LAKERS 2009 playoffs thread

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by FlyinKIng

Your crazy. Cleveland doesn't have a 3,4, or 5 that would challenge the Lakers. Hence the reason why they lost to us on their court. Lebron vs Kobe is a marketing dream for ESPN/ABC, but it wouldn't go 6 games.
Posted via Mobile Device

---

Except for the fact that LeBron plays 3.

Here's another guy who only watches the Lakers.

I am VERY worried about Cleveland. Lebron is just amazing.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by borinka99

I am VERY worried about Cleveland. Lebron is just amazing.

---

We have to get there first.....

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ASUcruz

We have to get there first.....

---

I'm really not worried about that part. I wonder how this team would be with a different coach for the past 2 seasons though.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by borinka99

I'm really not worried about that part. I wonder how this team would be with a different coach for the past 2 seasons though.

---

See Rudy Tomjanovich. Are people really questioning Phil? What should he have done differently? He can't make Pau Gasol more tough. He can't make Sasha capable of stopping a Ray Allen drive, and he can't prevent Bynum and Ariza from getting hurt.

People a coach can only do so much good and so much bad. In every sport it comes down to the players.

Doc Rivers was considered a horrific coach before last year. His team ended up winning the title. Was it because he became some coaching savante? No, its because his players were better and they stepped up. End of story.

Do you think Mike Brown is this genius coach? Nope, the Cavs are good because Lebron has taken his game to another level. I could go on and on.

The Lakers "problems" I put that in quotations because there haven't been many of those have little to do with Phil Jackson.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ASUcruz

Foul trouble tends to do that. You are severely underestimating the Rockets.

---

Alot of that had to do with PJ changing the scheme around for game 2. Gasol attacking Yao really made it difficult for him to A)Stay out of foul trouble, and B)be as effective as he wanted to be on the offensive side of the ball.

The real adjustment was the hard double team on Yao, making him give the ball up, something we should've done in Game 1.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ASUcruz

See Rudy Tomjanovich. Are people really questioning Phil? What should he have done differently? He can't make Pau Gasol more tough. He can't make Sasha capable of stopping a Ray Allen drive, and he can't prevent Bynum and Ariza from getting hurt.

People a coach can only do so much good and so much bad. In every sport it comes down to the players.

Doc Rivers was considered a horrific coach before last year. His team ended up winning the title. Was it because he became some coaching savante? No, its because his players were better and they stepped up. End of story.

Do you think Mike Brown is this genius coach? Nope, the Cavs are good because Lebron has taken his game to another level. I could go on and on.

The Lakers "problems" I put that in quotations because there haven't been many of those have little to do with Phil Jackson.

---

I'm not saying any coach, but sometimes Jackson's decisions/lineups make no sense.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by TooCool

;) And why shouldn't I? The Lakers are built to win. Especially with the Gasol trade last season. It's a bummer that Bynum got hurt.

This year, Bynum got hurt yet again, but he's back. He's just not being used properly.

---

We won game 2 because he didn't start. Given the injury and his style of play, Gasol is faster than Bynum, which is what you need to go against Yao. Bynum doesn't have the weight and the quickness (due to injury) to match up against Yao, so you bring in Gasol. That won't be the case should we advance and face the Nuggest in the Conference Finals.

Game/series over! Yao is out the rest of the series with a broken foot.
Posted via Mobile Device

Yep. Here is the link. Yao out for remainder of postseason - NBA - Yahoo! Sports