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Old Texan
02-08-2006, 05:50 PM
Should be a good one. Rockets on 4 game streak with Yao back. Lakers tired from last night.
Clipper fans from San Diego should have some Rocket memories further heating the debate, eh? :rollside:

dmontzsta
02-08-2006, 06:53 PM
It is looking good so far, great first half by the Lakers.

Jyruiz
02-08-2006, 06:57 PM
It is looking good so far, great first half by the Lakers.
Not looking good in the 3rd so far.

Jyruiz
02-08-2006, 07:01 PM
Keep em levelheaded for me.....lol
Whats a friggin Laker anyhow? :)
A body of water that overtakes everything in sight. :)

Jyruiz
02-08-2006, 07:07 PM
Don't look now, the lame ass Rockets just overtook them. :D
I don't think I would called them lame right now, they are full strenth except for Sura, and it is a long game.

Jyruiz
02-08-2006, 07:12 PM
Cook has a nice jump shot, and the reason he has been able to make them, is because Kobe has been double team every game on there road trip. Cook cannot create his own shot, so don't make it seem like he is better than what he is, if he was this consistent, he would play a lot more and not just when starters are injured.

Jyruiz
02-08-2006, 07:17 PM
Maybe the coach is not using his players properly. The other thing is that maybe Kobe hasn't been giving the ball up at the right times. Just a thought....Didn't PJ take Cook out of the game last night when he was sinking shots all over the place? Why would you do that? No reasonable explanation today.
I agree with you, I think Phil should have left Cook in there. Maybe Cook got tired, I don't know, we are not on the bench, but I am harley ever going to criticize a man with 9 rings.

Jyruiz
02-08-2006, 07:21 PM
The Rockets are not a good basketball team. Atlanta is probably playing better ball than the Rockets at this point in time.
Well, Houston has had more key injuries than Atlanta and Houston has a better record, so I don't know where you are coming from.

Jyruiz
02-08-2006, 07:26 PM
Things are different for him now. Doesn't have the talent he is used to having. He HAS to change and it may be too late in the game for him to do that. It happens to everybody...sports or other business. He hasn't proven to me that he has made the Lakers a better team with his presense. Now he is kind of cracking a bit...going after the reefs all the time and so forth. It was about time he jumped Brown in the papers today though.
That's the problem...people think the past guarantees a positive future. No way.
I don't think the past guarantees anything, but look at the Laker team he has, it is worst than last years, if they had a different coach, I doubt they would even be at 500. I have more confidence in Phil, then I do in Dunleavy.

Jyruiz
02-08-2006, 07:35 PM
How is this team worse than last year's? Caron Butler for Devon George is a straight up swap in my mind.
The bench is weaker, and Caron is better than George, Caron could creat his own shot, George can't. Also, we had a better shooter in Atkins, something the Lakers need real bad this season. The Lakers also didn't get anybody for Jermain Jones, who gave them good outside shooting and a spark of the bench.

Jyruiz
02-08-2006, 07:46 PM
I think George is a better player, within the confines of the current Lakers offense, than Butler. Agreed about Jones, the Lakers should have kept him.
George might be better in the triangle, but we will never know because Caron never played in it. I still think Caron is the better player all around. I also wish the Lakers would have kept Grant, he is a very savvy big man, something the Lakers need bad, but I understand what Buss did.

dmontzsta
02-08-2006, 08:28 PM
The Lakers have a good team, they just need to play better and more consistant. I am not going to criticize PJ either, but...
There are bench players that will step up and play well.
George
Cook
Bynum
Turiaf? I want to see him, I have a good feeling about him.
Vujacic
They all have potential to score and rebound. They are probably 1 good player and experience away from doing very well.

Jyruiz
02-08-2006, 08:58 PM
The Lakers have a good team, they just need to play better and more consistant. I am not going to criticize PJ either, but...
There are bench players that will step up and play well.
George
Cook
Bynum
Turiaf? I want to see him, I have a good feeling about him.
Vujacic
They all have potential to score and rebound. They are probably 1 good player and experience away from doing very well.
I wish you were right Don, but I think you are wrong bro. The whole bench is inexperience except for George, Cook has hardly played in the playoffs. Our only real starters are Kobe and Odom, and we know how inconsistent Odom has been, with that play, he would not be a starter on a lot of other teams.

dmontzsta
02-08-2006, 09:10 PM
I wish you were right Don, but I think you are wrong bro. The whole bench is inexperience except for George, Cook has hardly played in the playoffs. Our only real starters are Kobe and Odom, and we know how inconsistent Odom has been, with that play, he would not be a starter on a lot of other teams.
You are right. They just need experience, but they do have potential.

Beer Factor
02-09-2006, 07:56 AM
Keep em levelheaded for me.....lol
Whats a friggin Laker anyhow? :)
What the hell is a clipper? Sounds like a penalty in football to me!