Official Los Angeles Lakers Thread

[minew_m]

Well looks like there will be no Lakers next year. This is looking similar to the 1998 Bulls after Jordan left.

Kobe is exploring free agency.

Phil Opted out of his contract and will not coach next year.

Malone opted out of his contract but doesn't rule out playing if he is healthy.

Patyon is expected to opt out of his contract if Malone doesn't return.

Same goes for Fisher as it does for Payton.

And the big blow, Shaq is now requesting a trade. He declaired this Friday night. To tell you the truth the Bulls look like a front runner to get him. They are the only team to basically have the money to afford Shaq. They would probably give up some of their young, overpaid prospects.

[stalking_WOLF_21]

espn said that shaq was going to be traded to pistons! hahaha
yeah right they going to keep the team they have not get a slow center

[minew_m]

Originally posted by stalking_WOLF_21
espn said that shaq was going to be traded to pistons! hahaha
yeah right they going to keep the team they have not get a slow center

That center that your talking about is the most dominate center in the league. I'd love to have him on my team.

[stalking_WOLF_21]

but now older and lazier. the pistons have a young team for the most part.
i don't think offence is there game.
the pistons didn't have the team they have now all season. rasheed came in late. so im sure the pistons will want to keep there team.

[minew_m]

The games that they did lose was because of a lack of offense. Shaq could surely fill that void.

[stalking_WOLF_21]

rasheed can do that just give him a season he will.
billups will hamilton will prince maybe
wallace prob not

[minew_m]

I find it hard to believe that they will do anymore than they did scoring this season.

[podstock]

Originally posted by minew_m
Well looks like there will be no Lakers next year. This is looking similar to the 1998 Bulls after Jordan left.

Kobe is exploring free agency.

Phil Opted out of his contract and will not coach next year.

Malone opted out of his contract but doesn't rule out playing if he is healthy.

Patyon is expected to opt out of his contract if Malone doesn't return.

Same goes for Fisher as it does for Payton.

And the big blow, Shaq is now requesting a trade. He declaired this Friday night. To tell you the truth the Bulls look like a front runner to get him. They are the only team to basically have the money to afford Shaq. They would probably give up some of their young, overpaid prospects.

First, it's time for Phil to go and take his high-faluting Triangle offense and his zen-like "my team is up 15 points, the other team is on a 10-0 run, but I won't call a timeout b/c I want my team to figure out what they're doing wrong....and oh, no, now my team is down 20 points when just 1 quarter ago, we were up 15 points.." philosophy to whatever other team he's going to coach next.

Jackson had Jordan, then he had Shaq and Kobe. Let's see the Triangle offense work in an LA Clippers team, or even the current Chicago Bulls team!

Second, Payton needs to be released. Eat his contract. He's a worthless defender. Hell, in the Finals he was torched 121-11 points. Even if Payton couldn't score, at least stop Chauncey Billups. The GLOVE no longer fits in LA.

Third, hey, if Shaq wants a trade, get him the FARK out of town. He's fat, out of shape, and spent the last 2 summers NOT WORKING OUT AND KEEPING IN SHAPE. He's even stated many times (to ESPN, to LA Times newspaper, etc) that the summers are his to relax, and he will get in shape during the NBA season and peak right at the playoffs.

Well, that didn't work last year, and it sure as hell didn't work this year. Shaq would have good game, then faltered the next game.. and it's been documented on ESPN that Shaq's stats are decreased when he doesn't have 2-3 days to rest.

Fourth, keep Karl. He's a bit slow, can't jump as high, but he's a very effective defender, and still should be able to score 12-15 points a game. And he provides good veteran leadership

Fifth, Kobe will be back; if he leaves, the will make $35-50M less. Of course, if he goes to New York, they could always reimburse him via a new Nike contract, endorsements, etc to make up for that loss.

Shaq wants to leave, move the farker! He declares himself to be the most dominant, but gets totally dominated on the boards by Ben Wallace, who's 5 inches shorter (not counting the Afro hair!) and almost 100 pounds lighter. He says he'll make his free throws when he needs to make them. Well, when you're 5 out of 18 free throws, it DOESN'T FARKING matter if you miss your first 13 free throws and make the last 5 near the end of the game. You've still got 5-18.

It's Kobe time!!

Sure, you can stop Kobe.....but I'd rather be building a team around someone who plays offense, defense, and works out in the summers, than build around Shaq

[minew_m]

Originally posted by podstock

Third, hey, if Shaq wants a trade, get him the FARK out of town. He's fat, out of shape, and spent the last 2 summers NOT WORKING OUT AND KEEPING IN SHAPE. He's even stated many times (to ESPN, to LA Times newspaper, etc) that the summers are his to relax, and he will get in shape during the NBA season and peak right at the playoffs.

Well, that didn't work last year, and it sure as hell didn't work this year. Shaq would have good game, then faltered the next game.. and it's been documented on ESPN that Shaq's stats are decreased when he doesn't have 2-3 days to rest.

Shaq wants to leave, move the farker! He declares himself to be the most dominant, but gets totally dominated on the boards by Ben Wallace, who's 5 inches shorter (not counting the Afro hair!) and almost 100 pounds lighter. He says he'll make his free throws when he needs to make them. Well, when you're 5 out of 18 free throws, it DOESN'T FARKING matter if you miss your first 13 free throws and make the last 5 near the end of the game. You've still got 5-18.

It's Kobe time!!

Sure, you can stop Kobe.....but I'd rather be building a team around someone who plays offense, defense, and works out in the summers, than build around Shaq

LOL! Kobe will never make it on his own. He won't even come close to winning a Championship without Shaq.

And what was that about Ben Wallace dominating him on the boards? He may have gotten 2 more boards per game more than Shaq but Shaq also had 16 more points per game than him.

We all saw what Kobe can in the playoffs....which isn't really that impressive.

I also rather Shaq relax in the summer than go messing around with girls. I guess that's what Kobe was doing this summer and look where it landed him. He may not even get the chance to play next year.

Then Shaq and his free throws. I rather him miss those than miss most of the shots he takes. Kobe shot 17% from the 3-point line in the finals and only 24% for the whole playoffs. He also was shooting 38% from the field. I don't know about you, but I'd rather build around Shaq.

[stalking_WOLF_21]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by minew_m
[B]LOL! Kobe will never make it on his own. He won't even come close to winning a Championship without Shaq.
play next year.



he'll do great by him self he had to pass to shaq.