The Official Lakers Vs. Magic Thread
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So what's the new KOBE Hater line? Since he can win without SHAQ now, he has a FINALS MVP now, he led his team ALL year as a leader and got everyone involved and made niggas better!! What's the next hater line, he can't win without Phil?
Nah fam, he can't win one without D Fish. You saw what happened when he left.
Yeah that definitely fucks with you.
That's what Phil was doing to Andrew Bynum during these playoffs games. It was fucking with his mind so bad he wouldn't even play defense or get rebounds and shit. Phil wouldn't play him after 1 or 2 quarters of play. Andrew ended up giving the press a piece of his mind saying he wasn't getting enough play and touches of the ball and it worked. He got to play at least 3 or 4 quarters a game in the WC Finals and the Finals.
Hopefully Skip will tell SVG behind the scenes what's happening and they can work something out.
told ya'll 
"BGOL......TELL ME HOW MY AZZ TASTE!"
"BGOL......TELL ME HOW MY AZZ TASTE!"
u know what man , seeing as how the magic shoulda been up 3-1 and the lakers made a strong statement tonight with this win. I know the lakers only "really" won games 1 and 5 and the rest of the games the magic gave away. i really think going back to LA if they keep playing this way they may actually be able to beat the magic
Defining moment of the finals
"BGOL......TELL ME HOW MY AZZ TASTE!"
After listening to all the haters talking crap about the Lakers all year this is great!
"You've got booger"
Classic!!!!
Classic!!!!
C/S
Every championship team needs a "get shit done" role-player that can helps to take the pressure off the superstars.
Re-signing Ariza needs to be priority # 1
Nah fam, he can't win one without D Fish. You saw what happened when he left.
I can't. just like I can't win it without, L.O. Pau and Trev. I can beat 3 cats by myself, but I need help with the other 2 and the bench.
I can't. just like I can't win it without, L.O. Pau and Trev. I can beat 3 cats by myself, but I need help with the other 2 and the bench.
you can caption this pic forever...Kobe: 'bow down to me young grass-hopper'. you have not yet mastered the technique, of your master, shonuff, kobe-san.
James: 'yes mastah..I BELIEVE IN YOU!' Show me the power!
Ariza over Odom. Easy.
They can find a PF that can do some of the things Odom can do in the paint even though they'll miss Odom's ball handling but not his lack of intensity and only showing up every third game.
We can pick up a serviceable backup PF for the veterans minimum. Also I liked Josh Powells game in the limited time I've seen him play. He has a nice Horace Grant jumpshot on him but I'd like to see if he can play with his back to the basket.
Kobe Bryant is almost like Mike
But Los Angeles Lakers star never can measure up totally to Michael Jordan
Rick Morrissey | In the wake of the news
While I was watching Kobe Bryant the other night, it occurred to me that, in essence, I was watching a tribute band. You probably have heard of groups that try to copy rock stars' music, clothes and accessories, right down to the commemorative hookahs. There are, for example, faux Beatles and cloned Doors out there trying to make a living on the road.
Bryant could be the best player in NBA history, but he never will be looked at that way for one simple reason. You can't out-Michael Jordan Michael Jordan.
The tribute band imagery isn't completely fair. When he retires, Bryant will walk away as one of the five best players ever to have laced on a pair of gym shoes. He's not a pale imitation of Jordan. He's a phenomenal imitation of Jordan.
But he's an imitation nonetheless, a mini-Mike. If Bryant were under the influence of truth serum, he would admit he has patterned his entire career after Jordan's, speech cadence and all. Nothing wrong with that. You would rather he patterned his career after Jud Buechler's? If Kobe walks like MJ and talks like MJ, then ... sorry, no, it doesn't follow that he is MJ. There's only one of those, and that's the problem for Bryant.
As terrific as Kobe is, it has been done before. Bryant has made his own way in the world, but he has made his own way playing very much like You Know Who. Hard to be your own man when you have imitated The Man most of your career. I know the mere act of writing this smacks of parochialism: Jordan is Chicago's, and because he is Chicago's, no one else is allowed to be like him. Et cetera.
And maybe there is some of that. But it's impossible to look at Bryant and not say to yourself, "You know, the way he carries himself, the way he holds the hem of his shorts while he's bent over, the way he hangs in the air -- that all looks verrrrrry familiar." Besides the fact he hasn't won six NBA titles and besides the fact he doesn't wag his tongue when he drives to the basket, Bryant has strayed from the Jordan prototype in one profound way. Whenever I watched Jordan play for the Bulls, I always felt as if he were completely in the moment against his opponent. Whenever I watch Bryant play for the Lakers, I get the feeling he believes the TV cameras are on him at all times.
I could be mistaken, but I see a man whose facial expressions are consciously made for public consumption. After one of the recent playoff games, Bryant did an entire postgame TV interview hunched over and gasping for breath. One thought of Kenneth Branagh in "Henry V."
