to say, the NBA trophy already has the franchise name of this team or that team on it prior to the beginning of the regular season. If that were true... Why play? I mean if this season the Lakers are predicted to win it all. Then all the other franchises should go home now. Get your off season workouts in now because the Lakers are already the 2008-2009 NBA champions. Haven't you not read?

For Boston, let's hope Matt Damon doesn't make a bold prediction and jinx the Celtics. But, why would he do that? The Celtics, as is the case with the rest of the teams in the league, haven't gone through the regular season yet.

EA Sports predicts a Lakers title, again

Will they never learn?

A computer simulation of EA Sports’ ‘NBA Live 09’ videogame predicts the Los Angeles Lakers will win this season’s NBA Finals.

With Las Vegas odds favoring the Lakers at 3-1, the pick isn’t that huge a reach. However, the full season and playoff simulation has the Celtics [team stats] – a 7-2 pick for defending their 2007-08 title - failing to reach the Finals. What’s more, the virtual version of the Green ends up third in the Eastern Conference behind Miami and Detroit.

Could it be that Kevin Garnett’s cover appearance on rival 2K Sports’ ‘NBA 2K9’ cost the Celtics’ a few key calls down the stretch?

Of course, sports and gaming fans may remember last year’s simulation of the NBA Championship also went against the Celtics. On the court, the live Celtics fared much better than their virtual counterparts – knocking off the Lakers in six games.

http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/bask ... id=1128538



http://thelakersnation.com/blog/2008/06 ... att-damon/



Lakers Vs. Celtics: The Jack Nicholson/Matt Damon Bet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6D_lgt8UKo

[-SDU-]

man i dont support either team, but what sort of stupid, pointless, arrogant premature excuse for a thread starter is that?

[dingodile]

Times like these I really miss Darth.

[DubaLakers]

This group of C's will not win the title. The east coast gauntlet is going to be even tougher for your senior team of superstars. The east is deeper than the west now IMO...Det, Orl, Cle, Philly, then you have to face the best team in the league, the Lakers. Where is your bench C's? Powe? and?

[greenbeans]

lol @ ^^this guy

[-SDU-]

yawn, can you tell me tomorrows lottery numbers too?

and how the hell can you say the east is deeper than the west?

i dont even think the lakers will make the finals anyways, this thread is pointless

[DubaLakers]

It stinks I can't talk a little smack being excited about the season especially after watching the Lakes in preseason and seeing the dramatic changes... ...without a few of the C's fans saying stfu troll or kobe's a rapist, low blows and out of line to those few nasty so called C's fans...On the other hand I do appreciate the real C's fans that get it you guys made some solid points. See you in the finals Beantown. Stay healthy.

As far as Kobe not having what it takes because of the late end to the season the Finals and the Olympics I don't believe is much of a concern to me. Because the team is stronger he really just has to feel the ebb and flow of the game he knows more now than ever when he needs to turn it on. He's not going to have to score as much this year than he did last year because of it. Last night was a solid example. When Ptown would make a run he'd immediatly react as needed when the rest of the game he was more the facilitator and a defensive participant, and a court leader. As far as our second best tough guy Fisher being our oldest guy, that's a good point, but by the C's embarrasing us in that final was a blessing as unfortunate of a beatdown that it was, it helped as much as it hurt.

[greenbeans]

Your argument merits no legit basketball discussion. You're just a bitter fan who is all jealous now the C's are getting their rings and the banners going up. Enjoy getting rolled in the playoffs by a vindictive Tim Duncan, should be a blast on your end

[DubaLakers]

Just hungry greenbeans I want the Lakers to beat the C's in the final just as you would if the sit was reversed. Bitter that we lost, yes, but you can see in my posts that I stated you guys kicked our butt handily and convicingly if that gives you solace. The C's looked good last night, but the Lakers looked better, but of course consider the opponent came into question as well.

[DelMonte West]

Lock.

This.

Crap.

[canman1971]

Come talk to us in March or April. Until then.....