Fleet Foxes
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Post by Fleet Foxes on Apr 13, 2013 0:56:43 GMT -5
The Laker's championship dream has been torn just like Kobe's Achilles.
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Post by AlexWestCollects on Apr 13, 2013 2:35:19 GMT -5
Man this sucks. The nba will not be the same without Kobe. I blame D'Antoni for this. 34 yrs old and playing 48 mins, dropping 40, setting players up and guarding the young PGs. Waste.
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Post by "Living Legend" Duttanized on Apr 13, 2013 3:05:19 GMT -5
Sucks to be Lakers fans but they weren't gonna beat OKC without a massive amount of ref favouritism.
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Post by Chicago on Apr 13, 2013 7:30:09 GMT -5
I'm not a Laker fan by any means, nor do I even want to see them in the playoffs (I'd prefer Utah), but I hate to see a competitor like Kobe downed by a serious injury like this. Especially at his age and with all of those minutes logged, it will be a tough recovery.
I don't think he'll be done, but I do think this is the end of Kobe playing 40-45+ minutes per game/being made to will a team to victory. And the Lakers will need Dwight now more than ever, so I doubt he's headed East by next season. I would still can D'Antoni, though.
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Post by the franchise on Apr 13, 2013 9:36:51 GMT -5
You have to admire just his will to compete. The true definition of a gamer.
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Post by Lk™ on Apr 13, 2013 10:32:55 GMT -5
Kobe should be coach, get rid of D'Antoni.
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Fleet Foxes
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Post by Fleet Foxes on Apr 13, 2013 12:19:58 GMT -5
The Lakers have a tougher two games than the jazz. Without Kobe, they're pretty much ed.
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Post by "Living Legend" Duttanized on Apr 13, 2013 14:09:41 GMT -5
I think Utah has the tiebreaker advantage too should it come up. I'm hoping Lakers get bumped out of the playoffs.
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Post by Nick on Apr 13, 2013 21:42:25 GMT -5
This whole season has been a disaster and to top it all off is Kobe's injury. Heartbroken.
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Post by Quanthor on Apr 14, 2013 16:50:34 GMT -5
They weren't winning a title this year anyways. Still prefer to see them in the playoffs over Utah. Utah plays the most boring style of basketball on the planet.
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Post by Quanthor on Apr 16, 2013 21:13:48 GMT -5
Looks like the east is set sans Bulls and Hawks. Looking grim for ATL tonight and the Bulls should beat the Wizard tomorrow clinching the 5th.
So..
Heat vs Bucks Knicks vs Celtics Pacers vs Hawks/Bulls Nets vs Bulls/ATL
Only really excited for Knicks and Celtics otherwise wake me when ECF starts.
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Post by Jamal on Apr 16, 2013 21:38:26 GMT -5
Surprised the East even got 1 interesting series this early.
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Post by Scotty on Apr 16, 2013 23:21:39 GMT -5
Steve Novak may have crapped his pants.
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Post by K Dot on Apr 17, 2013 18:29:49 GMT -5
I hate how some people are blaming D'Antoni for Kobe's injury. First off, D'Antoni doesn't dictate when Kobe should play or not or even how many minutes he plays because Kobe is Kobe. Second, if Kobe hadn't played those minutes Lakers would have sitting near the damn bottom.
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Post by Tim of thee on Apr 17, 2013 20:13:43 GMT -5
I hate how some people are blaming D'Antoni for Kobe's injury. First off, D'Antoni doesn't dictate when Kobe should play or not or even how many minutes he plays because Kobe is Kobe. Second, if Kobe hadn't played those minutes Lakers would have sitting near the damn bottom. I agree that he shouldn't be blamed. However he does control his minutes. He's the head coach. The guy with the minutes to shell out. Phil Jackson limited Kobes minutes. You're telling me D'Antoni couldn't?
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Post by Fleet Foxes on Apr 17, 2013 21:05:51 GMT -5
I hate how some people are blaming D'Antoni for Kobe's injury. First off, D'Antoni doesn't dictate when Kobe should play or not or even how many minutes he plays because Kobe is Kobe. Second, if Kobe hadn't played those minutes Lakers would have sitting near the damn bottom. I agree that he shouldn't be blamed. However he does control his minutes. He's the head coach. The guy with the minutes to shell out. Phil Jackson limited Kobes minutes. You're telling me D'Antoni couldn't? He could have but the last stretch of games were far too critical for d'antoni to limit kobe. People would have bitched about d'antoni limiting Kobe's minutes and I believe kobe probably felt the same way. Poor d'antoni.
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Post by "Living Legend" Duttanized on Apr 17, 2013 22:20:34 GMT -5
Meh, Lakers weren't about to do anything special anyways. Not without a considerable amount of favoring anyways.
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Post by Jamal on Apr 17, 2013 22:27:57 GMT -5
I don't really blame D'Antoni for the Kobe injury, but that still doesn't change the fact he needs to go.
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Post by The Lion's Den on Apr 17, 2013 22:40:00 GMT -5
As if a torn Achilles can be blamed on the coach for too many minutes. That's preposterous whether he logged however many minutes, injuries happen all the time at anytime. D'antoni isn't great but I don't even know any coaches out there right now that would be a good fit, granted I'm not an avid coach follower.
Bryant won't be done, but it may be another complete season for him to heal. Gotta love that determination every time he is on the court. The Lakers, if they had their crap together could actually make a push without Kobe but they don't know how to use Howard, and the supporting cast.
Sidebar, to hell with the Raptors. Going 7-3 in their last 10 with lots of key players scoring high in games. I don't get it, it doesn't matter now and they're sitting in the 10th spot. Booo
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Post by Fleet Foxes on Apr 18, 2013 0:35:29 GMT -5
Maybe Kobe was holding the Lakers back all along? lol
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