Lakers get Dwight Howard

[Wiggs]

How can you be a spurs fan and say this???

Cause I'm a realist and I can't stand that Miami team.  I used to hate Kobe back in the day but after all hes done in his careerm I respect him.

Of course I'd rather see Duncan get his fifth but we aren't making any moves.

[JOHN MATRIX]

Cause I'm a realist and I can't stand that Miami team.  I used to hate Kobe back in the day but after all hes done in his careerm I respect him.

Of course I'd rather see Duncan get his fifth but we aren't making any moves.

Its alot easier to 'make moves' when your the LA Lakers...

[arce1988]

  Will his back be the same?

[BOW]

looks like ill be getting season tickets again

[clownbaby]

Cause I'm a realist and I can't stand that Miami team.  I used to hate Kobe back in the day but after all hes done in his careerm I respect him.

Of course I'd rather see Duncan get his fifth but we aren't making any moves.

yes because it is so fair that kobe got shaq in the prime of his career then got D12 in the prime of his career along with one of the best point guards of all time with nash, arguably the best european big man in the game, and a sixth man in antwan jamison

[The_Infidel]

Sounds like there is some jealous-ass haters in this thread.  

The Lakers have the best owner (Jerry Buss), the best GM (Mitch Kupchak), and the best player (Kobe).  All the other top players want to come and play with Kobe in the best market.  They want to play in front of movie stars in the perfect California weather.  They know that they are going to get even more rich, even more famous, and win more championships than any other team.    

People want to call Lakers fans hypocrits because they gave Lebron shit for forming a so-called super team in Miami.  Look, players want to join Kobe's team becasue he is a legend and a proven winner.  Kobe doesn't jump ship and join their teams.  That's the difference between LA's new super team and Lebron and Bosh going to Miami.

In the mind of a few simpletons Duncan's 4 championships are "more impressive".  The problem is that outside of San Antonio, no one gives a shit about the Spurs or knows what they've won.  They are a boring, irrelevant team to 99.99999% of people in the United States.  How can their championships be more impressive if no one knows about them?  lol

LA has a great team on paper right now.  While there is a chance that age and injury could derail their chances this year like in 2004, it doesn't matter.  If they don't win it all this year they will find away to win it again shortly thereafter.  They always do.  Fans of other teams know this.  That's why they're salty right now.

 

[BOW]

Sounds like there is some jealous-ass haters in this thread.  

The Lakers have the best owner (Jerry Buss), the best GM (Mitch Kupchak), and the best player (Kobe).  All the other top players want to come and play with Kobe in the best market.  They want to play in front of movie stars in the perfect California weather.  They know that they are going to get even more rich, even more famous, and win more championships than any other team.    

People want to call Lakers fans hypocrits because they gave Lebron shit for forming a so-called super team in Miami.  Look, players want to join Kobe's team becasue he is a legend and a proven winner.  Kobe doesn't jump ship and join their teams.  That's the difference between LA's new super team and Lebron and Bosh going to Miami.

In the mind of a few simpletons Duncan's 4 championships are "more impressive".  The problem is that outside of San Antonio, no one gives a shit about the Spurs or knows what they've won.  They are a boring, irrelevant team to 99.99999% of people in the United States.  How can their championships be more impressive if no one knows about them?  lol

LA has a great team on paper right now.  While there is a chance that age and injury could derail their chances this year like in 2004, it doesn't matter.  If they don't win it all this year they will find away to win it again shortly thereafter.  They always do.  Fans of other teams know this.  That's why they're salty right now.

 

haha yeah the Lakers have been great ever since they been in la. The most amazing thing is how they reload and have the marquee player every decade, Chamberlain, west, magic, Shaw, Kobe. It amazing and I don't doubt for one second that they'll be irrelevant after kobe

[King Shizzo]

Sounds like there is some jealous-ass haters in this thread.  

The Lakers have the best owner (Jerry Buss), the best GM (Mitch Kupchak), and the best player (Kobe).  All the other top players want to come and play with Kobe in the best market.  They want to play in front of movie stars in the perfect California weather.  They know that they are going to get even more rich, even more famous, and win more championships than any other team.    

People want to call Lakers fans hypocrits because they gave Lebron shit for forming a so-called super team in Miami.  Look, players want to join Kobe's team becasue he is a legend and a proven winner.  Kobe doesn't jump ship and join their teams.  That's the difference between LA's new super team and Lebron and Bosh going to Miami.

