Once again... me and Nitro aren't saying that AI is better than Kobe or whatever, but we're saying that the gap between them is not as wide as many members around here are making it out to be.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nitro1118 @ Feb 16 2006, 10:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>But unlike Kobe, AI brought that team to the championship....I will bet all my money Lakers won't make playoffs this year.</div>
Yeah, it was a bad prediction, but that was at a time where Hornets, Kings, Lakers and Rockets were all within 2 games of each other. Kings were coming on very strong, and if T-Mac didn't get injured in early March, they would have made it. Hornets also took a HUGE nosedive in that last month.
I did bet about 50 bucks on Rockets making playoffs, but whatever. Unexpected injuries and such is what made me lose the bet, not the team under-performing, so it isn't a big deal to me (although my wallet still feels it).
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nitro1118 @ Jul 10 2006, 06:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah, it was a bad prediction, but that was at a time where Hornets, Kings, Lakers and Rockets were all within 2 games of each other. Kings were coming on very strong, and if T-Mac didn't get injured in early March, they would have made it. Hornets also took a HUGE nosedive in that last month.</div>You should've looked at the Lakers schedule before making a prediction like that. The end of their season was dominated by home games, plus Kwame and Lamar hit a groove, which was unexpected.
If it wasn't for a H-U-G-E collapse by the Hornets, and if T-Mac didn't get injured, Lakers wouldn't have made the playoffs with the record they had.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nitro1118 @ Jul 10 2006, 09:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If it wasn't for a H-U-G-E collapse by the Hornets, and if T-Mac didn't get injured, Lakers wouldn't have made the playoffs with the record they had.</div>And if it wasn't for injuries/collpases the Lakers would have been champions in 2004 and (if for some reason they still made all the personell moves over the offseason) would've made the playoffs in 2005. Injuries are a result of bad luck but collapses are a result of youth and inexperience. Youth=Inconsistency Inconsistency=Occasional Collapses
As I said it wasn't a good prediction, but considering T-Mac was back for a month and Rockets were like 15-2 prior to his injury, it was a good bet to say they would have made playoffs. As for Hornets, it also wasn't a bad prediction to say that they'd make it as they made it through 2/3 of the year in the 7th seed.
