Ya "C" the "if" from your Laker Nation blogger?

I suppose the "gift" from Mr. Gerry West was on the up and up?

Cheers.

"Wasn't there some drama with Shack hitting on Kobe's wife?"

That was with Malone Vamos C's. How are you?

-San Francisco 49ers-

The "Class" of the NFL.

Go Niners!

Go Kings!

Sonnybelfast

Jon K: Save your breath. LGC's ain't going nowhere. There is only 1 thing that will make him disappear.

A Championship.

He will torment us and sling his bows and arrows until we win it all. Then, and only then, will he be starved once and for all.

Nuff said.

Let's all hope for the healthiest season ever.

Health and defense are key. No matter who we face and when.

Go Lakers!

Many of you here are excited about the up-coming season.
I, like Rick Fox (he of 3 championship rings) still burn over the lost in the finals (and especially against Boston!).
Like Rick Fox, I have questions about this team that has yet to be answered.
Are they truly committed to winning a championship?
Are they working out in the gym?
And-like Rick-my number one concern:
ARE THEY MENTALLY TOUGH?
Games 4 (a 24 point lead) and 6 (and 39 point blow-out) will forever stain my brain.
Yes, Kobe/Andrew/Sasha/Trevor/D-Fish are committed.
However:
Pau is mentally weak (and too thin to play the 4).
Lamar is mentally weak period.
Luke/Vladimir at a combined 60 million has to be the worst signings in Lakers (and probably NBA) history (especially when you throw in Lamar's 14 million this year).
I'm sorry, but this Lakers' team reminds me of Sacramention of the early 21st century and the Jazz who lost to the Bulls twice in the NBA Finals: talented but no heart.
And I don't care what any of you say about me:
The Lakers will never win a championship with 4 weak links (Pau/Lamar/Luke/Vladimir).
You are only as strong as your weakest link.
Kobe/Andrew/Sasha/Trevor/D-Fish can not over come the weak Pau/Lamar/Luke/Vladimir (and I have not mentioned Chris Mims playing with a re-built ankle).
If the Lakers want to prove me wrong, then do what the Celtics did last year:
Start the season 29-3.
To quote Doc Rivers:
To win the NBA championship we need to be a great defensive team, not a good defensive team (translation: when we have an off shooting night and score only 92, we should win: 92 to 88).
For the past 3 seasons, the Lakers have been inconsistent (win 3 on the road against Denver, Utah and San Antonio then come home and lose to Charlotte and Memphis).
The Lakers play 11 of their first 15 at home.
If they are serious about winning a championship (and regaining their self-respect after the embarassment against the Cs), I want a 11-0 home record and 3-1 road record.
Boston won their first 12 home games (which set the tone to a 29-3 start and a championship).
The Lakers need to do the same to change my thinking of this team as being pysically and mentally weak.
If they start the season off 5-0 and then go 3-2 against weak opponents (I don't know their schedule; I'm just typing an example off the top of my head), then I know they are not mentally strong (if having your heart snatched from your chest-and on national tv no less-by the hated Cs do not motivate you to play focus for the start of the season to set a tone, then I know for sure the Lakers are not mentally tough and will never win a ring).
Until the above happens: I am not convince this team will do anything except fold under pressure (like Utah did against the Bulls and Sacramento did against the 99-01 Lakers).
Don't believe the hype.
Peace.

You can only speculate.

We all know that Frankenstein and his the Whiniest player in history colluded to bring a title to Beantown. Just like the Pats cheated their way to titles, so have the Celtics. The Sox, well, they're always gonna be a bunch of losers, no matter how many titles they win.

Boston: Where being a cheater means you're somebody

Wait . . . even better

Boston: Cheaters always prosper here

Cheaters.

-San Francisco 49ers-
The "Class" of the NFL.
Go Niners!
Go Kings!
Sonnybelfast
Posted by: Sonnybelfast | August 06, 2008 at 02:11 PM

You shud be shame of yourself! lol

Charles and Utz are "smart" Laker Fans. I won't name the dumb one.

ahahahah

I agree that only a championship will make Vamos C go away.

ahahahahah

SonnyB,

When you're talking about the 'class' of the NFL, it's all about the Chargers. We're on a mission this year. Super Bowl or bust. The city of San Diego is hungry for a championship. This is our year.

And I do not understand why people take the words of Rick Fox so seriously. This is a player who was not mentally tough. I can't remember how many times he choked in the clutch, but it was a lot. That is not mental toughness.

For him to be laying it so thick on the Lakers about mental toughness is about as hypocritical as it gets. He thinks he's all tough because he played Peja pretty good. Big deal! This is a guy who got beat up by Doug Christie.

