MVP Watch 2008... Part 3.

Post #661 » by **semi-sentient** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:51 am

HouMac wrote:This is a great opportunity for Kobe to end all MVP debate by carrying his team to a great record on this road trip w/o the 2 biggest reasons for LA's improvement this season(Bynum and Gasol).

Oh yeah, what a wonderful opportunity.

Maybe Kobe should just start by himself and go 1 on 5 so we can settle the debate once and for all.

Kobe can average 50 PPG and it won't matter. We have no size in the middle, so they don't stand a chance.

We have no center on the squad outside of MBenga since Bynum and Mihm are out, so basically our reserve PF has to play center. I'm sure you can appreciate the situation if you think about it just a little.

LALakers4ever · Post #662 » by **LALakers4ever** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:55 am

semi-sentient wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Oh yeah, what a wonderful opportunity.

Maybe Kobe should just start by himself and go 1 on 5 so we can settle the debate once and for all.

Kobe can average 50 PPG and it won't matter. We have no size in the middle, so they don't stand a chance.

We have no center on the squad outside of MBenga since Bynum and Mihm are out, so basically our reserve PF has to play center. I'm sure you can appreciate the situation if you think about it just a little.

First, Gasol's injury isn't that serious. There's a good chance he'll play on Sunday.

Second, have a little faith in your team. The Lakers went 5-5 with Kwame in the middle during a rough stretch. LOL

Post #663 » by **INKtastic** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:56 am

semi-sentient wrote:We have no center on the squad outside of MBenga since Bynum and Mihm are out, so basically our reserve PF has to play center. I'm sure you can appreciate the situation if you think about it just a little.

think about it? I guess you don't watch many cavs games. We've been living that for weeks now. Some games we go further down the bench than that to find a starting center.

Post #664 » by **semi-sentient** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:12 am

lj4mvp wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

think about it? I guess you don't watch many cavs games. We've been living that for weeks now. Some games we go further down the bench than that to find a starting center.

That's great.

This isn't about the Cavs, this is about the Lakers battling for a playoff seed in a conference where you can't afford to be shorthanded, so don't come at me with that meaningless comparison. We don't have the luxury of playing teams nonstop that have a sub .500 record. In the coming weeks we have a brutal schedule in that we play the top teams in the West, and even the bottom seeded teams that we play are no joke (GS, which we play twice).

If the Lakers played in the East, I wouldn't be worried, but we don't. We play in a conference where losing 4 or 5 in a row could mean the lottery if you don't have your act together.

Post #665 » by **semi-sentient** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:15 am

LALakers4ever wrote:First, Gasol's injury isn't that serious. There's a good chance he'll play on Sunday.

According to who? They don't even know if Pau is going to travel with the team, last I heard.

Seeing as how the Hornets and Rockets were the two teams that we had the best chance of beating, I don't see how his injury can't be considered serious in terms of the impact it has. It would be homerific at best to think we could beat Utah and Dallas at home even with Gasol, seeing as how they have a combined record of 56-7 on their home floor.

This injury pretty much **** us as far as getting the top seed goes, and it probably means we're out of the top 4 seeding.

G35 · Post #666 » by **G35** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:17 am

lj4mvp wrote:-= original quote snipped =-Thanks - that was my point exactly. The top got worse, the bottom got worse, the middle got better.

The "middle"?

So who do you consider the "elite" in the West?

Spurs? Lakers? Hornets? Rockets? Jazz?

They're all at the top! You gotta be kidding.

One of the "middle" teams just knocked off the Celtics, the East's elite, by 18 in Boston.

That's the point right there. The Wests "middle" as you call it can beat the Easts elite.......

prekazi · Post #667 » by **prekazi** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:19 am

lj4mvp wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

think about it? I guess you don't watch many cavs games. We've been living that for weeks now. Some games we go further down the bench than that to find a starting center.

LeBron playing center in the crunch time against Atlanta was the best. :rofl:

Kobay · Post #668 » by **Kobay** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:25 am

Well, tonight CP3 remains at 1st spot. Kobe remains at second.

CB4MiamiHeat · Post #669 » by **CB4MiamiHeat** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:28 am

Paul was just toying with Fisher/Farmar/Kobe with his ballhandling

prekazi · Post #670 » by **prekazi** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:33 am

Kobay wrote:Well, tonight CP3 remains at 1st spot. Kobe remains at second.

I would say CP3 just equalled the race. It's getting more and more exciting. :clap:

Kobay · Post #671 » by **Kobay** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:33 am

^^^ we will lose against golden state. No small ball team can compete with them. Only reason teams beating GS is because they lack size.

HouMac · Post #672 » by **HouMac** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:34 am

CP3 just completely **** on LA. I can't remember the last time a PG toyed with backcourt traps like this.

Black Sheep · Post #673 » by **Black Sheep** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:42 am

yea he did didnt he. lets see him do that in the playoffs

Post #674 » by **INKtastic** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:43 am

semi-sentient wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

That's great.

This isn't about the Cavs, this is about the Lakers battling for a playoff seed.

I thought this was the MVP thread, not the lakers board. I guess injuries only matter when they happen to the Lakers?

Post #675 » by **semi-sentient** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:49 am

lj4mvp wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

I thought this was the MVP thread, not the lakers board. I guess injuries only matter when they happen to the Lakers?

Yes, it's the MVP thread, so why the hell did you compare the Cavs depth to the Lakers when you responded to me?

HouMac · Post #676 » by **HouMac** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:50 am

lj4mvp wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

I thought this was the MVP thread, not the lakers board. I guess injuries only matter when they happen to the Lakers?

Don't fall for LA fans' "awww poor us" BS. LeBron's been playing with a starting C/PF of Wallace and Varejao for a while now. Probably the single worst offensive combo in league history. Not to mention the other numerous injuries at other positions for Cleveland.

Post #677 » by **semi-sentient** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:51 am

^^^ Hence the reason his team is not nearly good enough for him to be considered the MVP, which is why you mental midgets can't seem to comprehend what it is that you're responding to.

Post #678 » by **INKtastic** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:53 am

G35 wrote:The "middle"?

So who do you consider the "elite" in the West?

There is no elite in the west. That is the point I have been making. The elite fell off, the bottom got worse, the middle got better. Is that so hard to follow?

Deuce33 · Post #679 » by **Deuce33** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:53 am

semi-sentient wrote:^^^ Hence the reason his team is not nearly good enough for him to be considered the MVP, which is why you mental midgets can't seem to comprehend what it is that you're responding to.

Thank you..

RobertGlory · Post #680 » by **RobertGlory** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:56 am

I don't see how CP3 isn't the leader after tonight

but we still have at Detroit, Chicago, Houston, Boston, at Indiana, at Cleveland, at Boston, at Toronto, at Orlando, at Miami (don't laugh, it's b2b on the last game of a 6 game roadie) upcoming through april 2nd