Comments on: Lakers/Celtics Game 6 Chat

By: Jon88888

Jon88888 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:04:13 +0000

funny how we talk about how Garnett was a gift to the celtics bla bla bla……wat about losing Bynum and miraculously we get Gasol w/out even having to give up anything i mean….the celtics have up A LOT of good young players including Al Jefferson , Ryan Gomes Delonte West among others….wat was given up for Gasol…that being said i guess its cuz gasol is as soft as tissue paper or cottonballs

By: Chick Fan

Chick Fan — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:01:56 +0000

I’m looking for Chick Hearn broadcasts, especially the radio broadcast from 1985 nba finals game 6.

any regular season games from the 80s would be great also. I’m always looking to add to my collection, which has hundreds of games.

Thx

chick_hearn_3338@yahoo.com

By: passerby

passerby — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:05:06 +0000

oh sorry about that, thanks for editing. thanks for upholding the rules =)

By: Kurt

Kurt — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:50:51 +0000

New post up.

By: nomuskles

nomuskles — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:21:40 +0000

hats off to the green machine who played their butts off and executioned the lakers. oh yeah, i made up a word for that drubbing. executioned. the lakers just didn’t quite have it in this series, or tonight. Second place is the first loser but hopefully we can come away with a positive outlook on this season. shouldn’t be too hard, right? right? hey, where’d the bandwagon go? the lakers need to work this summer individually and we’ll see what happens next year. But seriously, what a much better year this was, compared to the last few.

By: the other Stephen

the other Stephen — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:18:06 +0000

oops. my name is not “the other Stephenfarmar.” cut the farmar out hahah.

By: passerby

passerby — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:16:49 +0000

Congratulations Boston! Congratulations Los Angeles Lakers! It’s really disappointing that we had to see such beating this year but as many here said, redemption is sweet and all things considered, I smell blood next year. Kobe should too. His mentality entering next season hopefully after a domination Olympics will be important. The coaching staff’s concoction of a strong independent defense scheme will be just as important. And the maturing of our youngsters, salutations due, is as important.

Then we can think about minor tweaking. Andrew will be back and after all he has seen and missed, he should make that Amare kind of comeback — meaning he does eventually come back to former state. A tough backup C and another veteran versatile big man for insurance to complement him and Turiaf should make the likes of Boston back off even at their present age. Ariza will be a joy to watch on both ends. I don’t mind starting him on SF. He just needs more consistency. I want to see him slash. We need a consistent cutter and Lamar hasn’t done enough of that. Kobe needs a cutter and an above-the-rim player so imagine him and Bynum running with Kobe. Hate to say it but I find good reason to shelve or send him elsewhere. He is a gem no doubt but we’ve said that year after year. We need the goods.

I still have this thing for adding an explosive shooter in our starting lineup. Seeing so many bricks has been too hard to bear. Kobe can hit it. Vujacic looks like a very good sixth man granted he learns how to drive and score inside and make good decisions. Fisher can still anchor that bench. He can still be effective running with the frontline. Farmar has to be more consistent shooting. He has to be tougher and faster. He will run the Lakeshow engine and so he must be up to it.

Another SF has to go, we need athleticism and strength from the bench. Ambitious but a Josh Smith type can help us either at starting SF or helping out the bench but that’s wishful thinking. We can’t beat other teams with our bench being a perimeter shooting one. We need bangers inside aside from Turiaf.

I am EXCITED FOR NEXT YEAR. They should come out like Boston this year, eyes on the prize and dynasty in their minds. Oh yes I am pleased to say that things can only be better for the Lakers.

[edited to remove some trade talk]

By: pw

pw — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:16:36 +0000

Thanks Kurt for this great forum for Laker discussion. Really enjoyed your (and other posters’) posts and the healthy discussions. I look forward to the next season.

And it’s good that you had the baby this year. Gives the Lakers a good chance at the title next year .

By: the other Stephenfarmar

the other Stephenfarmar — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:16:30 +0000

congratulations, celtics. damn good year, lakers family. never forget. lakers had better work hard over the offseason, especially ariza, bynum, and farmar, for whom i only have the highest hopes. and if mitch kupchak has weathered criticism and stolidly stood by his moves all this time, he shouldn’t feel pressured to do anything unnecessary this summer. i spent much of the game shooting tennis balls into a wastebasket with my friends. that’s how bad this game was, haha. cheers.

By: JONESONTHENBA

JONESONTHENBA — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:06:38 +0000

398) It wasn’t the triangle, but the players playing in it the triangle that failed to step up. The triangle got the Lakers through three rounds of the playoffs, but the Lakers forgot how to play ball in the finals.