Comments on: Clippers vs. Lakers Live Blog powered by nomuskles

By: Kurt

Kurt — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:57:22 +0000

new post up

By: nomuskles

nomuskles — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:52:24 +0000

Here is a link to the ad that Chris J (#57) mentioned. I enjoyed it as well. http://my.lakers.com/blogs/2009/10/28/espn-ad/

By: MannyP13

MannyP13 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:12:15 +0000

Funny thing about the Laker schedule: The haters will complain that this is too easy and it gives the Lakers an unfair competitive advantage in the standings as this gives the coaching staff time to play around with line-ups and Laker players will be “well rested” for the second half of the season.

Fatalistic/pessimistic Laker fans (such as myself) will complain that the schedule makes the second half of the Laker season unfairly harsh, will result in tired players for the play-offs and does not provide enough time to make coaching adjustments.

So, to summarize, the grass is always greener in the other side.

By: exhelodrvr

exhelodrvr — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:03:31 +0000

36) Darius,
“I still wonder if Bynum can be as productive as he showed last night when Pau returns.”

That may cost at least one of them an All-Star selection, because they may not have the “stats” to compete.

By: jodial

jodial — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:45:33 +0000

I’ve always thought the two extra “away” games that the Lakers get to play at home against the Clippers are more than offset by the fact that every visiting team in the NBA is twice as familiar with the Lakers’ home court as any other court in the league. Western Conference opponents play in Staples four times a year, not twice, and Eastern opponents twice, not once.

By: Asteri

Asteri — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:44:28 +0000

#61

The clown who wrote that blog has been up at elevation for too long. Doesn’t an easy schedule early have to balance out with a tougher schedule at the end? It’s not like the Lakers have 75 home games….maybe just a few more than most if you count their LAC away games!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:49:18 +0000

Drew looked good, I especially liked the hustle both on offense and defense. He consistently beat his man down the court to get deep position early; this will come in handy especially against teams with slower front court players like Cleveland, SAS (I can’t see McDyess matching Drew down the court every time hes getting up there) and Boston (again I can’t see Wallace matching Drew and Gasol down the court every time).

The spacing was not that great last night. The team is still adjusting and learning to play together but that will come along. There were a few plays where Artest ran into Drew or another big guy in the middle.

I love how long the team is. There are 4 guys in the starting unit that can post up against smaller players, and two coming off the bench (Odom and Walton). This team will create all kinds of match up problems if the outside shooting continues to develop.

San Antonio looked really good last night. I know its only one game and it was against a not so deep NOH team (does Peja have anything left at all?) but Richardson seems to be fitting in perfectly and Blair is a freaking machine out there. Blair will easily be the steal of the draft the guy just has a knack for getting the ball that I have never really seen before. He is going to eat other second units up grabbing all kinds of rebounds and getting alot of easy second chance points.

By: Gabriel R.

Gabriel R. — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:17:56 +0000

Seriously! Talk about nitpicking.

I like how the last entry from a Lakers fan is the post of reason and pretty much shuts up the Denver blog.

Bye.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:24:08 +0000

It’s finally happened… people are running out of things to bash the Lakers about:

http://www.denverstiffs.com/2009/10/28/1104216/the-mockery-that-is-the-lakers?ref=yahoo

By: The Dude Abides

The Dude Abides — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:08:51 +0000

In no particular order, Denver, San Antonio, Orlando, Boston, and the Lakers are the current top 5 teams in the NBA. Denver lost Kleiza and Jones, but replaced them with Graham and Afflalo. Karl also started Carter at SG, and he was predictably terrible. Lawson got almost all of the minutes at backup PG, and was predictably awesome. Melo and Nene were beasts. I believe the Nuggs will finish 1st in the Northwest again, health permitting.