Comments on: The Lakers’ Win Doesn’t Mean a Damn Thing http://dimemag.com/2009/03/the-lakers-prove-tex-winters-was-right/ Dime is your daily source for NBA News, NBA Trades, NBA Rumors, NBA Videos and Sneakers Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:13:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: sashalex http://dimemag.com/2009/03/the-lakers-prove-tex-winters-was-right/comment-page-1/#comment-129258 sashalex Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:52:20 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=7193#comment-129258 LOL ! Well, all what I care is the Lakers' positive result. I don't care how do they do it !? This article is the worst I've ever seen. LOL ! Well, all what I care is the Lakers’ positive result. I don’t care how do they do it !?

This article is the worst I’ve ever seen.

]]> By: changster http://dimemag.com/2009/03/the-lakers-prove-tex-winters-was-right/comment-page-1/#comment-129257 changster Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:55:22 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=7193#comment-129257 do you really have nothing better to write about? wow. why don't you talk about how cleveland almost lost to a pathetic phoenix team last night instead? and how they had to go OT to beat sacramento tonight? stop hating on the lakers, in the playoffs against SA i'd be surprised if it went 6 games. i'm not saying the lakers are going to take the chip outright, but they sure as hell are getting out of the West unscathed. too deep, too big, too athletic. do you really have nothing better to write about? wow. why don’t you talk about how cleveland almost lost to a pathetic phoenix team last night instead? and how they had to go OT to beat sacramento tonight? stop hating on the lakers, in the playoffs against SA i’d be surprised if it went 6 games. i’m not saying the lakers are going to take the chip outright, but they sure as hell are getting out of the West unscathed. too deep, too big, too athletic.

]]> By: bsaidit http://dimemag.com/2009/03/the-lakers-prove-tex-winters-was-right/comment-page-1/#comment-129246 bsaidit Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:41:53 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=7193#comment-129246 The lakers are under performing. Still don't think they are tough enough mentally, kobe aside, to win it this year. As soon as someone get physical with them, they get all whiney and looking for fouls at every turn. I see problems if they meet portland in the playoffs. The lakers are under performing. Still don’t think they are tough enough mentally, kobe aside, to win it this year. As soon as someone get physical with them, they get all whiney and looking for fouls at every turn. I see problems if they meet portland in the playoffs.

]]> By: LakeShow84 http://dimemag.com/2009/03/the-lakers-prove-tex-winters-was-right/comment-page-1/#comment-129239 LakeShow84 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:04:20 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=7193#comment-129239 It cracks me up how foos getting on us and we have had the hardest schedule of the top teams this whole year AND we have had the best record out the gate.. You think Lebron tearing it up against the Bucks, Clippers and Kings means shit?? Boston playing the Clippers and Grizzlies?? come on now.. we just Texas two stepped back2back.. It cracks me up how foos getting on us and we have had the hardest schedule of the top teams this whole year AND we have had the best record out the gate..

You think Lebron tearing it up against the Bucks, Clippers and Kings means shit??

Boston playing the Clippers and Grizzlies?? come on now.. we just Texas two stepped back2back..

]]> By: LakeShow84 http://dimemag.com/2009/03/the-lakers-prove-tex-winters-was-right/comment-page-1/#comment-129238 LakeShow84 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:51:13 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=7193#comment-129238 Yeah ok AK.. your a nut on this one.. If the Lakers had 40-45 wins you could say this mean dont mean nothing and we "barely" squeaked it out.. The real point to that is we werent at home and built a good 16 point lead AND held it in a tough arena on the second night of BACK2BACK in Texas.. we been winning since the beginning of the year and we still winning.. this aint no fluke shit like Denver looking strong in January or Houston with that win streak.. We got 50 wins and we still clicking.. it aint bad to grind it out sometimes.. was anyone really surprised the Spurs made a run?? those foos were hitting hella video game 3's in the 3rd lol.. Finley havin flashbacks and shieett.. Try harder to hate AK.. Yeah ok AK.. your a nut on this one..

