OFFICIAL LAKERS 2009/2010 (57-25) 2009-2010 CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!

[kobe8is]

So true!

 

[darth dnzy]

--We're in good shape IMHO.
--Around this time last year we had just about the same record. And we were healthier this time last season.

--But we do have that brutal east coast trip comin up. I still see us comin out of that trip above .500 in those games.

 

[guttagetsbusy]

I'd rather not have Kobe win the MVP this year...much rather have him be the Finals MVP ya dig

 

[wings90]

Luke being back is great. I've never really had a problem with him like some people here though.

 

[westcoastsfinest]

i bet Lebron repeats as MVP
kobe repeats as finals MVP

 

[CP1708]

Not that it matters, but if Kobe keeps hitting shots in the closing minutes to win games, and LA finishes with the top record, and he does all this battlinginjuries, and with Gasol missing 25% of the season, Kobe will win it this year.

That said, I would personally hand Lebron the award myself if it meant LA wins the chip, likely meaning Kobe would get the finals MVP award.

@#$%, I'd give Steve Nash the MVP if it meant us winning another championship.

 

[kobe8is]

Well i'd give Chris Kaman the MVP if it meant us winning another championship!!!!

 

[westcoastsfinest]

Originally Posted by DARTH DNZY

--Luke being healthy is appreciated.
--Every Laker top to bottom (except Sasha) is an integral part to a well oiled machine of a championship team. No pun intended.

fixed

 

[darth dnzy]

--^ LOL. Yeah, Sasha is garbage.
--But...if or whenever this scrub makes a 3, im takin those 3 points.

 

[thachosen123]

@ some of y'all finally realizing that Luke isn't as horrible as somr you think he is

 

[frenchblue23]

Luke Walton is and was always an important piece to this Lakers puzzle.

Sasha is like a wild chicken you throw out amongst the others.

 

[westcoastsfinest]

Originally Posted by thachosen123

@ some of y'all finally realizing that Luke isn't as horrible as somr you think he is

i wonder how many games will it be till we they start calling him fluke or puke again

despite his good return...hes always gonna be puke to me because of that contract we gave him

 

[frenchblue23]

Originally Posted by westcoastsfinest

Originally Posted by thachosen123

@ some of y'all finally realizing that Luke isn't as horrible as somr you think he is

i wonder how many games will it be till we they start calling him fluke or puke again

despite his good return...hes always gonna be puke to me because of that contract we gave him

Well then, that was the Lakers' fault, not Luke's.

 

[notorious 858]

My only problem right now is still seeing Jordan Farmar in the purple & gold .

C'mon

Mitch do it !

 

[westcoastsfinest]

farmar, amo and sasha for mike miller
drew for bosh

do it mitch!

 

[frenchblue23]

Farmar has picked it up the last few games, but who knows how long that's going to last.

Farmar + Brown combo has been fun to see.

 

[notorious 858]

Bryant spoke to Odom and Artest earlier in the day, later providing a synopsis of what he said. "What the hell are you guys waiting for? You've been sitting around, waiting for me to bail your [butts] out all the time," Bryant said. "Get going. It makes us a better team. Don't worry about me. You've got to be aggressive."

Link:

http://www.latimes.com/sp...010jan14,0,7099859.story

 

[frenchblue23]

Originally Posted by Notorious 858

Bryant spoke to Odom and Artest earlier in the day, later providing a synopsis of what he said. "What the hell are you guys waiting for? You've been sitting around, waiting for me to bail your [butts] out all the time," Bryant said. "Get going. It makes us a better team. Don't worry about me. You've got to be aggressive."

Link:

http://www.latimes.com/sp...010jan14,0,7099859.story


I like that right there.

 

[CP1708]

Originally Posted by FrenchBlue23

Originally Posted by Notorious 858

Bryant spoke to Odom and Artest earlier in the day, later providing a synopsis of what he said. "What the hell are you guys waiting for? You've been sitting around, waiting for me to bail your [butts] out all the time," Bryant said. "Get going. It makes us a better team. Don't worry about me. You've got to be aggressive."

Link:

http://www.latimes.com/sp...010jan14,0,7099859.story

I like that right there.



It begins.....

