I’m certain whatever fast food joint you’re slinging burgers at requires such. To insinuate that I don’t have a job because I’m posting comments on a Sunday says you’re;

A)burger flipper
B)living in you’re parents basement
C)a fifteen year old
D)all the above

Now which is it?

Seeing Jordan and Howard sitting on the bench can’t be a good sign. A herniated disk for Jordan (that according to his own doctor has potential to be worse than D12 as its closer to his pelvis) can spell real trouble for all you Homers this year. Sacre looked OK against the Utah 2nd/3rd unit but I would suspect Gasoft will play extended minutes at the 5 meaning AJ will move to the 4. Speaking of AJ, he didn’t look all that impressive on the floor either.

I mean I really hope they get better, I don’t think they will present much of a challenge for the other NBA elite teams. Beating the Lakers as they currently look won’t be that much fun.

Jesus, lakerswallower, after another verbal beating on a different thread, letting you once again know what I was up to on these posts, you last one day,ONE? And you respond with crap like I have no friends? I’ll give you the Howard thing, its the only time I was wrong, I don’t blame you for clinging to it.

Go away little girl, its just going to get uglier for you going forward.

The Miracle on Manchester is the nickname given to a NHL playoff game between the Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers that took place on April 10, 1982. The game, the third in a best-of-five postseason series, was played at The Forum, the Kings’ home arena at the time, which was situated on Manchester Boulevard (hence the nickname) in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood. The Kings completed the largest comeback in NHL playoff history, going from being down 5-0 to win the game 6-5 in overtime. Combined with upset wins in Games 1 and 5, the Kings eliminated the heavily favored Wayne Gretzky-led Oilers in a 3-2 series victory to reach the second round.

Any further questions? Oh, I guess you didn’t really want to know, you were just trolling.

You misread Kurt. Here is what the article says: “Pau Gasol is perfect for the system, as he was perfect for Jackson’s triangle. He’s an excellent passer with supreme offensive instincts and intelligence. Howard? His offensive game is not polished, and he’s hardly known as a savvy passer — which brings us to the second tweak Brown and Jordan must make if all of this is going to work.

“Very seldom will he catch the ball at the elbow and have to be the quarterback there”.

I’m pretty sure he refers to Howard, not Gasol. Reading is fundamental.

You’re a know nothing and quite annoying.

But Coach Sharman pulled it off by persuading this team led by old superstars past their prime to run. Wilt focused on the boards and interior defense. He fired off amazing outlet passes downcourt. West handled the ball and Goodrich fired fallaway jumpers off picks. Once Baylor retired, the Lakers went on a 33 game winning streak, averaged 121 points per game, and won the title.

So, as long Howard controls the boards, fires off outlet passes downcourt, and Gasol/Nash/Kobe run early to establish premium position, they’ll score easier than last season.

However, this isn’t 2007 anymore.
Nash is 38 and is good for 30 minutes a game.
Kobe is 33 and if you look at the components of his game, he’s most effective in the low-post, where he’s the top rated shooting guard.
Metta World Peace is 32, and he’s been used as a floor spacing spot-up shooter on offense.
Pau Gasol is 32, and most would agree, his talents are best used in the low-post.
Dwight Howard is their ONLY starter under age 32, and while he’s a good pick-and-roll partner, he’s also effective on offense in the low-post presence.

That means Nash’s uptempo style that depends on being surrounded by young athletic players won’t work. This is a veteran team where 3 of the 5 players on offense are at their best while operating in the low-post, not sprinting up and down the court.
3 out of the 5 starters also won multiple championships while playing in the triangle offense, so there’s a comfort level with that style rather than a point-guard dominated style Nash has used for his entire career.

Make no mistake – The Lakers this year are going to be a slow-paced team that prefers executing in the half-court. On offense, they will try to dominate in the low-post on offense with Kobe, Pau, and Howard. On defense, they should be excellent in the half-court with a multiple Defensive Player of the Year award winner providing help defense and rim protection and Kobe and World Peace guarding the wing players.

If you were hoping for the Nash-Amar’e-Johnson up-tempo style, you’re 5 years too late. Remember, many of these guys struggled against the up-tempo Nuggets.