Comments on: Lakers/Suns Series Preview Part 2: Looking At The Benches

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:24:53 +0000

After Lamar Odom, I think Dragic + Dudley and probably Amundson are the next best bench players in the series.

Then it is a toss up between Frye, Barbosa and Farmer.

Farmer doesn’t fit the Triangle offense but I think in terms of individual talent he’s right there. Probably the best of those three. However, in terms of this series, I would place him below Frye (four Suns bench players) but ahead of Barbosa (his play has dropped off severely this season).

By: Darius

Darius — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:44:57 +0000

The delayed morning links are up and include some fast break thoughts of my own. Including some words on Lebron.

http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2010/05/14/around-the-world-wide-web-suns-celtics-lebron-oh-my/

By: Reignman

Reignman — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:43:31 +0000

Did you guys hear what KG’s advice was? First he said he told LBJ to keep his head up, he;s been there before (twolves – enough said). Then, in the press conf, KG started talking about doing whats best for him and his family and also about “loyalty” then he says if he could do it all over he would have left twolves sooner. This is soo true, he could have been a laker!

By: jodial

jodial — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:39:47 +0000

Ric Bucher? Who? Oh, you mean the guy who stated that Kobe’s chance of returning to the Lakers in ’07-’08 was “0%”?

By: Reignman

Reignman — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:39:41 +0000

L.O. needs to shut down channing wayans..uh-um i mean frye.

By: luubi

luubi — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:37:24 +0000

If Lebron ends up leaving, I’ll be really bitter if I’m a Cav fan. After the game 5 debacle, they plain quit at the end of game 6. They were giving up offensive rebounds inside two minutes, then inexplicably did not foul down by 9 with 45secs. I’ve seen teams string together crazy 3s when they’ve got nothing left to lose, and they have shooters and Lebron. Teams foul in that situation in regular season games, not b/c the coach is hoping for a miracle, but just to practice for games like this. Then incredibly Williams dribbled the ball up like they had all the time in the world instead of push for a quick 2 or take the first 3 they had. That’s a beaten team.

Did Lebron seem oddly subdued to you guys? He’s always very good at firing up his teammates emotionally, and it looked like they were looking for him to do that and he just didn’t.

By: Craig W.

Craig W. — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:19:13 +0000

In browsing the blogs this morning a couple of Lebron things popped out – outside of what I have previously mentioned.

1) He prefers a coach who is more likely to do his bidding (Mike Brown anyone?). This doesn’t argue for Lebron improving, if true.

2) Lebron’s skills more closely match Magic’s than Kobe’s, Jordan’s, or Shaq’s. If true, this means he would have to severely reduce his ego needs and play with another alpha personality – or find another Kareem (perhaps a Pau Gasol). He also might have to reduce his scoring and limit his closing duties. Since this isn’t likely to happen, he may become his own worst enemy.

These two points don’t look promising for Lebron being truly playoff successful on any team he joins.

By: Mimsy

Mimsy — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:54:16 +0000

My bad… no more trade talk. Sorry about that, Darius.

By: Darius

Darius — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:51:57 +0000

I know it’s been a while since we’ve played a game, but we’re not going to get into wild trade speculation at this point. So, sorry to say that those comments about S&T deals are deleted.

And Craig is right, a Bucher report doesn’t hold a lot of credibility at this point, so we shouldn’t even entertain that idea at this point. Let’s just wait until the season is over, shall we? You know, the Lakers are still playing. Who cares about who we can add or who we can’t at this point. I’m talking about winning a title with this group. After we see how that turns out, then we can talk about what needs to be done, no?

By: Craig W.

Craig W. — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:44:01 +0000

Ric Bucher is at it again. Now he says Bosh in a sign-and-trade to Lakers for Bynum or (he implies) Gasol. He is saying there is locker room unrest. I guess he means Pau complaining about more touches a series or so ago.

Has this guy ever been right in his predicitions? I don’t think so.