Comments on: Kobe Bryant’s Betrayal, and other Lakers problems

By: trae

trae — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:32:17 +0000

with all of these negative comments, let’s see if any of you haters can score even 2 points against the celtics defense. Keep your freakin’ day job, unless you need your superior to comment on that.

By: karan

karan — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:28:37 +0000

celtics struggled to beat hawks and cavs, thats true.. i blame that on playoff jitters… but they did win 66 games, remember? their season was especaily remarkable considering how well they did against westarn conference teams and on the road… and if i’m not mistaken, they had a near double-digit winning average in the regular season… and they beat the pistons in six.
why the lakers were good? well, for one, they topped the toughest conference that any one of us have seen in a long time… they efficiently broke down the spurs, which are supposed to be the benchmark team… and although they played really badly in the finals, it doesn’t make them a bad team…
its the same as saying that, altho the hawks played well in the celtics series, it doesnt make them a team even close to being as good as the celtics.

By: Austin Burton

Austin Burton — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:29:53 +0000

The Lakers ran into a Celtics squad that struggled to beat the Hawks and struggled to beat the Cavs. What about the way L.A. played in this series makes you think they’re so good? And which one of those teams above lost by 39 in an elimination game?

By: karan

karan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:24:25 +0000

“I wrote that the ‘08 Lakers were in fact up there with the worst Finals teams in history.”
austin, are you high?
let’s just look at the last 10 years shall we, and the finals teams…
jazz vs. bulls? ok, both teams better than the 08 lakers
knicks vs. spurs? 08 lakers better than that knicks team
lakers vs. pacers/nets/76ers? 08 lakers better than all 3 opponents
spurs vs. nets? 08 lakers better than the nets
pistons vs. lakers? both teams were arguably better than the 08 lakers
spurs vs. pistons? both teams arguably better than 08 lakers
heat vs. mavs? this is close… i’d say all three teams are near equal, and if anyone has an edge, its 08 lakers
spurs vs. cavs? 08 lakers much better than cavs
so, you see… in recent years, 08 lakers are actually one of the BEST losing teams in the finals… they just ran into a great celtic squad, which would’ve beated 90% of all finals teams easily in the last 10 years
and btw, i’m not even an LA fan, i’m just a bball fan with some sense

By: Slime Bucket

Slime Bucket — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:21:50 +0000

Lakers won’t win until they learn to play collective defense. So they need to find a coach or assistant coach to teach defense and they need to buy in on playing defense no matter what including when their offense is not going. This is what made players like MJ and even Bird special. They would do everything else even if they had a bad shooting night. Kobe Bryant is more like Dominque Wilkins at this point. I am not sure if he is ever going to get it at this point in his career. He is almost 30. He is what he is. He has been the in the league for 12 years. He is a great scorer but not a great player in the vein of MJ, Magic, or Bird.

By: Lady Luck

Lady Luck — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:27:08 +0000

Did Kobe say he felt betrayed by his team??? Or was he visibly upset because they lost? Should he have been happy that they lost? This article seems like an attempt to get the Kobe haters riled up.

By: GEE...doing the wop, running man, cabbage patch and mudfoot

GEE...doing the wop, running man, cabbage patch and mudfoot — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:51:57 +0000

Kobe is straight. I don’t see him wanting out. I do see him making an issue of them getting someone in those forward positions who can play some serious D.

Still he has to know he has a great squad, they just have to play way better individual and collective D.

I like Fisher coming off the bench and getting a pg who can score more but still not be a liability on D.

Either that or Fisher just has to look to score more.

By: kb24!

kb24! — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:24:31 +0000

@ Austin

Mike Conley got some skittles too. We gotta watch him progress.

By: kb24!

kb24! — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:23:15 +0000

you guys forget that Mj had no up’s or downs?.. Mj was the best during his time. Now Kobe is the best right now. Mj had to go through many tough playoff experiences before he won his first ring. Give Kobe a little bit more time. And as for Shaq..he didn’t win the ring himself did he? He needed Kobe as much as Kobe needed him.

By: 2 Easy

2 Easy — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:21:28 +0000

For the record, I dont believe that these teams were all that bad in the finals, it was the matchups that they had. I think that LA would have had a much easier time against Detroit than LA or that the Cavs would have been matched up better against Utah that year. Its not just the personnel its the matchups they have