Official Los Angeles Lakers Thread

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well, that's another big body we have .... we'll need them come playoff time

now, it's time to go get Karl

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Do you think maybe Karl could have told LA to get another big man like Vlade because he doesn't plan to return? I'm still not sure on the whole Karl think in LA. I do know one thing, LA does need him badly!

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not sure what to think - but I thank Karl for his 1 year tour of duty with the Lakers, if indeed he leaves

he's still effective, and I would like to see him break Kareem's scoring record as a Lakers

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Same here. A Laker has had that record for quite some time. It would only be fitting for another Laker to break it.

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I just saw the local news here in S. CA, and it showed snippets of the Shaq welcoming party they had over there in Miami

and he talked about how he was gonna be in great shape come the opening of the NBA Season,

and he promised that he would bring an NBA Championship to Miami (perhaps he meant to say that Orlando would win it? lol).

and let's not forget that Shaq says he by himself is good enough for 55 wins......

big talk from a big man.....

all that is left is to walk the walk

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Looks like he may have help. I just read an article. It stated that Malone's agent said that Miami was on the top of Malones list for places he wants to play. Robert Horry also wants to play in Miami.

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the lakers are going to be like the bulls but 10 more wins a year! to bad there there great team had to fall.
now about the heat. if shaq stays in shape and does well for the heat, there will be problems with shaq and waDE jsut like shaq and kobe. kobe was young and had play under shaq all the time. wade has his team then the most dominent center in the nba joins wades team and takes over. hopefully wade will be more mature then kobe and deal with it. besides i don't think shaq wants to hear another kobe. and if he does sorry wade.

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Originally posted by stalking_WOLF_21
the lakers are going to be like the bulls but 10 more wins a year! to bad there there great team had to fall.
now about the heat. if shaq stays in shape and does well for the heat, there will be problems with shaq and waDE jsut like shaq and kobe. kobe was young and had play under shaq all the time. wade has his team then the most dominent center in the nba joins wades team and takes over. hopefully wade will be more mature then kobe and deal with it. besides i don't think shaq wants to hear another kobe. and if he does sorry wade.

The thing is in Miami, Shaq is dealing with two very unselfish players. Eddie Jones and Wade have no problem dishing the ball to Shaq. If they run the offense though Shaq, the should have no problem winning. In the East they are definitely going to have to double team Shaq in order to slow him down. There is no one in the East that can stop him one on one (or in the West as a matter of fact). That will leave Wade and Jones open for many jumpers. All the team really need is a rebounder or two. They will be dominant in the East until they run into the Pistons. If they get a soild rebounder and defender or two (Malone and Horry) the many very well compete.

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udonis halem and samaki walker are not bad at both defense and rebounding.

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Haslem is still young though. Walker may help. I remember with the Lakers he really didn't do all that much. But in the East it's different. If they want to ever compete for a title, they will need some more size and veteran leadership.