 

[thachosen123]

that'll prob get ron ron to be more aggressive, but I'm pretty sure lamar has heard that PLENTY of times since he's been a laker

 

[westcoastsfinest]

Originally Posted by Notorious 858

Bryant spoke to Odom and Artest earlier in the day, later providing a synopsis of what he said. "What the hell are you guys waiting for? You've been sitting around, waiting for me to bail your [butts] out all the time," Bryant said. "Get going. It makes us a better team. Don't worry about me. You've got to be aggressive."

Link:

http://www.latimes.com/sp...010jan14,0,7099859.story



and im glad they responded

 

[k i n g x b]

I never understood y a lot of ppl want to see mike miller in a laker uniform

But if u tell me we trade for mike n we win the chip

Do it mitch

But the same thing can be said about the team we got now
We can win the chip with this team
we just got to play better

Its basketball people have off days n get in slumps
Well be alright

 

[notorious 858]

Originally Posted by westcoastsfinest

Originally Posted by Notorious 858

Bryant spoke to Odom and Artest earlier in the day, later providing a synopsis of what he said. "What the hell are you guys waiting for? You've been sitting around, waiting for me to bail your [butts] out all the time," Bryant said. "Get going. It makes us a better team. Don't worry about me. You've got to be aggressive."

Link:

http://www.latimes.com/sp...010jan14,0,7099859.story

and im glad they responded
As good as Odumb's stats were last night. I was pissed throughout the whole game watching him miss so many easy left handed layups & himjacking up and bricking a bunch of 3's last night.

 

[kb8sandiego]

Who does Kobe think he is?

JK.

 

[notorious 858]

[h1]Lakers' Pau Gasol to play Friday against Clippers[/h1]Pau Gasol already had practiced with the Lakers on Thursday, going hard with his teammates in a contact session in an attempt to test his strained left hamstring that kept him out of the last six games.

Then his teammates left, but Gasol stayed and took shots from the baseline, from the pinch-post and from the free-throw line.

When he was done, Gasol said he plans to play tonight against the Clippers in the Lakers' home game at Staples Center.

Gasol's workout at the Lakers' practice facility Thursday and his workouts before games in San Antonio on Tuesday and in Dallas on Wednesday left him pain-free.

"Obviously after a little tear, you feel scar tissue that is built there," Gasol said. "But other than that, there's no pain and I trust that I can be out there playing at my best right now without any danger."

Gasol missed the first 11 regular-season games with a strained right hamstring. Overall, this season the Lakers are 19-3 when Gasol plays and 11-6 when he is sidelined.

Gasol said he doesn't have any concerns about having suffered two hamstring injuries.

"I feel confident that I can be out there with no risk and no danger -- no more than any of my other teammates," Gasol said. "It's just a matter of going out and playing and going hard. I'm ready to play."

In the 22 games Gasol has played, he's averaged 16.8 points on 55.4% shooting and 11.5 rebounds in 36.1 minutes per game.

Bryant improving

Before he could be asked a question about the back spasms that derailed him in San Antonio and slowed him down in Dallas, KobeBryant gave his own medical update.

"Back is a little tight," Bryant quickly said. "Other than that, I'm fine."

After playing 32 minutes Tuesday night and none in the fourth quarter against the Spurs when he first came down with back spasms and after scoring all 10 of his points in the second half in 35 minutes against the Mavericks on Wednesday night, Bryant was asked if he could play a full game against the Clippers tonight.

Bryant paused for a few seconds and smiled.

"Yeah," he responded.

On the flight home from Dallas to Los Angeles after Wednesday's game, Bryant said he wore a "nice little device" on his back.

"That kind of kept it loose," Bryant said. "It didn't stiffen up on me."

Bryant didn't practice Thursday, and he said he has no concern about his back for tonight's game.

"I'll be effective," he said. "I don't care if I look like 60-year-old Larry Bird, I'll be effective."

Lakers step up

In their victory over Dallas, Bryant was the fifth-leading scorer on the team. Three Lakers produced double-doubles.

It was obvious to Lakers Coach Phil Jackson that Andrew Bynum, Lamar Odom, Ron Artest and Jordan Farmar played a bigger role for the Lakers with Bryant ailing; something Jackson has implored his team to do more often.

"Well, I think that's a big part of it," Jackson said.

"I always call it lollipop that you just put in your mouth and suck on it when you've got Kobe to throw it to, either that or thumb-sucking," Jackson said, smiling. "That's an easy out. We talked about that in our film session the morning after that San Antonio game."



Link:

http://www.latimes.com/sp...010jan15,0,5517610.story