The Official Lakers vs. Magic Thread
Jun 15, 2009 | 12:36 PM
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Did you think that the pink elephant in the room was not going to be brought up? He answered it again in the studio and did a good job.
Jun 15, 2009 | 12:48 PM
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The "winning one without Shaq" discussion is relevant IMHO.
I remember when Steve Young finally won a Super Bowl without Joe Montana. He openly talked about how nice it was to have that "monkey off his back."
It is the same with Kobe. This was "his" team. He was no longer in a support role. Plus, he got to put it in everyone's face who said that he would never win a title without Shaq.
While it is a tough subject, you wouldn't be a very good journalist if you didn't bring it up - and quick.
I remember when Steve Young finally won a Super Bowl without Joe Montana. He openly talked about how nice it was to have that "monkey off his back."
It is the same with Kobe. This was "his" team. He was no longer in a support role. Plus, he got to put it in everyone's face who said that he would never win a title without Shaq.
While it is a tough subject, you wouldn't be a very good journalist if you didn't bring it up - and quick.
Jun 15, 2009 | 12:51 PM
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I don't think the "win one without shaq" issue would be as much of an issue if Shaq hadn't made such an issue about it to start with by letting loose with the "tell me how my ass tastes" rap where he said "kobe couldn't do it without me."
On my earlier post, I did mean to say people were jumping "on" the Cleveland and LeBron bandwagon.
I don't think that this year's Laker team is as good as some great Laker teams from the recent past, nor are they as good as the Celtics were last year. When Lamar Odom is playing well, this team is practically unbeatable. The problem is that Odom only shows up about 40% of the time.
This off season will be interesting. In a perfect world they are going to resign Ariza and Odom. Bynum will train like an animal in the off-season and regain his dominant form from two years ago right before his first injury. Farmar will step up and show himself to be a worthy successor to Fish and Sasha will regain that form and confidence he showed in last year's playoffs.
If all of that happens, this team will be scary good....70 wins good....two to three more titles in a row good.....time will tell. In the mean time, I am going to savor this championship. To think that just a few years ago we were 34-48.
On my earlier post, I did mean to say people were jumping "on" the Cleveland and LeBron bandwagon.
I don't think that this year's Laker team is as good as some great Laker teams from the recent past, nor are they as good as the Celtics were last year. When Lamar Odom is playing well, this team is practically unbeatable. The problem is that Odom only shows up about 40% of the time.
This off season will be interesting. In a perfect world they are going to resign Ariza and Odom. Bynum will train like an animal in the off-season and regain his dominant form from two years ago right before his first injury. Farmar will step up and show himself to be a worthy successor to Fish and Sasha will regain that form and confidence he showed in last year's playoffs.
If all of that happens, this team will be scary good....70 wins good....two to three more titles in a row good.....time will tell. In the mean time, I am going to savor this championship. To think that just a few years ago we were 34-48.
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