2010-11 Back-to-Back NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers Thread

Originally posted by jrg:
Who cares, it's pre season

It was nice to see old man Kobe have that 19 point outburst in the 3rd quarter. He still looks limited (or he's taking it really easy since it's the preseason), but he's moving better and better every game.

LOL.

Originally posted by PhilJackson:
Jackson rarely hides his indifference, even disdain, for rookies, famously saying they were all "lower than whale … " earlier in his coaching career.

It didn't sound like he envisioned much playing time in the future for Devin Ebanks or Derrick Caracter despite Ebanks' 14-point, seven-rebound outburst Saturday against Denver.

"It's not that they're the scum of the earth, which they are, it's the simple fact that they make silly mistakes," he said of rookies in general.

"They just don't know the game yet. It really takes experience to know how to eliminate those mistakes that you may avoid when you get some credence in this league."

Ebanks had two points against Utah. Caracter did not play because of back spasms.

Ebanks and Caracter are in charge of collecting all the balls and picking up used beverage bottles after practice, typical chores for NBA rookies, but it could be worse.

"They're not solo. It's really tough if you're all alone," Jackson said. "Sun Yue was alone [in 2008-09]. He got dogged."

[ Edited by LA9erFan on Oct 18, 2010 at 11:59:57 ]

Originally posted by StOnEy333:

Originally posted by jrg:
Who cares, it's pre season

lol

great smiley

I like our rotation and Odom looks rejuvenated.

Magic to sell his stake in the franchise:

http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/101018johnsonsellstosoonshiong.html

Originally posted by dman:
Magic to sell his stake in the franchise:

http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/101018johnsonsellstosoonshiong.html

[ Edited by jrg on Oct 18, 2010 at 12:59:57 ]

Originally posted by jrg:

Originally posted by dman:
Magic to sell his stake in the franchise:

http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/101018johnsonsellstosoonshiong.html

That's awesome. That guy's been a season ticket holder for 25 years. Talk about a dream come true for him.

Who was/ is a better defender? Jerry West or Kobe

Originally posted by socalfan21:
Who was/ is a better defender? Jerry West or Kobe

Kobe and it's not even close.

Originally posted by LA9erFan:

Originally posted by socalfan21:
Who was/ is a better defender? Jerry West or Kobe

Kobe and it's not even close.

Jerry's funny when they ask him if he was better than Kobe. He laughs and then talks about how Kobe would destroy him on the court. He says he probably wouldn't even start in today's game.

Originally posted by LA9erFan:

Originally posted by socalfan21:
Who was/ is a better defender? Jerry West or Kobe

Kobe and it's not even close.

Do you have reasons? I am debating a friend. I know he is a better defender but my friend seems not to think so.

Originally posted by socalfan21:

Originally posted by LA9erFan:

Originally posted by socalfan21:
Who was/ is a better defender? Jerry West or Kobe

Kobe and it's not even close.

Do you have reasons? I am debating a friend. I know he is a better defender but my friend seems not to think so.

Kobe is black and jerry west is white

Originally posted by socalfan21:

Originally posted by LA9erFan:

Originally posted by socalfan21:
Who was/ is a better defender? Jerry West or Kobe

Kobe and it's not even close.

Do you have reasons? I am debating a friend. I know he is a better defender but my friend seems not to think so.

LOL. Kobe's bigger, faster, longer, and has been effective in defending passing lanes and guards the PG through SF positions.

I guess if you want to give him one example, Rondo killed everyone else in the playoffs last year, but was relatively quiet against the Lakers in the Finals with Kobe guarding him. On the other hand, Walt Frazier dropped a nice, fat 36 point, 19 assist game on West in Game 7 of the 1970 Finals. That's not a typo.

West was a solid defender, but not in Kobe's class.

[ Edited by LA9erFan on Oct 19, 2010 at 09:23:16 ]