Or of Michael Jordan during his flu game. OK, Bryant works in Los Angeles, so it would make sense he's something of an actor. You're going to have to work with me on this one, but he reminds me of Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood." That movie seemed to be more of a vehicle for Day-Lewis' acting skills than it was for the plot. Rather than be drawn into the story, I sat in the theater thinking, "Boy, is Daniel Day-Lewis a great actor. Here I am, watching him act like nobody else can." I wasn't immersed in the drama so much as I was immersed in his performance.
And there's a little of that with Bryant, isn't there? You almost expect him to wink two or three times a game to let you know that he knows you're looking at him. And when the microphone catches something he says in a huddle, it almost sounds calculated. Spike Lee recently directed a documentary about Bryant using 30 cameras to follow the Lakers star's every move in a game. Bryant couldn't have been more at home if he were relaxing on his couch.
Jordan was as packaged as they come, yet he came across as natural. He starred in "Space Jam," a movie with cartoon characters, for goodness' sake. If there's anything cute and cuddly about Kobe in real life, it's because a handler has scripted it that way.
When you pattern yourself after one person, it's sort of hard to break away from the comparison when you see fit. And if that person is considered The Best There Ever Was, well, forget it. You're going to finish second every time. You can have your shoe contracts and your endorsement deals, but you won't come close to Jordan. And neither will LeBron James, for that matter. MJ was an entity unto himself, like nobody who came before him. Bryant looks a lot like somebody else. On purpose.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...-morrissey-kobe-bryant-jun12,0,7963482.column
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Get on his level Kobe!
Nice ball player...but he has personality issues hence making it hard for him to win without Shaq.
This title was the exception. Dont wanna shit to hard on the joy over in LA. Enjoy yall NBA title that yall got because of injuries, bad coaching & BS B Ball skillz from other players on multiple teams. Savour it!
...cause yall wont be seeing many more in the future. No back to back to back like in the past. Ok ...im done showing my hate for Kobe ...GO BULLS!!!!
But Los Angeles Lakers star never can measure up totally to Michael Jordan
Rick Morrissey | In the wake of the news
While I was watching Kobe Bryant the other night, it occurred to me that, in essence, I was watching a tribute band. You probably have heard of groups that try to copy rock stars' music, clothes and accessories, right down to the commemorative hookahs. There are, for example, faux Beatles and cloned Doors out there trying to make a living on the road.
Bryant could be the best player in NBA history, but he never will be looked at that way for one simple reason. You can't out-Michael Jordan Michael Jordan.
The tribute band imagery isn't completely fair. When he retires, Bryant will walk away as one of the five best players ever to have laced on a pair of gym shoes. He's not a pale imitation of Jordan. He's a phenomenal imitation of Jordan.
But he's an imitation nonetheless, a mini-Mike. If Bryant were under the influence of truth serum, he would admit he has patterned his entire career after Jordan's, speech cadence and all. Nothing wrong with that. You would rather he patterned his career after Jud Buechler's? If Kobe walks like MJ and talks like MJ, then ... sorry, no, it doesn't follow that he is MJ. There's only one of those, and that's the problem for Bryant.
As terrific as Kobe is, it has been done before. Bryant has made his own way in the world, but he has made his own way playing very much like You Know Who. Hard to be your own man when you have imitated The Man most of your career. I know the mere act of writing this smacks of parochialism: Jordan is Chicago's, and because he is Chicago's, no one else is allowed to be like him. Et cetera.
And maybe there is some of that. But it's impossible to look at Bryant and not say to yourself, "You know, the way he carries himself, the way he holds the hem of his shorts while he's bent over, the way he hangs in the air -- that all looks verrrrrry familiar." Besides the fact he hasn't won six NBA titles and besides the fact he doesn't wag his tongue when he drives to the basket, Bryant has strayed from the Jordan prototype in one profound way. Whenever I watched Jordan play for the Bulls, I always felt as if he were completely in the moment against his opponent. Whenever I watch Bryant play for the Lakers, I get the feeling he believes the TV cameras are on him at all times.
I could be mistaken, but I see a man whose facial expressions are consciously made for public consumption. After one of the recent playoff games, Bryant did an entire postgame TV interview hunched over and gasping for breath. One thought of Kenneth Branagh in "Henry V."
Or of Michael Jordan during his flu game. OK, Bryant works in Los Angeles, so it would make sense he's something of an actor. You're going to have to work with me on this one, but he reminds me of Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood." That movie seemed to be more of a vehicle for Day-Lewis' acting skills than it was for the plot. Rather than be drawn into the story, I sat in the theater thinking, "Boy, is Daniel Day-Lewis a great actor. Here I am, watching him act like nobody else can." I wasn't immersed in the drama so much as I was immersed in his performance.
