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By: The Dude Abides

The Dude Abides — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:37:30 +0000

Comment #151 was mine. I thought I was signed in, but I wasn’t.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:15:23 +0000

LOL, LO Is Back–I’ll take Duncan any day of the week. Much more clutch, especially down the stretch of the playoffs and in the 4th quarter. Garnett has had a tendency to burn himself out in the regular season over the years.

By: Lamar Odom is back!

Lamar Odom is back! — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:30:46 +0000

Thanks, original Stephen, for not ignoring my question like all the other fans will.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:19:31 +0000

LO is back…KG or Duncan,how could you go wrong w/either?
I would have to go w/Duncan. In a PlayOff Series I want Duncan in the low post. For all KG’s athleticism,I want the guy I know will give me 25 points,a dozen rebounds and who will get my team into the bonus by drawing fouls as my anchor.(One of the under-appreciated things a good low-post player does is get his team into the bonus early and often. KG does not do this and it hurts his teams.) Combine his on-court ability w/Duncan’s seeming ability to get along w/everybody and Duncan is my choice.
KG’s ability to guard everything from the vendor throwing peanuts to the Zamboni,his relentless example in training,practice and games and his better over-all level of health would make him better for the Regular Season,but I’m in it to win it,so I want the best player come PlayOff time and to me that’s Duncan.

By: JONESONTHENBA

JONESONTHENBA — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:53:30 +0000

I guess the boos worked. From the L.A. Times:

“Brown arrived early for Saturday’s short practice and worked on his post moves with special assistant coach Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.”

If he does that for every practice and every game, I guarantee you’ll see an improvement in his game.

By: Lamar Odom is back!

Lamar Odom is back! — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:44:05 +0000

Don’t worry, other stephen. I’m getting “the goods” ready. LOL!

Sorry to be off-topic here, I mean I know we all enjoy Kwame bashing since there’s a Kwame-hatin’ wagon going around but that is so last week(don’t you forget one of the Kwame-hatin’ pioneers from two weeks ago-ME!). I want to ask ya’ll a question:

If you were a GM RIGHT NOW and had the choice of acquiring Duncan or KG…………..who would you go for????

By: the other Stephen

the other Stephen — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:48:29 +0000

i agree with pacio. nice explanation. lamar! you need to work on your guns!

By: Pacio

Pacio — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:47:51 +0000

142. Wouldn’t that be nice if they posted up lamar more? Problem is, the ‘they’ you speak of are the players themselves since in the triangle the coach isn’t sending in plays. Know what really drives me nuts (and i won’t go with an easy kwame joke here) is seeing a player Luke spending more time in the post than lamar. for two reasons:
1. luke has to work too hard not to get stuffed in the post. only a couple people suggested a fact from this game: luke was pushing kwame for worst of game honors. i guess his ankle has been acting up, but he was almost as lethal to the offense as kwame as for most of his 20 minutes played.
2. lamar should be in the post, not beyond the arc.
In reality, i think the latter bothers us all a lot more than the former. Luke understands the triangle and the value of post position, and when he sees that position vacant he almost always cuts and fills the spot. anyone remember the last time lamar took the strong side low post position that kwame and andrew usually fill? ronny knows to go there even when he’s the 4. luke sneaks in there when he can. kobe goes there from time to time. lamar? never. for whatever reason, lamar obviously doesn’t feel at all comfortable with his back to the basket. just like we don’t feel comfortable with him taking 3’s.

By: anoni

anoni — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:41:06 +0000

143.

No one can stop him.

But himself.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:33:23 +0000

I don’t know if this will work, but why not have Kwame pretend that he is best center in the league and that noone can stop him. He might be surprised at what he can do.