OT: Howard to Lakers getting closer?

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I wouldn't doubt this is going to happen. I fucking hate the Lakers! Everything is soooooo handed to them.
 
When it's done he won't go away, he will be in our face for the next 4-5 years at least.

This kind of shit is why I canceled my season tickets. I refuse to pay any more into a broken fixed system. I just wish I had that option in my taxes also.
 
I hope they get him and they absolutely fail. Remember when the Lakers were tickled pink that they had Glen Rice and Dennis Rodman to go with Shaq and Kobe, and then the fit was just bad, bad, bad. The lakers were swept in 1999 by the Spurs. They did go on to win in 2000, but the team was not as good as it was hyped to be after pairing Rice with Shaq and Kobe. Then of course they got GP and the Mailman, and that didn't work out too well either. Adding Nash and Howard to go with Kobe looks great on paper, but it could just end up being a huge mess.
 
Zybot said:
I hope they get him and they absolutely fail. Remember when the Lakers were tickled pink that they had Glen Rice and Dennis Rodman to go with Shaq and Kobe, and then the fit was just bad, bad, bad. The lakers were swept in 1999 by the Spurs. They did go on to win in 2000, but the team was not as good as it was hyped to be after pairing Rice with Shaq and Kobe. Then of course they got GP and the Mailman, and that didn't work out too well either. Adding Nash and Howard to go with Kobe looks great on paper, but it could just end up being a huge mess.
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GP, Mailman, Shaq and Kobe made it to the finals. I would consider it a success... The others you have a point.
 
Somewhere, Phil Jackson is regaining interest in coaching the Lakers again...
 
magnifier661 said:
GP, Mailman, Shaq and Kobe made it to the finals. I would consider it a success... The others you have a point.
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Yeah I guess I forgot that. Probably because GP and Mailman had been to the finals before and lost to MJ.
 
Zybot said:
Yeah I guess I forgot that. Probably because GP and Mailman had been to the finals before and lost to MJ.
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Don't get me wrong. I loved watching them basically get swept by Detroit; but any team reaching the finals had a very successful year, IMO. Hell I even think making it to the conference finals is considered successful.
 
Welcome to the new NBA!! It consists of 5 cities: Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Chicago, and Boston. This is where all the superstars want to be, and where they all eventually end up. The other 23 cities don't count. They are just minor attractions, a sort of "minor league" where you play for a few years before moving on to one of the "hot" destinations.

If you're a fan of one of those 23 other teams in the minor leagues, too bad. You're never winning a title again.

Welcome to the new NBA!
 
Shooter said:
Welcome to the new NBA!! It consists of 5 cities: Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Chicago, and Boston. This is where all the superstars want to be, and where they all eventually end up. The other 23 cities don't count. They are just minor attractions, a sort of "minor league" where you play for a few years before moving on to one of the "hot" destinations.

If you're a fan of one of those 23 other teams in the minor leagues, too bad. You're never winning a title again.

Welcome to the new NBA!
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Unless of course you are SAS and DAL
 
Shooter said:
Welcome to the new NBA!! It consists of 5 cities: Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Chicago, and Boston. This is where all the superstars want to be, and where they all eventually end up. The other 23 cities don't count. They are just minor attractions, a sort of "minor league" where you play for a few years before moving on to one of the "hot" destinations.

If you're a fan of one of those 23 other teams in the minor leagues, too bad. You're never winning a title again.

Welcome to the new NBA!
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Unfortunately, for this league to make it and prosper these teams needs to stay relevant and the league knows this.
 
magnifier661 said:
Unless of course you are SAS and DAL
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Well I would put Dallas on the super city list. SAS, has only been a title winner due to Duncan, there were other factors but Ducan was what put them over the top. OKC has a shot at making a good run for the next few years also.

The whole Minny issue baffles me because of this NBA super city set up. While the rich get richer teams like Utah, Portland, Minnesota and Memphis just keep fucking with eatchother.
 
The GP/Malone experiment has to be called a failure because they made it clear anything short of a title was a failure. I remember that finals and one of the ESPN writers saying if Detroit did EVERYTHING right they might win one game ... but don't count on it. Damn, I didn't cheer so hard since the Blazers were in the Finals.
 
donkiez said:
Well I would put Dallas on the super city list. SAS, has only been a title winner due to Duncan, there were other factors but Ducan was what put them over the top. OKC has a shot at making a good run for the next few years also.

The whole Minny issue baffles me because of this NBA super city set up. While the rich get richer teams like Utah, Portland, Minnesota and Memphis just keep fucking with eatchother.
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Instead of SuperCities, it may be better to think of States:
New York, Illinois (Chicago), California, and Texas.

Of course, that isn't particularly surprising as that applies to a lot of things outside of basketball.

edit: One more thing. The thing the other teams have going for them is the draft lottery. You can get a superstar to play for you if you draft him, and get multiple high picks to go with that superstar. That is exactly what OKC is doing, and exactly why we'd be on top if not for injuries.
 
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If he gets traded to the Lakers we might as well just have a 5-team league.
 
I'm not worried. By the time we're ready to challenge in the playoffs, he'll be long past his prime. He has a lot of mileage on his body. Of course, then Kevin Durant and Derrick Rose will force their way to the L*kers and the cycle will repeat once more.
 
Well, Dwight has made it clear that he did not want to be traded to the Lakers. He wanted Brooklyn. Of course now it is between playing in Orlando (or sitting out according to one tweet I read) or playing for the Lakers for multiple years. Orlando probably should of made a deal with the Nets where they would of gotten a better package (IMO) than what the Lakers will give. But I don't think Orlando ever intended to trade Howard to Brooklyn because they wanted to spite him in any way possible.
 
I keep thinking about a line from the movie "Money Ball" about how the Padres were a farm team for the Yankees.

IMHO, the amnesty thing has really screwed up competitive balance even more.
 
If the Lakers have to move Gasol and Bynum for him (I don't know what it'll take, I'm just saying) I don't think that any conspiracy theories are needed. The Lakers have been able to almost acquire Chris Paul and now maybe get Dwight Howard... why? Because they have good pieces to trade.

Bynum is one of the best centers in the NBA and he's young. The Lakers would be giving up value to get it back. It might be a good move for them, but it's not like they'd be getting Howard for free.

Ed O.
 
donkiez said:
The whole Minny issue baffles me because of this NBA super city set up. While the rich get richer teams like Utah, Portland, Minnesota and Memphis just keep fucking with eatchother.
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very interesting, hadnt thought of that angle...seems kinda self defeating, but what should they do...join forces?
 
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