Posted by TrueBlue:
Posted by TMS:
the Lakers are just a much better team than the Knicks... the only shock to me is that the Knicks were even competitive for most of this game... i had them in gamepicker to lose by +11 so i had that one but didn't figure it was gonna even be close for most of the game... it was nice to at least see Nate & D Lee playing some great basketball.
btw, what did i tell u guys about that Vujacic cat? the guy hits some big shots... i would love a guy like that on the Knicks... his D isn't all that bad either.
I agree at the same time we probably should have won this game without question, considering the circumstances.
Kobe played steady, the Lakers had no Bynum or Luke Walton and we got Flame Throwed by Sasha and lost. I think it continues to speak volumes of how bad a team we have. We appear to building up trade value with some of our players. I hope we cash in/cash out on them at the deadline or over the summer.
no way can u say we should have won this game... the Lakers are 1 of the better teams in the league... even without Bynum they're still a better team than the Knicks, let's be real here... we don't have anyone close to Kobe... u can't say "Kobe just played steady so we shoulda won this game"... Jamal didn't have a big game either & i'm sure no one here is gonna confuse him to be on Kobe's level... try & be objective (i know it's hard for some of you).
trust me, Sasha toasts teams like this in crunchtime... i've watched just about every Laker game this season & he's done this to other teams too... his yearly averages aren't much to look at, but he plays better than his numbers indicate... plus he's got nice size for a SG at 6'7"
& seeing guys like Nate & D Lee improve is a very positive thing to come out of this season, no matter how crappy the team's record is, not only because their trade values are increasing & GM's are starting to take notice, but because there's a nice chemistry that's starting to form among certain members of this team that i think we can build on...
right now, i see 4 players that pretty much must be traded/waived at this point if we're ever to improve as a unit:
Curry
Zach
Marbury
Q Rich
i'm gonna write up an explanation of that on a separate thread
After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.