Comments on: NBA Finals, Lakers Celtics: Slowing Kobe Bryant

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:19:44 +0000

The Lakers will have their hands full of dirty Cletic tricks. Like the old days of McHale and Havlecheck the dirty Celtics will try to disable Bynum and his knee imediatly. They will use every dirty trick they can find on Kobe and low-bridge Gosal to try to win. Go Lakers!

By: NHDank

NHDank — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:15:20 +0000

Kobe hits 2 jumpshots against the suns with a hand in his face and all of a sudden defense doesn’t matter against him? How about the first 25 jumpshots that were uncontested that got him in that rhythm? And the jumpshot with under 2 minutes to go, the defender turned around because he wasn’t used to playing defense. The Celts will play defense and it will matter and Kobe will never average 34 points on a celtics team that has given up 40 twice in 3 years and one was in OT.
And check Pierce’s numbers with Artest guarding him in the playoffs… 23.9 ppg.
This series will be a battle and it has the exact same feel as 2008 right now. A Celtics team that is stifling and playing on all cylinders against a Lakers team that the national media has deemed the best in history led by God himself.
Maybe people should ask kobe how it’ll turn out.

By: tb

tb — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:44:46 +0000

“Ron artest will help on the defensive end, but is far worse offensively then anyone you ran out at the SF position in 08.
In 2008, the primary SF for the Lakers was vladimir radmanovic, as Ariza was out with an injury and Odom was playing PF. You’re honestly saying that Artest is a worse offensive option than Radmanovic, who’s been a scrub everywhere he played? Artest is a HUGE improvement on offense and an even bigger improvement on D. If you can’t see that, you’re not knowlegable about pro basketball and shouldn’t be commenting on it.

By: omnius is lame is lame

omnius is lame is lame — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:12:15 +0000

R u serious. your bench. artest worse offensively than ariza??? bynum on the bench because of rondo??
you must be on some pretty good dope to think thats how this is going down…. let me spell it out for you. kobe is going to kill the celtics.. look for him to average at least 34 per game. artest will d up the 2008 finals mvp paul pierce )whos gonna need a wheelchair forreal this year) and render pierce unaffective. bynum will do his work on the offensive glass, defensively, and get us some huge points down low. bostons bench is garbage and will be shut down, and the lakers will show just how “old” the celtices really are…. end result lakers 4 – boston 0
get your brooms ready……

By: Omnius is lame

Omnius is lame — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:14:47 +0000

“air kobe”
“fisher swishers”
“aging sergeant”
you sire are a f*ckin loser
Ron artest will help on the defensive end, but is far worse offensively then anyone you ran out at the SF position in 08.
Bynum is going to get killed so badly by rondo on Pick & rolls that he will be relegated to the bench, meaning your 5 primary players (now that odom is playing so much) will be your ONLY players able to give you quality minutes. Your lack of depth will burn you as our 2nd unit makes runs to close out quarters.
We simply have too many “go-to” options on the offensive end to hold us down consistently, and Kobe is not going to get the help he needs to beat this TEAM on the other end

By: Omnius

Omnius — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:40:12 +0000

It won’t help the Ancient Celtics trying to doubleteam Kobe, he’ll find the open man and Kobe’s mates will find their way to the hole for a score. Air Kobe is flying high and playing the best ball of teh year, as are all the Lakers. Odom and Artest will help keep the pressure off Kobe, and Gasol will keep scoring against the aging sergeant. Then there’s Derek for late game heroics with his Fisher Swishers. Kobe is driven by revenge for 2008 as are several other Laker players who remember that crushing defeat in Boston. Lakers in 6 games, though best to watch them win in 5 and celebrate on the same TD Gardens floor they were humiliated on two years ago.

By: Gr8 Scott

Gr8 Scott — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:54:09 +0000

Kurt – we miss you over at FB&G, but your articles here are still a great source of daily info. Keep it up.
And let’s go Lakers!