Comments on: Should the Lakers be worried about the Spurs, Mavericks?

By: omniusprime

omniusprime — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:42:06 +0000

No need for the Lakers to worry about proving themselves, they’re the Repeat World Champions and the regular season is merely their preseason. While the Mavs and Spurs look good now just wait until the playoffs come around and the Lakers flip the switch. The California team will prove beyond a doubt that the two texas teams are all regular season puff but playoff fluff! Now that Bynum is back and we have Joe Smith it’s just cruise control into the playoffs and then turn on the afterburners to burn down all fakers. Kobe Bryant is the greatest basketball player in the world and the Repeat World Champion Lakers will Threepeat this coming June!

By: lawrencelincy0824

lawrencelincy0824 — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:15:17 +0000

Never underestimate the Spurs. They are a deep team just like the Lakers too. As far as I am concerned, Lakers are still the NBA Champions until someone beats them in the playoffs. I agree that the team knows how to win; in fact it is for that very reason which makes this Lakers team’s style of play a bit “arrogant”. I am not saying that they disrespect the opposing team but as a whole unit, they tend to not play with that aggressiveness throughout the whole game. They would build a lead and then start to slack off until they felt that the other team is starting to come back and began to play hard again. Sometimes, that is enough to win the game but sometimes it isn’t. As a result they lost 4 games in a row which people have been bringing up that none of Phil Jackson’s championship teams have ever lost 4 in a row and went on to win the championship. But see, those loses are exactly what they need right now (along with Bynum’s return). It hits them hard and brings them back down to the ground where they realize that they have to play solid ball instead of just turning it on late into the game. Whether a team wins a championship isn’t defined by how well they dominates the other teams or how many wins they get during the regular season but its how well they face each challenges along the way. If other teams lose 4 in a row, it will and should be panic time but for these Lakers; it is really nothing but a wake-up call reminding them how they became champs and its time to do the dirty work instead of expecting others just giving them the wins. Its what gets them going: people doubting them. Kobe welcomes that doubt and he has proven the doubters wrong time after time. What they need to focus now is to execute their game plans, do the things they got to do to get a streak going so that they are ready to face the good teams with winning records. Once they trust their game plans (no reason why they shouldn’t), once the confidence is up; it is hard to take down these Lakers because they are such a deep deep team.

By: downtowndanny

downtowndanny — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:34:19 +0000

san antonio will self destruct, as much as like them, reality says they wont stay healthy. Dallas looks pretty good, and since they were built to beat L.A. (no pun) they have the best chance due to depth. But having L.O., Matt Barnes, Blake coming off your bench is a luxury any team would want. The 90′s Bulls also looked mortal going for their 2nd 3peat, so as a Laker fan I’m not worried, it’s way too early for that. Remember, this team knows how to win. These guys have a lot of mileage on their bodies, averaging 100+ games a year. The real season for L.A begins Xmas day. I’m more concerned with how they’ll look next year with a new coach (B Shaw hopefully)