OT:the Jealousy of other team's fans...

cfan79 · Post #41 » by **cfan79** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:29 pm

The Lakers bench is pretty bad. There are a ton of teams with a better bench then them.

RoyHobbs · Post #42 » by **RoyHobbs** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:06 pm

cfan79 wrote:Starters

Kendrick Perkins < A. Bynum
K. Garnett > Pau Gasol
Paul Pierce > Lamar Odom
Ray Allen < Kobe Bryant
Rajon Rondo > Derek Fisher

Bench

P.J. Brown > Ronny Turiaf
Leon Powe = Vladimir Radmanovic
James Posey > Trevor Ariza
Tony Allen = Luke Walton
Sam Cassell > Jordan Farmar
Glen Davis > DJ Mbenga
Eddie House > Sasha Vujacic

Let's at least be fair.

Turiaf = Powe (Turiaf gets more minutes, and is probably better defensively)
Vlad Rad = Brown (better offense, worse defense)
Posey > Ariza
Walton > Tony (all-around; Tony is better defensively)
Cassell = Farmar (Farmar can do more things, Sam has better experience)
House = Vujacic (Vujacic is actually having a better season shooting)
Davis > Mbenga

I like our starters better, though.

Rasheeed!!! · Post #43 » by **Rasheeed!!!** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:28 pm

lol, I just don't see where you can pull a 10-2 Celts advantage from when the Lakers bench is probably the best in the L.....i'm pretty sure they score the most points and they are known to create leads

L4L · Post #44 » by **L4L** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:53 pm

cfan79 wrote:The Lakers bench is pretty bad. There are a ton of teams with a better bench then them.

If true, we know that ur bench isnt one of them....all in all i wish ur team the best and hopefully we can see each other in the finals so that this can be put to rest...

GO LAKERS!!!! :clap:

cfan79 · Post #45 » by **cfan79** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:43 pm

L4L wrote:If true, we know that ur bench isnt one of them....all in all i wish ur team the best and hopefully we can see each other in the finals so that this can be put to rest...

GO LAKERS!!!!

No offense, but the Lakers bench is overrated and I hope they don't get passed the 1st round.

There isn't one matchup me or RoyHobbs put down that the C's don't beat the Lakers in.

cfan79 · Post #46 » by **cfan79** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:52 pm

Rasheeed!!! wrote:lol, I just don't see where you can pull a 10-2 Celts advantage from when the Lakers bench is probably the best in the L.....i'm pretty sure they score the most points and they are known to create leads

We'll see your team in the conference finals. There's only 2 decent players off the Pistons bench(Maxiell and Hayes). So that should be fun.

daveisceltics · Post #47 » by **daveisceltics** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:54 pm

You can't buy chemistry.
Look at the Yankees.

Post #48 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:58 pm

I hate people like that LOL.

"So, I'll give you KG for Al Jeff and fillers..."

"Nah, I don't wanna buy a championship, I'd rather end up in the lottery, trading iz teh cheatz"

The Rondo Show · Post #49 » by **The Rondo Show** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:08 pm

NO-KG-AI wrote:I hate people like that LOL.

"So, I'll give you KG for Al Jeff and fillers..."

"Nah, I don't wanna buy a championship, I'd rather end up in the lottery, trading iz teh cheatz"

Agreed.

It's bad enough when people bring up free agency and say "you bought a championship", but it's downright absurd when they call trading "buying a championship". A team that you 100% drafted that wins a title would still be considered a "bought championship" under that logic, since the players are still getting paid.

campybatman · Post #50 » by **campybatman** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:05 am

Can anyone make sense of this? Why does the national media always claim that there exist dissension between two of the three All-Stars in Boston? Like the Boston media wouldn't know better.

When I hear whispers that Ray Allen has a problem with Paul Pierce being too selfish, I just wonder what the Celtics' record would be if everyone were on the same page up in Boston.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baske ... _give.html

Post #51 » by **SuperDeluxe** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:43 am

bonsaiflipflops wrote:Can anyone make sense of this? Why does the national media always claim that there exist dissension between two of the three All-Stars in Boston? Like the Boston media wouldn't know better.

When I hear whispers that Ray Allen has a problem with Paul Pierce being too selfish, I just wonder what the Celtics' record would be if everyone were on the same page up in Boston.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baske ... _give.html

Number one, Ray Allen is too good a professional (and too classy) to allow a sentiment like that be known.

Number two, the following analysis shows that Paul Pierce is even more selfless than Ray Allen:

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                              Possessions    Assist-to-Possession
            FG   Assists     (FG + Assists)         Ratio
R. Allen    865       184       1049                 17.5%
P. Pierce   989       321       1310                 24.5%

In other words, Ray Allen turns 1 of 6 possessions into an assist. Paul Pierce turns 1 of 4 possessions into an assist.

Mitch Lawrence, with this information in hand, would you really give any credibility to the "whispers" you hear? If so, you are an idiot. (If no, why didn't you even bother doing this analysis? Could it be because you are an idiot?)

Post #52 » by **LLcoleJ** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:49 am

The premise that any one would think that an NBA team can buy a championship is absurd. I have never heard one Laker or any other fan make such mis-informed comments. In fact, I wouldnt waste me time with such hearsay, because its just off base to begin with.

re: Lakers Bench, is not as bad as people claim. 7th in the league in scoring and 1st in 3pt %. With all of our injuries the bench has been thinned out the past few months.

I look forward to a potential Lakers v. Celtics finals with both squads being fully healthy.