And he's a choker. Who was in the game when it was winning time? It certainly wasn't Rick Fox, it was Robert Horry. Now Horry is mentally tough, not Rick Fox.

This Laker team is just getting started and I guarantee anyone that the Lakers will make him eat his words.

Go Lakers!

"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid."

Friedrich Nietzsche

Posted by: Charles | August 06, 2008 at 02:26 PM

That post is a representation of this blog. Charles, I agree with you that this user is a regular. More and more, he-she is revealing that it is more of Kobe hate.

Charles/Pig/Utzworld,

Starve the Troll.

It's the right thing to do.

The Troll does not deserve your attention. You are better than that.

GO LAKERS!

Jeff K,
Thanks for the kind words.

Mike T -

If the lake show pulls of that kind of trade, then Mitch needs to be Executive of the Decade.

I'm surprised that Atlanta has actually even contacted Josh Smith's agent.

Rollo,

I have no idea. To the best of my knowledge, nothing you've written was deleted.

AK

Let's go C's,

>>>Can someone tell me why Mr. I Can Get Off At Anytime
>>>is averagin 13 points per game

Let's see... the player who is taking the fourth most shots per
game is making the fourth most points for the team. Big
surprise there.

I'm absolutely positive if Kobe was taking the most shots for
Team USA, you'd be calling him a ball hog.

>>>averaging the lowest FG% for Team USA?
>>>Can someone say forcing shots?

50% shooting not good enough for you, huh?

For starters, it ain't the lowest... That would be Tayshaun
Prince at 45%.

And if you account for the fact that almost half of Kobe's
shots are 3-pointers, and the fact that he gets fouled a lot,
his effective shooting percentage is much higher, more
like 60%.

That as opposed to guys shooting poorly on 3-pointers
(e.g. Carmelo - 25%, Deron Williams - 16%, Prince - 25%)
or guys shooting poorly on free throws (LeBron 55%,
Dwight Howard 33%, Deron Williams 50%). In both of those
cases, those guys effective shooting percentage will be
lower.

But it's all good. When only one person on your team is
shooting below 50% you can't complain.

By the way, your hero Paul Pierce only managed to shoot
44% in the finals last season. So if you're wondering why
he's not on the Olympic team, that's why. Oh yeah, and
the fact that he led the team to a 6th place finish.

Let's go C's

>>>Farve loved nationwide whilst Kobe is loved in Beverly Hills 90210.

My how good you are about ignoring reality.

Like the reality that the crowd in BOSTON season before last
was chanting MVP for Kobe. Just as fans did in many arenas
in the NBA last season, and in every game played in China
so far.

So you know, there are a few boozy bean-eaters in Boston
who think Paul Pierce is the best in the world, but in the
concensus of world opinion, it ain't even close... Kobe is
the man.

{Non-sequitor}

Miley Cyrus is the Devil.

Our children are being programmed to celebrate banality in music.

GO LAKERS!

Caliphilosopher,

That was a joke : )

mike t.

Feel free to jump in there and be a part of the... ugh... Raider Nation.
AK
Posted by: Andrew Kamenetzky | August 06, 2008 at 02:32 PM

somehow I feel as if your slighting my team with that comment lol. Ill check out the Football message board her..but if is not Raiderish enough for me I will have my vengeance..in his life or the next. Besides im more a Raide fan than a Laker fan. I've been a Laker fan since birth..but the Raider in me runs deep through out my family tree. Anyhow..Go Lakers!

I'd rather talk about the Clippers than the Raiders.

For God's sake, they're in Oakland!

GO LAKERS!

Long Time Laker Fan,

LOL!

I forgot about that.

mike t.

Mike T -

LOL! I knew it was a joke, but I think it would be even funnier if that actually went down - ATL has to be the WORST run franchise in the league; at least Memphis had a plan to clear cap space...

Charles -

Yessssir, I do have your e-mail addy. I'll def let you know when I'll be back in The Wood. Holla!

Hope everyone is doing well!

Hey, I didn't know that Nick Fazekas was a free agent.

THAT is who the Lakers should sign for the deep backup
PF position.

The guy averaged 20 & 10 his last two years in college and
20 and 9 as a freshman. He didn't play a lot of minutes for Dallas,
playing behind Dirk Nowitzki, but he did get 11 minutes a
game for the Clips and had a PER of 19.65.

For a roster that has some injury question marks wrt two of
their 5 front court players, adding a 6'11" guy who can score
a little and rebound well coming off the bench, he'd be a
pretty good gamble. His per-48 rebound number (15.9) is
better than anyone but Bynum (16.9) on the Lakers. He's
way better than Ronny (10.1) was in that respect.

Cali-P

Email me and ill give you my number dawg.

Charles