Lakers have lost 5 of last 7 games.

We can beat this team.

 

I was thinking the same thing while watching them. They look VERY beatable. I've never thought much of their bench, of course ours isn't too pretty either.

 

They just took a team that destroyed the Blazers to the last posession of the game, without the best player in the world....

You cant be serious

 

Make no mistake, the Lakers bear a striking resemblance to a certain marsupial.

 

Well, it will be nice to have Camby when we play them (oh wait, he is playing, right)? If Camby doesn't play, I don't have much hope against them in our last regular season meeting.

 

Lakers are better without Kobe this year.

 

And the Lakers, WITH KOBE, got blown out by a Spurs team that we swept. What's your point?

 

The best player in the world is on the Cavaliers, and that shouldn't even be a debate anymore. The early 2000's where Kobe was the best player is over.

 

Playoffs change everything.

 

This is actually a true statement. The Lakers did not have LeBron on their team.

 

I think the Lakers are genuinely weaker this year. Ariza was a better fit against most teams than Artest is. PJ seems to have lost all confidence in his bench. Fisher and Bryant are suddenly looking OLD. Bynum is out (but he's redundant in the playoffs anyway, unless Gasol is out).

BUT:

Jackson teams have a long history of having crappy records leading up to the playoffs and it not mattering once they start. I think even the 72-win Bulls were pretty shaky. Anyone able to confirm this?

 

The law of transitivity doesn't work in the NBA. It's about matchups. We don't matchup well against Denver and the L*kers do. We do matchup well with the L*kers, however.

 

Yeah, as much as I hate the Lakers, I still have to assume they will destroy you.

 

lol @ all this.

the last 20 games, the lakers were the laziest group of guys in the legue.

 

The Lakers hopes in the postseason rest with Bynum. If he's out they don't have a shot at getting out of the West.

 

What an idiotic comment....

Cause last year, his 6 ppg and 3 rbpg really put the Lakers over the top....

 

And his win shares/48 min was less than Josh Powell..............

 

Are you saying that the immortal Kobe Bryant was not motivated? He looked pretty pissed to me. And he also looked like a shell of his former self, and has done for a while. Getting old and broken down can hit you kind of sudden - just ask Kevin Garnett. Of course, even with a broken down Kobe, the Lakers still have the talent to go all the way - so long as Bryant is prepared to give up the rock.