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By: weak sauce

weak sauce — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:25:45 +0000

This may seem absurd, but I would like to take this time to defend Sasha and say that he has contributed to this championship. Well, let’s start with this year: he did hit some (though not very many) timely shots, such as against Denver. But his true contribution comes from last year: he was part of a Bench Mob that gave Kobe Bryant faith in the Lakers. Without his shooting, the Lakers would have lost Game 3 against the Celtics (even though we lost the series). What I’m trying to say is to try not to hate on the guy so much; he has a work ethic that Kobe admires, and even though he had an off year, I believe he has the skills necessary to be a great shooter in the NBA for years to come.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:36:16 +0000

200- that’s the dream lineup I use in NBA 2k6 (adjusted for current NBA rosters on all teams)…I just finished sweeping the Celtics- on Hall of Fame difficulty. A week ago I swept the Cavs. Week before that I swept the Heat. Week before that I swept the Magic.

I’d love to see that as the Lakers’ starting line-up.

By: jinkwell

jinkwell — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:48:13 +0000

#196 (Travis) + #203 (Ryan)

Have to agree with your sentiments. There are great expectations placed on Bynum. People are waiting for him to break out, despite the fact that he is still recovering from injuries. He’s getting mentored by Kareem! Give him time and space and he’ll slowly flourish. With the Lakers organization behind him, his growth can only have an upward trajectory.

Moreover, most Lakers fans understand that this championship was more than just an end to a “seven-year drought.” It was a pleasure for us to see the maturation of Kobe truly stepping into the leadership role. Sure, he could be frustrating at times and there were moments when we feared that this would be the end of Kobe’s run with LA. But he came back like a prodigal son and delivered! With this combination of young players and seasoned veterans, LA has much to look forward to.

It’s a wonderful time to be a Lakers fan.

By: lesha

lesha — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:22:22 +0000

from the season when i started watching basketball (kobes rookie season) to this point, i have never been so proud about him and our lakers. cant say how happy it makes me to share this feeling with you guys. thank you kurt for this amazing website!

just one more word…

REPEAT!!!!!!

By: sT

sT — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:44:58 +0000

Ryan & Josh, I liked your comments, good stuff.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:08:35 +0000

new post up, with video highlights of the win. Just set it on a loop.

By: VI Guy

VI Guy — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:03:56 +0000

Good for you Josh #171;
Those Lake teams w/ Vlade, Eldon, Eddie, et al were some of my favorites for their over achieving. They remind me a lot of this years CHAMPIONS. The Showtime teams had a super star at almost every position, as did our Threepeat teams. Even the Chamberlain/West teams match up better on paper than this years. Maybe history will show our ‘09 team is chockablock w/ future superstars, too…time will tell.

But this year we did it w/ the Mamba “mind melding” our young players and/or unfocused players into a disciplined, take no prisoners machine. (Well, OK, except for Sasha…) Pau came in pugnacious w/ crazy skills, but Mamba morphed his backbone into titanium…

If the future shows this is a team of superstars, it will be because of Kobe’s showing them what the soul of a champion is made of.

The Laker tradition continues.

By: z

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:03:31 +0000

congrats lakers!!!!!!

By: jodial

jodial — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:00:02 +0000

Waking up and reading all the coverage of the win with my morning coffee, very satisfying.

One thing I’ve noticed is that we’ve barely heard a peep from Mitch Kupchak. That’s just Mitch’s style, to stay quietly in the background, but I wanted to make sure I gave him his props today. No one has earned this title more than him – here’s a guy who was being roasted alive two years ago, had season ticket holders telling him to his face that he needed to resign at a town hall meeting, and even when he was shepherding championship teams earlier this decade, was seen as nothing but Jerry West’s puppet.

For all the great moves Mitch has made (getting Lamar for Shaq, stealing Pau, nabbing Ariza for Cook and Evans, etc.), none was more important or gutsy than the one that seems the most obvious today: He did not trade Kobe Bryant. Many a lesser GM would have panicked and blown the team up, but Mitch recognized that you can’t win a title without a superstar, and he had the best in the league on his roster. Seems simple now, but it sure wasn’t then.

The only other Laker title that compares to this one for me is 1985. Those were the Showtime Lakers, with 4 Hall of Famers on the roster (should be 5, Jamaal), but they also had a gritty, hobbled Mitch Kupchak on the squad, playing backup center and power forward against Parish & McHale on a reconstructed knee and scrapping his ass off. Let’s not ever forget what this guy has meant to our franchise.

By: rye - manila

rye - manila — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:59:41 +0000

i Hope that Lamar and Trevor will be back next season and will go for the repeat..
Lamar is the insurance at the 4 spot…lamar with his superior dribbling, length,speed,defense and rebounding is very hard to find and or substitute…

i can see lamar within the 6.5-8 million range…