If the Lakers had 40-45 wins you could say this mean dont mean nothing and we “barely” squeaked it out.. The real point to that is we werent at home and built a good 16 point lead AND held it in a tough arena on the second night of BACK2BACK in Texas.. we been winning since the beginning of the year and we still winning.. this aint no fluke shit like Denver looking strong in January or Houston with that win streak..

We got 50 wins and we still clicking.. it aint bad to grind it out sometimes.. was anyone really surprised the Spurs made a run?? those foos were hitting hella video game 3′s in the 3rd lol.. Finley havin flashbacks and shieett..

Try harder to hate AK..

]]> By: John http://dimemag.com/2009/03/the-lakers-prove-tex-winters-was-right/comment-page-1/#comment-129223 John Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:15:01 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=7193#comment-129223 Oh and by the way, Kobe hitting those tough shots at the end, well guess what you NBA guru, that's what superstars do. You might say that Kobe had to hit those shots at the end, but like I said, if Parker doesn't get hot at the end at the game, you wouldn't have even written this article. Oh and by the way, Kobe hitting those tough shots at the end, well guess what you NBA guru, that’s what superstars do. You might say that Kobe had to hit those shots at the end, but like I said, if Parker doesn’t get hot at the end at the game, you wouldn’t have even written this article.

]]> By: John http://dimemag.com/2009/03/the-lakers-prove-tex-winters-was-right/comment-page-1/#comment-129222 John Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:11:49 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=7193#comment-129222 For one, Kobe didn't attempt a shot in the third. This was in effort to get others involved, not because the Spurs defense "slowed him down". And lets look at this win in context, the previous night the Lakers played a tight games against one of the league's best, shorthanded (no Lamar Odom), and came away with the win. So after playing a back to back, in a tight game, against a team like the Rockets, it would make sense for the Lakers to wear down as the game goes on. In addition, you make is seem like the Laker bench "held off" the Spurs run, when in fact they were the unit out there that let the Spurs cut the lead down to 4 at one point in the fourth. The Lakers starters withheld that run. The Spurs could not stop the Lakers for a consistent period of time when their starters were out there. Sure the Lakers have problems (funny that you say that the Lakers showed more problems offensively, then defensively, because it shows you have no idea what you're talking about), but how about you "critique” the other team as well. How about the fact they do not have one player on that roster that can guard Kobe Bryant. How about the fact that they do not have the size nor the athleticism to complete with the Laker frontline. And as bad as the Laker bench has been recently, they are still better then what the Spurs have out there. And what about the Spurs' offensive system that relies on the three ball exclusively to free up Tim Duncan. If there is one game where Bonner, Mason, Hill etc. are not hitting shots, the Spurs will get blown out, that’s a pretty troubling sign, isn't it. Hell, it took Tony Parker to get red hot at the end to make it close, if it hadn't been for his run at the end, the Lakers would have pulled and cruised. Keep in mind the Lakers took the series 3-1, with the 1 loss coming on freak play in a game the Lakers should have won. And sure when Manu comes back he'll help the Spurs, but like last year, chances are he won't be 100% and when Bynum gets back, that will make life harder for both Parker and Manu, strengthening the Lakers overall defense. So the fact that the Lakers were able to hold off the Spurs in their building and taking everything into context about the win, it is very telling that they are quite ahead of them. For one, Kobe didn’t attempt a shot in the third. This was in effort to get others involved, not because the Spurs defense “slowed him down”.

And lets look at this win in context, the previous night the Lakers played a tight games against one of the league’s best, shorthanded (no Lamar Odom), and came away with the win. So after playing a back to back, in a tight game, against a team like the Rockets, it would make sense for the Lakers to wear down as the game goes on. In addition, you make is seem like the Laker bench “held off” the Spurs run, when in fact they were the unit out there that let the Spurs cut the lead down to 4 at one point in the fourth. The Lakers starters withheld that run. The Spurs could not stop the Lakers for a consistent period of time when their starters were out there.