In the mind of a few simpletons Duncan's 4 championships are "more impressive".  The problem is that outside of San Antonio, no one gives a shit about the Spurs or knows what they've won.  They are a boring, irrelevant team to 99.99999% of people in the United States.  How can their championships be more impressive if no one knows about them?  lol

LA has a great team on paper right now.  While there is a chance that age and injury could derail their chances this year like in 2004, it doesn't matter.  If they don't win it all this year they will find away to win it again shortly thereafter.  They always do.  Fans of other teams know this.  That's why they're salty right now.

 

Wrong.  When Kobe leaves (maybe 3 more seasons tops) the Lakers will blow.  The window is now or never.

[Natural Man]

They do have a good ass team though.

on paper.. as usual,, the real question is will they gel together and play as a TEAM...

On a side note the nba seems more and more rigged than ever, the same teams -big markets...- always get the best players, and nobody has nthing to say about it, cause they dont want to get in trouble with the cash cow they re milking.
Poor bynum got ass raped, ending in a shithole... but something tells me he doesnt even give a fuck... he has two rings alrdy...all he cares about is money anyway.

[Natural Man]

Lakers will learn that Dwight is an intellectual midget.  He is a spoiled child.  The way he sits on the sideline chewing on his shirt collar like a child.  He will drive the Lakers crazy.  When dwight is getting 2 touches a game he is going to be whining.  Kobe just can't share the ball, even with Nash.   I am a huge lakers fan but I don't see much of an upgrade from Bynum to Howard.  There were games Bynum could have dominated but Kobe can't share.

they probably want to rest kobe a lot more now, and abuse pick n roll with nash+howard...

[Marty Champions]

Lakers will learn that Dwight is an intellectual midget.  He is a spoiled child.  The way he sits on the sideline chewing on his shirt collar like a child.  He will drive the Lakers crazy.  When dwight is getting 2 touches a game he is going to be whining.  Kobe just can't share the ball, even with Nash.   I am a huge lakers fan but I don't see much of an upgrade from Bynum to Howard.  There were games Bynum could have dominated but Kobe can't share.

hahha does he really knaw /chew on his shirt? i remember young africans chewing on plastic pens and erasers growing up, i tried to copy this knowledge but didnt seem to get any benefit out of it whatsoever

[The Abdominal Snoman]

Dwight has always been "THE MAN". And Kobe isn't ready to give it up just yet. I predict "PAIN" in Dwight Howard's stay with LA...

[Natural Man]

No, howard will calm down , he s really lucky the nba is rigged and to have been sent in LA after all the damage he did to his own image all by himself. The problem will be that they wont gel together fast enough to win anything. Nash and kobe are too old, OKC and miami, clippers and others teams are younger and getting better... I doubt howard will get  enough support from two elderlies on the court for a whole season.

They wont have enough time to get their shit together, will get raped by younger teams, howard will get frustrated again.

[The Abdominal Snoman]

No, howard will calm down , he s really lucky the nba is rigged and to have been sent in LA after all the damage he did to his own image all by himself. The problem will be that they wont gel together fast enough to win anything. Nash and kobe are too old, OKC and miami, clippers and others teams are younger and getting better... I doubt howard will get  enough support from two elderlies on the court for a whole season.

They wont have enough time to get their shit together, will get raped by younger teams, howard will get frustrated again.

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good post

[The_Infidel]

Wrong.  When Kobe leaves (maybe 3 more seasons tops) the Lakers will blow.  The window is now or never.

How do you figure?  When Kobe retires LA will likely still have Dwight and they will have mad cap space to build around him.

History shows that LA always reloads quickly and gets back on top.

[King Shizzo]

How do you figure?  When Kobe retires LA will likely still have Dwight and they will have mad cap space to build around him.

History shows that LA always reloads quickly and gets back on top.

Lol, Howard is still on the fence whether or not he will sign an extension past this season. 

[The_Infidel]

Lol, Howard is still on the fence whether or not he will sign an extension past this season. 

Dwight isn't going anywhere but even if he did you are missing the more important issue.  The Lakers are a great organization. 

They have a great owner who is willing to spend money, they have a great GM, they have a great history, they have a great city.  The Lakers always re-load and get top level talent and get back to the top quickly.  The best players want to come there.  They have been in roughly half of the NBA Finals ever played and they've won roughly half of the NBA Finals that they have been in.  You obviously haven't watched a lot of Basketball in the last 50 years or you would know this. 

[Palpatine Q]

Dwight isn't going anywhere but even if he did you are missing the more important issue.  The Lakers are a great organization. 

They have a great owner who is willing to spend money, they have a great GM, they have a great history, they have a great city.  The Lakers always re-load and get top level talent and get back to the top quickly.  The best players want to come there.  They have been in roughly half of the NBA Finals ever played and they've won roughly half of the NBA Finals that they have been in.  You obviously haven't watched a lot of Basketball in the last 50 years or you would know this. 

