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Re: 3/20/12 Lakers @ Houston 5:00PM PST KCAL TV 

Post#21 » by Wavy Q » Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:06 pm

As long as Sessions is playing 15+ minutes alongside Kobe, i don't care whether or not he starts. Kobe needs someone to handle the ball when he's ****
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Re: 3/20/12 Lakers @ Houston 5:00PM PST KCAL TV 

Post#22 » by ScramboD8 » Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:11 pm

You can't start a guy like Blake as long as he's terrified for taking a shot. Sessions is great of the bench and makes that unit a lot better but I think he would impact the game even more if starting. And he really should play when the game is on the line. He can get to the FT line and will penetrate and get better shots for Kobe.

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Re: 3/20/12 Lakers @ Houston 5:00PM PST KCAL TV 

Post#23 » by desertlakerfan » Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:22 pm

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lalball81 wrote:What's the obsession with Sessions starting? Just sends Blake back to the second unit and makes the bench useless again. As long as Sessions is getting more MINUTES than Blake then who cares whether the starts or not.

Bingo, he's way more important to the 2nd unit


1. The bench is only really bad on the road, they have been respectable all year at home with Blake and Barnes leading them.

2. Sessions isn't more important to the second unit, we need at least 4 offensive threats with the starting unit and MWP is needed to lock down the opposing teams best offensive starter. This isn't even factoring in the defensive upgrade of Sessions over Blake against starting PGs keeping our bigs from having to help.


Any starting PG will make a second unit look "better", but they also make the starters look "better" because they are a much better player!

Blake on the other hand disappears with the starters, yet plays decent enough with the bench. He's spent the entire season(the portion he's been healthy) before the trade coming off the bench and has his own good chemistry with Barnes.

Sessions will still get minutes with the second unit like Bynum does since he is a young player and more skilled than his backup(Blake), but I don't understand the obsession with burrying him in with the bench when we traded Fisher to open up the starting PG position. There isn't many games left in the regular season to build good chemistry with the starters, every game we wait hurts us in the long run.
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Re: 3/20/12 Lakers @ Houston 5:00PM PST KCAL TV 

Post#24 » by Crooked-I » Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:26 pm

#3 is so damn sexy
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Re: 3/20/12 Lakers @ Houston 5:00PM PST KCAL TV 

Post#25 » by hermes » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:01 pm

more than one picture per link, what is this the future? damn

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Re: 3/20/12 Lakers @ Houston 5:00PM PST KCAL TV 

Post#26 » by RamonSessions7 » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:04 pm

desertlakerfan wrote:
17 24 16 wrote:
lalball81 wrote:What's the obsession with Sessions starting? Just sends Blake back to the second unit and makes the bench useless again. As long as Sessions is getting more MINUTES than Blake then who cares whether the starts or not.

Bingo, he's way more important to the 2nd unit


1. The bench is only really bad on the road, they have been respectable all year at home with Blake and Barnes leading them.

Exactly, really bad on the road. Where 85% of our losses come from.

Kobe only sits about 10 minutes per game, so Sessions should still be getting at least 22 minutes with him anyway
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Re: 3/20/12 Lakers @ Houston 5:00PM PST KCAL TV 

Post#27 » by dockingsched » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:22 pm

i asked the houston board if they wanted to join threads, no reply so far.

i'm thinking of just creating a thread on their board inviting them over here, they don't have a GT up yet.
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Re: 3/20/12 Lakers @ Houston 5:00PM PST KCAL TV 

Post#28 » by MiniMamba24 » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:28 pm

for the lakers starters you put barnes under blakes picture
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Re: 3/20/12 Lakers @ Houston 5:00PM PST KCAL TV 

Post#29 » by ennui » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:31 pm

dockingsched wrote:i asked the houston board if they wanted to join threads, no reply so far.

i'm thinking of just creating a thread on their board inviting them over here, they don't have a GT up yet.


I'm down with this. Also, we should look into merging with the Grizzlies if we have any games against them left. They have good posters there.
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Re: 3/20/12 Lakers @ Houston 5:00PM PST KCAL TV 

Post#30 » by Jetset » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:31 pm

ahernandez24 wrote:for the lakers starters you put barnes under blakes picture


LOL @ nobody pointing it out earlier. Blake's a nobody
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Post#31 » by dockingsched » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:40 pm

Invite extended to rockets fans:

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Re: 3/20/12 Lakers @ Houston 5:00PM PST Rockets fans welcome 

Post#32 » by chefy » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:41 pm

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Post#33 » by Father Time » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:45 pm

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Nice kicks son!
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Re: 3/20/12 Lakers @ Houston 5:00PM PST KCAL TV 

Post#34 » by MiniMamba24 » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:47 pm

Jetset wrote:
ahernandez24 wrote:for the lakers starters you put barnes under blakes picture


LOL @ nobody pointing it out earlier. Blake's a nobody


everyone gets caught up with the eyecandy haha
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Re: 3/20/12 Lakers @ Houston 5:00PM PST KCAL TV 

Post#35 » by AlexBarrera1 » Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:09 am

ahernandez24 wrote:
Jetset wrote:
ahernandez24 wrote:for the lakers starters you put barnes under blakes picture


LOL @ nobody pointing it out earlier. Blake's a nobody


everyone gets caught up with the eyecandy haha


I think we all got caught up with the fact that Blake sucks ass more than anything
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Re: 3/20/12 Lakers @ Houston 5:00PM PST Rockets fans welcome 

Post#36 » by dockingsched » Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:10 am

dragic, that guy is going to tear up blake me thinks.
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Post#37 » by Father Time » Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:12 am

Where the rockets fans at?
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Post#38 » by dockingsched » Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:15 am

great D steve
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Post#39 » by iamworthy » Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:15 am

Nice GT Ankle. The eye candy is :jawdrop:
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Post#40 » by iamworthy » Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:15 am

dockingsched wrote:great D steve


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