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re: If L.A. wins...
Posted on 6/12/09 at 11:52 pm to SeattleTiger19
Posted on 6/12/09 at 11:52 pm to SeattleTiger19
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I think the whole "soft" thing went out the window in the Houston series
How? That series NEVER shoulda went 7 games and they got absolutely destroyed in games 4 and 6. That series didnt help there "soft" label.
That being said, I dont think they're soft.
Guys like Odom and Gasol are easily shedding the "soft" tag they've gotten by stepping up and playing GREAT deep in the postseason.
Posted on 6/12/09 at 11:55 pm to shel311
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How? That series NEVER shoulda went 7 games and they got absolutely destroyed in games 4 and 6. That series didnt help there "soft" label.
i was wondering that myself. they got beaten up in the post in that series by a 6-6 center and a 6-9 forward. if anything that series only strengthened the soft label
Posted on 6/13/09 at 12:37 am to Stromile Swift
Any team that won it all the past 20 years are better than the 09 Lakers.
Posted on 6/13/09 at 9:01 am to Enfuego
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Any team that won it all the past 20 years are better than the 09 Lakers.
So does that make Kobe the best out of those years for taking such a sad crop to the title?
He MUST be a better leader than any of the players from the Bad-Boy Pistons, Jordan/Pippen Bulls, the Dream's Rockets, Duncan's Spurs, The Kobe/Shaq Lakers, The Wade/Shaq Heat, the Pierce, Allen, Garnett Celtics, and the Sheed, Hamilton Pistons.
Posted on 6/13/09 at 9:22 am to theunknownknight
With regards to the idiots who are saying the Houston series did not how the Lakers are not soft...go understand basketball better. Please? Yao goes down and now the Rockets can play at the Lakers speed. Scola had a good game in the series, but it was the guard play that hurt the Lakers most. Which is why you saw Brown and Farmar so much more. Fisher was struggling to keep up. But like a strong team they made adjustments and pulled it out. Then they played who people were labeling the thuggets and beat them as well. I think the soft thing was a term for last season and people without an original thought or an idea of how basketball works are carrying to this year without knowing what they are talking about.
If the Lakers get one more win they will have played three tough teams. Making adjustments in the Houston series after their game turned into a fast pace game as well, defeating a Denver team many thought the Lakers would lose to and could not win on the road against and finally defeat an Orlando team who knocked off the defending champion (understand the injuries) and dominated the team everyone had already marked as champion. I just don't understand the soft talk, they make adjustments like a champion should make, they have won the close game, won on the road, overcame an 18-0 free throw deficit on the road...soft teams would not do these things and win.
If the Lakers get one more win they will have played three tough teams. Making adjustments in the Houston series after their game turned into a fast pace game as well, defeating a Denver team many thought the Lakers would lose to and could not win on the road against and finally defeat an Orlando team who knocked off the defending champion (understand the injuries) and dominated the team everyone had already marked as champion. I just don't understand the soft talk, they make adjustments like a champion should make, they have won the close game, won on the road, overcame an 18-0 free throw deficit on the road...soft teams would not do these things and win.
Posted on 6/13/09 at 10:22 am to SeattleTiger19
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With regards to the idiots who are saying the Houston series did not how the Lakers are not soft...go understand basketball better. Please?
you can't be serious with this shite. that looks like something a 13 year old wrote
eta: you are right, getting blown out twice in houston by a team whose most talented player was ron artest isn't a sign of softness. gasol and bynum getting pushed around by a guy they each have 6 inches on is perfectly normal. you need to take off the laker glasses. they did a good job of dispelling the soft notion in the denver series, but they looked and played like baby back bitches against houston
This post was edited on 6/13/09 at 10:27 am
Posted on 6/13/09 at 10:51 am to TulaneTigerFan
The Laker hater speaks yet again against the Lakers...what a shock.
So you are measuring the softness of the Lakers big man on the play of Houston guards? You are so fricking stupid (as we all have come to know though). Artest took a lot of jumpers in that series, but I guess Bynum, Gasol and Odom should have been able to reject those 17 foot jumpers from the paint. I guess every team that played Jordan in the finals was soft too. You are judging big men by the play of guards. Soft players buckle under pressure tough players find a way to previal. The fact that you can't comprehend the moment Yao went down the Lakers had to adjust to a completely different style of team that is a better match up against the Lakers, proves you do not know shite about basketball. There is a reason the Rockets had winning record against the Lakers when Yao did not play prior to this series. You just want to keep hating the Lakers though and not give them credit for making adjustments against a team who had the right guys to win that series. Yes, Houston took away that soft title, they had the matchup to win the series and did not pull it off.
So you are measuring the softness of the Lakers big man on the play of Houston guards? You are so fricking stupid (as we all have come to know though). Artest took a lot of jumpers in that series, but I guess Bynum, Gasol and Odom should have been able to reject those 17 foot jumpers from the paint. I guess every team that played Jordan in the finals was soft too. You are judging big men by the play of guards. Soft players buckle under pressure tough players find a way to previal. The fact that you can't comprehend the moment Yao went down the Lakers had to adjust to a completely different style of team that is a better match up against the Lakers, proves you do not know shite about basketball. There is a reason the Rockets had winning record against the Lakers when Yao did not play prior to this series. You just want to keep hating the Lakers though and not give them credit for making adjustments against a team who had the right guys to win that series. Yes, Houston took away that soft title, they had the matchup to win the series and did not pull it off.
This post was edited on 6/13/09 at 10:54 am
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