And there's a little of that with Bryant, isn't there? You almost expect him to wink two or three times a game to let you know that he knows you're looking at him. And when the microphone catches something he says in a huddle, it almost sounds calculated. Spike Lee recently directed a documentary about Bryant using 30 cameras to follow the Lakers star's every move in a game. Bryant couldn't have been more at home if he were relaxing on his couch.
Jordan was as packaged as they come, yet he came across as natural. He starred in "Space Jam," a movie with cartoon characters, for goodness' sake. If there's anything cute and cuddly about Kobe in real life, it's because a handler has scripted it that way.
When you pattern yourself after one person, it's sort of hard to break away from the comparison when you see fit. And if that person is considered The Best There Ever Was, well, forget it. You're going to finish second every time. You can have your shoe contracts and your endorsement deals, but you won't come close to Jordan. And neither will LeBron James, for that matter. MJ was an entity unto himself, like nobody who came before him. Bryant looks a lot like somebody else. On purpose.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...-morrissey-kobe-bryant-jun12,0,7963482.column
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Get on his level Kobe!
Nice ball player...but he has personality issues hence making it hard for him to win without Shaq.
This title was the exception. Dont wanna shit to hard on the joy over in LA. Enjoy yall NBA title that yall got because of injuries, bad coaching & BS B Ball skillz from other players on multiple teams. Savour it!
...cause yall wont be seeing many more in the future. No back to back to back like in the past. Ok ...im done showing my hate for Kobe ...GO BULLS!!!!
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Get on his level Kobe!
Nice ball player...but he has personality issues hence making it hard for him to win without Shaq.
This title was the exception. Dont wanna shit to hard on the joy over in LA. Enjoy yall NBA title that yall got because of injuries, bad coaching & BS B Ball skillz from other players on multiple teams. Savour it!
...cause yall wont be seeing many more in the future. No back to back to back like in the past. Ok ...im done showing my hate for Kobe ...GO BULLS!!!!
yea cant have this thread end with hate
Parade tomorrow
Magic
I GUARANTEE THE ORLANDO MAGIC IN 6 WATCH THEY ARE WAY BETTER THAN THE LAKERS
AND THEY ARE 2-0 AGAINST THE LAKERS
ORLANDO MAGIC ARE THE GOING TO BE THE CHAMPS I GUARANTEE IT THEY JUST ARE A BETTER TEAM THAN THE LAKERS ESPECIALLY IF JAMEER NELSON COMES BACK
BLUE TAKES TITLE TRUST!!
Orlando in 6
Magic in 6
My prediction is Magic in 6...
But who can predict how many PAGES this thread will end up at????
Orlando in 6!!!
Lakers have no answer for the Magic's killer three pointers!!!!
1. You know, the sad thing about the Internet is he could be dead for all we know (another similarity to bin Laden), which would be messed up if he just died by happenstance and we're sitting up here calling him a bitch. But I'm going to play the odds and say he's still alive and bitching.
2. I did, they said he was there with his father? I'd have liked to have seen him on camera but they just kept showing him and some big woman next to him, I heard a lot of speculation on his relationship with his father during the finals-- i.e. Bill Simmons "his wife is all he has"--- so I'd have liked to have at least seen them together on camera. (I think I heard them say he was there as did the person watching the game but I didn't see Joe Bryant at all.)
Damn, who the fuck is waterboarding y'all and making you click the thread?
This ain't even about the Lakers anymore for me, I made a mental note to say some shit once a week had passed since Crabsrag checked into Witness Protection and then saw this bumped today and remembered I forgot to taunt him.
some of us can afford to take vacations.
i just finished the last leg with las vegas and got back this morning.
"dudes" asking about me on BGOL. that's not gay.
flew out with jim hill and his family, played poker with jerry buss, hung out with earl watson and his wife at the palms for a minute, visited a friend of mine who is contract talent at caesars.
some of us can afford to take vacations.
i just finished the last leg with las vegas and got back this morning.
"dudes" asking about me on BGOL. that's not gay.
flew out with jim hill and his family, played poker with jerry buss, hung out with earl watson and his wife at the palms for a minute, visited a friend of mine who is contract talent at caesars.
For a cat that hates the "Fakers" you spend a lot of time with guys that make a living off of them.
jim hill stays down here by me, and i've known jerry buss and his daughter for a minute now. jerry buss has always had a thing for adult talent, and you see the connection.For a cat that hates the "Fakers" you spend a lot of time with guys that make a living off of them.
BGOL has some dim bulbs, and when i didn't post, they couldn't put 2 and 2 together: http://www.bgol.us/board/showpost.php?p=6446080&postcount=1
It's all good.
did you buy a hat yet?
did you buy a hat yet?
Kobe: 'bow down to me young grass-hopper'. you have not yet mastered the technique, of your master, shonuff, kobe-san.
James: 'yes mastah..I BELIEVE IN YOU!' Show me the power!
only if quaid is on it.
Hmmm a Laker Quaid championship hat.....
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