Your one stop shop for all things Collectable!

The Official LA LAKERS thread!!

Wow this thread has gone dormant since September! Big win against the Spurs today. Problem with the Lakers is that they go through slumps when they lose focus and interest after big wins but hopefully they don't peak too soon so I don't think it's a bad thing if they lose a few big games to contenders to keep their focus up for the playoffs. What is of a concern is that they probably won't be able to catch the Spurs for home court advantage if they were to meet later on.
 
With the run the lakers have had since the all star break and then the dallas game the other day I thought this thread would have got some major love!
Maybe the haters are scared that the lakers are running hot at the pointy end

The dallas game had 5 ejections, 3or4 techs, youtube clip below shows the major blow up but there were plenty of smaller ones before and after, after this a fan tried to rush the court and almost made it but was dragged out by 5 "redcoats", with a couple of mins to go, and the game all but over, gasol was still running around for some reason and was fouled real hard by cardinal which almost turned into another stoush

It was a tough game all round oh and the lakers won :D

 
Uggggggghh. Does it get any worse for the Lakers?
Bynum has reinjured his surgically repaired knee in the game against San Antonio and Steve Blake is out indefinitely with chicken pox. Barnes is out too but I don't expect him to be missing in action too long.
Oh and Kobe, Artest and Bynum apparently haven't had chicken pox before. GREAT, just GREAT.
 
Bad timing for u guys. You've had such a settled starting 5 all year to other than Bynum at the start of the year...

1st round matchups will be crucial this year....
 
exzibit3 said:
Uggggggghh. Does it get any worse for the Lakers?
Bynum has reinjured his surgically repaired knee in the game against San Antonio and Steve Blake is out indefinitely with chicken pox. Barnes is out too but I don't expect him to be missing in action too long.
Oh and Kobe, Artest and Bynum apparently haven't had chicken pox before. GREAT, just GREAT.
Click to expand...

Crappy deal for you guys........ yes I am a hater, but I would rather see a team beat them at their full strength & not have Bynum out. But injuries happen & you just have to deal with them.

---------- Post added 14-04-2011 at 05:52 AM ----------

Los Angeles Lakers Andrew Bynum has bone bruise, to be OK for playoffs - ESPN Los Angeles

Only a bone bruise...... will be ready for playoffs! ;)
 
Over 5 months without a post?? Maybe we Lakers fans are just biding our time until the season gets underway?
Anyway, here's some fresh Kobe news from Herald Sun | Latest Melbourne & Victoria News | HeraldSun !!

NBA star Kobe Bryant says it's 'very possible' he will play in Italy during the lockout, saying the country is like home to him since he spent part of his childhood there.

Virtus Bologna has made numerous contract offers to the Los Angeles Lakers star and Bryant discussed the situation with Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport during a sponsor's appearance in Milan overnight.

"It's very possible. It would be a dream for me,'' Bryant told the Gazzetta.

"There's an opportunity that we've been discussing over the last few days. It's very possible and that's good news for me.''

Virtus said the latest talks were centred on a $2.5 million offer for 10 games over 40 days from October 9 to November 16.

That would come out to about $1.5 million after taxes.

The deal would allow Bryant to return to the Lakers immediately if the lockout ended.

Bryant, 33, spent several years in Italy when his father, Joe `Jellybean' Bryant, played with Rieti, Reggio Calabria, Pistoia and Reggiana from 1984-91.

The elder Bryant also once owned a small part of Olimpia Milano, while he now coaches the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA.

"Italy is my home. It's where my dream of playing in the NBA started. This is where I learned the fundamentals, learned to shoot, to pass and to (move) without the ball,'' Bryant said.

"All things that when I came back to America the players my age didn't know how to do because they were only thinking about jumping and dunking.''
Click to expand...
 
Let's fire this thread back up for the new season with some massive news!!
My only concern is that we need some massive back-up!!
(And yes I know there is a thread on the topic already....but this is where it belongs!!!)

The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to surrender Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom in a trade for New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris Paul, sources tell ESPN.com's Marc Stein.

Sources close to the process tell Stein that the Houston Rockets remain part of the talks and are trying to complete a deal that would send Gasol in Houston and the Rockets' Luis Scola, Kevin Martin and Goran Dragic to New Orleans along with Odom.

In Paul, the Lakers would be getting an All-Star and U.S. Olympic Team member who has averaged 37.1 minutes, 18.7 points and 9.9 assists per game in his six seasons.

The Hornets had been fielding trade offers for Paul, who can opt out of his current contract after this season, in an effort to acquire new players for the star guard rather than letting him walk in free agency.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this story.
Click to expand...
 
and now this deal has been cancelled by Stern and co........!

How would Pau and Odom feel...? Pau came there and took them back to being Champions, he was a massive piece of that and now they just try to trade him off and to Houston of all places? Odom has already hinted towards not being happy and how to handle the whole thing!! I can see LA being the an absolute mess this coming season... I mean, how the hell would you feel about being traded and all of a sudden your back were you were only because of outside interference!
 
AgZjwE_CEAAmkgx.jpg
 
Horrible loss today. Done well to get into a winning position but had a horid last 2 minutes. Should be looking alot better when Bynum comes back tho. FT shooting also cost us with missing 4 straight in the 4th. On the up side i liked the look of Ebanks and Goudelock but suprised Barnes and Kapono didnt get any minutes.
 
ozguy3825 said:
Horrible loss today. Done well to get into a winning position but had a horid last 2 minutes. Should be looking alot better when Bynum comes back tho. FT shooting also cost us with missing 4 straight in the 4th. On the up side i liked the look of Ebanks and Goudelock but suprised Barnes and Kapono didnt get any minutes.
Click to expand...

A couple of bad calls in the last minute IMO cost the Lakers the game.
 
I know but I feel bad when you see the referees indecisions actually decided the game. Rose wouldn't have that bucket if the refs called travel on Deng.
 
gemini0928 said:
I know but I feel bad when you see the referees indecisions actually decided the game. Rose wouldn't have that bucket if the refs called travel on Deng.
Click to expand...

It's very hard to say if he actually did travel... even looking at the replay he may have released it before his feet hit the ground; calling it on the fly would be MUCH harder to call so I don't think it's worth complaining about TBH.
 
Lakers imploded in the last 3 mins...it's as simple as that. They should have won that game by double digits. I was angry that we were only going to win by a point, then Kobe turns the ball over yet again. Hopefully they come out strong against the Kings today.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

skip20
Lost and forgotten PC mailday.....
Replies
11
Views
290
skip20
skip20
Back
Top Bottom