I agree, but only for some the reasons you do. the lakers get top talent because they are "The lakers" and play in L.A.

They don't have the only owner willing to spend money, and i'm sure every GM in the league inquired and tried to acquire Howard, and offered real money. it's the cache of The Lakers, same thing with The Yankees in baseball. they aren't "geniuses" who acquire players through masterful negotiations....people want to play there, it's that simple. it's real easy to look like a genius when the players come looking for you

[POB]

I'm Spurs fan but congrats to L.A. Kobe, Nash, Gasol, Howard and Artest/Peace?  Pretty nice.  They'll more than likely take the west.  I just wanna see Lebron go down and Kobe get his 6th ring.

Not me, I do not wanna see the hotel bandit get 6...

[The_Infidel]

I agree, but only for some the reasons you do. the lakers get top talent because they are "The lakers" and play in L.A.

They don't have the only owner willing to spend money, and i'm sure every GM in the league inquired and tried to acquire Howard, and offered real money. it's the cache of The Lakers, same thing with The Yankees in baseball. they aren't "geniuses" who acquire players through masterful negotiations....people want to play there, it's that simple. it's real easy to look like a genius when the players come looking for you

I'm not sure what we are disagreeing about.  I never called the Mitch Kupchak or Jerry Buss a "genius".  However,  I think people that know the NBA and are around the game understand what a great owner Jerry Buss is.  He refuses to lose.  Also, I think you'd be hard pressed to find anyone that doesn't think Mitch Kupchak is among the best GMs in the league.  He proves it year after year.  Look at the trade they made to get Gasol in 2008.  That was a steal.  Also, Orlando could have traded Dwight Howard to Houston or Brooklyn or Dallas.  These aren't free agent signings.  Mitch made the deals.  You are acting as if this stuff just fell in his lap which isn't true at all.  You say that we get top talent because we are "The Lakers".  That's true but there is a reason that we are "The Lakers".  It's an organization that is well run and it starts at the top.

[JOHN MATRIX]

I agree, but only for some the reasons you do. the lakers get top talent because they are "The lakers" and play in L.A.

They don't have the only owner willing to spend money, and i'm sure every GM in the league inquired and tried to acquire Howard, and offered real money. it's the cache of The Lakers, same thing with The Yankees in baseball. they aren't "geniuses" who acquire players through masterful negotiations....people want to play there, it's that simple. it's real easy to look like a genius when the players come looking for you

This. The only reason the lakers are always 'great' is that they get opportunites and breaks that most other franchises can only dream of.

This typical smug laker fan wants to laugh at the spurs accomplishments..a franchise in a small market whos actually had to construct a team little by little the old fashioned way, and still managed to win multiple championships competeing against teams like LA who literally gets any players they want and exist in a totally differrnt world than the rest of the nba. When was the last big free agent signing the spurs landed? When was the last time they landed a superstar in a blockbuster trade? Look at the guys who won them titles..aside from duncan, every other key peice was picked and developed thru sheer brilliance..parker was like pick number 30 and unheard of..ginobili was an unheard of second round pick...bruce bowen was a no name journeyman..the spurs put a band of no namers and late draft picks around duncan and won multiple titles. Considerng LA and its priviledged position, getting any free agents they want, always benefiting from absurdly lopsided blockbuster trades, et et...kobe always having the biggest and best starting lineup in the league around him, yeah id say winning titles under these circumstances isnt all that impressive.

The lakers may have a big 'fan' base but they are also undisputedly the most hated team in the league.

[Bevo]

I was born and raised in LA but I would love to see OKC win a championship.

[El Diablo Blanco]

How do you figure?  When Kobe retires LA will likely still have Dwight and they will have mad cap space to build around him.

History shows that LA always reloads quickly and gets back on top.

Agree.  When Kyrie Irving becomes a free agent he is leaving Cleveland.  No one wants to stay there.  The Lakers will grab him him a couple of years.  Same with Anthony Davis from the Hornets.  The Lakers are using the rest of the NBA teams as their own personal farm system.

[King Shizzo]

Fuck it! Let's just skip to the finals    I want to see Lakers vs. Heat.  My Pacers are knocking on the door though (we need a superstar)

[Option D]

Agree.  When Kyrie Irving becomes a free agent he is leaving Cleveland.  No one wants to stay there.  The Lakers will grab him him a couple of years.  Same with Anthony Davis from the Hornets.  The Lakers are using the rest of the NBA teams as their own personal farm system.

Chris Paul didnt re-up with the Clippers either.. there is still a chance