Sure the Lakers have problems (funny that you say that the Lakers showed more problems offensively, then defensively, because it shows you have no idea what you’re talking about), but how about you “critique” the other team as well. How about the fact they do not have one player on that roster that can guard Kobe Bryant. How about the fact that they do not have the size nor the athleticism to complete with the Laker frontline. And as bad as the Laker bench has been recently, they are still better then what the Spurs have out there. And what about the Spurs’ offensive system that relies on the three ball exclusively to free up Tim Duncan. If there is one game where Bonner, Mason, Hill etc. are not hitting shots, the Spurs will get blown out, that’s a pretty troubling sign, isn’t it. Hell, it took Tony Parker to get red hot at the end to make it close, if it hadn’t been for his run at the end, the Lakers would have pulled and cruised.

Keep in mind the Lakers took the series 3-1, with the 1 loss coming on freak play in a game the Lakers should have won. And sure when Manu comes back he’ll help the Spurs, but like last year, chances are he won’t be 100% and when Bynum gets back, that will make life harder for both Parker and Manu, strengthening the Lakers overall defense. So the fact that the Lakers were able to hold off the Spurs in their building and taking everything into context about the win, it is very telling that they are quite ahead of them.

]]> By: Marian http://dimemag.com/2009/03/the-lakers-prove-tex-winters-was-right/comment-page-1/#comment-129217 Marian Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:05:22 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=7193#comment-129217 Oh my, what an excellent article! First off, I am a Spurs fan, and secondly, I will say, that the Lakers are a helluva team. This is the best Lakers have been in forever. And they scared the heck out of us early. HOWEVER, after the first quarter, Spurs came back strong and steady. Persistence drives a stone mad. Had Spurs gotten their freethrows, might've gone into overtime. Look, Spurs fans respect the Lakers, and I think vice versa is true. Even if they don't love each other, we know that each team has to go through the other to go anywhere. Read Bill Dwyer's article from March 3, I think it was in LA TIMES . . . he was saying LAKERS: SOS. Reason why win "doesn't mean anything" . . . Manu was out. Gooden played almost no minutes. And, of course, Bynum was out. Even if Spurs won, these are most likely the true teams that will face each other come PLAYOFFS. Bottom line is, Kobe is amazing, even second string was strong, and Spurs needed a gauge, as Timmy and Pop said, and they got it. With Manu hopefully healing, and Gooden on our team, seven game series, I'm goin' Spurs. But the Lakers scare the heck out of me. Katz, thanks for having the courage to speak the truth. Oh my, what an excellent article! First off, I am a Spurs fan, and secondly, I will say, that the Lakers are a helluva team. This is the best Lakers have been in forever. And they scared the heck out of us early. HOWEVER, after the first quarter, Spurs came back strong and steady. Persistence drives a stone mad. Had Spurs gotten their freethrows, might’ve gone into overtime.

Look, Spurs fans respect the Lakers, and I think vice versa is true. Even if they don’t love each other, we know that each team has to go through the other to go anywhere. Read Bill Dwyer’s article from March 3, I think it was in LA TIMES . . . he was saying LAKERS: SOS.

Reason why win “doesn’t mean anything” . . . Manu was out. Gooden played almost no minutes. And, of course, Bynum was out. Even if Spurs won, these are most likely the true teams that will face each other come PLAYOFFS.

Bottom line is, Kobe is amazing, even second string was strong, and Spurs needed a gauge, as Timmy and Pop said, and they got it. With Manu hopefully healing, and Gooden on our team, seven game series, I’m goin’ Spurs. But the Lakers scare the heck out of me.

Katz, thanks for having the courage to speak the truth.

]]> By: . http://dimemag.com/2009/03/the-lakers-prove-tex-winters-was-right/comment-page-1/#comment-129204 . Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:24:47 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=7193#comment-129204 dont want to be picky but kobe didn't take a shot in the 3rd quarter which would be the reason why he didn't make any. dont want to be picky but kobe didn’t take a shot in the 3rd quarter which would be the reason why he didn’t make any.

]]> By: Ian http://dimemag.com/2009/03/the-lakers-prove-tex-winters-was-right/comment-page-1/#comment-129196 Ian Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:09:06 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=7193#comment-129196 doug how puerto rico?? nah man dont say that i said the same thing when we won the first game if there are 2 coaches who dont really give a fuck about last nights result are pop and phil. doug how puerto rico?? nah man dont say that i said the same thing when we won the first game if there are 2 coaches who dont really give a fuck about last nights result are pop and phil.

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