mystikk

CarbonGray Earl

It ain't gonna happen IMO. After thinking about it for awhile, I think either the Melo camp or Denver was using LAL as leverage...which happens quite often. Motivation wasn't from the Lakers, or so I read...

They asked for a Gasol-Melo trade too

cabanalane

Celtics got size? Perkins is all they got standing and he's got rebuilt knees too. Celtics does not have any more size after that. Big Baby is at 6'9".

Celtics really need to trade for some big men in Feb.

Oh..if you are talking about JO, he won't be playing. And Shaq is only available for 2 weeks of play after every 2 months.

Doom878

I don't think it's about the number of big guys that they have but the quality of the ones that actually play in important games. I looked at the Game 7 box score from last year's Finals and saw Boston really only went 6 deep for their double digit minutes rotation. They started their same 4 starters 1-4 and Rasheed at center. Big Baby was the only double digits minutes off the bench guy. Meanwhile LA went 7 deep into double digits. 3 of those were Pau, Odom, and Bynum all 6-10 or taller. Boston only had KG and Rasheed at 6-10 while Big Baby is shorter. That's why some think Perkins being out mattered.

Now of course you can argue who is the best 5 on the court. Potentially it would be Rondo, Ray, Pierce, KG, Perkins vs Melo, Kobe, Ron, Lamar, Pau. That's a pretty sick Laker lineup.

mystikk

How awkward-looking is this picture?

is300eater

lol... all this talk about the Lakers match up with Boston, I wouldn't even bet on the Lakers going to the finals this year

CarbonGray Earl

The cart's before the horse a bit.

Right now, it looks more like Spurs vs Celtics/Miami, to be honest.

clpassenubye

iTrader: (20)

Yeah your right I was thinking the same thing about the leverage and also Denver would be stupid to trade Melo in the same conference especially since they currently in playoff contention and if that trade happened they probably would fall out. There are so many reasons why it wouldn't make sense for Denver to do that trade but if it was real the Lakers should do it all day and not think twice.:

Doom878

I don't see why Denver won't do it if they're going to lose him for nothing in the offseason anyways and a NY deal falls through. Bynum is better than nothing and with Melo gone Denver isn't a free agency hot bed. Regardless this won't trade won't happen. And don't sleep on the Lakers guys. Just because the Spurs are red hot for now, they could tail off after the break or worse.

cabanalane

Every team is only one ankle or knee away from falling out of playoff games. It could be the Lakers, Boston, Heat, Spurs, or Magics.

Who knows... We could have a NBA Finals between Suns and 76ers.

CarbonGray Earl

Man, its tough....if they threw in Nene Hiliarious and Melo signed an extension, I'd have alot of trouble saying no.

But with next season in question and the lack of quality bigs out there, I have my qualms about trading away a 23 y/o 7 footer without getting a big in return.

l_brandon96

haha spurs are playing good basketball and full energy right now but will slow down and wear down when it come to playoff.

clpassenubye

iTrader: (20)

I agree totally and some people aren't taking into consideration the Spurs aren't the defending champs so at the start of the season teams weren't playing them as tough as they would the Lakers so they definitely benefited from that.
When it comes down to it for all the marbles the Spurs can't beat the Lakers in a 7 game series besides I think a healthy Dallas Mavericks team is better than the Spurs.

FiftyFive

From what I've seen I think the Spurs can test the Lakers if they keep up this level of play. The Lakers seems a little lethargic.

CarbonGray Earl

I certainly think of all teams, the Lakers have displayed the least of their game. What we hear here in LA, the Lakers themselves sound pretty confident...its the fans that are freaking out, lol.

However, I've tried to stick to assessing teams in the here and now. There are some teams that are doing well right now that I personally think are very vulnerable in the playoffs or won't be able to sustain their midseason energy.

If you look at the minutes per game, Kobe's played much less this year than last. By the same token, he doesn't practice with the team, so when he gets in the game, they aren't in sync. I know, excuses, excuses....

IMO, they are just trying to make it to the playoffs intact. It sure as hell requires patience as a fan....

is300eater

the Clippers over the Knicks IN NY!!

Doom878

Amare kind of got into his teammates about effort after the game. Let's see how they react

synth19

Alot of BOOS for Boozer yesterday, and he played like shit too. This was the tame version of Lebron returning to Cleavland. lol

TSXmeister

Jazz and Bulls game last night confirmed what I already thought, DRose is the best point guard in the league. Totally outplayed Deron Williams - "Fast don't Lie"

synth19

^ sweet comment from a Utah native.

synth19

Report: Bulls, Rockets have discussed Courtney Lee for Omer Asik trade

Let's do this H-town!

mystikk

Reports are saying Sloan's job is on the rocks? Fuck that shit, wouldn't make sense to me.

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Wow, Sloan just resigned. What the fuck.

imj0257

iTrader: (1)

I think the west will be down to the gay Suprs and the awesome Mavs.

synth19

wtf! Didnt see that coming. I wonder if leaving Korver wide open late in the 4th quarter was the catalyst for this. "Fck these guys!"

TSXmeister

it's the truth....DRose is the best PG in the league right now! all the coaches, players, former players and sportswriters have said. DWilliams could not defend fast and speedy PG. I was rooting for Chris Paul to be pick by the Jazz during the draft several years ago but they opted for the big bodied PG.

Yumcha

Sloan stepping down: http://www.tsn.ca/nba/story/?id=353286

CarbonGray Earl

^^DRose is so good, he got the longest tenured coach in all 4 major sports fired.

Man, what's next?

dom

Please, don't get Yumchah any more worked up about Rose than he already is.

CarbonGray Earl

^^is that even possible? Isn't he at full man-crush already?

Yumcha

I'm not. We already established that Rose is not MVP-worthy and a second-rate star.


If only Toews played basketball.

mystikk

Ray motherfuckin' Allen, everyone. Give him a round of applause, live or not.

Mizouse

what happened? i missed it but all i care about is the lakers won

asianspec

iTrader: (1)

to Ray Allen "New 3-Point King"

one of the few people i like on the celtics.

synth19

word. Allen is a class act.

princelybug

iTrader: (16)

Congrats to Ray Allen and the Lake Show!

CarbonGray Earl

Congrats to ray ray...he got hung out to dry by kobe at the end though.

Sorry to see Jerry Sloan go. I think he stayed a couple of years too long, to be honest. But he deserves a lot of credit for sticking around too...

elessar

elessar

Also, congrats to Shuttlesworth! Too bad they lost the game though.

cabanalane

I don't know about that. After Stockton-Malone. He got Williams and Boozer. So there was hope in Utah.

I would say Boozer failed to lived up to his contract (and seems to like to switch teams.)

I guess it was just no fun being "average." With Boozer gone, I'm sure Williams wants to go too.

l_brandon96

you are from TX and both of those teams are from TX, need to prove any point? bottomline is, they would be lucky to pass 1st round in playoff.

remember couple years ago when the Mavs had the best winning record in regular season and couldnt' pass 1st round by the warriors, the 8th seed?