Damu4Life

Quote Originally Posted by BarneysDad:

2-2 at best   does that answer your question 

Quote Originally Posted by CMJohnson1:

OVERALL RECORD:  65-69  (-$1030)
    November:  40-50  (44.4%)
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1-0 last night with the sweat it out until the end Bulls pick.  Before I get to today's predictions, write-ups, and picks...I absolutely have to tackle the Kobe Bryant situation (again).

The past month has absolutely crippled the Lakers for the next 3-5 years IMO.  The way Kobe, and more importantly the management, handled this whole achilles/contract/return is disgraceful.  The Lakers were playing competent basketball for the first month of the season, playing .500 basketball, and looking like they are having fun doing it.  Kobe comes back, their scoring drops 5 points per game, they go 2-4 overall with one of the wins coming when Kobe gets hurt. 

Here's the biggest statistical reason why Kobe should not have come back this season....they scored 56 fast break points in the six games that Kobe was back.  That's less than 10 points per game on a fast break.  You have Mike D'Antoni, notorious for getting out and running...before Kobe came back they were averaging 15 fast break points per game. 

Now I'm putting all the blame on Kobe Bryant in this situation.  His selfishness and blatant refusal to adjust his game to meet the benefits of the team is embarrassing.  You look at the last 3 champions and they all include players/teams/coaches that adjusted individually to meet team goals.  Kobe has been so incredibly steadfast that he is going to come back quicker than anyone ever has from this injury and that he hasn't lost a step and blah blah blah.  Guess what idiot, you submarined the team for two weeks...guilted them into a horrendous contract that cripples them financially for the next two years..they don't have the ability to bring in the 3-4 free agents that they need to.

As most of you may have been able to figure out, I'm an intensely huge fan of NBA basketball.  The Celtics are my team, and I've hated the Lakers forever because that's what we do.  However, I know that for the NBA to be great, the Lakers have to be great.  I've viewed Kobe as the best player of the 2000's.  They are now going to be more exciting, more free, and I will be backing them more often than not.

Quote Originally Posted by Blackshirt51:


Thanks man and I don't know ya but I appreciate your help and good luck tonight on your play no matter what side you are on. Listen I have the sun glaring on my screen and another window with an old steelers article and must have been thinking about franco harris and messed up my receivers name so my apologies

I am still in training camp for posting plays so I am hoping typos
and minor errors will be forgiven,I promise to clean up my act:)